For those of you who recently saw Maestro on Netflix, you got treated with tour de force performances by both Bradley Cooper as Leanard Bernstein and Carrie Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. In the film, Cooper actually conducted the finale to Mahler's Ressurection Symphony (No. 2), with a live orchestra. And he absolutely kills it.

Bernstein's performances of the Mahler 2nd differ wildly from other conductors (Cheers to you, Maazel). Bernstein, however, did popularize Mahler, so his interpretations gets special attention in my opinion.

If you wish to get a good-sounding dose of Bernstein doing Mahler symphonies, this recently remastered collection absolutely scratches the itch for good, loud, in-your-face classical music. Is there such a thing? Yes and it's as punk rock as a motherfucker.

If you can't get the boxed set, make sure to at least listen to the recordings remastered by Andreas K Meyer.