Claudio Abbado is undeniably the supreme Mahler conductor of our time. He conducts the composer’s Fifth and most popular Symphony, which became world-famous as the soundtrack to Visconti’s “Death in Venice”

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra has set new standards in the field of classical music, with the participation of great soloists at the orchestra’s first desks, e.g. clarinetist Sabine Meyer, oboist Albrecht Mayer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman and the Hagen Quartet.

Claudio Abbado's best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra - symphonies Nos 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (on Blu-ray Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6) have already been released on EuroArts – have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler.

Special Feature: Multi-Angle. The DVD includes the option to switch to the “Conductor Camera” and experience Claudio Abbado from the orchestra’s perspective.

Recorded at the Lucerne Festival Hall, August 2004.

Picture format BD: 1080i Full HD - 16:9
Sounds formats BD: PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Region code: All
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 84 mins
FSK: 0
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