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Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Simon Rattle - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2024)

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Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Simon Rattle - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2024)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Simon Rattle - Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 386 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 191 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:21:59
Classical | Label: BR Klassik

"Among Simon Rattle's first concert programmes as the new chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony. The performances marked the beginning of a new chapter in Mahler interpretation, for Rattle, like his predecessors Jansons, Maazel and Kubelík, is an ardent admirer of the composer. BR-KLASSIK has now released the live recording of the concerts. Gustav Mahler's Sixth Symphony is perhaps the darkest work he ever wrote – its nickname is “The Tragic”.

Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2024)

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Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2024)

Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Janáček: Katya Kabanova (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:39:12 | 391 Mb
Genre: Classical

The second release in LSO Live’s cycle of Janáček opera recordings, Katya Kabanova tells a story of love, entrapment and, ultimately, tragedy. The album’s cast includes the superb tenor Simon O’Neill and, appearing in one of her signature roles as seen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Amanda Majeski as Katya.

Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’au-delà... (2004/2024)

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Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’au-delà... (2004/2024)

Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Messiaen: Éclairs sur l’au-delà… (2004/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 238 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 140 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:00:21
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Éclairs sur l’au-delà… is the latest great work composer by Olivier Messiaen. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its anniversary, this astounding masterpiece could never be heard by its creator, who died a few months before the premiere. Involving a giant orchestra, this piece could rarely be recorded, though it encapsulates Messiaen’s aesthetics, with its mystical visions and evocative sense of color. Simon Rattle’s hypnotic rendition is undoubtedly one of the greatest.

Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhomme (2005/2024)

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Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhomme (2005/2024)

Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle - Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Le bourgeois gentilhomme (2005/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 327 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 192 Mb | 01:21:54
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

All of Strauss' symphonic poems tell a story, but in Ein Heldenleben the subject is his own life. Casting himself as the Hero, the hostile music critics as Adversaries, his compositions as Works of Peace, his Flight from the World as Consummation, the 34-year-old composer seems to succumb to unabashed egotism and grandiosity. However, his self-indulgence is redeemed by his music, which abounds with soaring, rapturous melodies, breath-taking modulations and gorgeous, scintillating orchestral colors. A solo violin represents the Hero's Companion, Strauss' beloved but famously difficult wife; their love scene contains some of his most ravishing, ecstatic music. Equally striking is his mordantly satirical depiction of the cacophonously bickering Adversaries, who rear their malicious heads even during moments of triumphant fulfillment. Toward the end, Strauss slyly tempts listeners to "Name that tune!" with almost 30 quotes from his own works.

London Symphony Orchestra - Nazareno! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov (2022)

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London Symphony Orchestra - Nazareno! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov (2022)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Katia & Marielle Labèque & Chris Richards - Nazareno! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 185 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 100 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:42:24
Classical, Jazz | Label: LSO Live

Celebrating the union of classical and jazz, LSO Live’s latest release encapsulates the very best of the two genres with an irresistible selection of works by Bernstein, Stravinsky and Golijov, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Argentinian tango and jazz course through Golijov’s vibrant Nazareno. Superstar piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque are flanked by brass, percussion and cello in this special arrangement for two pianos and orchestra by Gonzalo Grau.

London Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (2019)

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London Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (2019)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Christopher Purves, Karen Cargill, Bryan Hymel & Gábor Bretz - Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 436 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 290 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:06:08
Classical, Opera | Label: LSO Live

Sir Simon Rattle leads the London Symphony Orchestra and a world-class line-up of soloists in a new recording of Berlioz’s unique La damnation de Faust.

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2023)

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London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2023)

London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 253 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 147 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:03:32
Classical | Label: LSO Live

Conducting Bruckner, says Rattle, is a lifelong quest for some "extraordinary vista, some wonderful moment which leads you out of this world". This certainly rings true for Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, the opening theme for which is said to have come to him in a dream, played by an angel. This huge, glowing mountain-range of sound is all at once majestic, reverent and terrifying. This edition of the symphony by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs was first performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle in September 2022, and the recording completes a set of three albums which also features Cohrs' editions of Bruckner's Fourth and Sixth symphonies. Making use of Bruckner's discarded fragments and lesser-known material through his many revisions, this set of albums is a must-listen for lovers of Bruckner's music, and gives us a glimpse into the composer's untold musical thoughts.

Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic & Sir Simon Rattle - Folk Songs (2023)

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Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic & Sir Simon Rattle - Folk Songs (2023)

Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic & Sir Simon Rattle - Folk Songs (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 187 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 124 Mb | 00:52:59
Classical, Vocal | Label: Pentatone

Magdalena Kozena's fourth Pentatone album Folk Songs brings together folk-inspired song cycles from across the globe. Ranging from Berio's Folk Songs to sets by Bartok, Ravel and Montsalvatge, this collection provides a kaleidoscope of twentieth-century orchestral song composition. Kozena performs them together with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Folk Songs is star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena's fourth album as part of her exclusive collaboration with Pentatone, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri and the songs in chamber-musical setting project Soiree in 2019, as well as Nostalgia together with Yefim Bronfman in 2021.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Maw: Odyssey (1991/2023)

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Maw: Odyssey (1991/2023)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Maw: Odyssey (1991/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 361 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 221 Mb | 01:35:15
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Nicholas Maw's Odyssey is a landmark in contemporary music; at approximately 90 minutes it is one of the longest continuous examples of music written for full-orchestra and received a first, truncated, performance at the 1987 BBC Proms. It took Maw many years to complete and was later recorded to great acclaim by Sir Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Krystian Zimerman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (2021)

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Krystian Zimerman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (2021)

Krystian Zimerman, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos (2021)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 637 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 396 Mb | 02:52:52
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Krystian Zimerman, Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra present Ludwig van Beethoven's 5 piano concertos. The exceptional Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman, together with Leonard Bernstein, presented an outstanding reference recording of Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 and 5 more than 30 years ago (1989). At the time, both agreed on their commitment to music - in mind, heart and soul - which led to an extraordinary recording. Unfortunately, Bernstein died before the cycle was completed.

Sarah Chang, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker - Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (2006)

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Sarah Chang, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker - Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (2006)

Sarah Chang, Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker - Shostakovich, Prokofiev: Violin Concertos (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:34 | 262 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics | Catalog: EKCD-0823

Sarah Chang's new CD of two of the most flavorful Violin Concerti to come out of 20th-century Russia is a winner. The first movement of the Shostakovich finds Chang playing, at first, with no vibrato, and the effect is haunting and as properly spooky as the composer wanted. Her many levels of both dynamics and vibrato are very much on display throughout, and in the Scherzo, she builds to a wonderfully maniacal climax.

Veronika Eberle, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Violin Concerto (2023)

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Veronika Eberle, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Violin Concerto (2023)

Veronika Eberle, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Violin Concerto (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Digital Booklet) 254 MB | Cover | 01:00:57 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 143 MB
Classical | Label: LSO Live

For her debut concerto album, violinist Veronika Eberle revisits a work that has endured more than two centuries, and shares a fresh interpretation featuring new cadenzas by composer Jörg Widmann.

Simon Rattle - Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litany to the Virgin Mary; Symphony No. 3 (1994)

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Simon Rattle - Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litany to the Virgin Mary; Symphony No. 3 (1994)

Karol Szymanowski: Stabat Mater; Litany to the Virgin Mary; Symphony No. 3 (1994)
Elzbieta Szmytka, soprano; Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano; Jon Garrison, tenor; John Connell, bass
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 237 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: EMI | # 7243 5 55121 2 3 | Time: 00:56:04

Three of Szymanowski’s most important works show Rattle’s ability to energise music in which he believes. Sensuality and cogency blend in refined sound.

Sol Gabetta, Berliner Philharmoniker - Live: Edward Elgar & Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Concertos (2016)

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Sol Gabetta, Berliner Philharmoniker - Live: Edward Elgar & Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Concertos (2016)

Sol Gabetta - Live: Edward Elgar & Bohuslav Martinů: Cello Concertos (2016)
with Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle & Krzysztof Urbański

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 134 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88985350792 | Time: 00:55:45

Sol Gabetta’s first recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto, with the Danish National Symphony, was much admired when it appeared six years ago. This one, taken from a concert in the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus in 2014, is a far glossier affair orchestrally. Simon Rattle’s tendency to overmould the phrasing is sometimes too obvious, but Gabetta’s playing is intense and searching, less introspective than some performances in the Adagio, perhaps, but epic in scale in the outer movements, and always keenly responsive. Those who possess her earlier disc might not think they need to invest in this one, but would then miss Gabetta’s vivid, pulsating account of the Martinů concerto, which went through a quarter of a century of revisions before the definitive 1955 version she plays here, with Krysztof Urbański conducting. She finds real depth and intensity in it, both in the slow movement and in the introspective episode that interrupts the finale’s headlong rush.

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (2003)

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (2003)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 1.6 gb | 05:53:32
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics

In May 2002, in a series of live concerts in the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein, a journey unique in the Wiener Philharmoniker's long and distinguished history reached its conclusion. This thrilling set of symphonies is the fruit of that journey. The recordings were made 'live' after numerous performances of individual symphonies and complete cycles in Tokyo, Berlin and Vienna. Rattle believes that a live performance has its own rhythm. The conductor 'channelling his unrelenting energy' was something audiences and the critics noticed at the concerts in the Musikverein.