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Simon Rattle

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Recorded in Berlin in October 2015,Rattle & the Berlin PhilharmonicsComplete Beethoven Symphonies Cycleis finally available on SACD Hybrid!The Beethoven cycle, performed in October 2015 at the Berlin Philharmoniethe orchestras home venueis now available as a 5-disc SACD hybrid set. The complete Beethoven symphony collection on CD+Blu-ray (KKC9151), released during their tour of Japan in May 2016, garnered attention for the orchestras rich sound, Rattles profound interpretation, and superb sound quality. Rattle previously recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies with the Vienna Philharmonic in 2002. That recording, which utilized the Jonathan del Mar edition published by Brenreiter in the latter half of the 20th century and incorporated Rattles distinctive interpretation, created a new vision of Beethoven that was the talk of the town at the time. This performance also uses the same edition, b