Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

[murillomb1]

Simply beautiful.

[saxfreak01]

Excellent and MILES better than Rattle's very, very poor studio version with the CBSO. He needs to record it again now he's got a feel for it. This version of the hymn section from the 7th is still just a tad slow for my tastes but at least he now gets the sheer lyric rhapsodic beauty of this part of the piece spot on (very unlike the CBSO version where he turns it into a lifeless dirge).

[kontrapunkti]

Janne!!

[mfealy]

Check out Bernstein's version of this with VPO...amazing

[TheJoyfulPianist]

my favorite moment in music. I have never been brought higher.  There's a reason why I have Sibelius' photo on my wall.

[BrucknerMotet]

@TheJoyfulPianist I've been stuck on 2 and 5 for some time (and Gould's version of Opus 67) but now I'm locked into the 7 with several replays and I can't get enough (almost like Bruckner's 7th in terms of being locked in). There's more than enough pith there for any Brucknerian, and yet, there's a wholesale authenticity to the 7th's nobility of expression that fulfills so well. I see why you've opted to grace your wall with Jean's intense visage.

[412836]

Jason very good comments except Furtwaengler was who made Berlin great, NOT Karajan. He simply closed his eyes and posed for the camera. Such was his vanity.

[basstboneman06]

Goosebumps, hairs standing on end, shivers, electricity. All felt at the same time. Simply marvelous.

[tomtomluck]

bravo bravo! Good job 1st tbonist!

[cauim]

congratulation Rattle! Sibelius deserves to be played and to be heard more

[klauspeterful]

Als Berliner bin ich Stolz auf dieses Weltklasse Orchester ein guter Botschafter unserer Stadt.

[klauspeterful]

Ein Genuss diese Musik

[honeybunny0704]

I would love to meet Simon Rattle in person. He is such an interesting person!

[noirvalentin]

Awesome.....awesome....I´m going to cry!

[jillcsm]

怎麼這麼棒...太厲害!

[renodet]

Monumental! Valedictory!

[TNEFMUB]

stunning!

[jason95014]

with rattle, you hear a much more thoughtful tone than one could've with karajan. karajan played through intensity, but rattle plays through passion and his entire soul.

simply amazing.

[Numboss]

@jason95014 I appreciate what you say but don't underestimate Karajan's passion for Sibelius. His BPO recording of the Seventh on the DG label, made way back in the late 1960s, is still my favourite for the very reason that it combines intensity with soul. In my opinion (and that's all this is) Karajan achieves a level of spiritual power few have reached, based on his personal and quite secret aesthetics. I guess ultimately it's a matter of taste. Peace.

[jason95014]

@Numboss haha... dont get me wrong. i have nothing but admiration for karajan's music. it's just that he and rattle have very opposing styles. and you're completely right, it is a matter of taste... but no doubt that rattles a terrific conductor. peace. :)

[Numboss]

@jason95014 Thanks for your reply. To modify my original comment I have to admit to once possessing several Sibelius LPs, conducted by a then very young Simon Rattle (with the Birmingham SO, if my memory serves me right). This was back in the early 1980s, when I first became a Sibelius addict. They were very excellent recordings and at the time I would have never guessed Rattle would eventually take the helm of the very orchestra Karajan made famous. Berlin is very lucky to have Sir Simon.

[412836]

Listen to Koussevitzky's Seventh sometime. It is searing in its intensity!

[marimbamarcy]

Beautiful interpretation, Maestro!

[OlavoBLFilho]

Bravissimo Sir Simon Ratle. Interpretation Wonderful, Wonderful picture. A Concert of the first world! Hugs from Brazil.

[MrGunterguerrero]

Bravissimo, Sir Simon ! Sibelius would be proud !

[briandonohue100]

...and anyway, Harpo was a pretty damned good musician himself...

[briandonohue100]

I'm okay with all the Harpo Marx comparisons (hey, it's there, look at that face, that hair, it's undeniable!) -- as long as it's also understood that this guy has made this orchestra, once again, the most sublime instrument of its type on the planet. I've heard dozens of his performances going back years can can't think of one that's been less than exquisite. Rattle's got that rare gift of getting more out of an orchestra than one could have thought possible...

[migey2]

So lovely.

[danielhoganmusic]

Absolutely wonderful

[CarlViola]

1.33 Dude the toilet can wait - this is the stuff life is for!!

[redhotchiliangel]

The real significate of music is on Sibelius 7th. BRAVO!

[2000flute]

bravo!

[leoncioviolin]

DELICIOSA MÚSICA. BRAVOOOO!!!!!!!