Hes the best of all of us! In an interview about great conductors with the newspaper Die Welt on April 2, 2015, that was the remarkable response from Sir Simon Rattle when he was asked about Mariss Jansons. Numerous music fans the world over are in complete agreement with Rattles statement, and what better way to congratulate Mariss Jansons on his 75th birthday (the 14th of January 2018)? The Maestros birthday was also the inspiration for this 5CD set from BR Klassik. (Stefan Piendl) This release offers a cross-section of the classical symphonic repertoire. The works range from music of the First Viennese School to early 20th-century Late Romanticism; from Haydn's Harmoniemesse to the Minuet from Haydn's Symphony Hob. I:88; from Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, Brahms's Fourth Symphony and Mahler's Ninth Symphony to Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64, and also his Vier letzte Lieder. The fifth CD offers several impressive masterpieces of the twentieth century including Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, Varese's sy