# Claudio Abbado, RIP (1933-2014) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291 "2014-01-20T18:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/1 "2014-01-20T18:03:27Z")
I know there aren’t many posters to this board who are knowledgeable or enthusiastic about Classical Music, but among those that are, I’m sure you all recognize what an enormous loss to the world of music Abbado’s passing brings. I’ve been a fan of Abbado’s conducting as long as I’ve been listening to music. Among numerous great recordings Abbado has given us, I’ll leave here this superb rendition of the Adagietto (movement IV) from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYjRI1LC-X0) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/2 "2014-01-20T18:06:51Z")
Here’s the NY Times obituary: [Claudio Abbado, an Italian Conductor With a Global Reach, Is Dead at 80 - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/arts/music/claudio-abbado-italian-conductor-dies-at-80.html?ref=arts&_r=0) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/3 "2014-01-20T18:28:29Z")
[Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 (Audio only)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxvTGgoStcY) Here’s a link to hear Abbado conducting the Chicago Symphony in one of my favorite pieces, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/4 "2014-01-20T18:33:22Z")
Abbado’s Tchaikovsky is marvelous! ETA: [This boxed set](http://www.amazon.com/Claudio-Abbado-Conducts-Tchaikovsky-Ilyich/dp/B004H6P2ME) remains one of the great recorded sets of Tchaikovsky’s complete symphonies. Good price, too! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/5 "2014-01-20T20:04:17Z")
What an amazing legacy he leaves behind. For my tastes, he had absolutely the best interpretation of Berg and Schönberg of any conductor - the feel of Brahms or Mahler with an extended melodic and harmonic palette. Exquisite! And his Brahms and Mahler recordings were wonderful, too! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/6 "2014-01-21T00:50:57Z")
Totally agree. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/7 "2014-01-21T14:09:32Z")
When I was a kid, there were only two conductors whose name I knew. **Abbado** was one. The other was **Karajan**. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/8 "2014-01-23T14:50:29Z")
As a tribute, the Berlin Philharmonic has made all of Claudio Abbado’s concerts free to view. There’s an article (with a link) [at this link](http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/370337,berlin-phil-makes-abbado-concerts-free-to-view.aspx). Well, I know what I’m doing online for the next little while… ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claudio-abbado-rip-1933-2014/679291/9 "2014-01-23T15:16:50Z")
Awesome!