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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. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Lucy Crowe (soprano) [ LSO / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2019 ] LSO Live presents Sir John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning Mendelssohn series together in its entirety for the first time. Captured over three seasons during critically acclaimed concerts in the Barbican Hall, this set offers listeners the definitive... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Louise Alder, Hugo Hymas, Lucile Richardot / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Jan/2021 ] In Spring 2019, the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, led by John Eliot Gardiner, presented a critically-acclaimed European tour of Handel's opera 'Semele', including Alexandra Palace Theatre in London. |
BEETHOVEN / ROSSINI / VERDI / SUPPE
Solti Overtures London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] This collection of overtures - many of them appearing internationally on Decca CD for the first time - comes from the very start of Georg Solti's recording career. That for Beethoven's Egmont was, in fact, his first recording as conductor, issued as... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Barry Banks (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 11/Mar/2013 ] "..the combined LSO and LPO choirs - singing beautifully and bringing out the music's profound sadness - is wonderfully enhanced. Colin Davis fits the work to the conditions with a master hand. Memorable." (Sunday Times) |
WEBER
Der Freischutz Christine Brewer, Sally Matthews, & Simon O'Neill / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive, with faultless work from clarinettist Chris Richards. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7 / Kullervo, Op. 7 Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2009 ] "Combined with the innate warmth and pretty much faultless playing of the LSO, it makes for some of the most readily satisfying performances available." BBC Music |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Double Piano Concertos Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] ".The Jussen boys have found perhaps the perfect collaborator in Sir Neville Marriner, who has conducted more Mozart than most; the Academy acquit themselves well." Editor's Choice Gramophone January 2016 |
FAURE
Requiem, Op. 48 Lucia Popp, Simon Estes / Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "Among recordings of the 'received' text of Fauré's Requiem, Davis's ranks very high indeed, for the subtle beauty of its choral singing, for the sober richness of its orchestral sound and for its marvellously atmospheric acoustic." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 (recorded in Oct 2012) Lucy Crowe, Jennifer Johnston, James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "Such is the visceral intensity of the music-making, a certain girding of the loins may be required before a second hearing, but isn't that precisely how it should be with a work of this power and magnitude?" Editor's Choice Gramophone, February 2014 |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 'The Four temperaments' & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Lucy Hall (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] 'Colin Davis establishes himself as a first-class Nielsenian on our pick of the week ... With this coupling, Davis leaves the best for last, too: Nielsen's most accessible symphony.' (The Sunday Times) |
BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Europakonzert 2013 from Prague BLU-RAY Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "This is a lovely disc offering an agreeable mix of popular and lesser known works beautiful played and recorded." (MusicWeb) |
BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Europakonzert 2013 from Prague Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 28/Jul/2016 ] "Adeptly displaying her flexibility and attractive tone colour across the surprising broad emotional range of the texts Kožená excels in this demanding repertoire...This is a lovely disc offering an agreeable mix of popular and lesser known works bea |
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice (Complete opera recorded in 2000) Theatre Musical de Paris / Magdalena Kozena, Madeline Bender, Patricia Petibon / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] When the historic Theatre du Chatelet in Paris re-opened after a period of extensive refurbishment, the first two productions mounted in the theatre were Gluck's Alceste and Orphée et Eurydice. |
MARTINU
Suite from the opera Juliette for large orchestra / Three fragments from the opera Juliette Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Steve Davislim (tenor) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Supraphon / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 -- Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Recital - "I cannot recommend this scintillating disc highly enough." |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No.4 / Funeral March 'the Martyrdom' from Becket / Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Malcolm Binns (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] One of the most respected independent labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009, has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Wyastone Estate Limited. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / Four Last Songs / Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "This would be my present first choice ... The Bergen players are especially effective, the huge orchestration never cluttered or opaque in SACD spaciousness ..." BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2017 |
