MOZART
Mozart: Wind Concertos Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra display their virtuosic talents on this album of concertos for wind instruments by Mozart, recorded in concert with conductor Jaime Martín in the excellent acoustic of the Jerwood Hall at LSO St... |
Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra
Kôrôlén (LP) [ World Circuit/Warner / LP - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and... |
James Horner, London Symphony Orchestra / Traditional Scottish Bagpipe Music
Braveheart...More Music from the Soundtrack [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Bagpipes performed by the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders under the direction of Pipe Major Evan Macrae and drum Major G. Burrs |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / WILLIAM WALTON
Britten / Walton: Violin & Viola Concertos Maxim Vengerov (violin & viola) / London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "The result is a superlative performance of a concerto that hasn't really been taken up by top-flight violinists (Heifetz, Menuhin and Perlman, for example, no strangers to 'English' concertos, studiously avoided it). It is certainly a work of... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Piano Concertos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Ashkenazy is a commanding soloist in both the First and Second Concertos, and his virtuosity in the first is quite dazzling. Throughout, Previn and the LSO accompany sympathetically." Penguin Guide 3 Stars |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / 'Youth' Symphony / Piano Concerto No. 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (Concerto) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paul Kletzki / etc [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] Bringing together music from either end of Rachmaninov's career, this CD opens with the currently unavailable Youth Symphony (unpublished in the composer's lifetime, but regardless of its Tchaikovskian echoes, carrying sentiments of things to come).... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini / Piano Sonata 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ Decca Trio / 3 CD - released 29/Nov/2002 ] These recordings quickly established themselves as reference recordings at the time of their original release and have been a part of the Decca catalogue ever since. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: English Suites - Nos 1 - 3 / Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), with London Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman [ Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Taking off into the heavens with a notably muscular account of the opening Prelude, Ashkenazy gives a performance with nothing mannered in its unvarnished expressiveness; every note in every piece of ornamentation comes over with lapidary clarity."... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Vladimir Feltsman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Masterworks / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Vladimir Feltsman debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at the age of eleven and he went on to win numerous competitions including the prestigious Marguerite Long International Piano Competition. |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto / Symphony in 3 Movements / Petrouchka Woody Herman & his Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens [ Philips / CD - released 19/Aug/1989 ] "The Ebony Concerto is played by the same artist whom it originally was dedicated in 1945. This remarkable virtuoso ensemble performed it at carnegie hall on March 25, 1946, conducted by Walter Hendl." |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schnittke: Concerto for viola / Trio Sonata Yuri Bashmet (viola) / Moscow Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 10/Aug/1991 ] "works were composed specifically for these star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive" |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
Eva Cassidy With The London Symphony Orchestra
I Can Only Be Me (Deluxe Hardcover Edition) [ Blix Street / CD/Book - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Deluxe hardcover edition. It may be difficult to imagine a connection between the warmth and humanity of singer Eva Cassidy and the technology of cutting-edge innovation in audio restoration. But it is the marriage of those two seemingly different... |
Eva Cassidy With The London Symphony Orchestra
I Can Only Be Me (LP) [ Blix Street / LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] It may be difficult to imagine a connection between the warmth and humanity of singer Eva Cassidy and the technology of cutting-edge innovation in audio restoration. But it is the marriage of thosetwo seemingly different worlds that has helped create... |
AARON COPLAND
Billy the Kid - Ballet Suite / Third Symphony London Symphony Orchestra / Aaron Copland [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The big attraction for audiophiles has long been the movement Gun Battle. The various tympani and bass drum put on quite a fire fight. The Third Symphony is full of that special American quality which Copland originated and has been copied by so... |
Toumani Diabaté And The London Symphony Orchestra
Kôrôlén [ World Circuit/Warner / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Kôrôlén is a very special collaboration between two titans in music: Toumani Diabaté, the Grammy-winning Malian kora virtuoso, and the London Symphony Orchestra, renowned worldwide for their performances of orchestral music on record, film and... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Complete Orchestral and Instrumental Music Mark Lubotsky (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Michael Collins (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, [ Decca / 13 CD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2017 ] Decca is delighted to present a boxed set of the complete orchestral and Instrumental Music. Britten created works which defined and shaped their genres going forward...his pioneering works like Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and works for... |
The London Symphony Orchestra
The Best Of Classic Rock [Incls 'Purple Rain' & 'Light My Fire'] [ Sony / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Music for Brass Vol. 3 London Symphony Orchestra Brass [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |