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Claudio Abbado
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works

Claudio Abbado - Short Biography
Berliner Philharmoniker - Short History

Discography

Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

J.S. Bach: Concerto pour 4 Clavecins BWV 1065; Concerto pour Clavecin BWV 978; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto pour 4 Violins et Orchestra, Op. 3 No. 10; Concerto for Violin et Orchestre, Op. 3 No. 3

 

Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor BWV 1065 [11:00]

Alberto Zedda

Orchestra dell'Angelicum di Milano

Ferdinando Tagliavini (Harpsichord); Bruno Canino (Harpsichord); Antonio Ballista (Harpsichord); Claudio Abbado (Harpsichord)

Angelicum STA-8911
Fine Tune / Charlin

c1962

LP / TT:
CD / TT:

Other works: not by J.S. Bach.
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O-2

J.S. Bach: Concerto in re min. BWV 1043; da Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079; Concerto in la min. BWV 1041 [O-1]

 
 

1-3. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [4:36, 7:53, 5:44]
4-6. Musical Offering BWV 1079:
Canone Perpetuo in do minore [2:25]
Canone a Quattro in sol minore [5:58]
Ricercare a sei voci in do minore [9:42]

Claudio Abbado

Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI

BWV 1043: Edith Peinemann, Renato Zanettovich (Violins)

Dino Classics 9075062
Fonit Cetra ARCD-2048

BWV 1043, 1079: Apr 30, 1963

CD / TT: 51:41
CD / TT: 51:41

Recorded in Napoli, Italy.
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O-2

Bach: Concerto No. 3; Musikalisches Opfer; Concerto No. 1

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [18:13]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Tro Sonata ? [18:05]

Claudio Abbado

Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra

BWV 1043: Edith Peinemann (Violin); Renato Zanettovich (Violin)

Fonit-Cetra Italia 2048
Emozioni

Apr 30, 1963

CD / TT: 51:41

Recorded in Naples, Italy,
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O-3

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos = Brandenburgische Konzerte = Concertos Brandebourgeois = Los conciertos de Brandeburgo

 
 
 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [2-LP: 22:05, 12:25, 12:28, 17:06 20:30, 17:53; Sony 2-CD: 22:00, 12:24, 12:33, 17:07, 20:31, 17:57; Platz 2-CD: 22:05, 12:27, 12:31, 17:10, 20:38, 17:59]

Claudio Abbado

I Solisti dell'Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Violins: Anahi Carfi [3], Battistino Bacchetta, Bruno Salvi, Enzo Bertelli, Ernesto Doimo, Franco Fantini [3, 5], Giulio Franzetti [1, 2, 3, 4], Giuseppe Albanesi, Roberto Bortoluzzi; Violas: Adriano Bertozzi [3], Marcello Turio [3, 6], Ulrich Von Wrochem [3], Alfonso Ghedin [6]; Violoncellos: Antonio Pocaterra [3, 6-VdG], Marco Scano [3, 6], Nazareno Cicoria [3, 6-VdG]; Double-bass: Ezio Pederzani [3-Violone, 6-Violone]; Flutes: Bruno Cavallo [2, 4], Glauco Cambursano [4, 5]; Oboes: Alfredo Panciroli [1], Arrigo Galassi [1, 2], Guido Toschi [1]; Bassoon: Ovidio Danzi [1]; Horns: Enrico Longari [1], Michele Berrino [1]; Trumpet: Giuseppe Bodanza [2]; Harpsichord: Francesco Catena [3, 6], Bruno Canino [5]

Dischi Ricordi S.p.A. ýRCL 27001-002 (1976)
CBS Masterworks ý79215 (1978)
Sony Classical 88843053922 (2014)
Carrere, Ricordi (1989) ý
Platz P40G-513~4 (J)

Nov 1975; May 1976

2-LP / TT: 102:27
2-LP / TT: 102:27
2-CD / TT: 102:32
2-CD / TT:
2-CD / TT: 102:50

Recorded in Milan, Italy.
Producer: Jurg Grand; Engineer: Claudio Fabi.
1st recording of Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 by C. Abbado.



 

O-4

La musica di Bach e Vivaldi

 

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 [19:23]

Claudio Abbado

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Viktoria Mullova (Violin)

Philips

1990

CD / TT:

 

O-5

J.S. Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-6, BWV 1046-1051

 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 []

Claudio Abbado

Kammerensemble des Lucerne Festival Orchestra

-

Lucerne Festival

Aug 17, 2003

2-CD / TT:

Recorded during Lucerne Festival, Sommer 2003, at Konzertsaal des Kultur- und Kongresszentrums Luzern, Switzerland.
2nd recording of Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 by C. Abbado.


O-6

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg concertos 1-6 · Brandenburgische Konzerte · Concertos brandebourgeois [O-6]
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6
[O-6]

 
 
 
 

CD-1:
1-4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 [13:51]
5-7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 [11:37]
8-10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [19:03]
CD-2:
1-3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 [16:26]
4-6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 [16:02]
7-10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [11:25]

Claudio Abbado

Orchestra Mozart (Giuliano Carmignola, principal violin)

OM: Principal Violin: Giuliano Carmignola; Harpsichord: Ottavio Dantone; Violins 1&2: Raphael Christ, Lorenza Borrani, Yunna Shevchenko, Timoti Fregni, Etienne Abelin, Manuel Kastl, Jana Kuhlmann; Violas: Danusha W, Simone Jandl, Behrang Rassekhi, Raphael Sachs; Violas da gamba: Rainer Zipperling, Sabina Colonna Preti; Cellos: Mario Brunello, Enrico Bronzi, Benoît Grenet; Violone: Alois Posch; Flute: Jacques Zoon; Recorders: Michala Petri, Nikolaj Tarasov; Oboes: Victor Aviat, Lucas Macias Navarro, Guido Gualandi; Bassoon: Guilhaume Santana; Horns: Alessio Allegrini, Jonathan Williams; Trumpet: Reinhold Friedrich

Medici Arts / Euroarts 2056738
Deutsche Grammophon 4778908
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Apr 21, 2007

DVD / TT: 100:00
2-CD: TT: 91:26
MP3 / TT: 91:01

Recorded live at Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Directed by Andreas Morell; produced by Paul Smaczny.
Balance Engineer: Toine Mertens; Audio Producer: Georg Obermayer; Edited by Steffen Herrmann; Producer: Paul Smaczny; Assistant Producer: Maria Stodtmeier; Production Manager: Oliver Rieger; CD Executive Producer: Sid McLauchlan; CD Associate Producer: Matthias Spindler; Post-Production Producer: Sid McLauchlan; Post-Production Engineer: Stephan Flock
3rd recording of Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 by C. Abbado.
Watch on YouTube:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BWV 1049: Mvt. 1 [7:10]
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw; Webern: Orchestral Works

Bach-Webern: Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci from Musical Offering BWV 1079, arranged for chamber orchestra [8:01]

Claudio Abbado

Wiener Philharmoniker

-

Deutsche Grammophon 431774

Apr 1990

CD / TT: 49:30 / 48:52

Recorded at Musikverein, Grooser Saal, Vienna, Austria.
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T-2

I. Stravinsky, A. Berg: Violin Concertos

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [25:45]

Claudio Abbado

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Kolja Blacher (Violin)

Deutsche Grammophon 4763069

Oct 9, 2003

CD / TT: 46:48

Recorded live at Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, Italy.
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T-3

Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos

 
 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [27:58]

Claudio Abbado

Orchestra Mozart

Isabelle Faust (Violin)
Flutes: Chiara Tonelli, Mattia Petrilli; Oboes: Lucas Macias Navarro, Miriam Olga Pastor Burgos; Clarinets: Giammarco Casani, Maria Francesca Latella (Berg: bass clarinet), Erik Masera*, Manuela Vettori*; Alto saxophone* Alda Dalle Lucche; Bassoons: Guilhaume Santana, Zeynep Koyuoglu; Contrabassoon Klaus Lohrer*; Horns: Alessio Allegrini, Giuseppe Russo, José Castello, Geremia Iezzi; Trumpets: Alexander Kirn, Jakob Gollien; Trombones*: Andrea Conti, Federico Gerato, Martin Schippers; Tuba*: Alessandro Fossi; Timpani: Robert Kendell; Percussion*: Giovanni Franco, Gabriele Lattuada; Harp*: Nabila Chajai; Violins 1: Raphael Christ, Lorenza Borrani, Yunna Shevchenko, Henja Semmler, Francesco Senese, Manuel Kastl, Giacomo Tesini, Tilman Büning, Claudia Schmidt, Timoti Fregni, Andrea Mascetti, Gabrielle Shek, Lavinia Morelli, Tim Summers; Violins 2: Etienne Abelin, Gisella Curtolo, Michal Duris, Paolo Lambardi, Nicola Bignami, Gian Maria Lodigiani, Jo Marie Sison, Federica Vignoni, Jana Kuhlmann, Massimiliano Canneto, Gunilla Kerrich, Francesca Macchione; Violas: Danusha Waskiewicz, Behrang Rassekhi, Chaim Steller, Luigi Mazzucato, Corinne Contardo, Francesca Piccioni, Hinderburg Leka, Elisabeth Schwalke, Cristina Laura Pop, Elettra Ballerini; Violoncellos: Walter Vestidello, Giovanni Gnocchi, Luca Franzetti, Antonio Amadei, Andrea Landi, Luca Bacelli, Rebekka Markowski, Giacomo Grava; Double-basses: Waldemar Schwiertz, Johanee Gonzalez, Daniele Carnio, Anita Mazzantini, Giorgio Galvan
Diego Mattheusz, assistant*
* Berg only

Harmonia Mundi HMC-902105
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Nov 2010

CD / TT: 68:58
MP3 / TT: 68:48

Recorded at Auditorio Manzoni, Bologna, Italy.
Artistic Director: Martin Sauer; Sound Engineer & Editing: Philipp Knop, Teldex Studio Berlin.
2nd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by C. Abbado.
1st recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by I. Faust.
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T-4

Berg: Violin Concerto / Faust · Abbado · Berliner Philharmoniker

 

A. Berg: Violin Concerto ("To the memory of an angel") [32:30]

Claudio Abbado

Berliner Philharmoniker

Isabelle Faust (Violin)

YouTube

May 11, 2012

Video / TT:

Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany.
3rd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by C. Abbado.
2nd recording of A. Berg's Violin Concerto by I. Faust.
Watch on YouTube:
A. Berg: Violin Concerto: Excerpt [3:05]
Watch on Berliner Philharmoniker's Digital Concert Hall:
Complete Concert


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2010 - February 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Walter Roth (April 2021)

Claudio Abbado: Short Biography | Ensembles: Berliner Philharmoniker
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Individual Recordings:
BWV 232 - C. Abbado


Instrumental Works: Recordings, Reviews & Discussions - Main Page | Order of Discussion
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