Since you are interested in Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Op.14 / La Mort de Cleopatre Susan Graham (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Having championed Russian and German repertoire in their first three releases of 2008, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker turned to French music for their latest CD, specifically the Symphonie fantastique and La mort de Cléopâtre by... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" Barbara Bonney, Birgit Rammert, Kurt Streit, Thomas Hampson / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "These discs are history: nine indubitable masterpieces lovingly recorded in gripping reinterpretations of our age." (NZ Herald on the complete set) |
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird; Petrushka (Complete ballets) / Symphony in Three Movements / Scherzo a la Russe / Four Studies City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Rattle gives a reading which brings out powerfully the sturdy jollity of the ballet, contrasting it with the poignancy of the puppet's own feelings." *** Three Stars Penguin... |