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LEOS JANACEK / BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Janacek: Sinfonietta Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2002 ] "The Telarc recording captures the full bloom of the orchestra. The coupling is unique." (Penguin Guide) |
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JOHN ADAMS / GUSTAV MAHLER
Gustavo Dudamel - The Inaugural Concert (recorded in October 2009) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 8/Dec/2009 ] "The 28-year-old Venezuelan conductor who has been taking the musical, and conducting, world by storm" (Gramophone) |
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CHARLES IVES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ives: Symphonies 1-4 / Orchestral Sets 1 & 2 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / The Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] Orchestral works by this most significant and influential American composer! |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
LA Phil 100: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Birthday Gala (Blu-ray) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel [ C Major / Blu-ray - released 17/Apr/2020 ] "A century to the day after the orchestra's first concert on 24th October 1919, the centennial season culminates in a "splashy gala night" (San Francisco Classical Voice) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the current and former chief conductors... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 / Chamber Symphony / Variations for Orchestra / Erwartung, Op. 17 / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / The Cleveland Orchestra, VIenna Philharmonic, Christoph von Dohnanyi / Anja Silja (soprano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/1996 ] "I find myself swept along by their ecstatic playing over those last ten minutes, where suddenly the orchestra seems galvanised into recapturing the spirit of Stokie for Mehta." MusicWeb on Verklarte Nacht |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schmidt: Symphony No.4 / Schoenberg: Chmaber Symphony No.1 Vienna Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Enterprise / CD - released 20/Aug/1990 ] Recording Locations: Royce Hall, U.C.L.A., May 1968 (Schoenberg) Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1971 (Schmidt) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (recorded 1946 & 1953) Artur Rubinstein (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfreed Wallenstein / NBC Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] This release is the first in a series devoted to Arthur Rubinstein's 'middle period' Chopin cycle, recorded from the mid-1940s through the mid-1950s. |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 (with Schumann - Manfred Overture) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon Orginals / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Giulini's refined and individual reading, with its very measured view of the first movement, remains a striking example of a conductor transforming an orchestra." (Penguin Guide) |
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JOHN WILLIAMS
A John Williams Celebration Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] John Williams is without doubt one of the best-known and most recognizable composers in Hollywood history. This gala concert highlights his film score achievements. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / CONUS / SARASATE / KORNGOLD
Violin Concertos [rec 1950-1953] Jascha Heifetz (Violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn |