Reviews
"Simon Rattle's first Brahms recording with the Berliner Philharmoniker [...] proved a Grammy-winning success. Something similar can be expected for this three-CD set of the complete symphonies. [...] all aspects realised with consummate acuity by Rattle and his players, particularly the lush, resonant 4th."
The Independent - September 2009
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Reviews of the performances:
�The fourth symphony was an ecstatic apotheosis of what current orchestral playing, quick reactions and scarcely sketched annotations can get out of this work which has long since become a classic. Especially the Passacaglia finale was a finely-dosed wonder of sound refinement and harmonic finesse. Rattle appears to have finally conquered his difficult Berliners.� Die Welt
�Simon Rattle has finally dared to tackle Brahms with the Berliner Philharmoniker. He combines Furtw�ngler�s monumentality with Karajan�s beautiful sound.� Die Zeit
�[The September 2008] Proms performance [of Symphony No. 3] was manifestly Brahmsian in its warmth, lyrical flow and structural coherence. It was manifestly from Berlin in its richness of timbre and soloistic allure � But it was also manifestly Rattle in its flexibility of tempo and adherence to the score.� Financial Times
