CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 'The Inextinguishable' & 5 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "At last! Nielsen's two best-known symphonies in modern performances with real fire in their belly...he [Davis] brings animal excitement to the task, such a thrilling sense of discovery and existential danger" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 92, 93, 97, 98 & 99 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "If anyone complains that the forces used are too large, they should remember that Haydn, like Mozart and Beethoven, liked big orchestras. In any case, the string textures Davis secures are irreproachably crisp and clear, and the rhythms vital." |
ELGAR
Symphony No 1 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 5/Apr/2002 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
ELGAR
Symphony No 2 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Colin Davis recording Elgar continues the cycle |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 3 / Serenade No 2 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] 'a really beautiful performance of the second serenade ... A delight - this seems to me a new benchmark. It goes without saying that the playing is excellent: the LSO can probably play Brahms symphonies in its collective sleep.' (BBC Music) |
DVORAK
Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] 'this Sixth bespeaks the freshness of a new discovery ... buy with confidence. It's really exciting' ClassicsToday.com, 31 March 2005 |
DVORAK
Symphony No 8 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 23/Apr/2003 ] 'Unmissable ... Superb in all respects. Sound quality doesn't come any better than this whatever the price. Don't hesitate.' Classic CD |
DVORAK
Symphony No 9 From the new World London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] 'Davis offers a story and a sense of conviction that place his performance in a wholly different league.' performance ***** sound ***** BBC Music Magazine |
WALTON
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1 (recorded live at the Barbican 2008) Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "The LSO Chorus give Walton's grateful choral writing all they have, and the orchestra revel in his brilliant and unconventional orchestration: E flat clarinet, alto saxophone, exotic percussion and extra brass." Sunday Times, 6th March 2011 **** |
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis-conductor
Bruckner-Symphony No 6 [ LSO Live / CD - released 1/Mar/2003 ] Sir Colin Davis follows his moving performance of Bruckner's ninth symphony with a monumental reading of the Symphony No 6 |
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis - conductor
Bruckner - Symphony No 9 [ LSO Live / CD - released 28/Feb/2003 ] Recorded live at the Barbican Centre on 22 and 24 February 2002 |
DVORAK
Symphonies Nos 6 - 9 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis conductor [ LSO Live / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2005 ] 'a resplendent Sixth … it blazes with Bohemian warmth and vivacity' Daily Telegraph (UK), 4 April 2005 |
DVORAK
Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / SACD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high denstity stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. |
ELGAR
Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis conductor [ LSO Live / 3 CD - released 5/Oct/2005 ] 'a radical version that sweeps away preconceived notionsabout the work.The headiness of Davis's approach is matched by the lushness of the LSO's playing and a sumptuous recording' The Guardian (UK),3 May 2002 (on Symphony No 2) |
SMETANA
Ma vlast (My Country) (Rec May 2005) London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis conductor [ LSO Live SACD / SACD - released 15/Oct/2005 ] 'Colin Davis's performance of Smetana's Ma Vlast with the London Symphony Orchestra was an irresistible pageant of Czech patriotic fervour, a depiction of ancient battles and pastoral idylls, as well as a revelation of the work's symphonic... |
SMETANA
Ma vlast (My Country) (Rec May 2005) London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis conductor [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Oct/2005 ] "Colin Davis' performance of Smetana's Ma Vlást was an irresistible pageant of Czech patriotic fervour, a depiction of ancient battles and pastoral idylls, as well as a revelation of the work's symphonic integrity" The Guardian, 12 May 2005 |
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 [ LSO / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Lean and lithe are two descriptions of John Eliot Gardiner's approach to Robert Schumann's music. Add in atmospheric and dramatic for the Overture to Genoveva (an opera), surging forward but with enough room for lyricism and breathing space, the LSO... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Beecham) (1928, 1938) London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] In the early months of 1938 Sir Thomas Beecham and the London Philharmonic Orchestra set about making the records for the third and final volume to be issued by Columbia Records under the auspices of The Delius Society. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 / etc London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2005 ] "A great jumping off point for listeners new to Britten's music. For us seasoned veterans, it is a fine revisit to some old favorites" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death and the Maiden (with Schostakovich - Chamber Symphony) London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble, Roman Simovic [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] The LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO leader Roman Simovic, gives magnificent performances of Schubert (arr Mahler) and Shostakovich. This is the second LSO String Ensemble release on LSO Live, following the acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky's... |