Search Results: Claudio Abbado
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![Verdi: Macbeth (Complete Opera) [2 CD remastered + Blu-ray audio] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10597/10597442.jpg)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete Opera) [2 CD remastered + Blu-ray audio] Shirley Verrett, Piero Cappuccilli, Placido Domingo / Milan La Scala Chorus; Milan La Scala Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 9/Nov/2018 ] A truly legendary opera recording from the golden age of stereo, remastered to true 24-bit Audio from the original analogue tapes, presented on High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc + CD in a deluxe hardback edition with libretti and synopsis. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera.recorded in 1981) Teatro alla Scala / Frederica von Stade, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini, Francisco Araiza, Claudio Desderi, Paolo Montarsolo / Claudio 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 |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CD + Blu-ray Audio + DVD / 4 CD/DVD Box Set - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The hardcover edition of Claudio Abbado's legendary recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville is out of print and now available in a new packaged set: 2 CD + BD audio (24bit/96kHz) + DVD video box set. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10106/10106216.jpg)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera with libretto) Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Daniil Shtoda, Enrico Facini, Dorothea Roschmann / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] Recording: Berlin, Philarmonie, Grosser Saal, 4/2001. The booklet includes the libretto and texts by Andrew Porter and Claudio Abbado |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Atmospheres Gerd Zacher (organ) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado / Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks / Ensemble Intercontemporain [ Deutsche Grammophon 20th Century / CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] "Atmospheres is an amazing piece, which defines huge clusters as a compositional technique. It's not an experiment but a superbly realized masterpiece." Steve Reich |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: The Nine Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The Vienna Philharmonic's distinguished Bruckner tradition, documented through a series of superb Decca recordings from the 1960s and 70s on a Limited Edition 9-CD box set, with Original Jackets. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (with Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3) [recorded in 2009] Yuja Wang (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Every visual detail caught by the eye becomes woven into the aural tapestry of Mahler's First Symphony. The tension is high from the beginning as spring rustles into life. Abbado carefully paces each surge in energy, each mood transformation. Every... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Yuja Wang (piano) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/Mar/2011 ] "She tackles the popular "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2" with an ease that betrays her deep familiarity with the material; but it's the confident way she deals with the challenging "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"...that most impresses... |
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... |
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... |
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) |
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 |
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) |
