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About the conductor Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado made his debut in 1960, at the Teatro alla Scala in his home city of Milan, and was music director there from 1968-1986. He also served as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1983-1986. Having conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker for the first time in 1965, he became music director of the Vienna State Opera from 1986-1991, and in 1987 Generalmusikdirektor of the City of Vienna. In 1988 he initiated the “Wien Modern” Festival. Abbado has always taken great interest in young musicians: as founder and music director of the Youth Orchestra of the European Union and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, artistic director of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and founder and principal conductor of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon since 1967, amassing a discography that includes the entire symphonic works of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Ravel and more than 20 complete opera recordings. Abbado’s numerous honours and awards include the Gran Croce, the highest honour bestowed by the Italian Republic, the Cross of the Legion of Honour from the French Minister of Culture and the Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens (the highest honour awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany). In 1973, the Wiener Philharmoniker awarded him the Ring of Honour, and in 1980 the Golden Nicolai Medal. In Vienna in 1985, he received the Gold Medal of the International Gustav Mahler Society for his services to the composer’s music; in Düsseldorf in 2004, the Kythera Award for his “innumerable services to musical culture”. He was named an honorary citizen of Lucerne in 2005. Abbado holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Aberdeen, Ferrara and Cambridge, and is an honorary member of Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and Konzerthausgesellschaft. “Claudio Abbado is one of those rare conductors who seem to get more youthful and enquiring with age, while at the same time his music-making takes on an ever greater profundity.” - Daily Telegraph, London

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Claudio Abbado

CATALOGUE NR: 101049  (barcode: 0807280104998)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 30-Sep-2002

TITLE: The Silence that follows Music - A Portrait
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration 60 minutes / Recorded 1995

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CATALOGUE NR: 2053279  (barcode: 0880242532794)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 21.49
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jan-2011

TITLE: Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence
TRACKS: Sketches for a Portrait by Paul Smaczny.
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 67 minutes / Subtitles: English German French / Booklet Notes: English German French Spanish Italian - Apr-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 100256  (barcode: 4006680102566)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 27-Dec-2001

COMPOSER: Alban Berg
TITLE: Wozzeck - complete
ORCHESTRA: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Franz Grundheber   Hildegard Behrens   Walter Raffeiner   Philip Langridge

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format 4:3 / Sound Format PCM Stereo / Timing 103 minutes / Region Code 2,5 - May-2002 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4746572  (barcode: 0028947465720)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Collectors
FORMAT: 8 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 45.95
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2003

COMPOSER: Alban Berg
TITLE: The Alban Berg Collection
TRACKS: 3 Pieces for Orchestra Opus 6. Lyric Suite - 3 pieces for string orchestra. Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'. Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments. Piano Sonata Opus 1. Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Opus 5. Chamber Concerto for Piano Violin with 13 Wind Instruments Adagio. J Strauss II: Wein Weib und Gesang Opus 333. Lyric Suite for String Quartet. String Quartet Opus 3. Seven Early Songs. Schliesse nir die Augen beide 1970. An Leukon. Schliesse mir die Augen beide 1925. Lieder Opus 2 Number 1 Schlafen schlafen. Lieder Opus 2 Number 2 Schlafend tragt man mich. Lieder Opus 2 Number 3 Nun ich der Riesen starksten uberwand. Lieder Opus 2 Number 4 Warm die Lufte. Seven Early Songs. 5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg. Der Wein. Lulu Suite. Lulu Act 1. Lulu Act 2. Lulu Act 3. Wozzeck Act 1. Wozzeck Act 2. Wozzeck Act 3.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and InterContemporain Ensemble
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado and Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Anne-Sophie Mutter   Anne Sofie von Otter   Teresa Stratas   Bengt Forsberg

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'an impressive and inexpensive collection that should satisfy the most demanding Berg enthusiast'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4791514  (barcode: 0028947915140)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon C20
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 49 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.65
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RELEASE DATE: 17-Jun-2013

COMPOSER: Alban Berg
TITLE: Three Orchestral Pieces
TRACKS: Sieben fruhe Lieder : Nacht / Schilflied / Die Nachtigall / Traumgekront / Im Zimmer / Liebesode / Sommertage. Der Wein. 3 Pieces for Orchestra opus 6.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Anne Sofie von Otter      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4497142  (barcode: 0028944971422)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Originals
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-1997

COMPOSER: Alban Berg
TRACKS: 'Lulu' Suite. Three Piexces for Orchestra Opus 6. Five Orchestral Songs Opus 4. 'Althenberg' Lieder.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Margaret Price      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Abbado makes it clear above all how beautiful Berg's writing is'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4317192  (barcode: 0028943171922)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 23-Apr-1996

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 4 'Romantic' in E flat.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

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CATALOGUE NR: ACC10243  (barcode: 4260234830262)
RECORD LABEL: Accentus Music
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray  DURATION: 80 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 30-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 5 in B flat major WAB105 - Nowak edition.
ORCHESTRA: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC Full HD 16:9 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: PCM Stereo dts-HD Master Audio / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 80 minutes / Recorded: live from the Lucerne Festival 2011

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CATALOGUE NR: ACC20243  (barcode: 4260234830255)
RECORD LABEL: Accentus Music
FORMAT: DVD Video  DURATION: 80 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 30-Apr-2012

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 5 in B flat major WAB105 - Nowak edition.
ORCHESTRA: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 80 minutes / Recorded: live from the Lucerne Festival 2011 - Aug-2012 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Abbado keeps the music on the move' - Gramophone 2012 Award Winner

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CATALOGUE NR: 4576512  (barcode: 0028945765129)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TRACKS: Symphony Number 9 'From the New World'. Othello Overture.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2056048  (barcode: 0880242560483)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.39
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jul-2007

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak
TITLE: Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music
TRACKS: Symphony Number 9 in E minor opus 95 B178 'From the New World' - Introduction and Performance.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 77 minutes / Recorded: live at the Teatro Massimo Palermo 1-May-2002

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CATALOGUE NR: 4745672  (barcode: 0028947456728)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Entree
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 10-Nov-2003

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Strings in E Opus 8 Number 1 'La Primavera'. Concerto for Violin and Stings in G minor Opus 8 Number 2 'L'estate'. Concerto for Violin and Stings in F Opus 8 Number 3 'L'autunno'. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor Opus 8 Number 4 'L'inverno' (Vivaldi). Trumpet Concerto in E flat H.VIIe Number 1. Sinfonia concertante in B flat H.I Number 105 (Haydn).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Gidon Kremer   Leslie Pearson   Adolph Herseth  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1981/1985/1987 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4311722  (barcode: 0028943117227)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.50
RELEASE DATE: 10-Oct-1990

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TITLE: Four Seasons
TRACKS: 12 Concerti for Violin and Strings 'Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione' Opus 8 - Number 1 in E 'Spring' RV269. Number 2 in G minor 'Summer' RV315. Number 3 in F 'Autumn' RV293. Number 4 in F minor 'Winter' RV297.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Gidon Kremer      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4317742  (barcode: 0028943177429)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77

COMPOSER: Arnold Schoenberg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: A Survivor from Warsaw Opus 46 (Schoenberg). Musikalisches Opfer, 'Musical Offering' - flute, 2 violins and continuo, BWV1079 - Ricercar a 6 (orch Webern) (Bach). Passacaglia - large orchestra Opus 1. Pieces - large orchestra Opus 6. Pieces - small orchestra Opus 10. Variations - orchestra Opus 30 (Webern).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776353  (barcode: 0028947763536)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2007

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Piano Concerto Number 1 BB91 Sz83. Piano Concerto Number 2 BB101 Sz95. 2 Portraits Opus 5 Sz37 : Ideal / One Grotesque - Presto.
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Maurizio Pollini   Shlomo Mintz    

- Sep-2007 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2053469  (barcode: 0880242534699)
RECORD LABEL: Euroarts
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 30-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Abbado in Lucerne
TRACKS: La Mer. Suite from Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien (Debussy). Documentary - 'From Toscanini to Abbado' the history of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra : featuring Claudio Abbado / Ernest Ansermet / Wilhelm Furtwangler / Ferenc Fricsay / Herbert von Karajan / Yehudi Menuhin / Sabine Meyer / Victor de Sabata / Arturo Toscanini.
ORCHESTRA: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 119 minutes - Dec-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4353442  (barcode: 0028943534420)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Pelleas et Melisande - complete
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Francois Le Roux   Maria Ewing   Jose van Dam   Christa Ludwig

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the cast is excellent, with no weak link'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4790012  (barcode: 0028947900122)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Originals
FORMAT: CD  DURATION: 66 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Sep-2012

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Nocturnes : Nuages Modere / Fetes Anime et tres rythme / Sirenes Moderement anime (Claude Debussy). Daphnis et Chloe Suite Number 2. Pavane pour une infante defunte (Maurice Ravel). Le Poeme de l'Extase opus 54 (Alexander Scriabin).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: including comprehensive booklet and catalogue

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CATALOGUE NR: 4775082  (barcode: 0028947750826)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 20.50
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2004

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: La Mer (Debussy). Symphony Number 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (Mahler).
ORCHESTRA: Lucerne Festival Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado
ARTISTS: Eteri Gvazava   Anna Larsson   Orfeon Donostiarra  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live at the Lucerne Festival 2003 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4714672  (barcode: 0028947146728)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 21.49
RELEASE DATE: 05-Nov-2001

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TITLE: 5 Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony Number 1 Opus 11. Scherzo in G minor ex Opus 20. A Midsummer Night's Dream Opus 21. The Hebrides - Fingal's Cave Opus 26. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Opus 27. Symphony Number 2 Opus 52 'Hymn of Praise'. Symphony Number 3 Opus 56 'Scottish'. Fair Melusine Opus 32. Trumpet Overture Opus 101. Ruy Blas Opus 95. Symphony Number 4 'Italian' Opus 90. Symphony Number 5 Opus 107 'Reformation'. Overture for Wind Instruments - Harmoniemusik Opus 24.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Claudio Abbado

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Abbado's is an outstanding set in every way. It is his gift to distract you from any weaknesses of structure or thematic invention with the brightness and directness of his manner. This set takes its place at the top of the list, irrespective of price'

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