Search Results: Claudio Abbado
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonie No. 5 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
BRAHMS / DVORAK / MENDELSSOHN / MUSSORGSKY / MAHLER / NONO
Claudio Abbado Edition Vol. 1 Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] As the endlessly sad news of Claudio Abbado's passing broke on Monday 20th January 2014, heartfelt tributes quickly poured in from around the world: "a great musician and a generous man" (Sir Simon Rattle); "will always be part of the exalted group... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Thomas Quasthoff / Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Mar/2002 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies, Serenades and Overtures Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with Marjana Lipovsek (contralto) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2014 ] The 5 CD BRAHMS box of Symphonies, Serenades and Overtures, is generally recognized as containing the best modern recordings of his symphonic oeuvre. "Brahms would be the top of my Abbado picks," critic Martin Kettle has written, "partly but not only... |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "The playing of the BPO is, on the whole, outstandingly fine, and Abbado directs with his customary flair, imagination and sensitivity throughout." (Gramophone 1998) |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / The Tempest, Op. 18 / Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture / Marche slave, Op. 31 Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] "The brilliant, full-blooded recording is excellent, only just short of demonstration standard" (Gramophone 2000) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Te Deum Op. 22 Francisco Araizo (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, European Community Youth Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Aug/2010 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies 6 & 8 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "flexible, warmly played, beautifully detailed." (Arkivmusic) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (complete) Alessio Allegrini (horn) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] " In tune with Claudio Abbado's bracing "new-old" approach to Mozart - sparing use of string vibrato, astringent, wind-dominated textures - Allegrini's slightly rougher-edged way with this famous music could hardly be less like Brain's suave... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CARL MARIA von WEBER
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Weber: Konzertstück in F minor (LP) Alfred Brendel (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Philips / LP - released 6/May/2016 ] Presented with original artwork and pressed at optimal GmbH, this release has been carefully mastered from original analogue sources at Abbey Road Studios. Every effort has been made to faithfully reproduce the original intentions of the musicians an |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (Complete Opera recorded in 1994) Anatoly Kocherga, Marjana Lipovsek, Samuel Ramey, Sergei Larin / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Tölzer Knabenchor, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list. |
VERDI
A Verdi Gala From Berlin (recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 30-31 December 2000) Andrea Rost / Ramon Vargas / Alan Titus / Lucio Gallo / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado (conductor) [ EuroArts / DVD - released 6/Dec/2006 ] G :- This New Year's Eve concert was performed to celebrate the end of the year 2000 and the beginning of the Verdi year of celebrations. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Europakonzert - 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet) Magdalena Kožená (mezzo) Vadim Repin (violin) etc / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] [ EuroArts Blu-ray / 31 Blu-ray Box Set - released 21/Jan/2022 ] An absolute must-have for collectors and fans of the annually celebrated event. Many renowned conductors have chosen to perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker over a time period of 30 years. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi per due (Verdi For Two) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Roberto Alagna (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "Tenor and soprano bring meltingly beautiful tone and impeccable legato" BBC Music |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) BLU-RAY Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] G : - "This is easily the greatest, most concentrated, most moving and beautifully played performance of this massive work I've yet encountered" (Keith). This DVD was a Staff Pick DVD for 2010. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] G - "One of the greatest Mahlerians alive today, Abbado conducting Mahler's Third Symphony with his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra is not to be missed...Anna Larsson is ethereal in the fourth movement's Nietzschian text, the finale a sublimely... |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Anna Netrebko - Sempre Libera Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Aug/2004 ] "Few sopranos sing bel canto with the natural beauty she supplies." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 |
PROKOFIEV / BERG / TCHIAKOVSKY
Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky Anna Prohaska (soprano) / Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela / Claudio Abbado [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Aided by superb camera work, we see him, gaunt but energised, bringing sophistication and élan to Prokofiev's monster canvas, conjuring magic and fragrance from the Berg and driving the Pathétique to the edge of the abyss." (The Financial Times) |
BIZET / RACHMANINOV / SARASATE / RAVEL / de FALLA / BRAHMS
New Year's Concert 1997 (recorded in 2007) Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev / Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Jul/2008 ] The Berliner Philharmoniker's annual New Year's Eve concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan. The program of the New Year's Eve Concert 1997 bore the title "Dances of Life, Love, and Death", and was meant as a... |
MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff / Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] This, the conductor's first recording of the complete Des Knaben Wunderhorn cycle, made after glowing concerts that made major headlines in the German press |
