Mahler: Symphony No.7
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
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. EuroArts presents this wonderful performance of the impressive five movement symphony No. 7 on DVD, recorded live in state-of-the-art quality at the new and acoustically superb Concert Hall Lucerne in August 2005.
Region code
0
Picture format NTSC 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
dts 5.1
Release May 1, 2006
Total running time 78 mins
Booklet notes English, French, German
No. of discs 1
Recording 2005
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.7