Vinyl:
Limited edition: Simon Rattle conducts Brahms

Cycle of all of Brahms’s symphonies by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle: now available in an exclusive and limited vinyl edition.

Direct to disc: this term represents the ultimate in analogue recording quality. With no intervention and without any post-processing, the sound is cut directly into a master disc at the moment of the performance – the basis for a vinyl release of unique tonal authenticity. This complex, end-to-end analogue process is rarely used in today's digital age. It has now been used for the first time in 70 years to record a performance by the Berliner Phiharmoniker. On the programme are the symphonies of Johannes Brahms, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
The Brahms cycle in the direct to disc process is only on release in the Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings vinyl edition and not on any digital medium. Corresponding to Johannes Brahms’s year of birth, it is limited to 1833 copies worldwide.

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Bonus
· Certificate – hand-signed by recording producer Rainer Maillard
· Two C-type photo prints of motifs from the recording sessions

Genre Philharmonie Berlin
Recording date September 2014