Claudio Abbado - Conductors - Claudio Abbado - Retrospective

EuroArts

£51.30

Format: 7 DVD Set
ICPN: 0880242608888
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Genre: Classical

deluxe hardcover book

"I am Claudio - for everyone" quickly became Abbado's oft-quoted statement.
In order to be able to maintain contact with each individual during the conducting, he usually conducted from memory. What made Claudio Abbado stand out was his unpretentious, noble character, his democratic understanding of music making and his ability to celebrate the live moment on stage. Claudio Abbado empathized with his musicians.
• This edition gives an extensive overview of Maestro Claudio Abbado’s career and many of his important projects.

• The box contains representative concert recordings of his work as orchestra founder, as Beethoven and opera conductor.

• The edition includes the Adagio from Mahler's 10th Symphony, never before released on DVD, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's death.

• The DVD collection includes concert performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Orchestra Mozart

• Soloists: Roberto Alagna ∙ Daniela Barcellona ∙ Giuliano Carmignola ∙ Angela Gheorghiu
Julian Konstantinov ∙ Karita Mattila ∙ Thomas Moser ∙ Maurizio Pollini ∙ Andrea Rost
Eike Wilm Schulte ∙ Alan Titus ∙ Violeta Urmana ∙ Ramón Vargas
DVD 1 Hearing the Silence - Sketches for a Portrait by Paul Smaczny (67 mins)
Bonus: Gustav Mahler: Adagio for Symphony No. 10 (Claudio Abbado ∙ Berliner Philharmoniker)

DVD 2 Claudio Abbado conducts Verdi (94 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 2000

DVD 3 Claudio Abbado conducts Verdi: Messa da Requiem (88 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, January 2001

DVD 4 Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 & 9 (122 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Berliner Philharmoniker
Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin, May 2000 (No. 9) and at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, February 2001

DVD 5 Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9 (84 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Recorded live at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 14 April 2004

DVD 6 Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Beethoven at Lucerne (107 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Lucerne Festival Orchestra ∙ Maurizio Pollini
Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 10-12 August 2005
DVD 7 Claudio Abbado conducts Brandenburg Concertos (100 mins)
Claudio Abbado ∙ Orchestra Mozart
Recorded live at Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, 21 April 2007