Claudio Abbado : The DECCA Years

Track List
CD 1: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
1. 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 13:11
2. 2. Allegretto 9:49
3. 3. Presto - Assai meno presto 10:07
4. 4. Allegro con brio 9:08
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43
5. Overtura. Adagio - Allegro molto con brio 5:12
Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93
6. 1. Allegro vivace e con brio 8:58
7. 2. Allegretto scherzando 4:06
8. 3. Tempo di menuetto 4:47
9. 4. Allegro vivace 7:36
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 1:12:54
CD 2: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Rinaldo, Op.50 - Cantata for tenor, male chorus & orchestra
1. "Zu dem Strande, zu der Barke!" 6:18
2. "Stelle her der gold'nen Tage" 11:01
3. "Nein! nicht länger ist zu säumen" 4:24
Ambrosian Chorus, James King, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
4. "Zurück nur, zurücke" 2:33
Ambrosian Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
5. "Zum zweitenmale seh ich erscheinen" 2:51
6. "Und umgewandelt seh ich die Holde" 5:55
7. "Segel schwellen" 6:48
Ambrosian Chorus, James King, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
8. Schicksalslied, Op.54 15:18
Ambrosian Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 55:08
CD 3: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)
Symphony No.1 in C minor
"Linz Version" 1866
1. 1. Allegro molto moderato 11:49
2. 2. Adagio 12:37
3. 3. Scherzo. Lebhaft 8:52
4. 4. Finale. Bewegt und feurig 12:53
Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 46:11
CD 4: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 - "Scottish"
1. 1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
12:42
2. 2. Vivace non troppo
4:15
3. 3. Adagio
10:11
4. 4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
9:24
Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 - "Italian"
5. 1. Allegro vivace
10:29
6. 2. Andante con moto
6:57
7. 3. Con moto moderato
6:38
8. 4. Saltarello (Presto)
5:44
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 1:06:20
CD 5: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 "Classical Symphony"
1. 1. Allegro 3:54
2. 2. Larghetto 4:17
3. 3. Gavotta (Non troppo allegro) 1:33
4. 4. Finale (Vivace) 4:22
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.44
5. 1. Moderato 13:19
6. 2. Andante 7:20
7. 3. Allegro agitato 7:40
8. 4. Andante mosso 6:13
Chout (The Buffoon) - Suite from the ballet, Op.21b
9. 1. The Buffoon & his Wife
3:17
10. 2. Dance of the Wives
3:44
11. 3. The Buffoons kill their Wives
2:23
12. 6. Dance of the Buffoons' Daughters
2:27
13. 8. In the Merchant's Bedroom
2:09
14. 9. The Young Wife becomes a Goat
2:41
15. 10. The Burial of the Goat
3:19
16. 11. Quarrel between the Buffoon and the Merchant
1:32
17. 12. Final Dance
3:35
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 1:13:45
CD 6: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
1. 1. Allegro
4:09
2. 2. Turandot (Scherzo)
7:35
3. 3. Andantino
3:59
4. 4. Marsch
4:35
Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
Sinfonietta
5. 1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
2:33
6. 2. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto
5:43
7. 3. Moderato - Con moto - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Moderato
5:07
8. 4. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto - Andante - Presto - Prestissimo
2:45
9. 5. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio
7:23
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.2
10. 1. The Montagues and the Capulets 5:37
Romeo & Juliet - Suite No.3, Op.101
11. 16. Morning Dance 2:04
Romeo and Juliet, Op.64
Act 1
12. 5. The quarrel 1:47
13. 6. The fight 3:02
Act 2
14. 25. Dance with mandolins 1:47
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.2
15. 4. Dance 3:52
Romeo & Juliet - Suite No.3, Op.101
16. 19. Aubade 2:45
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.2
17. 6. Dance of the Maids from the Antilles 2:55
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.1
18. 7. Death of Tybalt 5:05
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 1:12:43
CD 7: Claudio Abbado - The Decca Years
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Nabucco
Act 1
1. Gli arredi festivi...Sperate, o figli!
13:07
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Leslie Fyson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Act 3
2. Va pensiero...Oh, chi piange?
9:13
Macbeth
Act 2
3. Coro di Sicari: "Chi v'impose unirvi a noi?"
8:10
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
I vespri siciliani
Act 2
4. O patria...O tu, Palermo
8:13
Simon Boccanegra
Revised 1881
Prologue
5. A te l'estremo addio - Il lacerato spirito
6:16
Nicolai Ghiaurov, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Total Playing Time: 44:59