Sir Simon Rattle Archive
Editorial for February, 2018
John Adams is one of the USA’s most important musical voices. In his works, Minimalism is combined with imaginative orchestration and a jazz-inflected spirit to create a cosmos full of energy and colour. During the 2016/2017 season, John Adams accompanied the Berliner Philharmoniker as their Composer in Residence. The orchestra gave acclaimed concert performances of both well-known works and exciting new discoveries – and these are now available in an exclusive edition on CD and Blu-ray. This box set includes 4 CDs of this music, along with a 2 Blu-ray discs of the performances. The Blu-ray discs also include a documentary and an interview with Adams. [metaslider id=64299] This exceptional offering is sponsored by Naxos and Audiophile Audition. All that is required to enter the drawing is to fill out the promotional form here: Register To Win More information may be found at the Berliner Philharmoniker page for The John Adams Edition. AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program in San Francisco and then in 1985 as a weekly national radio series hosted by John Sunier, and aired for 13½ years on up to 200 public radio and commercial stations. In September 1998 its web site for program […]
Editorial for November, 2017
While the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has presented recordings of Beethoven symphonies in the past, Sir Simon Rattle is now following the footsteps of Herbert von Karajan and Claudio Abbado in recording the complete cycle of the Beethoven Symphonies. Rattle has been the principal conductor and artistic director of the orchestra since 2002, with his tenure drawing to a close next year. The recordings of the symphonies were originally released as CDs in 2015, to great positive recognition. Now these recordings have been produced on vinyl, to the delight of audiophile purists. Along with Sir Thomas Rattle conducting, the Ninth has the soloists Annette Dasch, Eva Vogel, Christian Eisner, and Dimitry Ivashchenko, supported by the Berlin Radio Choir lead by Simon Halsey. This extraordinary box set of 10 vinyl albums is being sponsored promotionally by the publisher, Naxos of America, as well as Audiophile Audition. All you need to do to enter the drawing is to fill out the form found here: Register To Win Please visit our sponsor’s site for more information, as well as audio samples: Naxos Beethoven – Berlin Philharmonic. AUDIOPHILE AUDITION began as a local program in San Francisco and then in 1985 as a weekly national radio series […]
ROBERT SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”; Symphony No. 2 in C; Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”; Symphony No. 4 + video extras – Berlin Philharmonic/ Sir Simon Rattle – Berlin Philharmonic Recordings (Blu-ray video & Pure Audio + CDs)
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All four Schumann Symphonies in both Blu-ray video and separate audio.
RACHMANINOV: The Bells; Symphonic Dances – Soloists/ Radio-Choir Berlin/ Berlin Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Simon Rattle – Warner Classics
Sir Simon Rattle indulges in a spectacular sonics and large gestures for his all-Rachmaninov disc, a tour-de-force of color and power.
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major; BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Lang Lang, p./ Berliner Philharmonic/ Sir Simon Rattle – Sony Classics
Lang Lang extends his “matinee idol” charisma to two contemporary concertos by Prokofiev and Bartok, in spectacular and energetic readings led by Sir Simon Rattle.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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