Spirits of Music - Bobby McFerrin... [2 DVDs] - Naxos Deutschland

"Aufnahme"
Live recording from the Market Square Leipzig, 15 June 2002

Spirits of Music is an unusual musical journey through centuries and cultures, featuring multiple Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin, violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy, soprano Sibylla Rubens and the Gewandhaus Orchestra with music from Bach to Mozart and Verdi. Maginficent examples of religious music come from artists as Kroke the Kuumba Singers, Mari Boine, Bulgarian Voices Angelite and the Ensemble Al-Kindi one of the best formations devoted to classical Arab music. This extraordinary musical journey, which took place on one evening at the Leipzig markes Square is completed by the Cuban a capella group vocal Sampling, consisting of musicians from Havana's National Superior Institute of Arts, who are celebrating their very own interpretation of Afro-Caribbean music.