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.
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:19 pm
by Jose Echenique
He was quite simply, the greatest conductor of our time, What a loss.
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:14 am
by Jose Echenique
Some of the great Abbado recordings, boy, what a legacy!!!!
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:08 pm
by 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.
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:36 am
by Jose Echenique
And we could go on, and on....
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:20 pm
by Seán
Rehearsing with the LFO
Re: RIP Claudio Abbado
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:23 pm
by 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)?
Peter wrote: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)?
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.