Credits:

Claudio Abbado

Description:

A recording from Abados final years. Live from the 2013 Lucerne Festival!In 2013, the Lucerne Festival celebrated its 75th anniversary, and a live video recording of the opening concert featuring Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestrareleased this past April by the Accentux Music labelgenerated significant buzz. Now, midway through that same Lucerne Festival, Bruckners Symphony No. 9conducted by Abbado with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra (the live recording captured by Accentux Music)is set to be released by Deutsche Grammophon. Bruckners Symphony No. 9 had also been selected by Abbado for the Lucerne Festival Orchestras tour of Japan scheduled for last October; however, due to health issues, the tour never took place, and he passed away a few months later. Bruckners Ninth Symphony was also part of the repertoire for Gnter Wands final tour of Japan, during his 2000 Tokyo concert. While Abb