The Legacy of Seiji Ozawa [Blu-Ray] (2024)

This Blu-ray sampler with carefully selected concerts accompanies Seiji Ozawa's impressive career over 3 decades. Seiji Ozawa was not only Japan’s best-known conductor but also the founder of the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, which in 2015 was renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. Special feature included in this edition from Matsumoto: on the occasion of Maestro Ozawa’s 80th birthday, Martha Argerich and Matthias Goerne joined the orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, plus a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’ - a deeply emotional moment for the Maestro!

Cast:
Berliner Philharmoniker
Marcus Roberts Trio
Anne-Sophia Mutter, violin
Martha Argerich, piano
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Kazuyoshi Akiyama, conductor (Schubert)
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Tracklist:
From Alter Oper Frankfurt 1989
1. Opening
Franz Schubert
Symphony No.5 in B major D.485
2. I. Allegro
3. II. Andante con moto
4. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto
5. IV. Allegro vivace
6. Toru Takemitsu: "November Steps"
Johannes Brahms
Symphony no.4 in E minor op.98
7. I. Allegro non troppo
8. II. Andante moderato
9. III. Allegro giocoso
10. IV. Allegro energico e passionato
11. Applause
Encore
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D major KV.136
12. II. Andante
13. End Credits
A Russian Night - Waldbühne 1993
1. Opening
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture op.36
3. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
4. Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dance no.17
5. Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
6. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Overture '1812' op.49
7. Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance
8. Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings: Valse
9. Johann Strauss: Radetzky March
10. Paul Linckere: Berliner Luft
11. End Credits
A Gershwin Night - Waldbühne 2003
1. Opening
George Gershwin
2. An American in Paris
3. Rhapsody in Blue
Concerto in F
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Allegro agitato
7. Marcus Roberts: Cole after Midnight
George Gershwin
8. Strike Up the Band
9. I Got Rhythm
10. Paul Linkere: Berliner Luft
11. Credits
Bonus: Documentary "They Got Rhythm"
Karajan Memorial Concert 2008
1. Opening
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op.61
2. I. Allegro ma non troppo
3. II. Larghetto
4. III. Rondo. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for Solo Violin no.2 in D minor BWV1004
5. III. Sarabande
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.6 in B minor op.74 'Pathetique'
6. I. Adagio
7. II. Allegro con grazia
8. III. Allegro molto vivace
9. IV. Finale
10. Credits
Bonus: Anne-Sophia Mutter and Seiji Ozawa on Herbert von Karajan
Seiji Ozawa at the Matsumoto Festival
1. Opening
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.2 in D major op.36
2. I. Adagio molto
3. II. Larghetto
4. III. Scherzo
5. IV. Allegro molto
6. Applause
7. Opening
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major op.92
8. I. Poco sostenuto
9. II. Allegretto
10. III. Presto
11. IV. Allegro con brio
12. Applause
Extra
Ludwig van Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor op.80