Seiji Ozawa, who died earlier this month, was a master of orchestral tone-painting and detailing, as we’ll hear in a wide-ranging sampler of the recordings he made with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he was music director for 29 years, and the Saito Kinen Orchestra, the Japanese ensemble that he co-founded in the 1980s.
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Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(RCA Victor)
J.S. Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne
(Hideo Saito transcription)
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(Decca)
Tōru Takemitsu: “Ceremonial – an Autumn Ode”
Saito Kinen Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(Decca)
Ravel: “La valse”
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Berlioz: “Symphonie fantastique”
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa
(Deutsche Grammophon)
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