Description
The Abbado Mahler Symphonies 1-7; 4 Blu-ray Disc Set / Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano - Yuja Wang piano / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Conductor: Claudio Abbado / Blu-ray
Format: NTSC
Run time: 610 Minutes
UPC: 880242585745
Region code: All (A1/B2/C3)
Picture format: Full HD 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo dts-HD Master Audio
Release: April 1, 2011
Total running time: 610 mins
Details running time: 610 mins
Subtitles: English, French, German (Italian, Spanish)
Booklet notes: English, French, German
No. of discs: 4
The unforgettable performances by Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA of Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1−7 are newly celebrated in a set of four Blu-ray Discs which showcases their exceptional quality – both audiovisual and musical. Claudio Abbado has set new standards in the interpretation of Gustav Mahler’s works; he and his exclusive ensemble of hand-picked musicians held audiences spellbound in these concerts. ‘It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today…’ (Der Bund on Mahler: Symphony No. 2).
The core of the orchestra is provided by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, itself an elite body of players. Soloists like violinist Kolja Blacher, clarinettist Sabine Meyer, oboist Albrecht Mayer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman, the Hagen Quartet and members of the Alban Berg Quartet to name just a few, make the Lucerne Festival Orchestra a star-studded ensemble. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra - symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (on Blu-ray No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) have already been released on EuroArts - have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler. Also the complete cycle of Symphonies Nos 1 - 7 is available as a Blu-ray disc box-set.
Tracklist:
BD1-01 Symphony No. 1
BD1-02 Symphony No. 2
BD2-01 Symphony No. 3
BD2-02 Symphony No. 4
BD3-01 Symphony No. 5
BD3-02 Symphony No. 6
BD-04 Symphony No. 7
