Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th January 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Orchestral
The engineering abets the peerless attention to detail, always his greatest asset; every dynamic, every sonority is in place...the best way possible to celebrate what is, unbelievably, Rattle's...
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th January 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Orchestral
The engineering abets the peerless attention to detail, always his greatest asset; every dynamic, every sonority is in place...the best way possible to celebrate what is, unbelievably, Rattle's...
About
In November 2021, even before taking up his post as chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle began a cycle of Mahler symphonies with a performance of the Ninth (BR-KLASSIK 900205). The Sixth followed in September 2023 (BR-KLASSIK 900217) and the conductor is now tackling the composer’s Seventh Symphony.
This cycle marks the beginning of a new chapter in Mahler interpretation, as Rattle is just as passionate a Mahler admirer at the helm of the orchestra as his predecessors Jansons, Maazel and Kubelik. BR-KLASSIK has already released the live recording of the current concert with Mahler’s impressive Seventh Symphony from November 2024. Sadness and joy, darkness and light are all part of the charm of Gustav Mahler’s complex and multi-layered Seventh Symphony. Composed in the idyllic natural setting of Lake Worthersee, it is one of his great, yet somewhat enigmatic works, and its interplay of emotional extremes has always challenged performers. After the consistently tragic Sixth Symphony, the Seventh counters the gloomy mood with a life-affirming note. Mahler skilfully incorporates natural sounds, cowbells and horn calls. “Here, nature roars,” he commented.
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Simon Rattle conducts Mahler's Seventh Symphony
24th Jan 2025
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and their Chief Conductor continue their survey of Mahler’s symphonies with this live recording of the Seventh Symphony, replete with characterful, vivid woodwind playing and gloriously majestic contributions from the trumpets.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week24th January 2025
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2025Recording of the Month
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BBC Music MagazineMarch 2025Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2025
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year2025
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année2025Musique Symphonique
March 2025
The engineering abets the peerless attention to detail, always his greatest asset; every dynamic, every sonority is in place...the best way possible to celebrate what is, unbelievably, Rattle's 70th birthday.
February 2025
I have rarely been more excited to hear what this cycle brings next. Rattle’s Mahler now feels lived-in and ever more insightful. Our attention and admiration have been earned.
24th January 2025
It's fascinating to observe how a conductor's reading of a piece can grow and mature through the decades, and certainly relative to his earlier accounts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker, I would say this is easily the most impressive of Rattle's thoughts on this enigmatic symphony...I feel that this driven, purposeful approach enables Rattle to elucidate and make sense of the symphony's long structures, culminating in a satisfying conclusion.
6th February 2025
it’s the sheer brilliance of the Bavarian RSO’s playing that grabs the attention, every detail and instrumental effect shiveringly vivid, and all perfectly captured in sound that is so much better than either of Rattle’s earlier versions...this must now be one of the finest Mahler 7s on disc.
