Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven and Mendelssohn
In this concert, Claudio Abbado conducts works that impress with their powerful choral singing, while fascinating due to their unusual form: Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with Maurizio Pollini as the pianist, followed by Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony, known as the Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise). This recording from 2002 is also unusual in that although both pieces are widely known, they are not often performed in concert.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
© 2002 EuroArts Music International
Our recommendations
- Claudio Abbado, Maurizio Pollini and Anna Prohaska
- Christian Thielemann and Maurizio Pollini with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
- Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Maurizio Pollini and Christian Thielemann
- Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms and Ravel at the 1996 New Year’s Eve Concert
- Claudio Abbado conducts works with a maritime theme at the 1998 Europakonzert from Stockholm
- Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert, Debussy and Mahler
