Excerpt from "Buon Compleanno, Maestro!" (RAI SAT, 2003), produced in connection with Claudio Abbado's 70th anniversary. Visit Nostalghia.com for more Tarkovsky (and Abbado) information....
1st mvt.: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso. (first part)From the Philarmonie, in Berlin:Claudio AbbadoBerliner PhilhamonikerNinth Symphony in D minor op.1252000.
Conductor: Claudio AbbadoOrchestra and Chorus: Alla Scala Orchestra and ChorusSoprano: Mirella FreniMezzo-Soprano: Elena ObraztsovaTenor: Luciano PavarottiBass: Ruggiero Raimondi
Claudio Abbado is maybe the best orchestra conductor in the world. Here he speaks to Red Ronnie about music, social issues, Cuba, Venezuela, freedom, democracy,...