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| Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Vivaldi, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 31156
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 36692
UPC: 074643669221
EAN: 0074643669221
ASIN: B0000025J9
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Vivace | | • | Largo Ma Non Tanto | | • | Allegro | | • | Allegro | | • | Andante | | • | Allegro | | • | Allegro Maestoso | | • | Andante | | • | Presto |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration May 2, 2008
This is awesome! Everything went together well. Stern's violine is exquisite! Now I am listening this everyday.
Please release DVD September 15, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After reading a large number of positive reviews below, I do not have to repeat how wonderful this CD is.
I just want to add one thing. This concert is even better if we watch it! The laser disc of the concert used to be available in Japan (where I am from) from Pioneer LDC (today's Geneon Entertainment). I do not know who has the copy right of the concert video today. But it would be great if a DVD of this concert should be released.
A warm-hearted tribute to a beloved violinist June 21, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ohter violinists are virtuosos, but Isaac Stern was the benign godfather of New York classical music for thirty years. No amount of gratitude can reward him for saving Carnegie Hall from the wrecking ball. Here, several of his most intimate younger colleagues--Perlman, Zukerman, and Mehta--celebrate Stern with joyous performances of Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart.
Others below have commented on the uniqueness of this live-concert CD, but I'd like to highlight the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante. Zukerman has made a second career as a great violist, and here he and Stern are unsurpassed for closeness of spirit. Tempos are a bit slower than usual, especially in the second movement Andante, which is unabashedly romantic, but what would Isaac Stern be without a little shmaltz? I have always liked him best as a collaborator, especially in chamber music, and he doesn't disappoint here. Mehta keeps the orchestral texture of the NY Phil. light and bright. For a non-period recording, I would put this one at the top, along with EMI's CD of David and Igor Oistrakh.
Euphoria on Disc January 12, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was raised on this recording, along with many others of Perlman, Metha, Zukerman and Stern. My mother had this recording on vinyl, and I have been searching for it on CD forever. And here it is, FINALLY! I have never heard another recording that so perfectly, wholly and palpably captures the pure joy of music-making, the adoration of the music of these composers, and the breathtaking exhilaration of creating art with other prodigiously talented, sensitive musicians.
He is the true musician who, ever and always, sublimates his own ego in devotion the the creation of beauty for its own sake. On this recording, all four of these incredible musicians do exactly that. The result is absolutely astonishing. It seems no matter how many times you listen to this recording, it always takes your breath away. And that is truly a feat. Oh, to have seen the live performance!
"Just Wonderfull" November 5, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a 60th anniversary! Extremely impressed with the lively Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins (Vivace). Truly a masterpiece. Stern and Pearlman at their best!
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