He works in mysterious ways.

Tonight you can watch Claudio Abbado conducting his beloved superband the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in Mahler's Ninth Symphony as it unfurls from the Nouvel-designed concert hall. It's here on the ...

Claudio Abbado conducted the hand-picked virtuosos of the festival orchestra in a rendition of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony of astonishing depth and subtlety. Rating: * * * * * Mahler has been inescapable ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. “Mahler 9 is not one of the world’s great symphonies,” insists conductor Alexander Briger. “It is the greatest symphony ever written, ...

Claudio Abbado, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, died Monday in Bologna, Italy, at age 80. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Bologna's mayor, saying that it ...

This tribute to Abbado, who died in 2014, is neither one thing nor the other. Colleagues speak affectionately about his art, but not in enough depth to explain the mystique of the famously ...

Mahler's final Adagio either works totally, or not at all: the long silences will play their part tonight. Abbado's three-weeks-a-year relationship with his handpicked festival players has been giving ...