「A source at the BPO said a third of the orchestra were unconvinced by him, another third were said to be "floating voters", and only a third were devoted to his methods.」
(http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-orchestra-may-force-rattle-to-drop-the-baton-815418.html)
「Obwohl ein ausgewiesener Mahler-Experte, gelang es Rattle nicht immer, Interpretationen von großem symphonischem Atem zu schaffen, tragfähige, bogenförmige Strukturen zu spannen. Insbesondere kritisierte man seine Abstinenz in Sachen Bruckner und Brahms. 」