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Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky
Lucerne Festival at Easter 2010
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Claudio Abbado
It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As...
Claudio Abbado conducts Prokofiev, Berg & Tchaikovsky
Lucerne Festival at Easter 2010
Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Claudio Abbado
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It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As...
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Five years after first conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in their Venezuelan home, Claudio Abbado continues his commitment to this stunning ensemble in this first joint audiovisual concert recording.
Prokofiev’s extrovert Scythian Suite is a gift for the boundless energy of these young players, while the intricacy and anguish of Berg’s Lulu-Suite are an Abbado speciality, with soprano Anna Prohaska, in her Lucerne Festival debut, singing the heroine’s dazzling statement of self-justification.
The concert ends with an impassioned account of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique, his final symphony, one of the most moving works in music history.
Picture Format Blu-Ray: HDCAM 1080/59,94
Sound Formats Blu-Ray: DTS HD Master Audio PCM Stereo
Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
Booklet notes: Songtexts in German
Running Time: 111:45
Disc Format: BD 25
FSK: 0
Contents and tracklist
- Anna Prohaska (soprano)
- Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Claudio Abbado
Awards and reviews
January 2011
It's amazing the way Abbado brings the melodic writing to the fore in the very different worlds of the Prokofiev and the Berg Lulu Suite, crowned by Anna Prohaska's meaningful characterisation...As for Tchaikovsky's Pathétique, I challenge you to sit unshaken through the way Abbado nurtures string tone, body and vibrato from his Latin players.
14th January 2011
Aided by superb camera work, we see him, gaunt but energised, bringing sophistication and élan to Prokofiev’s monster canvas, conjuring magic and fragrance from the Berg and driving the Pathétique to the edge of the abyss.
