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Claudio Abbado

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Abbado at the 2012 Salzburg FestivalMozart and Schubert Masses, featuring Abbados signature exquisite program selectionLive footage from the 2012 Salzburg Festival. This performance drew significant attention as it marked Claudio Abbados long-awaited return to the Salzburg Festival.Mozarts Orphanage Mass (K. 139), composed when he was just 12 years old, was written for the consecration ceremony of the chapel attached to an orphanage built in Vienna. This piece vividly illustrates Mozarts precocious talent; with its wonderfully beautiful modulations and truly expansive, rich content, it stands as the origin of the ideal beauty in sacred music established by the young Mozart, who produced a magnificent masterpiece as his very first work.In contrast, the Sixth Mass was composed in the year of Schuberts death. It is one of Schuberts most popular masses, captivating listeners with its solemn sound