This tribute to Abbado, who died in 2014, is neither one thing nor the other. Colleagues speak affectionately about his art, but not in enough depth to explain the mystique of the famously ...

His baton kept a tight but flowing beat as his left hand, at the end of a thin wrist, went its own way, deftly sculpting phrases and so often asking for less, less, less. Claudio Abbado sat before the ...

Mahler, Symphony No 2 "Resurrection," LFO, Claudio Abbado, EuroArts, DVD Mahler, Symphony No 4 and Alban Berg "Seven Early Songs," Renée Fleming, BPO, Claudio Abbado ...

The way the great Claudio Abbado holds orchestra and audience in silence at the end of Mahler's final symphony is just extraordinary Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is an epic symphony. It was written ...

When a fine artist dies, we hear that it is a major loss to art. This is usually gross exaggeration: when Mozart died short of 36 years age, just as his career was really taking off, that was a great ...

Mahler's final Adagio either works totally, or not at all: the long silences will play their part tonight. Abbado's three-weeks-a-year relationship with his handpicked festival players has been giving ...

Claudio Abbado conducted the hand-picked virtuosos of the festival orchestra in a rendition of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony of astonishing depth and subtlety. Rating: * * * * * Mahler has been inescapable ...

Claudio Abbado, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, died Monday in Bologna, Italy, at age 80. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Bologna's mayor, saying that it ...

Claudio Abbado conducting at the London Royal Festival Hall, 1983 Credit: Photo: Alamy Claudio Abbado, the Italian conductor, who has died aged 80, held four of the top musical posts in Europe: La ...

Claudio Abbado, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, died Monday in Bologna, Italy, at age 80. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Bologna's mayor, saying that it ...

Over 25 years, through crises and a changing world, Michael Haefliger has made the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as we know it. By Joshua Barone A collection of 257 CDs and eight DVDs released by ...