Interview
Beethoven’s symphonies – an introduction by Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado’s Beethoven cycle from Rome
Only at the end of his tenure as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker did Claudio Abbado decide to give a performance of the complete symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven. The venue was the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In these performances, the monumentality of earlier times was replaced by a leaner, driving energy. The Financial Times spoke of a “revolution”.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
© 2001 EuroArts Music International
Related interviews
Artists
Our recommendations
- Claudio Abbado conducts “An Italian Night” at the Waldbühne
- Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert, Brahms and Schoenberg
- Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini and Anna Prohaska
- Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms and Ravel at the 1996 New Year’s Eve Concert
- Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven and Mendelssohn
- Claudio Abbado conducts a Verdi gala for the 2000 New Year’s Eve Concert