Abbado Memorial Concert

Abbado Memorial Concert (our name) or Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado. Recorded 2014 at the KKL Lucerne Concert Hall. Andris Nelsons conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Isabelle Faust is solo violinist. Eligy delivered by actor Bruno Ganz. Directed for TV by Michael Bayer; produced by Paul Smaczny. Features the following selections:

Beethoven, excerpt from Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Berg, Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" with Isabelle Faust
Hölderlin, Brot und Wein recited by Bruno Ganz
Mahler, Adagio from Symphony No. 3
Schubert, Allegro moderato from Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Released 2014, disc has dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: NA

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