Lucerne Festival At Easter / Claudio Abbado, Prohaska [DVD] - Accentus - ACTS 2010

Album Summary
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Album Summary

Prokofiev, Sergei : Scythian Suite, Op. 20

Berg, Alban : Lulu-Suite

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"

Performer

Anna Prohaska (Soprano)

Conductor

Abbado, Claudio

Ensemble

Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

Composers

Notes & Reviews:

Five years after first conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in their Venezuelan home, Claudio Abbado continues his commitment to this stunning ensemble in this first joint audiovisual concert recording.

Prokofiev's extrovert Scythian Suite is a gift for the boundless energy of these young players, while the intricacy and anguish of Berg's Lulu-Suite are an Abbado speciality, with soprano Anna Prohaska, in her Lucerne Festival debut, singing the heroine's dazzling statement of self-justification.

The concert ends with an impassioned account of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique, his final symphony, one of the most moving works in music history.

Fanfare
... the video quality is excellent, and the surround sound... has tremendous immediacy and timbral accuracy. All in all, strongly recommended.

Notes & Reviews:

Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, LPCM Stereo