Conductors - Claudio Abbado - Retrospective
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. In order to be able to maintain contact with each individual during the conducting, he usually conducted from memory. "I am Claudio - for everyone" quickly became Abbado's oft-quoted statement.
DVD 1: Hearing the Silence - Sketches for a Portrait by Paul Smaczny
DVD 2: Claudio Abbado conducts Verdi
DVD 3: Claudio Abbado conducts Verdi: Messa da Requiem
DVD 4: Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 & 9
DVD 5: Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9
DVD 6: Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Beethoven at Lucerne
DVD 7: Claudio Abbado conducts Brandenburg Concertos
Mahler: Adagio for Symphony No. 10
Verdi: excerpts from „Un ballo in maschera“, „Don Carlos“, „Rigoletto“, „La Traviata“, „Falstaff“; Messa da Requiem
J. Strauss: Maskenfest-Quadrille
van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”; Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”; Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major; Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos