Aufnahme Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture & Convention Center Lucerne, 10 August 2006 Musik Lucerne Festival Orchestra Conductor: Claudio Abbado The Lucerne Festival each year opens with a concert given by the resident Lucerne Festival Orchestra. This is an élite ensemble founded by Claudio Abbado that is based on the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, to which are added internationally renowned soloists & chamber musicians. Marking the centenary of the symphonys première in 1906, Abbado leads a heart-felt rendition of Mahlers tragic & prophetic Symphony No. 6; the performance was made all the more powerful because of Abbados long association with Mahlers music.