One of the highlights of Simon Rattle’s 16-year tenure as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was his final cycle of the Beethoven symphonies (BPHR160091), a set that rightly walked off ...

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in these 3 great Beethoven symphonies. Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas and Walter Berry are featured vocal soloists ...

Sir Simon is the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra, and previously led the Berlin Philharmonic for 16 years. He has established himself as a conductor of world-class expertise in an ...

This season he returns to the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic ... the label ranging in repertoire from Stravinksy’s La Sacre du Printemps to Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7. His ...