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Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a concert given in Frankfurt. Beethoven: Symphony No 6; Symphony No 7.

Celebrating Simon Rattle: the complete Beethoven symphony cycle from 1995, recorded in Frankfurt with the CBSO. Tonight; Symphonies 6 and 7.

Beethoven: Symphony No 6
Symphony No 7
CBSO
Conductor Simon Rattle

This cycle of Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures was recorded in Frankfurt when Sir Simon Rattle was Chief Conductor of the CBSO, and has never been broadcast before. It is a fascinating record of one of the most successful partnerships between conductor and orchestra in the history of British music.

Part 2:

Wagner: Parsifal - Prelude to Act 1
Strauss; Four Last Songs

Karita Mattila, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder - Song of the Wood Dove
Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 22 Jan 2015 19:30
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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony no. 6 in F major Op.68 (Pastoral)

      Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

      Recorded 4 November 1995, Alte Oper Frankfurt

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony no. 7 in A major Op.92

      Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

      Recorded 4 November 1995, Alte Oper Frankfurt

  • Part 2

    • Richard Wagner

      Parsifal - Prelude to Act I

      Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

      Recorded 4 September 2010 at the 大象传媒 Proms

    • Richard Strauss

      Four Last Songs

      Performer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

      Recorded 4 September 2010 at the 大象传媒 Proms

    • Arnold Schoenberg

      Lied der Waldtaube from Gurrelieder

      Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
      • Schoenberg - Gurrelieder.
      • EMI.
      • 5573032.

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  • Thu 22 Jan 2015 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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