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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "All in all, a superb issue of the symphony." Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 'Italian' London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "Gardiner's Mendelssohn is as genial as it gets." (Sunday Times) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Ruy Blas London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "Like all of Gardiner's live cycles of the Mendelssohn symphonies at the Barbican, this one comes across with pace, clarity and flaming-eyed conviction" (Financial Times) |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique & Waverley Overture London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD CD + Blu-ray / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra on the first video/audio release on LSO Live. This is the start of a much anticipated Berlioz cycle and features 'Symphonie Fantastique' & 'Overture: Waverley'. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 (with Balakirev - Russia) London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Gergiev and the LSO capture the score's expressive beauty, and also the sense of its transience as chill winter encroaches" BBC Music |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 / Stabat Mater Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Aug/2013 ] For decades Szymanowski's music was rarely heard outside Poland. Today, he is recognised as one of Poland's greatest musical figures. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Symphony 1 / Essays Nos.1 & 2 / Night Flight/ Music from Scene from Shelley/ Knoxville (Summer of 1915) London Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Molly McGurk (soprano), David Measham (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "Measham proves a splendid advocate of the Symphony, securing a passionately committed performance… The Essays for Orchestra are also very well played, as is the hauntingly evocative movement Night Flight" © Penguin Guide 3 stars |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Tempest / Liszt: Symphonic Poem No.1 London Symphony Orchestra, Yondani Butt [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Yondani Chak Cheung Butt (January 13, 1945 - August 28, 2014) was an orchestral conductor. He was born in Macao of Chinese parentage. He studied music at Indiana University and the University of Michigan. He also had a PhD in chemistry, on which... |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony London Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovich [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 7/Jul/1984 ] One of the most neglected and powerful Tchaikovsky symphonies! |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas) Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina, Neil Shicoff, Ricardo Cassinelli, Jose van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu / London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pa [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2012 ] The dark, dangerous drama of Il tabarro… The heart-wrenching pathos of Suor Angelica… The merciless comedy (leavened with youthful romance) of Gianni Schicchi… Puccini's scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 1 "Classical" & 5 / Lieutenant Kije / Cinderella [excepts] / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Andrew Davis [ Sony Masterworks / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1997 ] Originally recorded 1976, 1983 & 1992 |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Berkeley Conducts Berkeley: Mont Juic / Serenade / Divertimenti / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Lennox Berkeley, with Roger Winfield (oboe) [ Lyrita / CD ] "Berkeley was typical of the English composers whom Lyrita championed in the 1970s, and this beautifully planned collection introduces some of the most elegant and enjoyable music that he ever wrote...The recording, from the early 1970s, is first... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTALE: Howells: Stabat Mater Neill Archer (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Aug/1994 ] |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies 1 & 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergie [ LSO Live / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "Being a natural inheritor of Scriabinesque exoticism, Szymanowski is bound to bring out the best in Scriabin's most imaginative interpreters, which is why Valery Gergiev proves such a convincing interpreter of both works." Gramophone |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt / Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. The "Wunderhorn" had earlier inspired Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann.... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "All in all, an outstanding release, and a rewarding celebration of this wonderful composer's art." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2020 |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Morning Song) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] 'The Cello Concerto is rhapsodic in feeling and Raphael Wallfisch plays it with marvellous sensitivity and finesse, given splendid support by the LPO under Bryden Thomson.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Concerto for Violin & Cello / Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in St Jude's Church, Central Square, London, July 1988 |
