Simon Rattle & His Soloists - The Cbso Years

Sir Simon Rattle

Arnold: Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 Julian Bream (guitar) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Bartók: Concerto for 2 pianos, percussion & orchestra, BB 121, Sz. 115 Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos) & Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110 Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos) & Sylvio Gualda, Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion) Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra No. 1, BB 94b, Sz. 87 Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rhapsody for Violin & Orchestra No. 2, BB 96b, Sz. 90 revised version, 1944 Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (complete) Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 Lars Vogt (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 Lars Vogt (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Intermezzi (3), Op. 117 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Truls Mørk (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Nigel Kennedy (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Truls Mørk (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue original version with jazz band, orch. F. Grofé Peter Donohoe (piano) London Sinfonietta A Gershwin Songbook Peter Donohoe (piano) Piano Concerto in F major Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Lars Vogt (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124 Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Le Tombeau de Couperin Cécile Ousset (piano) Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand) Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Julian Bream (guitar) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Cécile Ousset (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Lars Vogt (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Nigel Kennedy (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Paganini Caprices (3), Op. 40 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano) Romance in D major, Op. 23 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano) Takemitsu: To The Edge Of Dream for Guitar And Orchestra Julian Bream (guitar) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Nigel Kennedy (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Walton: Cello Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Over his 18 years in Birmingham, Simon Rattle’s choice of soloists was part of a greater vision: a mission to transform the orchestra, its audience and its repertoire while simultaneously pursuing his own personal artistic development. He made a conscious effort to nurture long-term partnerships with chosen soloists — who in turn came to prize the CBSO’s generous rehearsal time and Rattle’s collegial, open-minded approach to music-making. “None of these recordings I’m making now is my last will and testament […] The worst thing for me would be, for myself, if I ever thought that I’d “done” a piece because it’s recorded." Simon Rattle, 1987

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