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A 1966 b&w video recording of Leonard Bernstein conducting the LSO in Shostakovich's 5th symphony:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgirjU-9UE

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My favorite recording of Vaughn Williams' second symphony (known as the "London Symphony") made in 1958 by the Halle Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OYmeuNELs0

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A rare gem from BBC Radio, Svetlanov & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in Edinburgh, 1978...

https://yxo.be/9qODW

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An amazing romantic symphony from a composer who died way too young (at 32 in an avalanche), Mieczyslaw Karlowicz's Symphony in E-minor, Op.7 "Rebirth Symphony" from 1902, played by the Polish Radio symphony directed by Lukasz Borowicz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDeols0tIzs

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