Orchestra Mozart

CD From Hell: Abbado Plays Mozart with Authentic Amateurs

David Hurwitz

Abbado is a dreadful Mozart conductor. When I was in […]

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CD From Hell: Abbado’s Very Posthumous Schubert Ninth

David Hurwitz

Death has never been an impediment to a new release.

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Abbado Accompanies Argerich: A Sad Farewell

David Hurwitz

Claudio Abbado was near death when he accompanied Martha Argerich in these two concertos, captured live at the Lucerne Festival, but we mustn’t let sentimentality

Mozart: Violin concertos Nos. 1-5/Carmignola

David Hurwitz

This is without question the finest set of Mozart violin concertos on period instruments. Claudio Abbado’s set of symphonies with his not-terribly-wonderful period-instrument group may