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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Songs (Songs orchestrated by: Berlioz-Britten-Brahms-Liszt-Offenbach-Reger-Webern ) Anne Sofie von Otter / Thomas Quasthoff / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Von Otter remains one of the most searching, verbally aware of Lieder interpreters. Quasthoff, with his warm noble baritone, is just as compelling. Abbado is a near-ideal accompanist, alive to any special felicities of scoring but always considerate... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / BRUCH / PAGANINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / etc
Best Of Maxim Vengerov Maxim Vengerov (violin) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2006 ] "his technique is highly impressive, and he produces a beautiful tone even in the violin's lower regions." (BBC Music) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Haydn-Variations / Nanie Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] ".Haydn Variations is more searching, more illuminating than any other modern version I know. Each variation is richly characterized-the fifth, for example, is delivered in a tough, insistent fashion, while the sixth has a graceful, wistful quality." |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 / Gesang der Parzen Rundfunkchor Berlin / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] "After a spacious introduction, Abbado launches into a warm, dramatic reading, rhythmically well sprung and finely shaded, with the full power of the great climaxes broughtout in the finale, from the rapt pianissimo of the opening onwards." |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto Op 77 / Double Concerto Gil Shaham (violin) Jian Wang (cello) Berliner Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "The American violinist Gil Shaham takes on Brahms's two concertos featuring the violin. It is an apt coupling because it celebrates the composer's (occasionally strained)... |
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Piano Concertos Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 25/May/2000 ] A timeless interpretation of the Brahms masterpiece! |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BOULEZ / CHOPIN / DEBUSSY / LISZT / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / etc
Edition (12 CD set plus bonus CD) Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Claudio Abbado [ DG Maurizio Pollini Edition / 13 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Celebrating his 60th birthday and a 30-year artistic collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon, the maurizio pollini edition presents a wide-ranging series of our exclusive artist's classic recordings, personally selected and approved by the Maestro... |