Simon Rattle
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No great artist in the world that I know will make a sacrifice to play with someone just because the name is big. I think this doesn't happen in our world. You ask Zubin Mehta, you ask Mariss Jansons, Sir Simon Rattle, Barenboim. 'Use him because he sell tickets.' Nobody says that because they don't care!More quotes »
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Music Review: Philadelphia Orchestra and Simon Rattle at Carnegie Hall
in line for the top job. Ten or 15 years ago, it was no secret that the Philadelphia Orchestra longed for the British conductor Simon Rattle; he eventually chose to lead the Berlin Philharmonic. The Philadelphians moved on, and this year, emerging from financial 5/19/13 from International Herald Tribune Read more »
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From Romanticism To Apocalypse
the conductor Simon Rattle’s work has been defined for over a decade by his adventurous tenure as principal conductor of the great Berlin Philharmonic , he has continued to maintain associations with other important ensembles, especially the Philadelphia Orchestra from The New York Times Read more »
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Piano four-hand: Simon Rattle and Lang Lang
the equation that things got a little dicey. You had to look past a lot to hear it. At the front of Verizon Hall stage, with Simon Rattle leading the Philadelphia Orchestra, the pianist air-conducted or air-trilled with an idle hand when Beethoven failed to from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Symphonies of Wind Instruments, classical album review
Rite of Spring” has always been one of Simon Rattle’s party pieces, and it’s not surprising he’s released a new recording to catch the ballet’s centenary, which falls next month. But the Berlin Philharmonic? The orchestra has a rounded sound and famously soft from The Telegraph Read more »
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Album: Stravinsky, Le Sacre de Printemps - Berliner Philarmoniker/Rattle (EMI)
1913 ballet, The Rite of Spring , premiered to catcalls and fisticuffs. One hundred years on, in Simon Rattle's new recording, it is the suavity of the score that startles, especially in Rattle's subtle use of rubato (stolen time) and the cool sensuality of from The Independent Read more »
