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Nessun Dorma (Pavarotti, NY 1980)
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Video duration: 180 seconds

Luciano Pavarotti singing from a concert in January 1980 with the NY Philharmonic cond. by Zubin Mehta. Compare this performance with other (later) dates; Pavarotti here is clearly still in absolute total command. This was part of the "Live from Lincoln Center" 30th anniversary special.

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Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt
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Video duration: 586 seconds

Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. This concerto will forever be associated with Jaqueline duPre, but YYM gives a performance that is beyond breathtaking. It is fitting that Barenboim is the conductor; I'm sure he feels this concerto is still in very good hands.

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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 1st mvmt (1st half)
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Video duration: 600 seconds

Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a stellar performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F minor for the opening concert of Carnegie Hall's 1997 season. Yes, that is the legendary Bud Herseth marshalling the CSO's incredible brass.

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$Elgar - Nimrod (from \"Enigma Variations\")$

Elgar - Nimrod (from "Enigma Variations")
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Video duration: 260 seconds

Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, opening the 1997 season at Carnegie Hall in this gorgeously performed dedication to the recently deceased Sir Georg Solti. Solti was the previous music director of the CSO for many years.

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	Mussorgsky-Berezovsky: Night on Bald Mountain Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 526 seconds Boris Berezovsky performing his own adaptation of Chernov's transcription of Modest Mussorgsky's famous work in a 2005 recital in Mexico City. Astounding!! Related: bald, bare, berezovsky, boris, chernov, mountain, mussorgsky, night

	Berezovsky plays Islamey Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 454 seconds From a 2005 recital in Mexico City. This exact performance became my new "Islamey" standard. I already had one from Boris on CD; this one surpasses it in both musicality, spontaneity, and brilliance. Related: balakirev, berezovsky, boris, islamey

MTT- Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4, 4th mvmt
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Video duration: 566 seconds

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in a very high-powered 4th movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor.
Compare this with Barenboim's version also on my channel, and you'll see two excellent performances, similarly high energy levels, but very different styles of conducting.

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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 1st mvmt (2nd half)
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Video duration: 520 seconds

Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a stellar performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F minor for the opening concert of Carnegie Hall's 1997 season. Barenboim has full control here, especially at the end, taking the repeated section (7:14) first meno mosso, then stringendo--incredib le!!! (Yes, that is the legendary Bud Herseth marshalling the CSO's incredible brass).

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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 2nd mvmt
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Video duration: 540 seconds

Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a stellar performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony in F minor for the opening concert of Carnegie Hall's 1997 season. (BTW, sorry for the poor vid quality; it's obvious YT is dialing down the quality on all videos now to (I suppose) save space--this was a crystal-clear original.

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	Bolet - Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #12 Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 611 seconds Jorge Bolet showing complete mastery in this PBS broadcast performance from Indiana University in the '70s. Related: bolet, hungarian, indiana, jorge, liszt, rhapsody

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 3rd mvmt
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Video duration: 348 seconds

Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 3rd mvmt
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Video duration: 428 seconds

	Cannonball Run Doctor Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 392 seconds A hilarious compilation of footage involving the "Doctor" (Jack Elam) from the classic movie, "Cannonball Run." Related: burt, cannonball, delouise, dom, elam, jack, race, reynolds

	Bolet - Chopin Sonata No. 3, 1st mvmt Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 621 seconds Jorge Bolet in a PBS broadcast performance at Indiana University in 1970s playing Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58. Related: bolet, chopin, indiana, jorge, piano, sonata, university

Brahms Piano Quintet in Fm, 3rd mvmt
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Video duration: 431 seconds

Unfortunately, I caught the performance a few minutes into this movement, but the rest of the movement is ON FIRE!
Violin I: Pinkhas Zukerman
Violin II: Ida Kavafian
Cello: Gary Hoffman
Viola: Paul Neubauer
Piano: David Golub (died shortly after this performance)

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Bolet - Variations Serieuses, Part 1
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Video duration: 469 seconds

Jorge Bolet plays Mendelssohn's Variations Sérieuses in a PBS-broadcast performance from Indiana University in the 1970s. There are really good recordings out there, but Bolet's interpretation (there's a "cleaner" studio recording from the same time) absolutely is the "reference" for me. Watching his finger legato itself says it all.

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$Andre Watts, \"Revolutionary\" Etude$	Andre Watts, "Revolutionary" Etude Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 147 seconds Andre Watts from a Mr. Rogers episode in the 1980s playing Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude, Op.10#12. This is one of the best performances of this etude I've heard, and to see the fluidity of Watts' left hand leaves me speechless. Related: andre, chopin, etude, neighborhood, revolutionary, rogers, watts

$Schumann \"Rhenish\" Symphony, 4th mvmt$	Schumann "Rhenish" Symphony, 4th mvmt Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 327 seconds One of the most amazing homages to the Baroque era, this chorale from Schumann's 3rd Symphony is one of my all-time favorites. Performed here with Kurt Masur and the NY Philharmonic, live in 1995. Related: baroque, brass, chorale, masur, new, philarmonic, rhenish, schumann, york

Douglas - Great Gate of Kiev
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Video duration: 331 seconds

Barry Douglas, in this excerpt from his semi-final performance in the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition, shows why he was to become the gold medalist. (from "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modest Mussorgsky)

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	Liszt-Totentanz, Part 1 Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 345 seconds Leonid Kuzmin, piano in a 2006 Mexico City concert. (by the way, the stupid announcer couldn't help herself by saying "listos" = "[we're] ready" -- it wasn't "Liszt"-anything) Related: dance, death, kuzmin, liszt, totentanz

Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Violins in Bm, 1-2 mvmts
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Video duration: 424 seconds

From the Israel Philharmonic 60th Anniversary Gala, here's the last movement of Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins in B minor.
Violin I: Shlomo Mintz
Violin II: Gil Shaham
Violin III: Menahem Breuer
Violin IV: Maxim Vengerov
Conductor: Zubin Mehta

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	Bolet - Chopin Sonata No. 3, 4th mvmt Posted by: medpiano Video duration: 305 seconds Jorge Bolet in a PBS broadcast performance at Indiana University in 1970s playing Chopin's Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58. Related: bolet, chopin, indiana, jorge, piano, sonata, university

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