RIP Claudio Abbado

[Aleg]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/j ... es-aged-80

[Diapason]

Sad news. RIP.

[Seán]

This is terrible news, I LOVED Maestro Claudio Abbado's music-making and I would have loved to have had the chance to attend one or more of his concerts, he was a very special musician, may he rest in peace.

[Jose Echenique]

He was quite simply, the greatest conductor of our time, What a loss.

[Jose Echenique]

Some of the great Abbado recordings, boy, what a legacy!!!!

[Seán]

Lovely selection Pepe, and may I add a sample of my favourites:

















He was a hugely significant musician in twentieth century music, he will be sorely missed and has left a lovely legacy.

[Jose Echenique]

And we could go on, and on....

[Seán]

Rehearsing with the LFO

[Peter]

Sean and Jose: Wonderful string of album covers which truly inspires one to pay tribute to Abbado by listening to his recordings. I think I will listen to some of his Mahler this week!
Thank you for posting these!

I was eyeing the dvd sets of Abbado conducting Beethoven as well as Mahler. Would you overall recommend them (or parts of them)?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphoni ... ado+mahler

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symph ... +beethoven

Peter

[Seán]

Sean and Jose: Wonderful string of album covers which truly inspires one to pay tribute to Abbado by listening to his recordings. I think I will listen to some of his Mahler this week!
Thank you for posting these!

I was eyeing the dvd sets of Abbado conducting Beethoven as well as Mahler. Would you overall recommend them (or parts of them)?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahler-Symphoni ... ado+mahler

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Symph ... +beethoven

Peter

Welcome back Peter, yes, most definitely, buy both box sets. Abbado's work with the LFO is really splendid, I have several of the recordings and his Beethoven cycle with the BPO from the early 2,000's, mentioned earlier by Pepe (on CD), is well worth getting.