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Claudio Abbado R.I.P

  • 20-01-2014 05:30PM
    #1
    marienbad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭


    We won't see his like again. Best I have ever heard live.


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  • #2
    willwe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭willwe


    i was sad to hear this news but he had been ill for a long time. RIP


  • #3
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭Sanguine Fan


    I never had the good fortune to hear him live, but his recordings are really special.

    My favourite is his first account of Beethoven's Pastoral with the Vienna Philharmonic.


  • #4
    marienbad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭marienbad


    Sanguine Fan wrote: »
    I never had the good fortune to hear him live, but his recordings are really special.

    My favourite is his first account of Beethoven's Pastoral with the Vienna Philharmonic.


    I heard him live quite a few times going back to the early 80's and he was just outstanding . I love Mahler and Abbado was without peer in that repertoire .

    He gave the lie to the stereotypical Maestro arrogant bully type myth as he was apparently a gentle non confrontational (to a fault some say) man who just inspired the greatest performance from his players , who were loyal to him in an extraordinary way.


  • #5
    Sanguine Fan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭Sanguine Fan


    marienbad wrote: »
    I love Mahler and Abbado was without peer in that repertoire .

    It's not just the sheer breadth of his recordings that is noteworthy, but how brilliantly he conducted so many diverse works. For instance, his recordings with the LSO of orchestral music by Ravel and Mussorgsky are outstanding.


  • #6
    The Black Oil
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    I only became aware of him in the last year or two - because a few things on Youtube. I'm still quite blown away by his Mahler work. Must check out more. You could tell he loved what he did.

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  • #7
    willwe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭willwe


    I see BBC radio 3 Afternonn concert is playing one of his recordings with the Berlin Philharmonic on Tues 15th. Get the recorders on!


  • #8
    4umbrellas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭4umbrellas


    We had an old cassette of him playing Chopin that was played to destruction when I was a kid. RIP.


  • #9
    fiachraX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭fiachraX


    Talented man. RIP.


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