Claudio Abbado Movies
- 2009
In Search of Beethoven
In Search of Beethoven6.22009HD
In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest...
- 1999
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1999
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 199901999HD
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New...
- 1988
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky61988HD
A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a...
- 2009
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 302009HD
- 2002
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major - Mikhail Pletnev, Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker102002HD
Claudio Abbado conducts the prestigious Berliner Philharmonikerfor during a concert dedicated to Beethoven. The programme includes the Piano Concerto...
- 2001
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker02001HD
With the Fifth Symphony, the Symphony No. 9 is the most famous piece. Its unusual length, the adjunction of soloists and of choruses, the choice of...
- 1998
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 199801998HD
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New...
- 2000
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2000
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 200002000HD
The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New...
- 1978
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra01978HD
Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for the inherent subtleties of Verdi’s...
- 1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy71993HD
A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by human actors in a fairytale world inhabited by...
- 2001
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 802001HD
Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But only at the end of his tenure as chief...
- 1984
Il viaggio a Reims
Il viaggio a Reims01984HD
The historic 1984 revival performance of Il viaggio a Reims was the first time in over 150 years the opera was performed. Set in a luxurious hotel in...
- 2010
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.302010HD
The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the mesmerising young pianist Yuja Wang, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience...
- 1997
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 4501997HD
An extraordinary performance by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded in the Great Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna in...
- 2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande82009HD
Gustav Mahler's fourth symphony and Pelleas et Melisande by Arnold Schoenberg performed by the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, conducted by Claudio...
- 2002
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 1994
Berlin Philharmonic in Japan 199402002HD
Featuring performances of music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, from Suntory Hall in Japan
- 1975
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi Un Ballo in Maschera01975HD
This production from Covent Garden is set in Stockholm, and not Boston. With Reri Grist (Oscar), Placido Domingo (Gustavus), Katia Ricciarelli...
- 1987
Wozzeck
Wozzeck01987HD
1987 recording of Wozzeck by the Vienna State Opera with Claudio Abbado conducting. Based upon Georg Büchner's 1837 play, Alban Berg's Wozzeck...
- 2013
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem - Claudio Abbado92013HD
Mozart did not write the Requiem as despairing funeral music for his impending death. Rather, the piece proclaims eternal light and redemption....
- 1982
Verdi: Requiem
Verdi: Requiem01982HD
Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado,...