This week we hear two of the seventeen recordings made by Giuseppe Sinopoli and the New York Philharmonic in the 1980s. We also hear Haydn's Harmoniemesse as recorded by Leonard Bernstein in 1973. Join Alec Baldwin as he begins his 10th season as the host of The New York Philharmonic This Week.

R. STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor

HADYN: Mass in B-flat Major, "Harmoniemesse" Leonard Bernstein, Conductor Judith Blegen, Soprano Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano Kenneth Riegel, Tenor Simon Estes, Bass Westminster Choir dir. Joseph Flummerfelt

STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor

00:00 Opening and Introduction to R. Strauss 03:19 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra 40:18 Back-announce and Introduction to Haydn 42:05 Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Kyrie 50:51 Gloria 1:02:38 Credo 1:13:36 Sanctus 1:17:09 Benedictus 1:21:21 Agnus Dei 1:27:05 Back-announce 1:28:52 Tod und Verklarung 1:57:08 Closers and credits

NYP 20-01

Host: Alec Baldwin Producer: Mark Travis Executive Producer: Vince Ford Underwriters: Kaplan Brothers Fund; Audrey Love Charitable Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts

Photo credit: New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives