Spectacular Music !
I have several Plumeri works, however the DVD brings a wonderful visual experience to the listener. Spectacular music in a spectacular concert hall! The music and visual effects were excellent!
This DVD is a wonderful addition to my library!
C.Marts
A master musician at work
Johnterryl Plumeri is an accomplished and masterful musician - a talented composer and conductor and a bass player unequaled in his generation. He is the only American composer to conduct the Moscow Philharmonic performing Tchaikovsky. Note he has memorized the score! It often takes a century for a musician or an artist or a writer to be truly appreciated. In this digital age, I hope this is not the case. This man's compositions and contribution to music, need to be heard now by people longing for the sophistication and emotional honesty that music offers. You will want all his work once you hear what he has to give.
Johnterryl Plumeri Conducts the Moscow Philharmonic Live
One starts out with feeling this should be special - Tchaikovsky played by the Moscow Philharmonic at Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow - but you should be prepared to be dazzled!
Whether you treat yourself to this DVD or someone treats you with it you receive so much within this one small package: You have a composer with infinite respect for the music as written conducting Tchaikovsky's work with a superb orchestra. You have the pleasure of having a truly gifted composer/musician conduct his own work. You have the Moscow Philharmonic musicians responding to Plumeri's talent as a conductor and a composer. All this is combined into an elegant visual and audio experience.
Another remarkable aspect to Plumeri is that these talents lay across the musical spectrum - he has worked with greats in Jazz (his jazz CDs display his genius on the double bass - catch Blue in Green exhibiting his use of arco bass as the lead voice on a range of jazz standards) to his many film...
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