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Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert's "Great" C Major Symphony
1st Jun 2015by James Longstaffe
James listens to the late Claudio Abbado's account of Schubert's Ninth Symphony with the Orchestra Mozart.
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Bruckner Symphonies from Claudio Abbado and Iván Fischer
7th Jul 2014by James Longstaffe
James enjoys a double-bill of Bruckner symphonies - No. 9 from Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's account of No. 7 under Iván Fischer.
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Claudio Abbado conducts Schumann's Second Symphony
1st Jul 2013by James Longstaffe
On the cusp of his eightieth birthday, Abbado brings the chamber-like qualities of his Mozart recordings to the music of Schumann in performances which are shot through with vivacious sparkle and evident love for the music.
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Beethoven’s Fidelio from Abbado and Kaufmann
20th Jun 2011by Katherine Cooper
The German tenor is mesmerising from his very first note, whilst Nina Stemme is scarcely less compelling as his heroic wife Leonore in this exhilarating live concert recording from last year’s Lucerne Festival.
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Nina Stemme (Leonore), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Peter Mattei (Don Fernando) Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado