Verdi: Requiem Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker SKU: 5054197604959 Barcode: 5054197604959 33.00 £33.00 Genre: Classical Label: Warner Classics Released Date: 10th November 2023 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Claudio Abbado had only made a very few recordings for EMI Classics (now Warner), including Mozart’s Flute Concertos with Emmanuel Pahud. This live rendition of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is definitively a major modern version of the work. In 2001, Claudio Abbado was soon to complete his tenure as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker, when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer not long before. Nonetheless, he was able to conduct this Verdi Requiem during two concerts that held a special significance, offering us a remarkable modern interpretation of the work. It featured an outstanding quartet of soloists, three of the world’s most renowned choirs, and Berlin’s iconic orchestra. “EMI was quite right to be on hand to record this performance in Berlin at a time when Abbado had arisen from his sick-bed to show just how much this work meant to him in the circumstances. It’s conveyed in spades through the tremendous concentration and emotional thrust felt throughout this shattering interpretation. This performance has something extra that you find in Fricsay’s live, 1960 account, and both come close to the spiritual element in the music. Abbado has at his bidding a superb group of specialist choirs who combine effortlessly into a cohesive whole, singing with commendable breadth, accuracy and involvement, few if any better on disc. They find fit counterparts in the players of the BPO who seem individually, in solos, and collectively intent on giving of their appreciable best for their chief. So all the big choral moments, Dies Irae, Rex tremendae, Sanctus, Libera me fugue are superbly achieved. EMI’s recording is wide-ranging and immediate, the equal of any the work has yet received. If the solo singing can’t be given such an unqualified encomium, much of it is impressive, especially that of the young mezzo Daniela Barcellona, even in tone and beseeching in manner. Gheorghiu does so much so well: she sings throughout in that rich, warm tone of hers and offers many long, arching phrases. She’s also as dramatic as one could wish in the Libera me (…). Alagna sings with a deal of passion and authority. (…) Given its superlative sound and special circumstances, [it] is an important addition to the work’s discography.” The Gramophone Classical Music Guide Artist Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker Genre Classical Label Warner Classics Buying Options 180g 2LP Format 180g , 2LP Condition New Country UK Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Classical View Product Quick View Herbert von Karajan Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies NO.2/ Violin Romances NOS 1 & 2 Classical | Vinyl Passion Classics | 1LP Released 20th January 2017 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbert von Karajan Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphonies NO.2/ Violin Romances NOS 1 & 2 £12.00 Genre: Classical Label: Vinyl Passion Classics SKU: VPC85035 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th January 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Joep Beving Henosis Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | 3LP Released 5th April 2019 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Joep Beving Henosis £36.00 Genre: Classical Label: Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4799875 Formats: 3LP Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Walter Hendl/Heifetz/Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 Classical | Analogue Productions | SACD Released 13th April 2015 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Walter Hendl/Heifetz/Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 £29.00 Genre: Classical Label: Analogue Productions SKU: CAPC2435SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 13th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Vladimir Ashkenazy RACHMANINOV Second Piano Concerto Etudes Tableaux Classical | Decca Classics | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 21st July 2017 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Vladimir Ashkenazy RACHMANINOV Second Piano Concerto Etudes Tableaux £20.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca Classics SKU: 4832251 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 21st July 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Anne-Sophie Mutter & Pablo Ferrandez Brahms: Double Concerto Classical | Sony Classical | 2LP Released 4th November 2022 £38.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Anne-Sophie Mutter & Pablo Ferrandez Brahms: Double Concerto £38.00 Genre: Classical Label: Sony Classical SKU: 19658741101 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 4th November 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sarah Neufeld Detritus Classical | One Little Independent | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 14th May 2021 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sarah Neufeld Detritus £19.00 Genre: Classical Label: One Little Independent SKU: TPLP1643 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 14th May 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fritz Reiner Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Classical | Analogue Productions | 180g, 1LP Released 29th April 2021 £45.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Fritz Reiner Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra £45.00 Genre: Classical Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AAPC1806 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 29th April 2021 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Respighi/Antal Dorati Ancient Airs & Dances For Lute/Orch Classical | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 12th September 2007 £34.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Respighi/Antal Dorati Ancient Airs & Dances For Lute/Orch £34.00 Genre: Classical Label: Speakers Corner SKU: SR90199 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 12th September 2007 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Michael Rabin / Leon Pommers Mosaics Classical | Testament | 180g, 1LP Released 8th July 2016 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Michael Rabin / Leon Pommers Mosaics £21.00 Genre: Classical Label: Testament SKU: SP8506 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 8th July 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View William Steinberg & Boston Symphony Orchestra The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings Classical | Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon | 180g, 3LP Released 12th January 2024 £130.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders William Steinberg & Boston Symphony Orchestra The Deutsche Grammophon Recordings £130.00 Genre: Classical Label: Decca (UMO) / Classics / Deutsche Grammophon SKU: 4864516 Formats: 180g, 3LP Released Date: 12th January 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Classical Start again
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