Claudio Abbado is undeniably the supreme Mahler conductor of our time. He conducts the composers Fifth and most popular Symphony which became world-famous as the soundtrack to Viscontis Death in Venice. The Lucerne Festival Orchestra has set new standards in the field of classical music with the participation of great soloists at the orchestras first desks, e.g. clarinetist Sabine Meyer, oboist Albrecht Mayer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman and the Hagen Quartet. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra symphonies No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (on Blu-ray No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6) have already been released on EuroArts have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler.