Where does the special status of these symphonies come from? Simon Rattle has an explanation: “One of the things Beethoven does is to give you a mirror into yourself – where you are now as a ...

A celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven, marking the composer's 250th birthday, with pianist Stephen Hough, poet Ruth Padel, Laura Tunbridge and Sir Simon Rattle. Show more A celebration of Ludwig ...

Music director Franz Welser-Möst leads performances of Fifth Symphony, Leonore Overture No. 3 and Janáček suite.

Tom Service celebrates conductor Simon Rattle with a complete Beethoven symphony cycle from 1995. He leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in Frankfurt in a hitherto unbroadcast performance ...

Krystian Zimerman joined forces with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra last December in Beethoven’s five piano concertos. Their spellbinding performances, streamed on DG Stage ...