Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado was an Italian conductor. He served at various times as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, 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 Lucerne Festival Orchestra, music director of European Union Youth Orchestra, and principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra.
In Search of Beethoven
as SelfIn Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great...
Movie pageThe Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
as SelfA documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy,...
Movie pageBeethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageAbbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
as SelfShot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia'...
Movie pageVerdi Un Ballo in Maschera
as Self - ConductorThis production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar),...
Movie pageVerdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Self - ConductorAbbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene,...
Movie pageElektra
as Self - ConductorRecorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von...
Movie pageA Verdi Gala from Berlin
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance,...
Movie pageMahler Symphony No. 5 – Lucerne Festival / Claudio Abbado
as Self - ConductorConcert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 18-19 August 2004
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageVerdi: Requiem
as Self - ConductorLive performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star...
Movie pagePeter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
as Self - ConductorA delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life...
Movie pageLa Cenerentola
as Self - ConductorThe Prince, Don Ramiro (who has changed places with his valet, Dandini), meets Cenerentola and...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1996
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageLucerne Festival 2009 - Abbado conducts Mahler No. 4 Rückert Lieder
as Self - ConductorThe charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená,...
Movie pageJohann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducts the Orchestra Mozart with Giuliano Carmignola, principal violinist, live...
Movie pageMahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
as Self - ConductorGustav Mahler's fourth symphony and Pelleas et Melisande by Arnold Schoenberg performed by the...
Movie pageBeethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin....
Movie pageBeethoven: The Symphonies
as Self - ConductorConductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.Symphony no 1...
Movie pageMozart Requiem - Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra
as Self - ConductorMozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather,...
Movie pageMaurizio Pollini: De main de maître
as SelfA unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist. Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the...
Movie pageMahler: Symphony No. 9
as Self - ConductorMahler Symphony No.9 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
Movie pageIl Barbiere di Siviglia
as Self - ConductorCount Almaviva is in love with Rosina. However, she is currently staying with Dr. Bartolo – who...
Movie pageMozart: Requiem: Karajan Memorial Concert
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Choir in a performance of...
Movie pageLucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
as Self - ConductorThe charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with...
Movie pageThe Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1997
as Self - ConductorThe annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical...
Movie pageConducting Mahler
as Self - ConductorDocuments the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink,...
Movie pageWozzeck
as Self - Conductor1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon...
Movie pageKhovanshchina
as Self - ConductorThe last and arguably finest opera of Modest Mussorgsky is captured in one of its most powerful...
Movie pageVerdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Self - ConductorGiuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and...
Movie pageWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
as uncreditedMozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather,...
Movie pageMahler: Symphonies 1-7
as Self - ConductorThe unforgettable performances by Claudio Abbado and the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA of Mahler’s...
Movie pageClaudio Abbado: The Last Concert
as Self - ConductorThis was recorded over three nights at the Philharmonie in Berlin. It does, however, provide a...
Movie pageBeethoven, Mozart & Brahms Piano Concertos
as Self - ConductorPollini plays flawlessly, with the greatest finesse and sensitivity, very much in tune with each...
Movie pageMahler Symphony No.4 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Claudio Abbado
as Self - ConductorConcert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2009
Movie pageBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
as Self - ConductorWith the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the...
Movie pageEuropean Concert 1994
as Self - ConductorEuropean Concert 1994 From the Staatstheater Meiningen.
Movie pageLucerne 2007: Abbado conducts Mahler 3rd Symphony
as Self - ConductorFor this performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 3, recorded live in 2007 at the Congress and...
Movie pageA Russian Night
as Self - ConductorRACHMANINOV: Klavierkonzert Piano Concerto No. 2 - STRAVINSKY: Der Feuervogel · The Firebird -...
Movie pageBerlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
as Self - ConductorFeaturing performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in...
Movie pageThe Matchstick Men
as SelfDocumentary about the life and work of the Hungarian composer, Gyorgy Kurtag
Movie pageBrahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
as Self - ConductorAn extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado,...
Movie pageMahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” – Lucerne Festival
as Self – Conductor“It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical...
Movie pageLucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 6
as Self - ConductorLive performance of Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No.6' at the 2006 Lucerne Festival. Claudio Abbado...
Movie pageTo Play and to Fight
as Self - IntervieweeThe captivating story of the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System - an incredible network of...
Movie pageBeethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin....
Movie pagePollini Piano Concertos Beethoven Mozart and Brahms
as Self - ConductorWiener Philharmonic Karl Bohm Claudio Abbado
Movie pageBeethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin....
Movie pageLucerne Festival: Mahler - Symphony No. 3
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an...
Movie pageBrahms Dvorák - Violin Concerto Symphony No. 9 From the New World
as Self - ConductorThis 2002 concert features Gil Shaham with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Claudio Abbado...
Movie pageBerlin Philharmonic European Concert 1998 Stockholm
as Self - ConductorStockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact...
Movie pageClaudio Abbado in Rehearsal: Verdi: Missa Da Requiem
as Self - ConductorGet an insider's glimpse of the preparation of Claudio Abbado's arresting performance of Verdi's...
Movie pageBeethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
as Self - ConductorClaudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin....
Movie pageLucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 7
as Self -ConductorClaudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Mahler's seventh...
Movie pageMahler Symphony No. 9 (Lucerne Festival)
as Self . ConductorClaudio Abbado and his hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra take their...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 1996 from St. Petersburg
as ConductorSergei Prokofiev: Highlights from "Romeo & Juliet" Sergei Rachmaninov: Cavatine of Aleko from...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 1991 from Prague
as ConductorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture and Arias from "Don Giovanni"; Symphony No. 29 in A major K....
Movie pageEuropakonzert 1994 from Meiningen
as ConductorLudwig van Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73 Johannes...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2002 from Palermo
as ConductorBeethoven: Egmont-Ouverture Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77 Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 op. 95 ...
Movie pageEuropakonzert 2000 from Berlin
as ConductorBeethoven: Concerto N° 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony N° 9
Movie pageEuropakonzert 1998 from Stockholm
as ConductorRichard Wagner Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Peter Tchaikovsky "The Storm" Claude Debussy...
Movie pageClaudio Abbado und Alfred Brendel - Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 und Bruckners Sinfonie Nr. 7
as Self - ConductorCompetently as usual and with a lot of visinary energy, Claudio Abbado conducted his LUCERNE...
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as SelfThe biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets...
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as SelfThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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