Symphony No, 7, : Abbado / Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7

Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado, conductor

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 elite 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. EuroArts presents this wonderful performance of the impressive five movement symphony No. 7, recorded live in state-of-the-art quality at the new and acoustically superb Concert Hall Lucerne in August 2005. ( EURO ARTS )

BOOKLET: GB, D, F
RUN TIME: 78 mins