FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] Original recordings recorded St. John's, Smith Square, London, 1984 |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies 1 & 3 / Romeo & Juliet / Chout (with works by Janacek & Hinemith) London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] Orchestral showpieces such as those grouped here were among the most obvious beneficiaries of the advances in recording technique pioneered by Decca from the late 1950s onwards. Works which may have seemed dauntingly complex to an earlier generation... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Abbado in Lucerne (concert & documentary) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "For some the main attraction of Abbado in Lucerne will be the great Italian maestro conducting Debussy at the 2003 Lucerne Festival. For others it's the documentary, with its footage of some of the last century's greatest conductors in action: every... |
MAHLER
Introducing Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "the recorded sound of this Abbado-handpicked orchestra is something special. So is the playing, which has a full-throated, epic splendour from start to finish, under the unobtrusive command of Abbado's conducting." (Classic FM) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (recorded in 2004) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] G - "If anything the mystery will be intensified as one watches Abbado apparently drawing exactly what he wants from well over a hundred musicians by some extra-sensory means. It is fascinating to watch." MUSICWEB.CO.UK |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, August 2006) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 16/Jul/2007 ] G :- "This is a valuable recording because it "is" filmed, and by people who know the music...this film is a very valuable contribution to "how" we listen to Mahler." MusicWeb |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7 in E minor (recorded live in 2005) BLU-RAY Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Jul/2011 ] "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 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (recorded in 2005) Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] G :- "One day the Lucerne concerts will be appreciated for their role in developing Mahler performance practice" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month June 2006) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (recorded live in 2010) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Accentus Music / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 (DVD Performance) - "This is as mind-blowing experience - a Mahler Ninth as great as any I've heard" International Record Review, April 2011 |
GUSTAV MAHLER / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Claudio Abbado and Maurizio Pollini at Lucerne Festival (recorded 2004) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, with Maurizio Pollini (piano) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] Fostering young musical talents was particularly dear to Claudio Abbado's heart. Abbado founded the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003. In this orchestra, he united the world's best young musicians from youth orchestras. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Ruckert-Lieder [recorded in August 2009] BLU-RAY Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Euroarts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Abbado combines the orchestral work (which features a solo soprano in the finale) with Mahler's "Rückert-Lieder". Soloist in both works is the Czech soprano Magdalena Kozena. |
W. A. MOZART / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN
Maria Joao Pires: Complete Concerto Recordings Maria Joao Pires (piano) / Orchestra Mozart, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2020 ] This collection brings together all of Maria João Pires' concerto recordings for Deutsche Grammophon from between 1990 and 2011. It displays the great Portuguese pianist in the music of three composers who have always been close to her heart -... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 Martha Argerich (piano) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Mar/2014 ] "the tidy sheen of the Orchestra Mozart's young professionals tells us plenty about his genius as an orchestral trainer. And his rapport with the mercurial Argerich...is audible in every bar" The Times, 24th January 2014 |
BARTOK / BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / BRAHMS / DVORAK / BRUCKNER / etc
Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs Martha Argerich (piano) Gil Shaham (violin) / Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink [ Euroarts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Maurizio Pollini: Schumann - Complete Recordings Maurizio Pollini (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 4 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2012 ] Long recognized as a supreme Schumann interpreter, one of "unfaltering poise" and "magisterial talent" (Gramophone), Maurizio Pollini recorded a wide selection of solo works and the Piano Concerto (with Abbado) between 1973 and 2001. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Tchaikovsky / Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Midori (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Sony Classical / CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/1989 ] Midori Goto, born October 25, 1971) who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. |
BEETHOVEN
Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin [Recorded live in 2000] BLU-RAY Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Karita Mattila, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Moser, Eike Wilm Schulte / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2014 ] For this newly released EUROPAKONZERT Blu-ray Disc all recordings were lovingly restored and converted to High Definition video. The 10th EUROPAKONZERT was performed in the newmillennium |
PERGOLESI
Dixit Dominus / Salve Regina in A minor / Confitebor tibi, Domine / Chi non ode, e chi non vede - chamber cantata Rachel Harnisch, Julia Kleiter, Rosa Bove, Lucio Gallo / Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Archiv Produktion / CD - released 8/Apr/2011 ] "One of the highlights of the third collection is Harnisch's account of the aria of unrequited love, Chi non ode e chi non vede, with its changing tempi and expressive anguish" (Penguin Guide) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / W. A. MOZART
Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert (recorded 2012) BLU-RAY Rachel Harnisch, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Javier Camarena, Paolo Fanale & Alex Esposito / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado [ Accentus Music Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Sep/2016 ] A "touching and magnificent reunion" (Der Standard). The public and press enthusiastically celebrated the long-awaited return of Claudio Abbado to the Salzburg Festival in 2012. The conductor brought with him Mozart's youthful Mass K. 139, the... |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina / Violin Concerto in B flat major Rachel Harnisch, Sara Mingardo & Julia Kleiter, Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "The Stabat Mater is the main work, in a striking performance that manages to be at once devotional and operatic. There's a fiery austerity in the conducting and string playing...The real treat here is the Violin Concerto, played with casual sensual |