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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Boris Berezovsky performing his own adaptation of Chernov's transcription of Modest Mussorgsky's famous work in a 2005 recital in Mexico City. Astounding!!
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.
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.
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.
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
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)
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.
![Andre Watts, \"Revolutionary\" Etude](http://img.youtube.com/vi/yq_ea5RgvOI/2.jpg "Andre Watts, \\"Revolutionary\\" Etude")
