Since you are interested in Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Op.14 / La Mort de Cleopatre, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak - Tone Poems (Incls Golden Spinning Wheel & Noon Witch) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EMI Music / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2005 ] "Rattle's readings of Dvorák's tone poems set a new standard" (Orchestral album of the Month BBC Music Sept 2005) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem [Ein Deutsches Requiem] Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) / Berlin Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'This strikes me as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine (April 2007) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets (with Matthews' 'Pluto' and other works) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Rundfunkchor Berlin / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "Rattle conducts the [Planets] suite with uncritical gusto, letting the orchestra's lush sheen show... This audacious project is carried by Rattle's flair, and nurtured with the optimal conditions needed to give new works a wider orbit. Watch the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 Krystian Zimerman (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "While there is no shortage of detail and refinement in the orchestral contribution, there is also a no-nonsense robustness about their approach." (The Guardian) |