The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra) [after W.H. Auden] [original 1949 version]
1. Part I - a) The Prologue
2. b) The Seven Ages (Variations I-VII)
3. C) The Seven Stages (Variations VIII-XIV)
4. Part II - a) The Dirge
5. b) The Masque
6. c) The Epilogue
New York Philharmonic cond. Leonard Bernstein;Lucas Foss, piano
Recorded in New York City on February 27, 1950
Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion after Plato's "Symposium" (1954)
7. I. Phaedrus: Pausanias (Lento - Allegro)
8. II. Aristophanes (Allegretto)
9. III. Eryximachus (Presto)
10. IV. Agathon (Adagio)
11. V. Socrates: Alcibiades (Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace)
The Symphony of the Air cond.Leonard Bernstein; Isaac Stern, violin
Recorded in New York City on April 19, 1956