Abbado Conducts Mahler: Symphony 5 / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Conductor: Claudio Abbado / A Performance at Lucerne festival in Summer 2004 / Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 18-19 August 2004 / Blu-Ray

Format: NTSC

Run time: 74 Minutes

UPC: 880242540744

• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yes
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.47 x 5.31 x 6.73 inches; 4 Ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Michael Beyer
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, NTSC, Widescreen, Classical
• Release date ‏ : ‎ February 22, 2011
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Claudio Abbado
• Producers ‏ : ‎ Paul Smaczny
• Studio ‏ : ‎ EuroArts
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Claudio Abbado re-formed the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in 2003 - a decade after its disbandment - for which he handpicked musicians as famous as they were highly regarded. The following summer Abbado and his all-star ensemble, ffited 'incomparably, a wonderful orchestra’ by the Neue ZOrc her Zeitung. performed Mahler's Fifth Symphony together. One hundred years after its premiere in 1904, this dramatic. tender and heroic masterpiece is ardently moulded by Abbado's every gesture and nuance; the orchestra naturally obliges particularly in the famous Adagietto. where the sheen and warmth of the strings is truly sublime.