© Peter Fischli
Abbado’s statement of intent has been borne out in a lifetime of revelatory performances and recordings. Familiar music, whether by Beethoven, Mussorgsky or Debussy, has been given fresh colour, clarity and rhythmic vitality, while neglected scores by Verdi, Rossini and others have taken their rightful place in the repertoire again. Anti-autocratic, profoundly human and supremely musical, Abbado has striven to place music within the wider artistic context as well as championing 20th-century figures from the giants of the Second Viennese School to the leading composers of modern Italy and making his personal exploration of the symphonic world of Mahler.
Read moreBerliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert
Silvesterkonzert 1996
Waldbühne 1996: An Italian Night – Berliner Philharmoniker
Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Scriabin and Nono
A film by Michael Beyer
A Concert Celebration Of Richard Wagner’s 200th Anniversary
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Lucerne Festival 2003
Toscanini, Furtwängler, Karajan, Menuhin, Abbado
Europakonzert 2002, Palermo
With Christine Schäfer, Mirella Freni, Marcelo Raúl Àlvarez, and Simon Keenlyside
With Barbara Bonney and Bryn Terfel – Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Riccardo Chailly, Simon Rattle and Bernard Haitink
A portrait in several voices
Gala Concert from the Alte Oper with the Wiener Philharmoniker
The new chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker
A documentary on Claudio Abbado's work with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Based on a book by Claudio Abbado
Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music
Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music
Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music