More By Artist: London O'Connor
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BRUCE BROUGHTON
Broughton: And on the Sixth Day / String Theory / Concerto for Horn and Orchestra Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) William VerMeulen (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham [ Naxos American Classics / CD - due 21/Jun/2024 ] Although Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film and television scores, over the past five decades he has composed scores for a diverse array of projects from film and TV to concert music and even theme parks. His work has been recognized... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Hauser II Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Global cello sensation HAUSER brings his artistry and passion to a new selection of classical music's greatest melodies with the release of his new album Classic II, a follow-up to the worldwide success of 2020's Classic. For the new album, which... |
AARON COPLAND
Copland Conducts Copland Henry Fonda (narrator) Benny Goodman, Isaac Stern / London Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra [ Sony Classical / 20 CD Box Set - released 12/Apr/2024 ] This boxset includes Aaron Copland's complete own recordings for Columbia Masterworks from 1935 to 1976 on 19 CDs plus recordings of two of his works by Leonard Bernstein on one additional CD. |
FELIX & FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn, (Felix & Fanny): Vom Himmel hoch, MWV A 22 / Gartenlieder, Op.3 / Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60, MWV D 3 Julia Doyle (soprano) Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Ashley Riches (baritone) / Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, David Temple [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "There's a wonderful breadth to the sound caught in St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb by the Chandos team. This new recording is surely the new benchmark." Gramophone |
MAURICE RAVEL / LENNOX BERKELEY / ADAM POUNDS
Ravel/Berkeley/Pounds: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "...perfect interpreters in Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, who luxuriate in Ravel's wondrous Le Tombeau de Couperin and make a persuasive case for Pounds's third symphony in this world premiere recording." Sunday Times |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI / GIACOMO FINETTI & OTHERS
Sacred treasures of Venice - Sacred motets from the Golden Age of Venetian polyphony The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole [ Hyperion / CD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] It's tempting to imagine that this is how the music might have sounded four centuries ago in the glorious surroundings of St Mark's. Certainly, any comparisons are unlikely to be to the disadvantage of these exceptional young singers. |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple, Hertfordshire Chorus, Osama Kiwan [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The Armed Man, composed by Sir Karl Jenkins, is one of the most popular classical pieces in the world. Until now there has been only one recording, made over 20 years ago of the full score version which requires a large orchestra. In order to make... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein London Symphony Orchestra,Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] From Director Bradley Cooper, Maestro is the towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between cultural icon Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro, at its core,... |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M57 Sinfonia of London Chorus & Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] This recording uses John Wilson's new performing edition of the work, a project which Wilson took on during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Total Eclipse - Handel at Home Vol 2 London Handel Players [ Somm Recordings / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] …"full of the most delicious music you could ask to hear, and the players give every indication of loving every note they play" was how one enthusiastic reviewer described the first volume of aria arrangements on SOMM, of "Handel at Home" (SOMMCD... |
Bing Crosby, London Symphony Orchestra
Bing At Christmas (Limited Clear & Silver Vinyl LP) [ Decca / LP - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Bing's voice and The London Symphony Orchestra breathe new life into the best Christmas songs in existence. The set includes the classics "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", "The Christmas Song", and "The Little Drummer Boy" with David... |
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. |
STEPHEN HOUGH
Mirabilis: The Music of Stephen Hough London Choral Sinfonia, James Orford (organ), Michael Waldron (conductor) [ Orchid Classics / CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Sir Stephen Hough combines a worldwide career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. ""My father said that I had memorised seventy nursery rhymes by the age of two. This sounds... |
RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Oklahoma! Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Rodney Earl Clarke, Louise Dearman, Jamie Parker / Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Chandos Records announce the release of the world première recording of the Complete Original Score of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London. |
PAUL CHIHARA
Chihara: Concerto-Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra Quynh Nguyen (piano) Rieko Aizawa (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Barlow [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Recipient of numerous notable awards and commissions, Paul Chihara is renowned for his film and television scores as well as for an extensive catalogue of orchestral, choral and chamber works. Composed for and in close collaboration with... |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Scenes from Shelley''s ''Prometheus Unbound'' / Blest Pair of Sirens Sarah Fox (soparno) Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo) David Butt Philip (tenor) Neal Davies (baritone) / Crouch End Fesitval Chorus, London Mozart Players [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Hubert Parry regarded by many as the finest English composer since Purcell, and as the father of the modern English tradition, is best known for his hymn Jerusalem and his anthem I was glad, written for the coronation of Edward VII, in 1902. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Rheingold (LP) George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Set Svanholm, Waldemar Kmentt / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 3 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized. |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol.1 Adam Walker (flute) / Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chando SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] The Grammy-Award-winning Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956) is without doubt one of American music's leading orchestral composers. His orchestral output has grown and developed to encompass a wide range of genres, from overtures and tone poems to suites and... |
CARLOS CHAVEZ
Carlos Chávez - The Complete Columbia Album Collection Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De México, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Carlos Chávez [ Sony Classical / 7 CD Box Set - released 7/Jul/2023 ] 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: when his first symphony... |
AIRAT ICHMOURATOV
Ichmouratov: Viola Concerto No.1 / Piano Concerto Elvira Misbakhova (viola) Jean-Philippe Sylvestre (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Peacock [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] The Volga-Tatar-born Canadian composer and conductor Airat Ichmouratov conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in this recording of two of his major works, in Chandos' third album devoted to the works of this outstanding composer. |
