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"I am Claudio - for everyone" quickly became Claudio Abbado's most famous statement. In order to be able to maintain contact with each individual during the conducting, he usually conducted from memory. What made Claudio Abbado stand out was his unpretentious, noble character, his democratic understanding of music making and his ability to celebrate the live moment on stage. Daniel Barenboim retired in January 2023 as Musical Director of the Staatsoper Berlin. He shaped the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera and helped it grow into a world leading ensemble. A matter very close to Barenboim's heart is his work with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Founded in 1999 in collaboration with the Palestinian academic Edward Said, the orchestra unites young Arab and Israeli musicians to promote understanding between Israelis and Palestinians to pave the way for a peaceful and fair solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bernard Haitink's musical work was focused to Bruckner and to a composer who had a decisive influence on the transition from late romanticism to modernism: Gustav Mahler. It is not least for this reason that Gustav Mahler's symphonies are the focus in this collection. Mariss Jansons was often cited as one of the world's most distinguished conductors who was best known for his interpretations of Strauss and Mahler as well as Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky. Zubin Mehta, born 29 April 1936 in Bombay, took a final bow in October 2019 and retired after almost 50 years as Musical Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Maestro Mehta has conducted more than 1.000 concerts with orchestras from around the world, including The Berliner Philharmoniker, The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, The Wiener Philharmoniker, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
CLAUDIO ABBADO (7 DVDs, 662 mins)
1 Hearing the Silence (Documentary 2003)
2 Claudio Abbado conducts Verdi (2000)
3 Messa da Requiem (2001)
4 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9 (2000 & 2001)
5 Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (2004)
6 Mahler and Beethoven at Lucerne Festival (2004)
7 Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 (2007)
DANIEL BARENBOIM (2 DVDs, 189 mins)
1 Knowledge is the Beginning (Documentary 2005)
2 Daniel Barenboim conducts Berliner Philharmoniker at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (1998)
BERNARD HAITINK (7 DVDs, 730 mins)
1 It Comes My Way - Portrait (2019)
2 Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (1993, 1994)
3 Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (1991)
4 Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (1991, 1992)
5 Europakonzert 1993 from London
6 Europakonzert 1999 from Krakow
7 Easter Concert 2015 from Baden-Baden
MARISS JANSONS (6 DVDs, 603 mins)
1 Waldbühne 1994 - A Night of Dances & Rhapsodies
2 The Berliner Philharmoniker in Tokyo (2000)
3 Europakonzert from Istanbul 2001
4 Waldbühne 2002 - World Encores
5 Salzburg Festival 2002
6 Europakonzert 2017 from Cyprus
SEIJI OZAWA (5 DVDs, 505 mins)
1 From Alte Oper Frankfurt 1989
2 Waldbühne 1993 - A Russian Night
3 Waldbühne 2003 - A Gershwin Night
4 Karajan Memorial Concert 2008
5 At Matsumoto Festival 2015 & 2016
Zubin Mehta (7 DVDs, 826 mins)
1 Zubin Mehta conducts Bartók, Dvo?ák and Mozart in Los Angeles 1977
2 Waldbühne 1997 - St. Petersburg Night
3 Gran Gala di Verdi
4 75th Anniversary Concert of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 2011
5 Falstaff from Salzburg Festival 2013
6 The Ninth Symphony - Choreography by Maurice Béjart
7 Farewell Concert 2019
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