Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle – Essence of an Era

Sir Simon Rattle took up his post as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2002. In doing so, he took over an inheritance which was not only demanding, but which required a delicate balance of tradition and innovation.

The Liverpool-born artist has enriched the Anglo-American repertoire of the Berliner Philharmoniker with works by Britten, Elgar, Gershwin and Bernstein (included in this compilation with the American Night from the Waldbühne 1995).

DVD 1    Rattle conducts Rameau & Berlioz (87 mins)

Hector Berlioz: Symphony fantastique

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades

_{Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 6-8 November 1993}

DVD 2    Waldbühne 1995 - American Night (85 mins)

Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture · Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

George Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess · I got rhythm

Wayne Marshall piano · Williard White · Cynthia Haymon · Damon Evans · Cynthia Clarey · Marietta Simpson · Daniel Washington

_{Live from the Waldbühne Berlin, June 1995, directed by Brian Large}

DVD 3    Silvesterkonzert from Berlin 2006 (92 mins)

Richard Strauss: Don Juan · Der Rosenkavalier

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

Mitsuko Uchida piano · Laura Aikin · Dale Duesing · Magdalena Kožená · Camilla Nylund

_{Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 2006, directed by Andy Summer}

DVD4     Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow (92 mins)

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Vadim Repin violin

_{Recorded live at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, 1 May 2008, directed by Michael Beyer}

DVD 5    Sol Gabetta & Sir Simon Rattle in Baden-Baden 2014 (90 mins)

György Ligeti: Atmosphères

Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of the opera Lohengrin

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

Sol Gabetta cello 

_{Recorded live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014, directed by Torben Schmidt Jacobsen}

DVD 6    Giacomo Puccini TOSCA from Baden-Baden (125 mins)

Kristine Opolais · Marcelo Álvarez · Marco Vratogna

Philipp Himmelmann  Stage Director · Raimund Bauer Set Design 

_{Live from the Easter Festival Baden-Baden, April 2017, directed by Andreas Morell}

DVD 7    New Year’s Eve Concert 2017 (87 mins)

Antonín Dvořák: Carnival;  Overture, Op. 92

Igor Stravinsky: Pas de deux from Apollon musagète

Richard Strauss: Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland, Op. 56 No. 6 · Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 · Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 · Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 · Müttertändelei, Op. 43 No. 2

Leonard Bernstein: 3 Dance Episodes from On the Town · Take Care of this House

Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from The Golden Age, Op. 22a

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano     

_{Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 2017, directed by Torben Jacobsen}