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CHOPIN / OFFENBACH / DELIBES / TCHAIKOVSKY / WALDTEUFEL / KHACHATURIAN
The Little Ballerina [includes 'Les Sylphides', 'The Skater's Waltz', & 'Sabre Dance'] Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Arthur Fiedler [ Deutsche Grammophon Classics For Kids / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] Featuring some classic pieces from perennial favourites like Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Delibes, this is a must have for all your little ballerinas! |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphonies nos 3 "Scottish" & 4 "Italian" London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 3D Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/1985 ] "One of Abbado's biggest LSO recording projects -- a richly rewarding legacy" (BBC Music Magazine) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' BLU-RAY Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "Has there ever been a suaver, more transparent Mahler performance or one in which everything stays so beautifully in tune? ... Abbado's music-making is a celebration of the purest joy." The Gramophone Magazine |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] 'It's hard to forget that the concert recorded here turned out to be Claudio Abbado's last. Yet this is not simply a poignant memorial to the late conductor but one of the finest Bruckner Nines on disc' (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Orchestral) |
VERDI
Verdi: Rarities (recorded 1978 & 1980) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Singers / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Reissue of the classic recordings Pavarotti made of some of the more unusual Verdi repertoire. Includes one of the few recordings of the original 'Aida' Overture - all 11 minutes of it! |
TRADITIONAL / SCHUBERT / VERDI / RAVEL / etc
Margaret Price in Recital Margaret Price (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with James Lockhart & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] A song recital new to CD from a peerless lyric soprano, coupled with classic recordings of Ravel and Verdi. In 1971 Andrew Porter wrote that Margaret Price's voice was among the things that make one 'glad to be alive'. In the 1960s she had... |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / BACH / SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Maria João Pires Maria João Pires (piano) with the Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Sony / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Her first recital was at the age of five, and at the age of seven she was already playing Mozart piano concertos publicly. Two years later she received Portugal's top prize for young musicians. In the following... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Symphony no 2 Marjana Lipovsek (alto) / Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "How pleasant it is to be able to welcome a new recording of a Brahms symphony. The sessions took place before the BPO elected Abbado as their Chief Conductor, but the orchestra responds with unmistakable enthusiasm to the Italian conductor" Gramopho |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no 3 (coupled with Ravel-Piano Concerto in G) Martha Argerich (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] "all done with the most engaging reckless abandon." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL / CHOPIN / MOZART / etc
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: The Complete Concerto Recordings Martha Argerich (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jan/2015 ] "Lightning strikes as Argerich's Beethoven 3 is finally heard on disc" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine January 2005 |
BRAHMS / MOZART / ROSSINI / SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Abbado in Concert (recorded 1986) Maurizio Pollini (piano), Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita / Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "..the Mozart sequence with Karita Mattila is revelatory, camerawork for the Brahms Second Piano Concerto as fluid and imaginative as the Abbado-Pollini partnership...He combines a phenomenal technique with a poetic temperament. Wonderful." (BBC) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Mozart/Brahms: Piano Concertos Maurizio Pollini (piano) / The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bohm / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Sep/2006 ] G :- MARBECKS STAFF REISSUE OF THE YEAR 2006 - This 2-DVD set features five piano concerto performances by Maurizio Pollini, all filmed in the late 1970s at the Musikverein in Vienna. |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / GLINKA / BORODIN / VERDI
Nicolai Ghiaurov - Russian & Italian arias Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Edward Downes & Claudio Abbado [ Decca / CD - released 16/Oct/1996 ] Original recordings from 1963 to 1969 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Roberto Alagna - Verdi Arias Roberto Alagna (tenor) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] "In answer to all those nay-sayers concerning Alagna's talents, the tenor here shows, in the most demanding programme imaginable, that there is little if anything wrong with his technique and a great deal right with his sense of Verdian style" Gramop |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (recorded live Covent Garden in 1975) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Elizabeth Bainbridge / Claudio Abbado (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] [Domingo] is enjoying himself as a devil-may-care ruler with a twinkle in both eye and voice...[Cappuccilli] offers a masterclass in what we really mean by 'Verdi baritone'." Gramophone Magazine |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 9 & 17 Rudolf Serkin (piano), Claudio Abbado (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra [ Deusche Grammophon / CD ] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E♭ major, K. 271, known as the Jeunehomme or Jenamy concerto was written in Salzburg in 1777 when the composer was 21 years old. Mozart completed the concerto in January 1777, nine months after his... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera) Ruggero Raimondi, Elena Obraztsova, Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'None is better or more thoroughly and thoughtfully conducted - and in Verdi, that is of the essence.' Gramophone |
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." |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Alborada Del Gracioso / Tzigane / Shéhérazade Salvatore Accardo (violin) Margaret Price (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "There is much to admire in these performances under Abbado, who secures consistently polished and refined playing from the LSO." Gramophone |
