On 9/9, we share with you Leonard Bernstein’s examination of the superstition surrounding “Ninth” symphonies. What's your favorite Ninth? In an introductory trailer to his Dmitri Shostakovich 9th Symphony performance with the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker, distributed by Deutsche Grammophon, Bernstein explains how Shostakovich “thumbed his nose” at the tradition of Ninth symphonies of the great composers. "The mystique of the number nine exerted itself in an odd way, so typical of

Happy 5/5! What's your favorite Fifth Symphony? Enjoy this video of Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in an excerpt of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, recorded at the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo in 1979. | Leonard Bernstein