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

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