"The performance of Gustav Mahler’s 9th symphony was one of the most wonderful accomplishments of Simon Rattle as conductor of this orchestra."
Berliner Zeitung
EMI Classics are pleased to release a new recording of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 by Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker taped live during concerts in October 2007. Sir Simon and the Orchestra subsequently performed the symphony at the Salzburg and Lucerne festivals before taking it to America in November, where they headlined Carnegie Hall's "Berlin in Lights" festival and performed it again in Boston's Symphony Hall. To coincide with the "Berlin in Lights" festival, EMI made available a digital pre-release of the album.

Re-release of

拉罗（Edouard Lalo，1823-1892）的这两部小提琴协奏曲（人们普遍认同《西班牙交响曲》是一部小提琴协奏曲）在今天真可谓是冰火两重天，《西班牙交响曲》成为耳熟能详的作品，几乎是拉罗的代名词；而真正的小协却是少有演奏和录音。其实在当年，两部作品都是很受欢迎的，今天的人们过于“跟风”，以至于把同样优美动听、甚至更为深沉、更为感人的小协都快扔到垃圾堆里去了。
两部作品都是题献给萨拉萨蒂的，萨拉萨蒂对两部作品都非常钟爱，都是经他首演。可以说《西班牙交响曲》成就了拉罗的声名，然而拉罗自己不这么看，他认为萨拉萨蒂才是至关重要的。“如果没有你，我就只能睡觉，或者写点无所谓的东西。是你唤醒了我。。。你就是我的清新空气。”拉罗在给萨拉萨蒂的信中这样写道。相信拉罗是真诚的，感激的。
其实，拉罗还有一部名为“俄罗斯协奏曲”的作品，实际也是一部小提琴协奏曲。今天已经不是太清楚为什么萨拉萨蒂没有演奏它。对很多人而言，大概这无关紧要，因为有《西班牙交响曲》就够了。
但是，要全面了解拉罗的音乐，我们还应该仔细听听他的小协，以及他的俄罗斯协奏曲（以后介绍），因为拉罗是那种旋律至上的作曲家，对于许多偏好旋律的爱乐者来说，他的动人的音乐每一部都值得用心聆听。
这个版本将两部作品放在一起，非常难得。Dumay也许没有帕尔曼的名气大，但他的演奏真的很狂放，很激情，还很富有诗意，又是原汁原味的法国乐队和法国指挥，真不输任何版本。只是现在要得到这个版本可能不太容易。

Following up their release of Brahm's Ein Deutsches Requiem, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker continue to celebrate the orchestra's 125th year with an exploration of the 19th-century Germanic greats. On this recording they take on Bruckner's mighty Fourth Symphony, an uplifting spiritual journey across a huge musical landscape which commands the listener's attention and promises to remain in memory long after the final chords have died away.

Speaking of the individuality and overwhelming power of Bruckner's music, Rattle had this to say: "It's as though one's caught up in a gigantic wave...which simply will not stop until the last note and in fact when the last note is sounded, very often the audience simply doesn't applaud because there's a feeling to it still going out into space..."

Tracklisting:

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Symphony No.4 in E-Flat Major "Romantic"
1. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell
2. Andante quasi allegretto
3. Scherzo- trio
4. Finale