Claudio Abbado Archive

I find it interesting to occasionally listen to early recordings made by today’s well-known artists. Today I have for you some early recordings made by Martha Argerich. The works we get to hear are: Prokofiev: …

For December, 2018, the CD of the Month features conductor Claudio Abbado. Abbado’s long association with the Wiener Philharmoniker began when he first conducted the orchestra at Herbert von Karajan’s invitation in 1965. The orchestra …

  Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Recorded Live at the Salzburg Festival. Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conducting. The Ninth Symphony by Beethoven set a standard back in the …

  Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 and Overtures. The Schumann “Second” is one of my great favorites, because I learned to perform it with the first orchestra I ever joined many years ago. This recording …

  Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart and Beethoven. What I experience in this recording is that all the performers are equal before the composition, equal before the composer, and before the mysteries of the score; this …