This special edition collects the conductor-composer’s 15 most celebrated original albums from the 1950s and 60s on 16 CDs. The best selection of his benchmark recordings as a conductor, composer and pianist including: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Mahler's Third Symphony, Beethoven’s “Emperor” with Rudolf Serkin, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Candide and West Side Story among others. The remasterings in this new collection are the best ever issued.of these thrilling recordings by one of the last century’s greatest musicians – the perfect introduction to the work of this American genius.