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Date: | Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:42:02 -0500 |
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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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