Franz Schubert - Lieder with Orchestra (Orchestrations by: Britten, Brahms, Webern, Reger, Berlioz, Liszt)

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Lieder with Orchestra

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)

Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) 

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Claudio Abbado

Recorded live, May 2002, Grand Salle, Cité de la musique, Paris, France

Iannis Xenakis - Synaphaï; Aroura; Antikhthon; Keqrops

Iannis XENAKIS (1922-2001)

Synaphaï - for Piano and Orchestra (1969)

Aroura - for String Orchestra (1971)

Antikhthon - ballet, for String Orchestra

Keqrops - for Piano and Orchestra**

Geoffrey Douglas Madge (Piano)*

Roger Woodward (Piano)**

New Philharmonia Orchestra

Elgar Howarth 

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester**

Claudio Abbado**

Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 28 & 29 November 1975 (Synaphai, Aroura, Antikhthon): Konzerthaus, Vienna, 30 October 1992 (Kekrops)

Janacek - The Diary of One Who Disappeared; Sinfonietta

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

Tagebuch eines Verschollenen

(The Diary of One

Who Disappeared)

for tenor, three women voices and piano

Orchestral version: Ota Zitek & Vaclav Sedlacek

Sinfonietta op. 60

Philip Langridge (tenor)

Brigitte Balleys (contralto)

Marcus Creed (chorus master)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Women of the RIAS Kammerchor

Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 1987-11-21 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Franz Schubert - Fierrabras (Heroic Romantic Opera in Three Acts (1823))

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Fierrabras D 796

Heroic Romantic Opera in Three Acts (1823)

Josef Protschka (Fierrabras), 

Karita Mattila (Emma), 

Cheryl Studer (Florinda), 

Brigitte Balleys (Maragond), 

Robert Gambill (Eginhard), T

homas Hampson (Roland), 

Robert Holl (König Karl), 

Laszlo Polgár (Boland), 

Hartmut Welker (Brutamonte)

Arnold Schoenberg Chor & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Claudio Abbado

The Alban Berg Collection (8 CDs)

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

The Alban Berg Collection

Artists

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez

8 CDs

Works:

CD 1

Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

James Levine

CD2

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Pierre Boulez

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5

Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Adagio from Chamber Concerto 

Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Arr. Alban Berg)

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

CD 3

Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

String Quartet, Op. 3

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

An Leukon

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version)

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Vier Lieder, Op. 2

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

CD 4

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Der Wein

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchesta

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

CDs 5, 6 and 7

Lulu 

Jules Bastin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Pierre-Yves Le Maigat (baritone), Teresa Stratas (singer), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Franz Mazura (baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Helmut Pampuch (tenor), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Claude Meloni (tenor), Anna Ringart (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Boese (mezzo-soprano)

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris

Pierre Boulez

CDs 7 and 8

Wozzeck 

Aage Haugland (bass), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Alfred Sramek (bass), Alexander Maly (baritone), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)

Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben

Claudio Abbado

Ravel - Complete Orchestral Works

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Complete Orchestral Works

London Symphony Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Disc 1

Bolero

Rapsodie Espagnole

My Mere L'Oye (Ballet)

Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

Disc 2

Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete)

Chorus – London Symphony Chorus

Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

Disc 3

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Alborada Del Gracioso

Sheherazade (Ouverture)

Menuet Antique

Une Barque Sur L'ocean

L'Eventail de Jeanne (Fanfare)

La Valse

Previously released material: 1981 - 1989

Mendelssohn - Symphony No.2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise) Op. 52

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

Symphonie No. 2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise) Op. 52 (1840)

Elizabeth Connell

Karita Mattila

Hans Peter Blochwitz

London Symphony

Chorus and Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Released: November 4, 1987

Robert Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1844-1853)

Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone), 

Karita Mattila (Soprano), 

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass),

Barbara Bonney (Soprano), 

Endrik Wottrich (Tenor), 

Brigitte Poschner-Klebel (Soprano),

Susan Graham (Soprano), 

Harry Peeters (Bass), 

Iris Vermillion (Mezzo Soprano),

Hans-Peter Blochwitz (Ten

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Tölz Boys Choir

Swedish Radio Chorus

Claudio Abbado  

Recorded Live Philharmonie, Berlin; 06/1994

Schumann - Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 54

Konzertstück, Op. 92 in G-Dur: Introduction und Allegro appassionato für Klavier und Orchester

Konzertstück, Op. 134: Introduction D-Dur/Allegro concertante D-moll für Klavier und Orchester

Murray Perahia (Piano), 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Rossini - Il viaggio a Reims (Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Live Recording)

Giocchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Il viaggio a Reims

Dramma giocoso in un atto

Samuel Ramey, William Matteuzzi, Luciana Serra, Sylvia McNair, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Raul Gimenez, Cheryl Studer, Ruggero Raimondi, Enzo Dara, Lucio Gallo, Barbara Fritoli et al.

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Berliner Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Recording of performances by the Berlin Philharmonisches Orchestra,

 Phiharmonie, Berlin, Germany, 

October 13-19, 1992

Hindemith - Violin Concerto, Mathis der Maler Symphony & Symphonic Metamorphoses

Paul Hindemith: 

Violin Concerto, Mathis der Maler Symphony & Symphonic Metamorphoses

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No.9 / Abbado

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

Symphony No.9

Claudio Abbado

Lucerne Festival Orchestra