Claudio Abbado Movies

Stockholm's Vasa Museum harbours an extraordinary historical attraction: a large, fully intact sailing ship from the 17th century, the Vasa....

This 4-disc Blu-ray set captures conductor Claudio Abbado leading the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in performances of Mahler Symphonies 1 through 7,...

The vote was over, and a decision had been made: Claudio Abbado was the new chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker. So it was in 1989, when...

“It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today: total harmony of mind and heart,...

A film student in the midst of a moral crisis struggles to come up with a concept for his next short film.

A unique film portrait of the famous Italian pianist. Maurizio Pollini felt himself that the time had come to submit to the probing of the camera, an...

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief...

An extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded in the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna in...

Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Claude Debussy's Suite from "Le Martyre de Saint Sebastian" & "La Mer"...

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New...

Mahler Symphony No.9 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra - Claudio Abbado

Symphony No. 8 is as different musically from the Seventh Symphony as it is close in time since it was finished only five months later. It appears to...

With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunction of soloists and of choruses, the choice of...

RACHMANINOV: Klavierkonzert Piano Concerto No. 2 - STRAVINSKY: Der Feuervogel · The Firebird - TCHAIKOVSKY: Der Sturm · The Tempest -...

Claudio Abbado once remarked that, “With Beethoven, you never stop learning“ and indeed: the 75-year-old Milanese maestro has constantly...

Beethoven: Concerto N° 2 for Piano and Orchestra; Symphony N° 9