More By Artist: Simon Rattle
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BACH / CHOPIN / HANDEL / MOZART / PROKOFIEV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "The most gorgeous of Scriabin's studies has a fine sweep and sensitivity too, and the heavy torpor of the Rachmaninov Moments musicaux and the elegance of the Tchaikovsky Variations are nicely captured. Gavrilov's Islamey is justly famous," Gramophone |
MAURICE RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ravel: Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand) / Gaspard de la Nuit / etc Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 20/Apr/1985 ] When this album was originally released in 1978, Gramophone said: "... However high your expectations may be, I would be surprised to learn that they were disappointed ... This newcomer is second to none in both works," and praised the young Rattle... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10, etc (with Ravel - Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand), etc Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] In March 2015, after months of lively speculation in the media, the London Symphony Orchestra formally announced that Sir Simon Rattle would become its Music Director in September 2017. This news made headlines in the UK, where Liverpool-born Rattle,... |
CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 BLU-RAY Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 (complete) Arleen Auger, Janet Baker / City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic / Vienna Philharmonic / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 4/Aug/2017 ] "There's no doubt that Rattle has inspired all concerned to an achievement which joins his groundbreaking readings of the Third, Seventh and Tenth Symphonies in the Mahlerian heaven." ***** BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, on Mahler 8 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Baden-Baden Opera / Kristine Opolais, Marcelo Álvarez Mario, Marco Vratogna, Alexander Tsymbalyuk / Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2018 ] "Rattle and his orchestra add both depth and gloss: to hear the shimmer of the Berlin strings in the eerie dwells of the Te Deum is enough to absolve the conductor of his reverential tempos" Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" Barbara Bonney, Birgit Rammert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "These discs are history: nine indubitable masterpieces lovingly recorded in gripping reinterpretations of our age." (NZ Herald on the complete set) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1-9) Barbara Bonney, Birgit Remmert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / City Of Birmingham Symphony Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2010 ] A superbly played account by one of the world's great orchestras. ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / GYORGY LIGETI / ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabe / etc (Blu-ray/DVD) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live DVD + BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker [Highlights] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI Classics / CD - released 25/Nov/2010 ] "Beautifully played and recorded this sumptuously presented release will I'm sure be a runaway Christmas success." (MusicWeb Dec 2010) |
MAHLER / SCHUBERT / STRAVINSKY / HOLST / BORODIN / RAVEL / etc
The Sound of Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "Rattle takes the broad view, reviving memories of the Berlin Phil's glory days...Deeply satisfying." Gramophone Magazine on the Schubert |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] "Rattle digs deep to deliver a reading of breathtaking power." Recording of the Month (Gramophone May 2006) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Simon Rattle conducts Mussorgsky & Borodin (Live-recording from the Philharmonie Berlin Dec 31, 2007) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] G : - "…is a sophisticated Russian New Year's Eve event from Berlin. …the impression remains that Rattle brings off the subtler, more atmospheric passages best." BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 **** |
![Simon Rattle conducts (Live-recording from the Berlin Waldbühne, 2009) [Incls 'The Rite of Spring'] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10161/10161956.jpg)
RACHMANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / STRAVINSKY
Simon Rattle conducts (Live-recording from the Berlin Waldbühne, 2009) [Incls 'The Rite of Spring'] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Medici Arts DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] G - "Orchestral concerts al fresco don't get more spectacular or more wide-spectrum than this. Here are Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic in the Waldbuhne, a ravine-hollowed amphitheatre outside the city" (BBC Music) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies 88-92 / Sinfonia Concertante Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Some nods to 'authenticity' but this is big-band Haydn and Rattle relishes it" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2007 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "One element which Rattle brings out more than his rivals is the exuberance of Mahler's writing...This is above all a songful vision full of tenderness, with phrasing affectionately moulded in spontaneous warmth" (Penguin Guide) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 Op. 9 / Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene Op. 34 / Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G Min Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] In these three contrasting works, the spirits of Modernism, Romanticism and Classicism are invoked by Arnold Schoenberg - a revolutionary whose aesthetic roots lay firmly in tradition. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "the playing of the Berlin Philharmonic is superb, the precision and articulation of the woodwind and of the first oboe, in particular, a delight; every detail is there, perfectly realised and balanced." the Guardian |
LIGETI / WAGNER / ELGAR / STRAVINSKY
Sir Simon Rattle & Sol Gabetta (Recorded live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014) Sol Gabetta (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] "Rattle's presence can be heard, and felt, in virtually every bar of the score: the way he moulds phrases, nudges details to the fore, bends the line, holds tight to a salient accompanying detail (especially along the lower end of the spectrum) or re |
