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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Erika Grimaldi, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live SACD / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "this is an impressively disciplined account of the mighty score, with expressive Italian soloists, a superb choir (trained by Simon Halsey) and the LSO on top form." Sunday Times |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Apollon Musagète Gentlemen of the Monteverdi Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Apr/2014 ] "the performance, by the London Symphony Orchestra and 24 men from the Monteverdi Choir, is admirably clear, precise and hard-edged; the soloists are adequate; and the coupler - Apollon Musagète ballet for string orchestra - is gorgeous." (Times) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (Complete Opera recorded in 2004) Glenn Winslade, Janice Watson, Jonathan Lemalu / London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 3 CD - released 24/Jul/2004 ] "This is a landmark for the LSO...The Sea Interludes gleam within their dramatic context and the London Symphony Chorus relish their involvement with such a testy choral challenge." (William Dart New Zealand Herald) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 4 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live / CD - released 27/Feb/2005 ] "Contrasts were realised to the full without vagaries of tempo, and at the end, where Brahms finally breaks away from his bass line, the release of pent-up force came like an earthquake." - The Independent, 21 June 2004 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] "an admirable and infectious performance. Sir Colin Davis and his fine players are wonderfully idiomatic and offer a performance of exceptional clarity of detail." Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) complete oratorio sung in German Miah Persson / Jeremy Ovenden / Andrew Foster-Williams / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "..the performance displays clarity and precision: the sound articulates the complex texutres neatly, allowing Haydn's remarkable scoring and and highly effective vocal writing to register to delightful effect." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (complete opera recorded May 2006) Sally Matthews, Christine Brewer, John MacMaster, Daniel Borowski, Juha Uusitalo / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Davis's version is crisp and dramatic...Abscheulicher brings out all [Brewer's] masterly qualities to the full, thanks to her big, firm, creamy voice, perfectly controlled." Penguin Guide |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "Colin Davis's performance is well worth hearing....It begins promisingly with an account of Mars that is a really wild ride towards the abyss, but after that it becomes much more conventional. Jupiter is jovial, Venus rapt and serene." Guardian |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera) Gregory Kunde, Laura Claycomb, Darren Jeffery, Andrew Kennedy / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] 'Conductor and tenor are the joint heroes of this exhilarating release...Davis remains the supreme Berliozian of our day, brilliantly evoking the mercurial wit of the comic repartee...anyone who doesn't own this fabulous score should snap it... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "this performance from last year with the London Symphony Orchestra on stupendous form seems to mark a pitch of understanding and communication which it wouldn't be possible to surpass. There are several performances of this work that I take as doi |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Laura Claycomb (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] "pacing is almost always emotionally precise, and sonorities rounded and well-judged" BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 *** |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Sep/2011 ] "The inner movements bristle with existential alarm, and the exhausted collapse at the height of the Rondo Burleske is particularly well done." (The Guardian) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale Malcolm Simovic (narrator) / LSO Chamber Ensemble, Roman Simovic (director / violin) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "A vivid live recording of the perennial classic, let down a little by the narration. Though not without nuance, it's borderline hollered in places." BBC Music |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Der Freischutz Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, & Simon O'Neill / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "Simon O'Neill is virtually perfect for Max, not too über-Heldentenor and not too light" (Gramophone, Aug 2013) |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 'The Four temperaments' & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] 'Colin Davis establishes himself as a first-class Nielsenian on our pick of the week ... With this coupling, Davis leaves the best for last, too: Nielsen's most accessible symphony.' (The Sunday Times) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires follows suit technically and stylistically but exploits every opportunity to remind us of the voice she is interpreting," The Whole Note |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Sally Matthews (soprano) & Christopher Maltman (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2014 ] "[Maltman] is outstanding; firm of tone, passionate in declamation and excellent of diction...The LSC, meticulously prepared by their director Simon Halsey, cope superbly for most of the time." MusicWeb |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang' Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonyté (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "The 44-strong Monteverdi Choir launch into 'Die Nacht ist vergangen' with real joy as day arrives...The final choral fugue is genuinely uplifting, a splendid way to conclude Gardiner's splendid cycle" Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2017 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / BELA BARTOK
Stravinsky: Firebird (complete ballet) / Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Piano Concerto No 3 Yefim Bronfman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] "...the combination of largeness of scale and extreme tonal refinement in Yefim Bronfman's solo Bartok playing is answered with wonderful specificity by conductor and orchestra. It's a concert well worth recreating at home" BBC Music |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust Karen Cargill, Bryan Hymel, Christopher Purves, Gábor Bretz / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] "Hymel's Faust is the most convincing soloist. But it's the vivid detail Rattle conjures up, the brilliant playing and the force and intensity of the choral singing that give greatest satisfaction." Sunday Times |
