TORU TAKEMITSU:
From me flows what you call time (for five percussionists and orchestra)

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH:
Symphony No. 5 D minor, Op. 47

Raphael Haeger · Simon Rössler · Franz Schindlbeck
Jan Schlichte · Wieland Welzel, percussion
Berliner Philharmoniker
Yutaka Sado

Recorded live from the Philharmonie, Berlin, May, 20th 2011.

This production is a Charity Concert for the victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster from March 11th 2011.

The profit generated will be donated to a special section of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS), which was especially founded for earthquake victims: “Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami”, and will therefore be distributed directly among the population affected. Immediate help for the Japanese people in need is thus guaranteed.

With this concert Yutaka Sado makes his Philharmonic debut and will be the first Japanese to conduct the renowned orchestra since Seiji Ozawa several years ago.

Critics have unanimously hailed Yutaka Sado as one of the most enthralling and charismatic conductors of the new generation. The long-time assistant of Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa was awarded the most important conductor’s prizes, e.g. the Premier Grand Prix at the 39th International Conducting Competition and the Grand Prix du Concours International L. Bernstein Jerusalem.

Bonus: Interview with Yutaka Sado (in Japanese, with English Subtitles)

“What matters in this performance is the intensity of the sonorities that the orchestra so attentively yields up to the conductor: waltzes with operetta-like flair, brilliant pizzicatos, a tranquil Largo. An interpretation full of vim and vitality.” Der Tagesspiegel

“...our ears were still ringing from the orchestra’s sheer force but, even more, it was the heart and soul that were left stunned by this great concert.” Berliner Zeitung