Mahler Symphony No 5 Ades Asyla

Sir Simon rattle conducts the Berliner Symphony Orchestra in Mahlers Symphony No 5 i The video is useful for conveying Simon Rattles expressive gestures his fine control of the Berlin Philharmonic and its precise playing in this his first performance as the orchestras music director Adess Asyla the plural of Asylum used in both its meanings as a place of refuge and a scene of madness is available only in the video format which is sonically quite good and visually striking It is energetic music with a lot of percussion including one piece that looks like a tomato juice can and one movement that annotator Andrew Porter describes as a sort of Rite of Spring cum disco A video interview of Rattle is a fine bonus Joe McLellan