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Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The Berlin Brahms Bombers victory tour came to a premature finish Tuesday night. The leader of the Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, received a hero’s excited welcome. The Second Symphony proved smashing, as had the first night from this inimitable orchestra’s...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It is not easy to create a sensation with the Brahms symphonies. These four sturdy scores are the standard repertory’s comfort food, often served overcooked and under-spiced, meant more to nourish than excite. Monday night the Berlin Philharmonic played Brahms’ First in Walt Disney Concert Hall . Simon Rattle conducted. As always, the symphony ended in its conventionally feel-good rush...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
"It's been an interesting journey. Slowly and surely we have come together through honeymoons and the opposite. I remember Karajan said that with an orchestra like this the first five or 10 years are tradition. I didn't quite believe him. But after what has sometimes felt like moving at the speed of tectonic plates, … we now have a tradition to build on."...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Angelenos remember Simon Rattle when. We know enough not to trust Wikipedia, which states that the Liverpool-born conductor made his U.S. debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1979. In fact, he appeared at the Hollywood Bowl three years earlier,...
Businessofcinema.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Sir Simon Rattle has signed a new contract with EMI Classics which sees him and EMI Classics extend their exclusive relationship well beyond 30 years. Over the next four years, Rattle will make 12 CDs with ...
Berkshire Review for the Arts (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By opening the Berlin Philharmonic's three-concert series at Carnegie Hall with Schoenberg's arrangement of Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet Sir Simon Rattle made a definite statement about what was to come and how we should listen to it, but just what this meant was not clear until we heard the performance. Since the arrangement has found a place in the repertory, conductors have succumbed...
On An Overgrown Path (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
PR-speak reaches a crescendo in an EMI Classics press release announcing a new exclusive recording contract with Simon Rattle. The president of EMI Classics Global Eric Dingman, whose CV includes almost twenty years with Labatt Breweries, gushes: 'I am delighted about the ongoing partnership with Sir Simon which will continue to produce ground-breaking recordings and projects,...
Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle played the final of three NYC Carnegie Hall performances on Friday night, and...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
AP Interview: Rattle looks to digital for classical future; tours US with Berlin Philharmonic
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
BERLIN -- Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
BERLIN — Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but alr...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sir Simon Rattle's new contract with the Berlin Philharmonic is just days old but already he's looking ahead - to the orchestra's coast-to-coast tour U.S. tour starting this week, and to the role that classical music can and will play in 21st century society.
