GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 4 Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "this has a gleaming Vienna Philharmonic and a most touching soloist in von Stade" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
WAGNER
Orchestral music from Parsifal, TannhANuser & Tristan und Isolde Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Besides the Tristan Prelude and Liebestod and the Tannhäuser Overture, there is a repertoire speciality: thirty minutes of Parsifal, including the Prelude and a "suite" from Act Three, compiled by Claudio Abbado himself. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera.recorded in 1981) Teatro alla Scala / Frederica von Stade / Margherita Guglielmi / Laura Zannini / Francisco Araiza / Claudio Desderi / Paolo Montarsolo / Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2005 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's staging of this classic fairy tale, originally created for the San Francisco Opera in 1969, has been one of the most successful opera stagings of the 20th century |
WAGNER
Orchestral Music & Arias Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Duo / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Terfel brings a wide palette of tone to peer into the Dutchman's soul and express Wolfram's evening thoughts, where his legato and half-voice are admirable" (Gramophone) |
Various artsists including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev, Seiji Ozawa & Mischa Maisky, cello
Prokofiev - Compactothaque (A musical introduction to the composer) [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] "An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted." Claudio Arrau |
BERLIOZ / CHOPIN / DELIBES / MOZART / OFFENBACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / etc
My Ballerina Album: Favourite ballet scenes and melodies Various orchestras conducted by Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Arthur Fiedler, Neeme Jarvi, Herbert von karajan, John Lanchbery, Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon Double / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] A 2-CD compilation containing all-time favourite ballet melodies, specially chosen to be suitable for children |
PERGOLESI
Collection (Incls Stabat Mater, Salve Regina & Violin Concerto in B flat major) Veronica Cangemi, Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo, Teresa Romano, Ciuliano Carmignola / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 3 CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] |
BRAHMS
Viktoria Mullova plays Brahms Viktoria Mullova (violin) / Piotr Anderszewski (piano) / Andre Previn (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] During her 20 year association with Philips Viktoria Mullova recorded a wide range of repertory that ranges from Bach to Bartók and this repertory embraces sonatas and chamber works as well as important concertos. |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCKNER / MAHLER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Claudio Abbado & The Vienna Philharmonic: Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, with Maria Joao Pires, Maurizio Pollini, Friedrich Gulda (piano) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Juliane Banse (so [ Deutsche Grammophon / 58 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2013 ] Claudio Abbado's complete recordings with the Wiener Philharmoniker on Deutsche Grammophon in a 58 CD Limited Edition box set. |
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 Nos. 1-21 (complete) Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 12/Apr/2012 ] "The playing of the VPO under Abbado is altogether exhilarating and sparkles like a good champagne." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 / etc Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] "These very early Abbado recordings are far finer than his recent work on the composer, and may be as good a coupling of these two masterpieces as you can find." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1 (with Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3) [recorded in 2009] BLU-RAY Yuja Wang (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Bluray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra consists of an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicians like Kolja Blacher and Sebastian Breuninger, Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Jens Peter Maintz. |