Claudio Abbado; Berliner Philharmoniker: The Complete

Claudio Abbado; Berliner Philharmoniker: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips
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The Berliner Philharmoniker elect their own conductor: after von Karajanâ€™s death they chose Claudio Abbado. He rejuvenated the orchestra, expanded its repertoire, and created a less autocratic atmosphere, inspiring levels of commitment and communication from his musicians that resulted in performances and recordings that stand the test of time. Abbadoâ€™s tenure with the Berliner Philharmonic can be considered as one of the highlights in the orchestraâ€™s history and many of their recording together still remain unsurpassed on record. DG celebrates this partnership with a 60-CD limited edition collection of their complete recordings â€“ many classics right from the start.

That the musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker themselves who had elected him as chief conductor was of the utmost importance to Abbado. After decades of an unbending rostrum authority like Karajan, it was Abbadoâ€™s ideal to make â€œchamber music with the orchestraâ€ â€“ in other words, to listen closely to each other and to respond flexibly. Abbado also opened up programming in a spectacular way. Among Abbadoâ€™s beliefs was that the secrets of music should be constantly explored anew, which he did by always shedding light on the lesser known works in a composerâ€™s oeuvre and extant fragments of unknown works.

After his severe illness in 2000, Abbado led the orchestra for another two seasons before stepping down as Artistic Director of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2002. Abbadoâ€™s tenure with the Berliner Philharmonic can be considered as one of the highlights in the orchestraâ€™s history and many of their recordings together remain unsurpassed on record. He inspired levels of commitment and communication from his musicians that resulted in performances and recordings that stand the test of time.

â€¢ 60-CD limited edition original jacket collection
â€¢ Includes the complete Brahms and Beethoven Symphony Cycles
â€¢ Includes celebrated collaborations with Martha Argerich, Bryn Terfel, Maurizio Pollini, Evegny Kissin, Roberto Alagna, Christine SchÃ¤fer, Alfred Brendel, Viktoria Mullova, Gil Shaham, and RenÃ©e Flemming
â€¢ 130pp booklet
â€¢ The Beethoven Symphonies recorded in Rome 2001, representing AbbadoÂ´s final interpretative wishes â€œThere are many reasons for releasing this new edition; above all musical ones. After many performances of the cycle, our interpretative vision had matured, becoming more natural and shared. The concerts in Rome marked significant advances in terms of style, spirit and technique.â€
â€¢ The Beethoven Piano Concertos with Pollini which stand as a lasting testament to the long-standing musical dialogue and friendship between the two maestros, both from Milan, who began their collaboration in the 1960s
â€¢ Abbadoâ€™s and the Berliner Philharmonikerâ€™s recordings of Brahmsâ€™ Symphonies, Serenades and Overtures are widely recognized as containing the best modern recordings of his symphonic oeuvre. â€œBrahms would be the top of my Abbado picks,â€ critic Martin Kettle has written, â€œpartly but not only because all those years ago he drove into the tragic grandeur of the first movement of the first symphony with a human warmth which very few other conductors have ever achieved.â€
â€¢ Abbadoâ€™s Mahler Berlin recordings are regarded as one of the crowning achievements of his final years. â€œIn performance, he became a conduit between the forces assembled on stage and the emotional narrative that resides in the music, completely transparent and without an interfering egoâ€ â€“ Stanley Dodds (BP violinist)
â€¢ Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado 45-year collaboration in the studio began in 1967 with Argerichâ€™s brilliant concerto-debut release of the Prokofiev Third and Ravel G major with the Berliner Philharmoniker and would include among many celebrated performances, Tchaikovskyâ€™s Piano Concerto No.1: â€œYouâ€™ll never witness anything more stupendous than the first movementâ€™s championship double octaves â€¦ Not that sheâ€™s interested in stunts â€¦ with Argerich you hear the music, not the note-making. At that moment of blistering chemistry, Abbado simply upped the stakes and she replied.â€ â€“ Ates Orga
â€¢ The 1998 Berlin Gala featuring Mirella Freni and Marcelo Ãlvarez
â€¢ Stockhausen's tour de force for three orchestras, "Gruppen"
Country USA
Brand UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer Deutsche Grammophon
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 028948351831
ReleaseDate 2018-08-17
UnitCount 60
Format Box set
UPCs 028948351831
EANs 0028948351831

Country	USA
Brand	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Manufacturer	Deutsche Grammophon
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	028948351831
ReleaseDate	2018-08-17
UnitCount	60
Format	Box set
UPCs	028948351831
EANs	0028948351831

Claudio Abbado; Berliner Philharmoniker: The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

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