Bernstein: The 1953 American Decca Recordings

I. Allegro con brio

II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

IV. Finale. Allegro molto

I. "Simplicity Itself..." (1st Movt.)

II. "I Always Feel This Gigantism" (2nd Movt.)

III. "We Have Just Been Examining..." (3rd Movt.)

IV. "All That We Have Said" (4th Movt.)

V. "The Study of the Eroica Is a Lifetime's Work,..."

I. Adagio – Allegro molto

II. Largo

III. Scherzo. Molto vivace

IV. Allegro con fuoco

I. "Does This Music Sound Like the New World to You?" (3rd Movt.,Trio II; 1st Movt.)

II. "We Come Now to the Second Movement, Which Has a Charming Melody, ..." (2nd Movt.)

III. "The 3rd Movement Is a Marvel of Ingenuity and Deftness" (3rd Movt.)

IV. "And Now the Last Movement. In General I Should Say That This Is the Most Slavic of All" (4th Movt.)

V. "The Final Claim of Those Who Argue for the New World Symphony as American Music, ..." (4th Movt.,Cont.)

I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo

II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

III. Adagio espresssivo

IV. Allegro molto vivace

I. "Robert Schumann Has Been Dead..." (3rd Movement, Opening Theme)

II. "To My Mind Schumann Follows in This Tradition"

III. "Now Let´s Look at the Symphony Itself" (1st Movement)

IV. "And So We Have Arrived at the Allegro Section..." (1st Movement Cont.)

V. "In The Marvellous Scherzo That Follows..." (2nd Movement)

VI. "But Perhaps the Greatest Beauty..." (3rd Movement)

VII. "Even in the Final Movement" (4th Movement)

I. Allegro non troppo

II. Andante moderato

III. Allegro giocoso

IV. Allegro energico e passionato

I. "Brahms´ 4th Symphony in E Minor is Today ..." (4th Movt., Opening Theme)

II. "Our Journey Begins Without Introduction..."

III. "Do You See Now What a Symphonic Theme Is?"

IV. "Now, Think of It - We Have So Far Only Had 44 Bars of Music"

V. "Here Is That 2nd Theme"

VI. "This Brings Us to the Development Section Proper"

VII. And Here We Are Back Home, Ready for the Rehearing of the Exposition..."

VIII. "So We Arrive at the Coda"

IX. "Well, We Have Had a Microscopic Look at Symphonic Method"

I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo

II. Allegro con grazia

III. Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace

IV. Finale – Adagio lamentoso

I. "Now There Is A Melody, A Pure Orchestral Song..." (1st Movt.)

2. "Now The Development Section Erupts..." (1st Movt. Cont.)

3. "Now One Would Think That Tchaikovsky Had Really Exploited the Device of Scales" (2nd Movt)

4. "Jumping Now to the Famous Third Movement, The Great March..." (3rd Movt.)

5. "Perhaps the Most Admirable Example of This Is To Be Found in the Wonderful Last Movement, ..." (4th Movt.)

6. "Now I Don´t Want To Give You the Impression That Scales Are the Only Unifying Force in This Work"