This December 1966 concert finds maestro Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Dmitry Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47. This armchair travel release journeys to a series of fascinating locations across Germany, including a glass factory in Frauenau and the Abbey of St. George and St. Martin in Weltenburg, for a tour of Deutschland that emphasizes the country's diverse and colorful milieux. The trip itself is set to a score by Telemann, a close friend and colleague of Jo9hann Sebastian Bach; it includes his Suite for Recorder and Strings, and two concertos from his Tafelmusik composition. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi