Conducted by Claudio Abbado, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra draws outstanding orchestral musicians and soloists such as Kolja Blacher, Natalia Gutman, Reinhold Friedrich, and Sabine Meyer. This live recording from the Concert de Gala 2004 includes the Vier letzte Lieder for soprano and orchestra by Richard Strauss, with world star Renée Fleming and a concerto performance of the second act of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde featuring Violeta Urmana, Mihoko Fujimura, and René Pape.
