Simon Rattle discography

This is the discography of Simon Rattle and other produced works by the English conductor.

Discography

With Berliner Philharmoniker

With Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

• Adams, John
  • Harmonielehre
  • Chairman Dances
  • 2 Fanfares:Tromba Lontana & Short Ride In A Fast Machine
• Adès, Thomas
  • Asyla
• Arnold, Malcolm
  • Guitar Concerto Bream(guitar)
• Bartók, Bela
  • Violin Concerto no 2 Chung (violin)
  • 2 Rhapsodies Chung (violin)
  • Concerto for 2 Pianos Labeque sisters(pianos)
  • Sonata for 2 Pianos Labeque sisters(pianos)
  • Concerto For Orchestra
  • The Miraculous Mandarin
  • Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3 Donohoe(pno)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van
  • Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Vogt(pno)
• Berg, Alban
  • Lulu Suite Auger(soprano)
• Bernstein, Leonard
  • Wonderful Town Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG)
• Brahms, Johannes
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 Andsnes(pno)
  • Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)
• Britten, Benjamin
  • American Overture
  • Ballad Of Heroes op.14 1 -3
  • Canadian Overture
  • Cello Concerto Mork(cello) Virgin
  • Diversions for Piano & Orchestra (Left hand)1-11
  • Occasional Overture
  • Praise We Great Men
  • Quatre Chansons Franaises
  • Scottish Ballad op. 26
  • Sinfonia De Requiem
  • Suite On English Folk Tunes; A Time There Was...
  • The Building of The House;Overture
  • War Requiem
  • Young Apollo
  • Russian Funeral
  • Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra
• Bruckner, Anton
  • Symphony No. 7
• Carter, Elliott
  • A Celebration Of 100x150 Notes
• Doyle, Patrick
  • Henry V Original Sound Track (Kenneth Branagh film)
• Debussy, Claude
  • Jeux
  • Images
  • Le Roi Lear
• Elgar, Edward
  • Dream Of Gerontius
  • Violin Concerto Kennedy(vln)
  • Violin Concerto Haendel Ida (vln) CBSO (Rec Live 22nd Feb 1984, Royal Festival Hall, London) Testament
  • Enigma Variations
  • Grania & Diarmid
  • Falstaff
  • Cello Concerto Mork(cello) Virgin
• Ellington, Duke
  • Classic Ellington Various jazz stars Joe Lovano/Geri Allen/Clarke Terry/Lena Horne etc.
• Gershwin, George
  • Piano Concerto Donohoe (pno)
  • Song Book Donohoe (pno)
  • Rhapsody in Blue Donohoe(pno)
• Goldschmitt, Berthold
  • Passacaglia
  • Ciaccona Sinfonica Decca
• Grainger, Percy
  • In a Nutshell
  • Train Music
  • Country Gardens
  • Lincs Posy
  • The Warriors
  • Pagodes(Debussy arr. Grainger)
  • La Vallee Des Cloches (Ravel arr. Grainger)
• Grieg, Edward
  • Piano Concerto Vogt(pno)
• Haydn, Franz Joseph
  • The Creation
  • Symphonies 22/86/102
  • Symphonies 60/70/90
• Henze, Hans Werner
  • Symphony 7
  • Barcarolle
• Holt Simon
  • Boots of Lead (from CD Boots of Lead, Feet of Clay) NMC
• Knussen, Oliver
  • Flourish With Fireworks
• Liszt, Franz
  • Piano Concertos no 1 Oussett(pno)
• Mahler, Gustav
  • Symphony 1/Blumine
  • Symphony 2
  • Symphony 3
  • Symphony 4
  • Symphony 6
  • Symphony 7
  • Symphony 8
  • Das Klagende Lied
  • Das Lied von der Erde Hampson/Seiffert(tenors)
  • 8 Lieder from Das Knaben Wunderhorn
• Maw, Nicholas
  • Odyssey
• Messiaen, Olivier
  • Turangalila Symphony
• Nielsen, Carl
  • Symphony no 4(Inextinguishable)
  • Pan & Syrinx
• Prokofiev, Sergei
  • Symphony no 5
  • Scythian Suite
• Rachmaninov, Sergei
  • Piano Concerto 2 Oussett(piano)
  • Paganini Rhapsody Oussett(piano)
  • Symphonic Dances
  • Vocalise
• Ravel, Maurice
  • The 2 Piano Concertos Oussett(piano)
  • Scherezade
  • La Valse
  • Fanfare
  • Alborada del Gracioso
  • Mother Goose
  • Valley of Bells
  • Daphnis et Chloe
  • Bolero
• Rodrigo, Joaquin
  • Concerto de Aranjuez Bream(gtr)
• Saint-Saëns, Camille
  • Piano Concerto no 2 (Cecille Ousette Piano)
• Schoenberg, Arnold
  • Erwartung BCMG
  • Chamber Symphony 1
  • Variations for Orch BCMG
  • 5 Orch Pieces BCMG
  • A Survivor From Warsaw
• Schumann, Robert
  • Piano Concerto (Lars Vogt Piano)
• Shostakovich, Dimitri
  • Symphony 4
• Sibelius, Jean
  • Symphonies 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7
  • Oceanides
  • Scene with Cranes
  • Violin Concerto Kennedy(violin)
  • Violin Concerto Haendel, Ida (Violin) CBSO (rec 7th Sept 1993 Proms)
• Stockhausen, Karlheinz
  • Gruppen See DVD Leaving Home Complete Live DVD performance
• Stravinsky, Igor
  • Petrushka
  • Apollo
  • Symphony in 3 Movements
  • 4 Studies
  • Firebird
  • Scherzo a la Russe (jazz band version)
  • Scherzo a la Russe Orch version
  • 4 Studies
  • Rite of Spring
• Szymanowski, Karol
  • King Roger
  • Symphony 4
  • Songs of a Fairy Princess
  • Harnasie
  • Love Songs of Hafiz
  • Stabat Mater
  • Symphony 3
  • Litany to the Virgin Mary
  • Violin Concertos 1/2
• Takemitsu, Toru
  • To The Edge Of A Dream Bream (guitar)
• Turnage, Mark Antony
  • Drowned out BCMG
  • Momentum BCMG
  • kai BCMG
  • 3 Screaming Popes BCMG
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph
  • Songs of Travel Hampson/Tear(tenors)
  • On Wenlock Edge Hampson/Tear(tenors)
  • Lark Ascending Kennedy(violin)
• Walton, William
  • Symphony 1
  • Cello Concerto Lyn Harrell (cello)
  • Belshazzar's Feast Hampson (tenor)
• Webern, Anton
  • 6 Orchestral Pieces BCMG
• Weill, Kurt
  • 7 Deadly Sins
• Various Composers
  • Leaving Home 1 – Rhythm/Eastern Europe/After the Wake music from the channel 4 series
  • excerpts from:
    • Stravinsky
      • Rite Of Spring (Conclusion)
    • Varese
      • Ionisation (Conclusion)
    • Boulez
      • Rituel In Memoriam Bruno Moderna (Sections 1- 7)
    • Mahler
      • Das Lied von Der Erde (6th Movement) Amanda Roorcroft (mezzo sop.)
    • Messiaen
      • Turangalila Symphony (6th Movement)
    • Bartók
      • Lake Of Tears (Bluebeard's Castle)(Willard White;Bass/Anne Sofie von Otter;Mezzo Sop)
      • Music For Strings, Percussion & Celeste (2nd Movement Opening)
    • Shostakovich
      • Symphony no 14 (Zaporozhye Cossacks Stanzas 8 & 9)
    • Lutoslawski
      • Symphony no 3 (Conclusion)
      • Jeux Venitiens (3rd Movement)
    • Stravinsky
      • Agon (4 Trios (Coda)
    • Schoenberg
      • A Survivor From Warsaw (Franz Maura;Narrator) (Complete)
  • Leaving Home 2 – Tonality/Color/America/Music Now
  • excerpts from:-
    • Mahler
      • Symphony no 7 (Opening)
    • Strauss
      • Elektra (Denn du Bist Klug) Felicity Palmer (Mezzo Sop)
    • Webern
      • 5 Pieces For Orchestra (Nos 3-5)
    • Berg
      • Violin Concerto (Conclusion) Gidon Kremer (Violin)
    • Debussy
      • Jeux (Conclusion)
    • Messiaen
      • Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (4th Movement – Opening)
    • Takemitsu
      • Dream/Window (Conclusion)
    • Ives
      • Decoration Day (Conclusion)
    • Carter
      • A Celebration Of 100x150 Notes (Complete)
    • Bernstein
      • Symphonic Dances From West Side Story (Excerpt)
    • Henze
      • Symphony no 8 (2nd Movement – Conclusion)
    • Gubaidulina
      • Zeitgestalten (3rd Movement)
    • Turnage
      • Drowned Out (Excerpt)
    • Knussen
      • Flourish With Fireworks (Complete)
• As of 2015 Warners have released a box set of the complete recordings by Rattle with the CBSO comprising 52 cds

With Philharmonia Orchestra

• Bartók, Béla
  • Violin Concerto 2 Iona Brown(vln) Philharmonic Orchestra Decca
• Holst, Gustav
  • Planets Suite EMI
• Janáček, Leos
  • The Cunning Little Vixen EMI
  • Glagolitic Mass Palmer (Soprano) EMI
  • Sinfonietta EMI
• Maxwell Davies Peter
  • Symphony 1 Decca
• Milhaud, Darius
  • La Creation du Monde EMI
• Shostakovich, Dimitri
  • Symphony 10
• Sibelius, Jean
  • Nightride & Sunrise
  • Symphony no 5
• Stravinsky, Igor
  • Ebony Concerto EMI

With Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

• Beethoven, Ludwig van
  • Complete Symphonies Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO)EMI
  • Piano Concertos 1 to 5 Brendel(piano) (VPO) Phillips
  • Symphony 5 (VPO) EMI (Different recording to complete symphony set)
• Brahms, Johannes
  • Violin Concerto Chung(violin) (VPO) EMI
• Mahler, Gustav
  • Symphony No 7 (CD9 of Mahler Feest box set, recorded live at the Royal Concertgebouw May 11, 1995)

Strauss, Richard

• Metamorphosen (VPO) EMI

With other orchestras

• Bernstein, Leonard
  • Prelude Fugue and Riffs (London Sinfonia) EMI
• Falla, Manuel de
  • Psyche (London Sinfonietta) Decca
  • El Retablo de Maese Pedro (London Sinfonietta) Decca
  • Concerto for Clavichord, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Violin, Violin Cello.. (London Sinfonietta) Decca
• Gershwin, George
  • Porgy & Bess London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) EMI
• Mahler, Gustav
  • Symphony 10 (Bournemouth SO) EMI
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  • Cosi Fan Tutti Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) EMI
  • Operatic Arias: (OAE) Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) Archiv/DGG
    • Le nozze di Figaro
    • At last Comes The Moment-Come Do Not Delay
    • At Last Comes The Moment-Come Hurry My Beloved
    • I No Longer Know What I Am
    • You Ladies, You Know What Love Is
    • Cosi Fan Tutti
    • You Look For Fidelity
    • He's Left Me-In Pity's Name
    • Love Is A Little Thief
    • La Clemenza Di Tito
    • No Longer Shall Hymen Descend
    • Idomeneo
    • When Will My Bitter Misfortunes Be Ended?
    • I Go, But Whither Ye Gods
    • A Great Soul & Noble Heart
    • I Forget You?-Do Not Fear O Best Beloved
• Prokofiev, Sergei
  • Piano Concerto no 1 (Gavrilov Piano) (LSO) EMI/Phillips
• Rachmaninov, Sergei
  • Symphony 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra (LAPO) EMI
• Ravel, Maurice
  • Concerto for the Left Hand Gavrilov (piano) London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) EMI
  • 3 Poems of Stephane Mallarme from LP/CD Felicity Palmer sings Ravel F. Palmer (soprano) (Nash Ensemble) Decca
• Schoenberg, Arnold
  • Pierrot Lunaire (Nash Ensemble)Jane Manning (soprano) Chandos*
• Schumann, Robert
  • 'Das Paradies und die Peri (Sally Matthews, Mark Padmore, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples, Florian Boesch, Simon Halsey, London Symphony Orchestra) LSO Live*
• Strauss, Richard
  • Metamorphosen(1945) (Kremerata Baltica) ECM
• Stravinsky, Igor
  • Pulcinella (Northern Sinfonia) EMI
  • Suites 1&2 (Northern Sinfonia) EMI
  • Rite of Spring (National Youth Orchestra) ASV
  • Symphony of Wind Instruments (Nash Ensemble) Chandos
  • 3 Japanese Lyrics (Nash Ensemble) Chandos
• Vangelis
  • Chariots of Fire (arr Goodall) (LSO with Rowan Atkinson) UMC
• Wagner, Richard
  • Das Rheingold (Michael Volle, Christian van Horn, Benjamin Bruns, Burkhard Ulrich, Elizabeth Kulman, Annette Dasch, Janina Baechle, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
• Webern, Anton
  • Concierto op 24 (Nash Ensemble) Chandos
• Various Composers
• The Jazz Album:a Tribute To The Jazz Age(a-g) (London Sinfonietta) EMI
• a)Creamer & Layton
  • After You've Gone
• b)Kahn,Erdman,Meyers & Schoebel
  • Nobody's Sweetheart
• c)Harris & Young;;
  • Sweet Sue
• d)Bernard & Black
  • Dardanella
• e)Donaldson & Whiting
  • My Blue Heaven
• f)Donaldson & Kahn
  • Makin Whoopee
• g)McPhail & Michels
  • San

Other appearances

• Round Midnight – Rattle narrates/raps The flower is a key(Sergio Cardénas) 12 cellists of the BPO EMI
• Songs for Alexander – By yon castle wa Jocky said to Jenny ca the yowes in your garden fine an gay(Rattle) Conductor John Lubbock Orchestra of St John's Whiteline

Box sets

The Simon Rattle Edition

DVDs

• Bach:St Mathews Passion
  • Directed by Peter Sellars
  • Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, Thomas Quasthoff and Mark Padmore/Rundfunkchor Berlin
    • Recording from 11 Apr 2010
• Bonus: Peter Sellars and Simon Halsey in conversation.
• The recording of the concert was originally produced for the Digital Concert Hall, the Berliner Philharmoniker’s video platform on the Internet, and is now released on the Berliner Philharmoniker’s own label. Both the DVD and the Blu-ray editions contain a wealth of bonus material, including extensive booklets with introductory texts, biographies and lots of colour photos. The audiovisual extras also include an extensive interview with Peter Sellars and Simon Halsey, director of the Rundfunkchor Berlin.
• Trip To Asia
  • Documentary about the Berlin Philharmonic on tour (2009)
• Gershwin:Porgy and Bess
  • The 1993 BBC/Primetime Television production shown on PBS, adapted from the 1989 Glyndebourne staging, directed by Trevor Nunn
• Leaving Home
• From the channel 4 series 7DVD box set.
  • Vol 1 – Colour
  • Vol 2 – The American Way
  • Vol 3 – After The Wake
  • Vol 4 – Dancing On A Volcano
  • Vol 5 – Rythmn
  • Vol 6 – Three Doorways Through A Dark Landscape
  • Vol 7 – Threads
• Cologne Music Triennale
• Messiaen
  • Éclairs sur l'au dela
• Henze
  • A Tempest
• Holt
  • Sunrise, Yellow Noise Soloist Lisa Milne CBSO
• Mahler/Ades(Inaugural Concert with Berlin Philharmoniker) EMI
• Mahler
  • Symphony 5
• Ades
  • Asyla
• Rattle conducts Carmina Burana
• Orff:
  • Carmina Burana
• Beethoven:
  • Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
• Handel:
  • Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus arr. Goossens
• Sally Matthews (soprano), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
• Recorded 31 December 2004 at the Philharmonie Berlin.
• Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana
• Albéniz:
  • Navarra
• Debussy:
  • Préludes – Book 2: No. 3, La Puerta del Vino
  • Estampe No. 2 – La soirée dans Grenada
• Falla:
  • Noches en los jardines de Espana
  • Homenaje a Debussy
  • Fantasía Bética
• Granados
  • Goyescas: Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor
• Ravel
  • Gaspard de la Nuit
  • Valses nobles et sentimentales
• plus:
• Alexander Scriabin
  • Nocturne
  • Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle.
  • Joaquín Achúcarro (piano)
  • recorded in Berlin, at Berliner Philharmonie, September 7, 2010 Blu-ray & DVD
• EUROPA KONZERT 2011 from Madrid
• Joaquín Rodrigo
  • Concierto de Aranjuez (Cañizares flamenco guitarist)
• Emmanuel Chabrier
  • España
• Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Second Symphony

(Recorded live at Teatro Real, Madrid, 1 May 2011 DVD & Blu-ray)

• Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto
  • A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film
  • with Sofia Gubaidulina, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Gidon Kremer
  • Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
• Waldebuhne in Berlin 1995 American Night
• Bernstein
  • candide ovt
  • Prelude, fugue riffs
• Gershwin
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • Highlights from Porgy & Bess
  • Someone to watch over me
  • I got rhythm
• Lincke
  • Berliner Luft
• European Concert
• Brahms
  • Piano Concerto 1
  • Piano 4tet no 1(orch Schoenberg) Barenboim (piano) BPO
• Henze Memoirs of an outsider: portrait and concert
  • Excerpts with Rattle & other conductors contribution by Rattle and the CBSO
• The Rite of Spring: A silent film to the music of Stravinsky
• A film by Oliver Hermann features the music played by the Berlin phil conducted by Rattle.
• Bernstein
  • Wonderful Town BPO
• Wagner – Die Walküre
  • Sir Simon Rattle / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Willard White / Eva-Maria Westbroek / Eva Johansson / Robert Gambill) [DVD & Blu-ray] 2 discs [2006]
• Story of the Berlin Philharmonic
  • contributions from Haitink/Rattle/Norrington/Abbado etc. BPO
• William Walton – At Haunted End Day
  • A centenary celebration of the life and work of British composer William Walton with a video release of a 'South Bank Show' special in 1981. Includes interview footage with William Walton and performances featuring Simon Rattle and Yehudi Menuhin.
• Maw, Nicholas
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Angelika Kirchschlager, Gordon Gietz, Rod Gilfry, Dale Duesing; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Simon Rattle; Royal Opera **Chorus/Terry Edwards; dir. Trevor Nunn (London, 2002)
  • Running Time: 223 mins (2 discs)
  • Label:Opus Arte
• Gala Concert 2007BPO released 2009)DVD & Blu-ray
• Mussorgsky
  • Pictures At An Exhibition
  • Khoavanschina Prelude
• Borodin
  • Symphony No 2
  • Prince Igor:Polovtsian dances
• The Berliner Philharmoniker's European Concert, 1 May 2008 in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
• Stravinsky
  • Symphony in Three Movements
• Bruch
  • Concerto for Violin No. 1, Op. 26 Featured soloist Vadim Repin (Violin)
• Beethoven
  • Symphony No.7 in A major, Op. 92
• Berlin Waldbuhne 2009. Russian Rhythmsconductor Sir Simon Rattle, the Berliner Philharmoniker
• Tchaikovsky
  • The Nutcracker, op. 71
  • Overture
  • The Christmas Tree
  • March
  • Pas de deux (Intrada)
• Rachmaninoff
  • Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30 Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
• Stravinsky
  • Le Sacre du printemps
• Lincke
  • Berliner Luft
• From a live concert recorded in 1993 with the Berlin Philharmonic. Released 2009. DVD
• Rameau
  • Les Boreades
• Berlioz
  • La Symphonie Fantastique

Live from Kabelwork Berlin Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Released 2010.

• Brahms
  • Symphony No.4
  • Double Concerto Truls Mork (Cello)
• Wagner
  • Prelude to Parsifal
• 5 Operas From Glyndebourne
• with designs by Maurice Sendak. 3 DVD set. NVC/Warner Classics. Released 2010.
• Ravel
  • L'enfant et les sortilèges Cynthia Buchan. London Philharmonic, Simon Rattle

External links

• Simon Rattle discography at EMI