"Discover some of the most remarkable and intriguing concerts of Sir Simon Rattle with the Berliner Philharmoniker

The recordings in this DVD Box set not only illustrate the sheer range of Sir Simon Rattle’s repertoire, they also represent a chronological outline of the various stages of his career with the Berliner Philharmoniker

Including the Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow, the American Night from the Waldbühne 1995 with Highlights from Gershwin and Bernstein, the New Year’s Eve Concert’s from 2006 with Mitsuku Uchida and 2017 with Joyce DiDonato and Simon Rattle’s “first” Tosca from the Easter Festival Baden-Baden

Soloists: Laura Aikin, Marcelo Álvarez, Cynthia Clarey, Joyce DiDonato, Dale Duesing, Damon Evans, Sol Gabetta, Magdalena Kožená, Wayne Marshall, Camilla Nylund, Kristine Opolais, Vadim Repin, Marietta Simpson, Mitsuko Uchida, Marco Vratogna, Daniel Washington, Williard White

DVD 1 Rattle conducts Rameau & Berlioz (87 mins)
Hector Berlioz: Symphony fantastique
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades
Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 6-8 November 1993

DVD 2 Waldbühne 1995 - American Night (85 mins)
Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture • Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
George Gershwin: Highlights from Porgy and Bess • I got rhythm
Wayne Marshall piano • Williard White • Cynthia Haymon • Damon Evans • Cynthia Clarey • Marietta Simpson • Daniel Washington
Live from the Waldbühne Berlin, June 1995, directed by Brian Large

DVD 3 Silvesterkonzert from Berlin 2006 (92 mins)
Richard Strauss: Don Juan • Der Rosenkavalier
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Mitsuko Uchida piano • Laura Aikin • Dale Duesing • Magdalena Kožená • Camilla Nylund
Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 2006, directed by Andy Summer

DVD4 Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow (92 mins)
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Vadim Repin violin
Recorded live at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, 1 May 2008, directed by Michael Beyer

DVD 5 Sol Gabetta & Sir Simon Rattle in Baden-Baden 2014 (90 mins)
György Ligeti Atmosphères
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act 1 of the opera Lohengrin
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Igor Stravinsky Le Sacre du Printemps
Sol Gabetta cello
Recorded live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, 2014, directed by Torben Schmidt Jacobsen

DVD 6 Giacomo Puccini TOSCA from Baden-Baden (125 mins)
Kristine Opolais • Marcelo Álvarez • Marco Vratogna
Philipp Himmelmann Stage Director • Raimund Bauer Set Design
Live from the Easter Festival Baden-Baden, April 2017, directed by Andreas Morell

DVD 7 New Year’s Eve Concert 2017 (87 mins)
Antonín Dvořák: Carnival; Overture, Op. 92
Igor Stravinsky: Pas de deux from Apollon musagète
Richard Strauss: Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland, Op. 56 No. 6 • Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 • Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 • Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 • Müttertändelei, Op. 43 No. 2
Leonard Bernstein: 3 Dance Episodes from On the Town • Take Care of this House
Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from The Golden Age, op. 22a
Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
Live from the Philharmonie Berlin, 31 December 2017, directed by Torben Jacobsen