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Сomposer: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Title: Schumann – Symphonien 1-4
Genre: Classical
Label/Source: © Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
Release Date: 2014
Recorded live at the Berlin Philharmonie in 14 – 16 February 2013 (3), 20 – 22 February 2013 (2), 31 October – 2 November 2013 (1 & 4)
Quality: Blu-Ray Audio
BD Audio:
Duration: 02:05:32
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: German DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 96 kHz / 5989 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
BD Video:
Duration: 0:43:49 + 0:35:34 + 0:34:33 + 0:27:05 + 0:25:48
Video: MPEG-4 AVC ~20000 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio: German DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / ~2250 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
For Simon Rattle, Robert Schumann is “the echt Romantic”. And in fact, the exuberance of the period, its passion and its melancholy can be heard with unique intensity in Schumann’s music to this day. For the Berliner Philharmoniker, Schumann’s symphonies have always been part of their core repertoire. The 1953 Wilhelm Furtwängler recording in particular has attained cult status. And so it only stands to reason that the Berliner Philharmoniker should launch their Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings label with a cycle of the four Schumann symphonies.
The symphonies are available as a 2-CD + Blu-ray edition and as a limited vinyl collector’s edition. Both versions include a free voucher for a high resolution download of the four symphonies. The download can also be purchased separately by those who only wish to have the digital files.
The Schumann symphonies have accompanied the orchestra throughout 2013 – in Berlin and on tour in Europe and Asia. The Berlin Tagesspiegel wrote of a “defining moment”, while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praised the “truly sensational quality”. Another special feature of this recording from the Philharmonie is the decision to use the early version of the Fourth Symphony from 1841, whose appeal for Simon Rattle lies in its extra “lightness, grace and beauty” compared to the established later version. The presentation of the product, its packaging and special features, go far beyond what standard CDs and LPs offer.
The linen-bound CD/Blu-ray edition includes the Schumann cycle in different formats. In addition to the traditional audio CDs, there is also a Blu-ray Disc which enables music lovers to listen to the recording in audiophile studio quality of 96kHz/24bit or as HD video. If you are looking for the recording in even higher resolution, there is an accompanying code which allows you to download a version online in up to 192kHz/24bit. An additional code grants 7 days access to the Berliner Philharmoniker’s video platform, the Digital Concert Hall. The release also includes bonus material such as behind-the-scenes videos and a comprehensive booklet with articles about the composer, his symphonies and the Schumann tradition of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Title: Waldbühne 2015 | Lights, Camera, Action!
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical
Director: Henning Kasten
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker
Production/Label: EuroArts Music International
Duration: 01:13:45
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 19965 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3794 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 16.45 GB
The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s summer concerts. With over 20.000 in attendance, they are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. In 2015 the Berliner Philharmoniker surrounded themselves with plenty of celebrities, including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle, but also many figures from film history: Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Ben Hur and many more. They were all brought to life musically when the orchestra performed some of Hollywood’s most famous film music. With film music from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. composed by John Williams. Live from the Waldbühne Berlin, 2015. (more…)
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Сomposer: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), György Ligeti (1923-2006), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Title: Sol Gabetta & Sir Simon Rattle in Baden-Baden
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Classical
Director: Torben Schmidt Jacobsen
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Artist: Sol Gabetta, cello; Berliner Philharmoniker
Production/Label: EuroArts Music International
Duration: 01:28:19
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24609 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4128 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 20.38 GB
The Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta made her Philharmoniker debut at the 2014 Easter Festival in Baden-Baden with Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, the final great work of the composer. “Sol Gabetta’s Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a heartfelt, tonally rounded performance.” (Gramophone ). The orchestra and conductor also performed the prelude to Wagner’s Lohengrin, György Ligeti’s orchestral piece Atmosphères and Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, a work which is entirely focused on the future and pushes the boundaries of classical music in terms of sound, rhythm and energy.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker contrasted the prelude to Wagner’s Lohengrin and György Ligeti’s orchestral piece Atmosphères perfectly, demonstrating that they both employ different styles to pursue a similar objective – an iridescent, otherworldly sound.
Star cellist Sol Gabetta gave an outstanding interpretation of Elgar’s Cello Concerto: the final great work of the composer, full of melancholy and a sense of farewell.
In contrast to Elgar, Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps is focused on the future. In their previous performances, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Simon Rattle have shown that this work, despite its inherent modernity, also provides a wealth of sensual pleasure. “The musicians breezed through the Sacre with ridiculous virtuosity, as laid-back as if it were a mambo on a dance floor on a Caribbean beach.” –Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Recorded live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014. (more…)