Search Results: Claudio Abbado
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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. |
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... |
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) |
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 |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major / Gaspard de la Nuit / Sonatine Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with Maurizio Pollini (piano) Cheryl Studer (soprano) Ilya Gringolts (violin), etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 10 CD Box Set - released 17/Jul/2015 ] "One could say, briefly but not inaccurately, that this is the antithesis of Karajan. Where he was smooth, this is rugged. Where he went in for broad tempos in slow movements, Abbado moves things along." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / 4 DVD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] This exclusive box containing the complete Beethoven Symphonies performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker includes a special multi-angle feature: each disc offers sequences from the "conductor camera" showing the maestro from his musicians perspective |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 (Rec 2001) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 3/Sep/2007 ] G :- "Vigorous and magnificent, furiously direct - but at the same time blessed with an astounding richness of detail.." Stuttgarter Zeitung |
MAHLER
Symphony No 5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra./ Claudio Abbado [ DG SACD / 2 SACD - released 8/Jul/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "With excellent sound, there are few versions to match this, presenting Abbado at his peak." *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
RICHARD STRAUSS / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT / NONO
Claudio Abbado Edition Vol. 2 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... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 [2 LP] Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon LP / 2 LP - released 20/Jan/2023 ] "Outstanding ... With excellent sound, there are few versions to match this, presenting Abbado at his peak." (Penguin Guide to Classical Music) |
DVORAK
Symphonie No. 9 / Overture 'Othello' Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] "All in all, it's a good CD, very well recorded and recommendable to all except those who hold particular interpretative preferences for the New World." (Gramophone 2000) |
MAHLER / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / BACH
Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker / Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Orchestra Mozart [ EuroArts Music DVD / 7 DVD Box Set - released 18/Jun/2021 ] What made Claudio Abbado stand out was his unpretentious, noble character, his democratic understanding of music making and his ability to celebrate the live moment on stage. Claudio Abbado empathized with his musicians. In order to be able to... |
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BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] - Great Recordings Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Gunter Wand, etc [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2015 ] The Berlin Philharmonic is consistently ranked as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. As is fitting such an eminent orchestra, they consistently work with the world's most renowned conductors and soloists. |
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Stockhausen: Gruppen Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 4/Jun/2012 ] |
DEBUSSY
Images / Nocturnes / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] "Abbado's account of the Nocturnes is one of the finest in the catalogue ... The playing of the Boston Orchestra is immensely polished but not glossy, and there is a naturalness about this performance that also distinguishes the recording" Penguin |
W. A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (Complete Opera recorded in 1998) Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, Carmela Remigio, Matti Salminen / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Opera / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "An intensely musical performance, large in scale, keen in its awareness of what is going on in the score and eager to make everything tell. Abbado is often ready to stretch the pulse in order to allow an expressive point in the music to register... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 (Complete) / Sinfonia Concertante Carmignola Giuliano (violin) / Orchestra Mozart (on period instruments) / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Concerto - "Mozart-conducting and interpretation are in the realms of greatness." |
