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Title: Various: Abbado/ Sbyo Venezuela (Scythian Suite/ Lulu-Suite/ Pathetique)
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 1
Release Date: 16/11/2010
Actors: Simón Bolívar, Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alban Berg, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Director: Michael Beyer
Audio Language: German, English
Runtime: 1 hour and 52 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: Accentus
Certificate: Unrated
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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. Prokofievs extrovert Scythian Suite is a gift for the boundless energy of these young players, while the intricacy and anguish of Bergs Lulu-Suite are an Abbado speciality, with soprano Anna Prohaska, in her Lucerne Festival debut, singing the heroines dazzling statement of self-justification. The concert ends with an impassioned account of Tchaikovskys Pathétique, his final symphony, one of the most moving works in music history.

REVIEW
Abbado ... draws everything from this orchestra - and everything this marvel requires is there. --Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

...a sound that, even in the dazzling glare of the brass, kept its razor-sharp edge and precise outlines. And so left room for incredible colours to emerge... --Zentralschweiz am Sonntag

It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev(Scythian suite) and Berg's Lulu suite,crowned By Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation of both the amoral heroine and the one person who truly loves her,Countess Geschwitz. Flawless mastery as always from the Lucerne team. Performance ***** Picture & Sound **** BBC MUSIC DVD CHOICE --BBC Music Magazine,Jan'11

All in all,it's scintillatingly communicative. **** --Classic FM Magazine,Mar'11

Abbado's programme confirms that the sky the limit for graduates of El Sistema. --IRR,Apr'11

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