Claudio Abbado
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Biography: Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Milano, Italy
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Birthday: June 26, 1933
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 20, 2014
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The Matchstick Men
Overview: Documentary about the life and work of the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1996-11-20
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Mahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
Overview: Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2009
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Original Language: en
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Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
Overview: Claudio Abbado, conductor; Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; Daniela Bercellona, mezzo-soprano; Roberto Alagna, tenor; Julian Konstantinov, bass. Swedish Radio Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Orfeon Nonostiarra, Berliner Philharmoniker. Live recording at performances to mark the centenary of Verdi's death. Jan. 25 & 27, 2001.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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European Concert 1994
Overview: European Concert 1994 From the Staatstheater Meiningen.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the Orchestra Mozart with Giuliano Carmignola, principal violinist, live at the Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, April 21, 2007
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-27
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Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Overview: A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by human actors in a fairytale world inhabited by Muppet-like characters. Pop star Sting (The Police) lends his voice to a Sting puppet for the witty, enlightening commentary that guides the viewer through this charming suite.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-26
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Lucerne Festival 2011: Claudio Abbado conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 5
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Overview: Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the piece proclaims eternal light and redemption. Together with a first-class quartet of soloists, the choirs of the Bavarian and Swedish radios and the distinguished musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado uncovers this more hopeful and forgiving essence of the Requiem.
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Original Language: la
Release Date: 2013-07-12
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
Overview: An extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded in the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna in 1997 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Johannes Brahms. With soprano Barbara Bonney and baritone Bryn Terfel with the acclaimed Swedish Radio Choir and Eric Ericson Chamber Choir.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-04-03
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Mozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Overview: Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the piece proclaims eternal light and redemption. Together with a first-class quartet of soloists, the choirs of the Bavarian and Swedish radios and the distinguished musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado uncovers this more hopeful and forgiving essence of the Requiem
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-02
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A Verdi Gala from Berlin
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Recorded in 2000, the program includes excerpts from the composer's "La Traviata," "Falstaff," "Rigoletto," "Don Carlos" and "Un Ballo in Maschera," with solos by Andrea Rost (soprano), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone) and Lucio Gallo (bass-baritone).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-16
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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did he decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies. It was left to audiences of his native Italy to witness these concerts in February 2001 in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did he decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies. It was left to audiences of his native Italy to witness these concerts in February 2001 in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did he decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies. It was left to audiences of his native Italy to witness these concerts in February 2001 in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did he decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies. It was left to audiences of his native Italy to witness these concerts in February 2001 in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Verdi: Requiem
Overview: Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded in high definition audio.
Genres: Music
Original Language: la
Release Date: 1982-08-01
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Europakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
Overview: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73 Documentary on Meiningen's history and the musical activities of Hans von Bülow, the great pianist and conductor
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Europakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg
Overview: Sergei Prokofiev: Highlights from "Romeo & Juliet" Sergei Rachmaninov: Cavatine of Aleko from "Aleko" Ludwig van Beethoven: Romances for Violine and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, and No. 2 in F major, Symphony No. 7 in A major Peter Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker" Waltz of the Flowers Documentary on St. Petersburg.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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Europakonzert 1991 from Prague
Overview: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K. 201; Scena and Rondo for Soprano and piano forte obligato and Orchestra K. 505; Symphony No. 35 in D major K. 385 "Haffner" Documentary on the Berliner Philharmoniker and Mozart in Prague.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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Europakonzert 2002 from Palermo
Overview: Beethoven: Egmont-Ouverture Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95 Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Ouverture
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-03-06
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Europakonzert 2000 from Berlin
Overview: Beethoven: Concerto N° 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony N° 9
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-06-08
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Europakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
Overview: Richard Wagner Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Peter Tchaikovsky "The Storm" Claude Debussy “Trois Nocturnes” Giuseppe Verdi "Quattro pezzi sacri"
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-06-10
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La Cenerentola
Overview: The Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and they are instantly attracted to each other. When the Philosopher, Alidoro, later takes Cenerentola (dressed in magnificent clothing) to the palace, Dandini (still posing as the prince) tries to talk of love to her, but Cenerentola rejects him, saying that she is in love with his 'valet'. Ramiro, who has overheard this comment, is overjoyed, and immediately proposes to her, but Cenerentola says that he must first seek her out and then, if he still felt the same way, she would marry him. She gives him one of a matching pairs of bracelets, telling him to look for its companion on her right arm (she then leaves the palace). Ramiro ends the masquerade, and he and Dandini resume their true identities. The Prince then sets out on his quest - little realising that destiny, in the form of a violent thunderstorm, is about to take a hand in the affair.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Overview: This was recorded over three nights at the Philharmonie in Berlin. It does, however, provide a fitting close to the career of Claudio Abbado, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 1990 until May of 2013, when the music here was recorded.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-11
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Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)
Overview: Claudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their acclaimed Mahler cycle to a new level with this audiovisual recording of the most complex and compelling of the symphonies, the intense, searching Ninth. Abbado brings all his renowned clarity of vision and the experience of a lifetime to this contradictory music half valedictory, half life-affirming and his orchestra of soloists, including some of the leading instrumentalists of our time, revels in the transparent textures and virtuosity of Mahlers last completed symphony.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-31
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Khovanshchina
Overview: The last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful interpretations in this 1989 recording from the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Claudio Abbado. A moody opera that is thematically broad at times and intimately personal in others, "Khovanshchina" tells the story of the 17th-century clash between Russian conservatives and Peter the Great's reformists. Among the singers is renowned basso Nicolai Ghiaurov and Paata Burchuladze, as well as Anatoly Kocherga, Ludmila Semtchuk, and Heinz Zednik.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-03
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Wozzeck
Overview: 1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck details the harsh existence of the title character, a former soldier in the German army who has to struggle mightily to make a living, even as others around him prosper.
Genres: Music Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Elektra
Overview: Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Elektra is one of the glories of live opera on film, deserving of eternal availability. The DVD picture has great clarity, despite the darkness of Hans Schavernoch’s set design. Other than the cliché of a huge statue head, toppled on its side, the set manages to be suitably representative of a decaying palace as well as an imposing, theatrical space, dominated by the mammoth body of the statue from which the head apparently dropped, draped with the ropes that seem to have enabled the decapitation. Sooner or later most of the characters cling to and twist around those ropes, an apt stage metaphor for the remorseless repercussions from the murder of Agammenon by his unfaithful wife Klytämnestra and her paramour, Aegisthus. Reinhard Heinrich’s costumes capture a distant era while sustaining a creepily modern look — part Goth, part homeless, part Spa-wear.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Overview: Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b) Schubert, Symphony no. 2 B-Major, D. 125 c) Arnold Schonberg, Kammersinfonie no. 1 E-Major op. 9 (Filmed in Venice, Gran Teatro La Fenice, in February 1995, Chamber Orchestra of Europe). a) Richard Strauss, Elektra (Deborah Polaski, Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Ferrucio Furlanetto) b) Beethoven, Symphony no 6 F-Major, op. 68, 'Pastorale' (Filmed in the Festspielhaus Salzburg on the occasion of the Easter Festival, April 1995, Berlin Philharmonic). a) Beethoven, Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 3 C-MINOR, OP. 37 (Maria Joao Pires) b) Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 D-Minor (Filmed in Paris, Cite de la Musique, in August 1995, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra).
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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In Search of Beethoven
Overview: In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and 100 interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. Eleven interviews are included in the Extras and Six complete movements.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Overview: This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Piero Cappucili (Renato), Patricia Payne (? - the booklet or DVD fails to credit the singer) (Ulrica) and Claudio Abbado in the pit: all at their peak, you just simply cannot go wrong when purchasing this DVD. This performance made me realise why I had fallen in love with opera: beautiful (today one should be thankful) and convincing sets and costumes, and fiery conducting and singing from all the above soloists which leaves you breathless. Domingo as the King (not the Governor of Boston) is simply ravishing! He is so convincing and dashing as Gustavus - I think very few tenors nowadays can even attempt such a convincing vocal and dramatic performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-27
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Conducting Mahler
Overview: Documents the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, and Simon Rattle, who detail the special relationship they have with Mahler's work.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-06
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A Russian Night
Overview: RACHMANINOV: Klavierkonzert Piano Concerto No. 2 - STRAVINSKY: Der Feuervogel · The Firebird - TCHAIKOVSKY: Der Sturm · The Tempest - Hélène Grimaud - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-01
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Mahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
Overview: Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 18-19 August 2004
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-19
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Overview: The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this opening concert of the 2009 Lucerne Festival. Prokofiev's popular and vibrant Third Piano Concerto demonstrates the composer's sharp musical wit, and Yuja Wang is a brilliant exponent of the work. Following this, and chiming beautifully with the festival's theme of the relationship between art and nature, Mahler's First Symphony is given an illuminating and rapturously received performance.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-01
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
Overview: “It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today: total harmony of mind and heart, poetry and outcry, fear and consolation, knowing and feeling,” declared the Berne paper ‘Der Bund’ after this stunning performance of Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony in August 2003 by the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Claudio Abbado had formed this ensemble from famous instrumentalists, celebrated chamber-musicians and experienced soloists from the world’s best orchestras, and the event was sold out months in advance. The ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung’ reported: “Once again the applause at the end was unequalled; the immense final chord … broke a tension that had lasted over 90 minutes without relaxing for a moment.”
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-12-01
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Lucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
Overview: For this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, recorded live in 2007 at the Congress and Concert Hall Lucerne, Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra are joined by the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and the Tölzer Knabenchor. The soloist is Anna Larsson.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-01
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Lucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder
Overview: The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this live recording from Lucerne Festival in Summer. Mahler’s five Rückert-Lieder – in a profoundly moving and rapturously received performance – precede Mahler’s sublime and deeply personal Fourth Symphony. This extraordinary work is executed with power, passion and sensitivity, with Magdalena Kožená giving a transcendent rendition of the final movement.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-01
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Overview: Live performance of Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No.6' at the 2006 Lucerne Festival. Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which includes soloists such as violinist Kolja Blacher, cellist Natalia Gutman and clarinettist Sabine Meyer.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-01
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Mahler's seventh symphony recorded in 2005.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
Overview: Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japan
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-17
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Overview: Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito is performed before a live audience at Florence's Teatro Comunale in this release featuring the music of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under conductor Claudio Abbado, and starring Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, and Karita Mattila.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-06-04
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Overview: Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s scoring and for certain rhythmic effects.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-10-27
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Beethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
Overview: Pollini plays flawlessly, with the greatest finesse and sensitivity, very much in tune with each composer's personal style. His performances are exemplary in every respect. The video and audio are quite acceptable, given their 1970s vintage. Böhm and Abbado are at home in this repertoire, and the Wiener Philharmoniker in excellent form, notwithstanding a few strange noises coming from the horns.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Overview: Count Almaviva is in love with Rosina. However, she is currently staying with Dr. Bartolo – who desires to marry her. By using a series of disguises, Almaviva manages to pass letters to Rosina and serenade her with his beautiful voice. Dr. Bartolo does his best to stop Almaviva but is constantly thwarted. In the end, Count Almaviva marries Rosina and Dr. Bartolo comes to terms with his defeat.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
Overview: Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony and Pelleas et Melisande by Arnold Schoenberg performed by the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, conducted by Claudio Abbado. Soprano Juliane Banse is featured on the Mahler symphony
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-01
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The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Overview: A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a fatal cancer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-02-14
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Claudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7
Overview: Competently as usual and with a lot of visinary energy, Claudio Abbado conducted his LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at the opening of LUCERNE FESTIVAL, SOMMER 2005. The programm included Beethoven's impressive Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37, with Alfred Brendel as soloist and, as the very heart of the opening programme of SOMMER 2005, Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7.
Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-05-22
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunction of soloists and of choruses, the choice of the Ode to Joy by Schiller, all of this concurs to its fame. The Ninth Symphony is a "Big Bang" in symphonic terms. A grandiose apotheosis, sublimating all of Beethoven's work by being the most universal and immediately understood piece ever written.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven: The Symphonies
Overview: Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21 2. Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36 3. Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" 4. Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 5. Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 6. Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" 7. Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 8. Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93 9. Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-03
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Lucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
Overview: Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicial stars, opens up new dimensions in the interpretation of symphonic music with exceptional soloists. The line-up includes such luminaries as Ilya Gringolts and Sabine and Wolfgang Meyer, alongside members of the world's great orchestras. The cellos section alone boasts Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Valentin Erben. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 have already been released on EuroArts the symphonies have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-01
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Maurizio Pollini: De main de maître
Overview: A unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist. Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the time had come to submit to the probing of the camera, an exercise made all the more necessary because of his usual avoidance of the public eye.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Berlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
Overview: Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact sailing ship from the 17th century, the Vasa. Nowadays, the huge exhibition hall of the Vasa Museum is home to the ancient ship. These unusual surroundings formed the venue of the Berliner Philharmoniker's 1998 European Concert in Sweden, which was conducted by Claudio Abbado. Works of Wagner, Tschaikovsky, Debussy and Verdi Vasa Museum Stockholm, 1. May 1998 Berliner Philharmoniker Claudio Abbado Swedish Radio Choir Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Richard Wagner Der fliegende Hollander: Overture (11:32) Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Tempest. Symphonic Fantasia after Shakespeare (23:02) Claude Debussy Nocturnes (23:10) Giuseppe Verdi Quattro pezzi sacri (41:34)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-28
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: Symphony No. 8 is as different musically from the Seventh Symphony as it is close in time since it was finished only five months later. It appears to be caught between the Dionysian scale of the Seventh Symphony and the titanic universality of the Ninth Symphony. The carefree nature of the "little symphony", as the composer called it himself, should not make one forget its welcome smile.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to Beethoven. The programme includes the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 with the Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev whose dazzling technique adding to a delicate sensitivity merges instinct and intellectual rigour, and the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-10
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Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
Overview: Get an insider's glimpse of the preparation of Claudio Abbado's arresting performance of Verdi's "Missa da Requiem" in this behind-the-scenes documentary showcasing the acclaimed conductor as he rehearses with the production's various performers. Featuring the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, this revealing program compiles rehearsal footage captured at the Chiesa di San Marco in Milan and the Teatro alla Scala opera house.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Overview: Mahler Symphony No.9 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-21
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Mahler: Symphonies 1-7
Overview: The unforgettable performances by Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA of Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1−7 are newly celebrated in a set which showcases their exceptional quality – both audiovisual and musical. Claudio Abbado has set new standards in the interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s works; he and his exclusive ensemble of hand-picked musicians held audiences spellbound in these concerts. REPERTOIRE: Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-7; Five lieder based on poems by Friedrich Rückert; Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-26
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Mozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
Overview: Claudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of Mozart's Requiem at the Salzburg Cathedral to commemorate the 10th anniversary of renowned Austrian conductor Herbert Von Karajan's death. Featuring soloists Rachel Harnisch, Karita Mattila, Sara Mingardo, Bryn Terfel and Michael Schade, this solemn evening is a fitting tribute to one of the 20th century's most influential musical personalities. Live from Salzburg Cathedral on July 16th, 1999.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-02
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Pollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
Overview: Wiener Philharmonic Karl Bohm Claudio Abbado
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-24
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Brahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World
Overview: This 2002 concert features Gil Shaham with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado in works by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, and Verdi.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-26
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To Play and to Fight
Overview: The captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of hundreds of orchestras formed within most of Venezuela’s towns and villages. Once a modest program designed to expose rural children to the wonders of music, the system has become one of the most important and beautiful music phenomena in modern history. To Play and To Fight presents interviews and performances by many of the world’s most renowned musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo Mata, as they reflect on the impact of such a far-reaching social project. The documentary also presents the inspirational stories of world class musicians who have been trained by the Venezuelan system, including The Berlin Philharmonic’s youngest player Edicson Ruiz and world class conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-20
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
Overview: The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 2000 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Andrea Rost (soprano), Alan Titus (baritone), Ramón Vargas (tenor), and the Prague Radio Choir. On the programme: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Excerpts), Don Carlos (Excerpts), Rigoletto (Excerpts), La Traviata (Excerpts), Falstaff (Excerpts), Johann Strauss: Maskenfest – Quadrille.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
Overview: The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1996 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Maxim Vengerov (violin) and the Swedish Radio Choir performing: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1, 5, 7, 17, 10 & 21, Johannes Brahms: Gipsy Songs, Op. 103, Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, Johannes Brahms: "Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang", Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52, Maurice Ravel: La Valse, Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-31
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997
Overview: The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1997 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Roberto Alagna (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzosoprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Gil Shaham (violin), Mikhail Petnev (piano) performing: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Excerpts), Sergej Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25, Maurice Ravel: Rhapsody Espagnole, Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo - Ritual Fire Dance, Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-31
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
Overview: The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1998 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Christine Schäfer (soprano) performing: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Excerpts), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (Excerpts), Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne (Excerpts), Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra: Overture, Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (Excerpts), Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera (Excerpts), Hector Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Excerpts), Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (Excerpts).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-31
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
Overview: The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. The 1999 concert was conducted by Claudio Abbado and featured Klaus Maria Brandauer, Rias Kammerchor, and Rundfunkchor Berlin. On the programme: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92, Allegro con brio, Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88, Allegro ma non troppo, Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Rondo, Finale, Igor Stravinsky: Firebird (parts), Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Danse générale, Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, op. 78, Alexander's entry into Pskov, Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (Excerpts), Paul Lincke: Folies Bergères, March, Paul Lincke: Brandbrief-Galopp, Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives Of Windsor Overture, Walter Kollo: Solang noch unter'n Linden.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter
Overview: Claudio Abbado, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra Of Venezuela, Anna Prohaska – Lucerne Festival At Easter
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-24
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Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert
Overview: Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven - Lucerne Festival Opening Concert (2013)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-27
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