GUSTAV MAHLER

 

Symphony No.6

 

Live from the Lucerne Festival

 

Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado

 

 

Every new Claudio Abbado recording is a special event, and this recording is no exception to the rule. The imposing experience of Mahler’s No. 6 is captured live in a performance of tremendous power and towering climaxes with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

 

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra has set new standards in the field of classical music.

 

The core of the orchestra is provided by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, itself an élite body of players. Soloists like violinist Kolja Blacher (concertmaster of the LFO), clarinettist Sabine Meyer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman, the trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich and members of the Alban Berg Quartet to name just a few, make the Lucerne Festival Orchestra a star-studded ensemble.

 

Brand new recording – state-of-the-art quality.

 

“It’s different having best friends together. Everyone is there to enjoy making music, to take pleasure, to play with enthusiasm, with passion. They are prepared to do any crazy thing I ask them for the sake of the music. To fly, to walk through fire.”            Claudio Abbado

 

“Has there ever been a suaver, more transparent Mahler performance or one in which everything stays so beautifully in tune? ... Abbado’s music-making is a celebration of the purest joy.” The Gramophone Magazine

 

Euroarts DVD 2055649