STRAVINSKY
Rite of Spring / Firebird / Game of Cards / Petrouchka / Pulcinella London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "This is an excellent Stravinsky collection on all counts. Claudio Abbado's recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra represent the high-water mark of his career, and DG... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies 1 & 3 / Romeo & Juliet / Chout (with works by Janacek & Hinemith) London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] Orchestral showpieces such as those grouped here were among the most obvious beneficiaries of the advances in recording technique pioneered by Decca from the late 1950s onwards. Works which may have seemed dauntingly complex to an earlier generation... |
JANACEK / HINDEMITH / PROKOFIEV
Sinfonietta / Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by C.M. von Weber / Chout (ballet suite) London Symphony Orchestra / Claudio Abbado DELETED [ Decca Legends / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] Made at the very peak of Abbado's form |
DVORAK / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MOZART / VERDI / SCHUBERT / etc/
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Alfred Brendel, Henryk Szeryng, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt's recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart. |
ERNEST BLOCH
Symphony in C sharp minor / Poems of the Sea London Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Atlas [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2015 ] "The LSO play Bloch's Symphony in C sharp minor marvellously and Dalia Atlas conducts it with understanding and conviction...The richness and colour of the orchestration are very striking indeed." (Gramophone) |
PANUFNIK
Sinfonia Mistica / Sinfonia di Sfere London Symphony Orchestra / David Atherton [ Explore Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Première recordings of these two symphonies which remain the only recordings and which have been much sought-after. |
CARLOS CHAVEZ
Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra Eduardo Mata conductor [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] Carlos Chávez is one of Mexico's most important and prolific 20th century composers. He championed the symphony form at a time when it was generally neglected by other Latin American composers, and the results are magnificent |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Falstaff (recorded 1930-1932) London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar [ Naxos Historical Elgar Conducts Elgar / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "It's a joy to be reintroduced to these wonderful performances - with the Violin Concerto, the summits of Elgar's recordings of his own music" Sunday Times, 15th February 2009 **** |
London Symphony Orchestra / Eric Stern
The film music of Alex North: music from Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus !, + [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] German import (catalog 7559794462) |
VILLA-LOBOS
Little Train of The Caipira / etc (with Ginastera - Estancia & Panambi) London Symphony Orchestra / Eugene Goossens [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Ginastera's two ballet suites use Argentine folk tunes, the first reflecting Argentine ranch life and the gauchos. His impressionistic style bears some resemblance to Villa-Lobos, and in the both the final dance of Estancia as well as the Dance of... |
STRAVINSKY
Petrouchka / Rite of Spring (complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra / Eugene Goossens [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Both important Stravinsky ballets receive superb interpretations and thrilling recording quality. Both were originally done on 35mm film." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Debussy and Ravel: La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Rapsodie espagnole London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ LSO Live / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] François-Xavier Roth, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, displays his deep affinity with the music of Debussy and Ravel on his latest LSO Live album. A fascination with his Spanish heritage would be a recurring theme in many... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E Minor (unedited version) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "..a spacious reading on the biggest scale.. always spontaneously convincing helped by the spectacularly ample recording.." - Gramophone |
SMETANA
Overture and Dances from 'the Bartered Bride' / String Quartet in E minor London Symphony Orchestra. Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2002 ] ..'splendidly exuberant performances…' Gramophone Magazine |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 2 'Little Russian' in C minor (original 1872 version) / Serenade for small orchestra / Romeo and Juliet Fantasy overture / etc London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'The performances here under Geoffrey Simon are excitingly committed and spontaneous; the orchestral playing is nearly always first-rate and the digital recording has spectacular resonance and depth to balance its brilliance.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] In Georg's early years in Vienna, Bruckner had been performed every week or two, but when he arrived in England in 1938 he discovered to his horror that Bruckner was practically unknown, regarded, in the words of the musicologist Cecil Grey, as a... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Experience the London Symphony Orchestra at full strength as LSO Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda continues his survey of Shostakovich with the monumental Fourth Symphony. Shostakovich at one point thought his Fourth Symphony was the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 & Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] Urgent, supercharged and violent in places, Tchaikovsky's Fourth is said to reflect the turmoil he found himself in while composing: a disastrous marriage, struggles with his sexuality and severe depression. Yet, despite the gloomy outlook, the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] Here, Gianandrea Noseda conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with intensity and understanding, allowing the music to tell its own story as it travels from darkness into light, yearning more for peace than for victory... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Symphony No. 5 / Kitezh Suite London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ LSO Live / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] History, heritage, and fate combine in this recording from Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra, bringing together the music of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, brimming over with drama and emotional... |