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Published: Thursday, 22 August 2024 at 08:36 AM


The British conductor Simon Rattle led the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for a fruitful 19 years, after taking over from Claudio Abbado as chief conductor in 1999. Together, conductor and orchestra produced scores of memorable performances and, of course, recordings. Here are seven of the finest of the latter, complete with the BBC Music Magazine verdicts at the time.