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Kirill Petrenko conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony
17th May 2019
Recorded live in concert in 2017, the Berliner Philharmoniker's first album with their new Chief Conductor augurs very well indeed for their new partnership.
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Sir Simon Rattle on Beethoven
7th Sep 2016
The conductor discusses his recent recordings with the Berliner Philharmoniker, released in April on the orchestra's own label.
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Beethoven Symphonies from Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
13th May 2016
James listens to Simon Rattle's new complete Beethoven cycle with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Schumann
19th May 2014
Chris listens to the Berlin Philharmoniker's début recording on their own record label – the complete symphonies of Schumann, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Mozart's The Magic Flute
21st Oct 2013
Pavol Breslik and Kate Royal are the young lovers put to the test in Robert Carsen’s production from Baden-Baden, with Ana Durlovski as the Queen of the Night, and Dimitry Ivashchenko as Sarastro.
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Rachmaninov from Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
26th Aug 2013
The Berliners afford luxurious treatment to the choral symphony The Bells (with soloists Luba Orgonášová and Mikhail Petrenko), whilst Rattle’s spacious approach to the Symphonic Dances pays huge dividends.
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100th anniversary of the première of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
27th May 2013
The centenary of one of the most controversial premieres in musical history is marked by a new recording from Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and a mammoth Collector’s Edition comprising 38 recordings dating from 1946 to 2010.
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Carmen from Berlin with Kaufmann and Kožená
20th Aug 2012
The light-voiced Czech mezzo and heavyweight German tenor are an appropriately chalk-and-cheese pairing as the free-spirited gypsy and her obsessive soldier lover, with Kožená’s husband Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in a performance which emphasises the score’s opéra comique pedigree.
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Bruckner Symphonies from Rattle and Barenboim
28th May 2012
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in the Seventh Symphony, whilst Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker tackle the Ninth.
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Brahms/Schoenberg from Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
8th Aug 2011
Rattle conducts Schoenberg’s orchestration of the Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, plus the Chamber Symphony No. 1 and Accompanying Music to a Cinematographic Scene.
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Simon Rattle's new Mahler 2
7th Feb 2011
24 years after his landmark recording of the ‘Resurrection’ Symphony with Dame Janet Baker and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Rattle returns to the piece with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Kate Royal and Magdalena Kožená.
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Rattle conducts Brahms
31st Aug 2009
The ‘incredible warmth and beauty of sound’ which Rattle coaxes from the Berliner Philharmoniker in the four symphonies echoes the achievement of their Gramophone award-winning recording of Ein deutsches Requiem in 2007.
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Rattle and Gergiev on Mahler
3rd Mar 2008
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Haydn - the most underrated great composer
30th Jul 2007
An ‘uplifting, overwhelming, charming and comforting’ account of Haydn’s most popular oratorio, sung in a new English adaptation, with soloists including Miah Persson and Mark Padmore.
