Bert Bailey:

>By contrast, a Mexican cellist whose CD of new works I once reviewed
>has helped to commission dozens of living composers, dedicating his
>skills, influence and time to those still breathing.  While his recordings
>include a few standards, it consists mostly of these composers' works.
>...  And yet who, outside of Mexico (besides Karl, of course), has heard
>of Carlos Prieto, cellist?

I have.  And he's an even better conductor.  He did a burn-down-the-barn
performance of the Shostakovich Fifth with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Better him than Jimmy "The Hut" Levine in Boston.

Steve Schwartz

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