Medici Arts
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El Sistema
RecommendedMusic to Change Life
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, with José Antonio Abreu & Gustavo Dudamel
the main emphasis here is placed upon the missionary zeal of José Antonio Abreu, the visionary politician who masterminded the Sistema… Abreu's staunchly held belief in the capacity of music... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th December 2009
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Anna Larsson (contralto)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir Vienna, Tölzer Knabenchor & Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Mahler three of peerless concentration and shape. ...Claudio Abbado never forces the expressivity of the superband Lucerne Festival Orchestra; yet every colour and texture shines through. …the... — More…
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Amor, Vida De Mi Vida
Zarzuelas with Plácido Domingo and Ana María Martínez
Plácido Domingo (tenor) & Ana María Martínez (soprano)
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Jesús López Cobos
A live concert of zarzuela, the genre in which Domingo cut his teeth, with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra delivering stylish playing and soloists assured. — More…
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Rattle conducts Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Rachmaninov
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Orchestral concerts al fresco don’t get more spectacular or more wide-spectrum than this. Here are Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic in the Waldbuhne, a ravine-hollowed amphitheatre outside... — More…
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Leonard Bernstein - Ode To Freedom
June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor) & Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris & Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre, Leonard Bernstein