Interview
Sir Simon Rattle on performing Mahler’s symphonies (Part 1)
Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s Fourth Symphony
The sound of sleigh-bells at the beginning make it clear from the outset: Mahler's Fourth Symphony does not want to show off, but to take us to a magical kingdom. Mahler himself said, “It is the serenity of a higher, unknown world”, which, as he adds, “holds something gruesome and ghastly for us”. In this recording from 2011, Simon Rattle combined the work with Stravinsky's graceful ballet music Apollon musagète. The soloist is Christine Schäfer.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Christine Schäfer
Sir Simon Rattle
Christine Schäfer
© 2011 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
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