Claudio Abbado (conductor)

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Claudio Abbado (Italian pronunciation: [ˈklaudjo abˈbaːdo]; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera, founder and director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, founder and director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, founding Artistic Director of the Orchestra Mozart and music director of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1990Symphonie Nr. 4 / Symphonie Nr. 2 »Kleinrussische«Tschaikovsky; Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado2
1990Symphonie no. 3 / Tragische Ouvertüre / SchicksalsliedBrahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1990KhovanshchinaModest Mussorgsky - Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bratislava (Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava), Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boy's Choir), Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado1
1990Schumann: Klavierkonzert Op. 54 / Weber: Konzertstück Op. 79Schumann, Weber; Alfred Brendel, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado3
1990Brahms - Double Concerto / Berg - Chamber ConcertoBrahms, Berg; Isaac Stern, Yo‐Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, Claudio Abbado1
1990FierrabrasFranz Schubert; Josef Protschka, Karita Mattila, Cheryl Studer, Robert Gambill, Thomas Hampson, Robert Holl, László Polgár, Arnold Schönberg Chor, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado2
1990Glagolitic Mass / SinfoniettaJanáček; Kempe, Abbado2
1990KlavierkonzerteRobert Schumann, Arnold Schönberg; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1990Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniRachmaninoff; Cécile Licad, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado2
1990Symphonies 93 & 101 "The Clock"Joseph Haydn; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1990Sinfonia n. 6 in si minore op. 74 "Patetica"Cajkovskij; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado1
1990Symphonie No. 9 / Fierrabas-OuvertüreFranz Schubert; Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe1
1991OverturesRossini; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado3
1991Symphonie No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic"Anton Bruckner; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1991Symphony no. 1 "Winter Dreams" / The Nutcracker (Suite)Tchaikovsky; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado2
1991Symphonie No. 1 in DGustav Mahler; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1991Concerti Per Pianoforte E Orchestra In Do Maggiore KV 467 E KV 503W. A. Mozart / R. Serkin, London Symphony Orchestra, C. Abbado1
199121 Ungarische Tänze/Haydn-VariationenJohannes Brahms, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker & Staatskapelle Dresden1
1991Mass in C minor, K. 427Mozart; Barbara Bonney, Arleen Augér, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Robert Holl, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1991Mozart Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 and 35 "Haffner"Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1991Romeo und Julia / Der SchutProkofjew; Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra2
1991Rosamunde (complete recording)Schubert; Anne Sofie von Otter, Ernst‐Senff‐Chor, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1991Symphony no. 1 / Gesang der ParzenBrahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1991Symphonie No. 7 / Ouvertüren "Coriolan" & "Leonore III"Ludwig van Beethoven; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1992Pelléas et MélisandeClaude Debussy; Maria Ewing, François Le Roux, José van Dam, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Christa Ludwig, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
19924 SymphoniesBrahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1992Piano Concerto no. 2Brahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Alfred Brendel1
1992Alt-Rhapsodie / Schicksalslied / Nänie / Gesang der ParzenJohannes Brahms; Marjana Lipovšek, Ernst‐Senff‐Chor, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1992Il barbiere di SivigliaGioachino Rossini; Kathleen Battle, Plácido Domingo, Frank Lopardo, Lucio Gallo, Ruggero Raimondi, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado2
1992Messe G-dur / Requiem für MignonFranz Schubert, Robert Schumann; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado2
1992Boléro / La Valse / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / NocturnesMaurice Ravel, Claude Debussy; Claudio Abbado1
1992Symphony "Mathis der Maler" / Violin Concerto / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of WeberHindemith; Oistrakh, Hindemith, Abbado & Kletzki1
1992Symphonie No. 4 / Haydn-Variationen / NänieBrahms ;Berliner Philharmoniker,Claudio Abbado1
1993Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45Brahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Cheryl Studer, Andreas Schmidt, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor, Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor1
1993Requiem / Quattro pezzi sacriVerdi; Cheryl Studer, Marjana Lipovšek, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1993OverturesRossini, Verdi; London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado3
1993Klavierkonzerte no. 14 & 26 »Krönungskonzert«Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maria João Pires1
1993Le Sacre du printemps / PulcinellaIgor Strawinsky; Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado4
1993New Year's Eve Concert Berlin 1992Claudio Abbado1
1993Piano Concerto no. 3 / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Lieutenant KijéProkofiev; Martha Argerich, Shlomo Mintz, Claudio Abbado2
1993Sinfonia No. 4 Op. 36 / Romeo y JulietaTchaikovsky; Claudio Abbado1
1994Symphony No. 2 in C minor: "Resurrection"Gustav Mahler; Cheryl Studer, Waltraud Meier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Claudio Abbado1
1994Symphonie no. 7Anton Bruckner; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1994Klavierkonzerte Nos. 1&2Ludwig van Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini1
1994Mussorgsky: Boris GodunovМодест Петрович Мусоргский; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado52
1994Schumann: Klavierkonzert - Piano Concerto / Symphonishe Etüden / ArabeskeSchumann; Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker, Abbado1
1994LohengrinRichard Wagner; Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Claudio Abbado3
1994Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3Prokofiev; Yevgeny Kissin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado5
1994Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Janáček: SinfoniettaBartók, Janáček; Claudio Abbado1
1994Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain / Sennacherib / Salammbô / Oedipus / JoshuaModest Mussorgsky; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado51
1994Klavierkonzerte nos. 2 & 3Sergei Rachmaninoff; Lilya Zilberstein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1994Klavierkonzert G-Dur / Gaspard De La Nuit / Ma Mère L'OyeMaurice Ravel; Martha Argerich, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1994Prometheus: The Myth in MusicBeethoven, Liszt, Nono, Scriabin; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich1
1995Symphony No. 25, KV 183 / Symphony No. 31, KV 297 "Paris" / Maurerische Trauermusik, KV 477 / Symphony, KV 320 "The Posthorn"Mozart; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1995Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kijé / Scythian SuiteSerge Prokofiev; Claudio Abbado4
1995Boléro / Daphnis et Chloé / Alborada del GraciosoRavel; London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado1
1995Klavierkonzerte Nos. 3 & 4Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini1
1995Symphonies Nos. 98 & 100 / "Il Mondo della Luna" OvertureJoseph Haydn; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1995Symphonie no. 8Mahler; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1995Le nozze di FigaroMozart; Lucio Gallo, Sylvia McNair, Cheryl Studer, Boje Skovhus, Cecilia Bartoli, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1995Mathis der Maler - Symphonie / Symphonische Metamorphosen / Nobilissima VisioneHindemith; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1995ViolinkonzerteMax Bruch, Antonín Dvořák; Shlomo Mintz, Claudio Abbado, James Levine2
1995Piano Concerto no. 5 / Choral FantasyLudwig van Beethoven; Maurizio Pollini, Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Claudio Abbado2
1995Violin ConcertosTchaikovsky, Glazunov; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maxim Vengerov1
19953 Orchesterstücke op. 6 / 7 Frühe Lieder / Der WeinAlban Berg; Anne Sofie Von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1995GurreliederArnold Schönberg; Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava, Sharon Sweet, Siegfried Jerusalem, Marjana Lipovšek, Hartmut Welker, Philip Langridge, Barbara Sukowa, Claudio Abbado1
1995Klavierkonzerte nos. 17 & 21Mozart; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado, Maria João Pires1
1995Symphony no. 5Anton Bruckner; Wiener Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado51
1996Le nozze di Figaro: HighlightsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1996Altenberg-Lieder / Lyric Suite / Lulu SuiteAlban Berg, Juliane Banse, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1996Piano Concerto no. 1 / The Nutcracker Suite (for two pianos)Tchaikovsky; Martha Argerich, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Nicolas Economou3
1996Wien Modern II: Hommage à Andrei TarkovskyNono, Furrer, Kurtág, Rihm; Ensemble Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado1
1996Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen / György Kurtág: Grabstein für Stephan / SteleKarlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtág; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1996Symphonies Nos. 102 & 103 "Drum Roll"Joseph Haydn; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1997Choral WorksJohannes Brahms; Blomstedt, Abbado, Preston1
1997Klavierkonzert No. 2Brahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini51
1997Complete Works for Piano & OrchestraSchumann; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Murray Perahia1
1997Flöten Konzerte 1 & 2 / Konzert für Flöte und HarfeMozart; Emmanuel Pahud, Marie‐Pierre Langlamet, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1997Matthäus-Passion BWV 244Johann Sebastian Bach; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
1997Piano Concertos nos. 16 & 20Mozart; Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Abbado1
1997Sciarrino: Autoritratto nella notte / Ligeti: 6 Bagatellen / Doppelkonzert / Schoenberg: Kammersymphonie Nr. 1Sciarrino, Ligeti, Schoenberg; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1997St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain / Excerpts from KhovanshchinaMussorgsky; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1998Mozart: Arias / Strauss: Orchestral SongsMozart, Strauss; Christine Schäfer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1998Un ballo in maschera (1979/80 recording)Verdi; Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson, Elena Obraztsova, Edita Gruberová, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado2
1998Klavierkonzert No. 1Brahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini1
1998Don GiovanniMozart; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado1
1998Symphony no. 2 / Academic Festival Overture / Alto RhapsodyBrahms; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Marjana Lipovšek1
1998The Berlin Gala - Silvesterkonzert 1997Claudio Abbado2
1999Ouvertüren & VorspieleVerdi; Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker2
1999Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Two PortraitsBartók; Maurizio Pollini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Shlomo Mintz, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado2
1999Des Knaben WunderhornGustav Mahler; Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Quasthoff, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1999Vier letzte Lieder / OrchesterliederStrauss; Karita Mattila, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado51
1999Requiem in D Minor, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626Mozart; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2
1999Symphony No. 9; "Othello" OvertureAntonín Dvořák; Berliner Philharmoniker; Claudio Abbado1
1999Deutsche Grammophon Collection: Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 2 "Ucranian"Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado2
1999Rossini: 6 Overtures / Verdi: 3 PreludesRossini, Verdi; Claudio Abbado2
1999Un ballo in maschera (1978 recording)Giuseppe Verdi; Luciano Pavarotti, Mara Zampieri, Piero Cappuccilli, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado1
2000Symphony No. 9Beethoven; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado55
2000Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert / Debussy: Première Rapsodie / Takemitsu: Fantasma/CantosMozart, Debussy, Takemitsu; Sabine Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado1
2000“1812” Overture / Romeo and Juliet / Marche slave / The TempestTchaikovsky; Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado2

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