RIP - Maestro Claudio Abbado

[DC]

Maestro Abbado was my favorite living conductor and among my favorite all-time conductors. A sad day ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/arts/music/claudio-abbado-italian-conductor-dies-at-80.html?_r=0

 

[juncers]

A brilliant conductor--RIP

Ray

 

[RichPA]

A real loss. RIP

 

[davidro]

RIP Maestro. Feel extremely fortunate to have heard your performance live in Wien.

 

[guiller]

Rest in Peace, Claudio.

 

[Bujodrag]

Rip

 

[Permanent Waves]

Had the pleasure of seeing him once. A true magisterial artist. He had a good run.

 

[DC]

In 2011, BBC Music Magazine polled 100 of the world's conductors to build a "top 20" best conductors of all time. Mr. Abbado came in third, behind Leonard Bernstein (2) and Carlos Kleiber (1), and was the only one in the top four still alive at the time.

 

[davidro]

I didn't use to care much for the Maestro until in 2012 when I heard him conducting the Lucenrne Festival Orchestra performing Bruckner Symphony No 1 at Musikverein Wien. Man that was the best classical music live ever. Since then, my appreciation of his recorded performances grew.

When the recording of the same concert performed in the Lucerne Festival was released last year I accordingly ordered and received one of the very first batches.

Here are a couple of snap shots I took of him at the Musikverein:

And on the playlist....

Bruckner 1
Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

 

[JohnMichael]

In honor of the Maestro may he Rest In Peace I will be playing;

Debussy "La Mer" and Mahler Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, Summer 2003

sempre libera
Anna Netrebko, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Mahler Symphony No. 4 and Berg Sieben Fruhe Lieder
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

 

[Art K.]

RIP, Maestro Abbado.

 

[GuyK]

Rest in peace, Maestro.