Lucerne Festival: Mahler – Symphony No. 3 (2008)

Claudio Abbado achieves a long-held ambition with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, a distinguished ensemble of leading musical artists. Together, they offer fresh perspectives on symphonic music, featuring exceptional soloists like Ilya Gringolts, Sabine Meyer, and Wolfgang Meyer, alongside musicians from renowned orchestras worldwide. The orchestra's cello section includes Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen, and Valentin Erben. Abbado is celebrated as a master of Mahler, and his acclaimed recordings of Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra have established new benchmarks in interpreting these works, released on EuroArts.