Tanglewood - 75th Anniversary Celebration [Blu-ray]

Fantastic awe inspiring performances
This was the last filmed concert to be shown on PBS' summer arts festival from 2012 and it was well worth the wait. Tangelwood managed to gather some giants for this one: Emmanual Ax, Yo Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter, James Taylor, Keith Lockhart, and several more. Many of these performers were here for a week giving several concerts and master classes as well as treating over 20000 concert goers to outdoor humidity endured exceptional performances in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. It must have been a dream come true for the students that make up the accompanying orchestra to be led by these famous conductors and taught by these great musicians. Yo Yo Ma is seen in performance and rehearsal with the young students he will play with and he is very generous and encouraging. Virtuosos do not always make the best teachers and some can be down right snobs. But not Yo Yo Ma. He is very welcoming and enthusiastic about all styles of music and totally unpretentious. James Taylor...

Great expectation, disappointment
With so many stars, we could expect great musical moments. But the program chooses is not up to it !

Lovely
On the whole I enjoyed it very much,specialy Aaron Copland ( saving private Ryan !! ),Tchaikovsky,etc... Evidently like many reviewers commented, Anne Sophie Mutter is incredibly marvelous.
The coral fantasy disturbed me a bit the first time I heard it because of the slow tempi chosen by Peter Serkin ( hear his father Rudolf Serkin on CD ) but after vários listenings,I got to like it very much.Like I said this blu ray deserves 5 stars.I cannot fail to add that the quality of the sound and image is very very good,even for a blu ray.

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