Bernstein’s wide-ranging orchestral discography for Deutsche Grammophon documents the conductor’s later years from the late 1970s up until his valedictory concert on August 19, 1990 at Tanglewood. The “Leonard Bernstein Collectors Edition” brings this legacy together in comprehensive box set releases, including several long-un­available items and a new, previously unreleased recording, from 1986, of Lukas Foss’s The Song of Songs. The Edition also documents Bernstein’s electric partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic as well as great collaborations with the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and others.

The Edition’s compact ‘capboxes’ feature striking color covers showing charismatic portraits of the artist. Newly-commissioned liner notes by leading writers and critics offer a thoughtful reassessment of Bernstein’s DG recordings.