More By Artist: London O'Connor
Displaying items 1141 to 1160 of 1642
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.4 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] Bernard Haitink is internationally renowned for his interpretations of Bruckner and is widely recognised as the world's leading Bruckner conductor. Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, 'Romantic', conjures up visions of mediaeval knights, huntsmen and... |
![Eine Alpensinfonie [The Alpine Symphony] recorded live at the Barbican June 2008 cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10161/10161533.jpg)
RICHARD STRAUSS
Eine Alpensinfonie [The Alpine Symphony] recorded live at the Barbican June 2008 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Mar/2010 ] "no-one has quite Haitink's sense of the piece as a rational symphonic argument...The performance gathers strength and intensity as it proceeds...Admirers should not hesitate to acquire an archetypal example of Haitink's unobtrusive podium manner."... |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 1-4 / Tragic Overture / Double Concerto / Serenade No 2 London Symphony Orchestra. Bernard Haitink conductor [ LSO Live / 4 CD - released 5/Oct/2005 ] After struggling for years to come to terms with his fear of comparison to Beethoven , Brahms finally completed his First Symphony at the age of 43. It was hailed as a triumph and the remaining symphonies followed relatively easily. |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos 6 Pastoral & 2 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live / SACD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Haitink and the LSO are on course for a great modern Beethoven cycle. Much as he is one of my favourite conductors, I’d never really been a fan of Haitink’s Beethoven until now. It seems as though he has returned to and rethought the scores. His way... |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 1 / Tragic Overture London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Apr/2004 ] 'This was the LSO surpassing even themselves … inspired by the man on the podium, Bernard Haitink … this was an exceptional reinvention of the work.' The Times (UK), 24 May 2003 |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 4 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live / SACD - released 27/Feb/2005 ] "Contrasts were realised to the full without vagaries of tempo, and at the end, where Brahms finally breaks away from his bass line, the release of pent-up force came like an earthquake." - The Independent, 21 June 2004 - Hybrid SACD Compatible... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete Orchestral Music: Bolero, Rhapsodie espagnole, Daphnis et Chloe, etc London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Trio / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jun/2002 ] "These strikingly empathetic performances shouldn't be missed, and the sound is outstanding." (BBC Music Magazine) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Oct/1985 ] Original recordings recorded St. John's, Smith Square, London, 1984 |
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... |
