CLAUDIO ABBADO - THE DECCA YEARS (7 CDs)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Allegretto
3. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Allegro con brio

Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado

Overture

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado


1. Allegro vivace e con brio
2. Allegretto scherzando
3. Tempo di menuetto
4. Allegro vivace


Brahms: Rinaldo, Op. 50

James King (tenor)
Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

"Zu dem Strande, zu der Barke!"
"Stelle her der gold'nen Tage"
"Nein! nicht länger ist zu säumen"
"Zurück nur, zurücke"
"Zum zweitenmale seh ich erscheinen"
"Und umgewandelt seh ich die Holde"
"Segel schwellen"


Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 - "Linz Version" 1866
Wiener Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado


1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo
4. Finale. Bewegt, feurig


Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
2. Vivace non troppo
3. Adagio
4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai


Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto
3. Con moto moderato
4. Saltarello (Presto)


Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical'
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro)
4. Finale (Vivace)


Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

1. Moderato
2. Andante
3. Allegro agitato
4. Andante mosso

Prokofiev: Chout - Suite, Op.21a
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


1. The Buffoon & his Wife
2. Dance of the Wives
3. The Buffoons kill their Wives
6. Dance of the Buffoons' Daughters
8. In the Merchant's Bedroom
9. The Young Wife becomes a Goat
10. The Burial of the Goat
11. Quarrel between the Buffoon and the Merchant
12. Final Dance



Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

1. Allegro
2. Turandot (Scherzo)
3. Andantino
4. Marsch



Janáček: Sinfonietta
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
2. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto
3. Moderato - Con moto - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Moderato
4. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto - Andante - Presto - Prestissimo
5. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio



Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

1. The Montagues and the Capulets


Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 3, Op. 101
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

16. Morning Dance



Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 - Act 1
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

5. The quarrel
6. The fight



Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 - Act 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado


25. Dance with mandolins

 

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

4. Dance



Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 3, Op. 101
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

19. Aubade



Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

6. Dance of the Maids from the Antilles


Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

7. Death of Tybalt



Verdi: Nabucco / Act 1
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Leslie Fyson (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Claudio Abbado


"Gli arredi festivi...Sperate, o figli!"


Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Claudio Abbado

"Va pensiero...Oh, chi piange?"



Verdi: Macbeth / Act 2
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Claudio Abbado

"Chi v'impose unirvi a noi? ...Come dal ciel precipita"



Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 2
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

"O patria...O tu, Palermo"



Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Prologue
Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

"A te l'estremo addio - Il lacerato spirito"