More By Artist: The London Symphony Orchestra
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell [ Warner Original Jacket recordings / CD - released 15/Feb/2018 ] "Fischer-Dieskau's scarifying projection of the two military horror stories to the exquisite control they jointly bring to Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen... one of the most sensitive and touching accounts of a Mahler song I have ever heard" Gramopho |
BRITTEN / BARBER
Piano Concertos & Nocturnes Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov [ Decca / CD - released 5/Mar/2015 ] "Her playing of Britten's powerful 1938 concerto has an allure that is anything but sexy; it's urgent and occasionally darkly sinister, a perfect reflection of the nervous year in which it was written. And Roe is more than a match for the demands of |
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 |
MOZART / HAYDN / SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / MOZART
The Complete Concerto Recordings Evgeny Kissin (piano) / Moscow Virtuosi, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra [ RCA Red Seal / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Reissued at a special price! |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 Evgeny Kissin (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The technically brilliant Russian is often criticised for his dourly clinical playing, but his Barbican Beethoven series…displayed a playful, warmer performer, more ready to unbutton, as in the finale of the First, or in the friskiness of the Fifth"... |
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphony No 9 / Piano Concerto Ewa Poblocka (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrzej Panufnik [ RCA Catalyst / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Originally released on Conifer in 1991, Sir Andrzej Panufnik's authoritative readings of his Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia della Speranza" (1986-1990) and his Piano Concerto (1962, revised 1982) have been reissued here in RCA's Catalyst line. |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius,Op. 38 [with Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens; I was glad] Felicity Palmer (sop) Arthur Davies (ten) Gwynne Howell (bass) / London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] 'It's one of the best digital versions, and sonorous renderings of Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens and I was glad complete a recommendable mid-price package.' Gramophone |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Fernando Corena: Verdi: Falstaff - Scenes (with arias by Rossini & Donizetti) Fernando Corena (bass) with Renato Capechi, Ilva Ligabue, Lydia Marimpietr / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Edward Downes, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Corena is an admirable Falstaff, vocally and dramatically, and he misses little or nothing of Verdi's superb musical characterization of the part." (Gramophone) |
VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Woven Lights Francesco D'Orazio (violin, electric violin), Vito Palumbo (electronics), Francesco Abbrescia (electronics), London Symphony Orchestra, Lee Reynolds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] The critically acclaimed Italian composer Vito Palumbo has had works performed all over the world by leading orchestras. He began his career with postmodern experimentation, going on to different forms of music theatre. In recent years Palumbo has... |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (highlights from the complete opera) Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiraurov, Joan Sutherland / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 1966 in superb 'Decca Sound', these highlights from Gounod's most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier's Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and... |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Tyne Daly, London Symphony Orchestra. Michael Tilson Thomas
Bernstein - On the Town [ DG Awards Collection / CD - released 8/May/2005 ] Gramophone Award Winner: Music Theatre 1994 |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 14, 17, 25 & 26 / etc Friedrich Gulda (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
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 ] 'Oedipus Rex' and 'Apollon musagète' are both ancient Greek-themed works by Stravinsky. The rich string harmonies and textures in the ballet score of 'Apollon musagète' are pleasantly mesmerising, expressive and calmly indulgent |
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godunov (excerpts) / Pictures at an Exhibition (Rec 1961) George London (bass) Mildred Allen (mezzo) Howard Fried (tenor) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Thomas Schippers / Philadelphia Orch / Eugen [ Sony Great Performances / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "At mid-price this is a find: a truly great version of Pictures and one of the great Borises at the height of his powers. Not to be missed." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb August 2006) |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUBERT / etc
George Szell: - Decca & Philips Recordings 1951 - 1969 Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra George Szell [ Decca / 5 CD - released 11/Jul/2005 ] "For those who only know Szell's work with the Cleveland Orchestra, this is an interesting set. However, it does gather (excepting the mono Brahms and Dvořák) Szell's most available non-Cleveland recordings. If you have these already, it's mainly old |
MOZART / SPOHR / WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis / Peter Maag [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] 'There are plenty of other recorded performances of Mozart's and Weber's concertos to choose from, even a couple of Spohr's, but these have acquired classic status ... De Peyer gives a fluent, easy performance of Mozart's concerto - the Adagio is... |
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ALUN HODDINOTT
Clarinet Concerto / Harp Concerto / Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Osian Ellis (harp) Philip Fowke, Martin Jones (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This recording of four concertos is a welcome addition to the other two fine Hoddinott CDs already in the Lyrita catalogue. The colourful music, performances and recording may be confidently recommended" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
