Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Modest Mussorgsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky
Performer: Maximilian Schell, Jeunesse-Chor Wien
Orchestra: European Community Youth Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orfeo
Catalogue: C892141
Release: 2014
Size: 253 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
01. Overture
02. Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
03. I. Introduction – II. L’oiseau de feu et sa danse
04. III. Ronde des Princesses
05. IV. Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï
06. V. Berceuse – VI. Finale
07. VI. Finale
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis
08. VII. Death of Tybalt
09. Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
For Claudio Abbado, the European youth orchestras he founded and conducted were always an affair of the heart. With them he could live out his enthusiasm with-out compromising either quality or repertoire. And the results were met with equal enthusiasm by press and public alike.