Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic: Monday YouTube Fix

I had the privilege of seeing Zubin Mehta lead the Israel Philharmonic at Tanglewood perform Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" in 1993 as a high school student.  They were a powerful orchestra with a wonderful sound and the performance left me inspired.  

Rimsky-Korsakov's "Russian Easter Overture" is the perfect piece to show off this orchestra with just about every instrument in the orchestra featured at some point.

Enjoy!

Scheherazade/Vienna Philharmonic: Monday YouTube Fix

Here is the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Valery Gergiev performing Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" live at the Salzburg Festival in 2005. Enjoy!