Claudio Abbado - Jubiläumsbox [8 DVDs] - Naxos Deutschland

After numerous musical stages which lead Claudio Abbado around the world, the music director of the Milan Scala and the Berliner Philharmoniker and founder of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra can look back on a remarkable career. Alongside his work for some of the greatest orchestras worldwide and performances at the most prestigious Opera houses he is also a generous patron of the younger music generation. Some of his most important steps are now combined in this comprehensive DVD Box, presenting performances from the early 90s up to recent recordings, honoring the extensive work and reportoire of this exceptional conductor.

Inhalt:
Disc 1:
Mussorgsky - A Night on The Bare Mountain
Stravinsky - The Firebird
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E-minor, Op. 64
The Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded 1994

Disc 2:
Brahms - A German Requiem, Op. 45
Barbara Bonney: soprano - Bryn Terfel: baritone
Berliner Philharmoniker
Swedish Radio Choir / Eric Ericson Chamber Choir / Recorded 1997

Disc 3:
Giuseppe Verdi Scenes and Arias from: Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos, Rigolette, La Traviata, Falstaff
Strauss - Maskenfest Quadrille
Andrea Rost: soprano - Ramon Vargas: tenor - Alan Titus: baritone
Berliner Philharmoniker / Prague Radio Choir / Recorded 2000

Disc 4:
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major. Op. 55 "Eroica Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Karita Mattila - Violeta Urmana - Thomas Moser - Eike Wilm Schulte
Berliner Philharmoniker / Swedish Radio Choir / Eric Ericson Chambe Choir / Recorded 2000/2001

Disc 5:
Claudio Abbado - Hearing the Silence / Sketches for a Portrait, Documentary
Produced by Paul Smaczny in 2003

Disc 6:
Mahler - Symphony No. 9
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Recorded 2004

Disc 7:
Beethoven - Piano Concert No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 in E major

Disc 8:
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6
Ottavio Dantone: harpsichord - Alois Posch: violone - Danusha Waskiewicz: vioa - Mario Brunello: cello - Reinhold Friedrich: trumpet - Alessio Allegrini: horn - Jonathan Williams: horn - Jacques Zoon: flute - Michala Petri: recorder - Giuliano Carmignola: principal violin
Orchestra Mozart / Recorded 2007