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Following their recording of the Eighth Symphony by Anton Bruckner, conductor Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden continue their internationally acclaimed Bruckner symphony cycle with Bruckners Symphony No. 5. ... magician of the (Bruckner) sound. (Kurier on Thielemann) The end of the third movement took ones breath away. (Der Neue Merker) A veritable glorious orchestra (Neue Zuricher Zeitung on the Staatskapelle s Bruckner 5 at Lucerne Festival)

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'It would be hard to find anything greater, more significant or more moving anywhere in musical life today: total harmony of mind and heart, poetry and outcry, fear and consolation, knowing and feeling,' declared the Berne paper Der Bund after this stunning performance of Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony in August 2003 by the newly founded LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA. Claudio Abbado had formed this ensemble from famous instrumentalists, celebrated chamber-music players and experienced soloists from the world's best orchestras, and the event was sold out months in advance. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported: 'Once again the applause at the end was unequalled; the immense final chord … broke a tension that had lasted over 90 minutes without relaxing for a moment.'

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Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado It was a deeply affecting and appropriate farewell. The spirit of Claudio Abbado, the great conductor and founder of orchestras who died in January 2014, was present in music, words, and silence. Thousands upon thousands came to the Basilica di Santo Stefano in Bologna and the Piazza della Scala in Milan to pay their last respects. In Lucerne, the members of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA paid tribute to this extraordinary man and friend with a deeply moving concert - "The emotional intensity was unbelievable; this could only be achieved by true musicians, by those capable of love." (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) Friends and associates look back fondly on Claudio Abbado and speak of how they experienced these moments of grief and farewell. Andris Nelsons, LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Isabelle Faust, violin Bruno Ganz / Excerpt from Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica Claudio Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, August 2013 / Franz Schubert Symphony No. 7 in B minor "Unfinished", Allegro moderato / Friedrich Hölderlin Brot und Wein / Alban Berg Violin Concerto - To the Memory of an Angel / Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor, Adagio