MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 7 (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Abbado)
Orchestra:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Conductor:
Abbado, Claudio
Composer:
Mahler, Gustav
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Venue: Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre, Lucerne
Date of Concert: 18-08-2005
Festival: Lucerne Festival
Playing Time: 01:18:00
Television Director:
Beyer, Michael
Producer:
Smaczny, Paul
Catalogue Number: EuroArts5462
UPC: 880242546289
Claudio Abbado, who first conducted his new Lucerne Festival Orchestra in the summer of 2003, realised a dream with this exclusive ensemble. Handpicked orchestral musicians and exceptional soloists such as violinist Kolja Blacher, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, clarinettist Sabine Meyer, oboist Albrecht Mayer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman, the Hagen Quartet and members of the Alban Berg Quartet to name just a few, make the Lucerne Festival Orchestra a star-studded ensemble, while the core of the orchestra is provided by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, itself an élite body of players. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his Mahler recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra have set new benchmarks in Mahler interpretation. This wonderful performance of the impressive five movement Symphony No. 7 was recorded live at the new and acoustically superb Concert Hall Lucerne in August 2005.
