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Sir Simon Rattle
12+ albums
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Sir Simon Denis Rattle OM CBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–98). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. It was announced in March 2015 that Rattle would become Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra from September 2017. As a passionate supporter of music education, Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in mid 1990s. The Youth Orchestra is now under the auspices of charitable business Services for Education. Rattle received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2001 at the Classic Brit Awards. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)
8,4082Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio - Opening
5,5633Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43: Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile, a tempo vivace)
4,2254Water Goblin: Allegro vivo
2,8865The Planets, Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity (conclusion)
2,6966The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op.71: Miniature Overture
2,4507Barber: Adagio for Strings
2,3258The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op.71, Act I: No. 2 - March
2,2749The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op.71, Act I: No. 1 - The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
2,07310The Planets, Op. 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Allegro giocoso)
2,007albums
Holst: The Planets
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Relax
Tchaikovsky: the Nutcracker
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100 Best Film Classics
Dvorák: Tone Poems
Brahms: The Symphonies
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra etc
Simon Rattle Edition: Beethoven
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Samuel Barber - Adagio (100th anniversary)
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Essential Film Classics
Beethoven : Symphony No. 9