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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op.68 / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2005 ] "Newcomers to the work will do well to start here, old hands are advised to avoid any temptation to yawn and get listening - this is indeed 'top-notch'." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op.68 / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Apr/2005 ] "Newcomers to the work will do well to start here, old hands are advised to avoid any temptation to yawn and get listening - this is indeed 'top-notch'." (MusicWeb Feb 2005) Hybrid/SACD - playable on all CD players |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 (orch. Breiner) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] The fourth and final release in the major new Naxos cycle of Brahms Symphonies featuring the London Philharmonic and Marin Alsop presents the Symphony No. 4, which won immediate success at the time of its 1885 première and was praised by the critic... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 / Hungarian Dances London Philharmonic Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "Alsop's Brahms cycle is one that should go alongside the great cycles of Solti, Szell and von Karajan as exemplary readings." (MusicWeb) |
PETER BOYER
Boyer: Symphony No 1 / Three Olympians / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Boyer [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2016 ] "Boyer certainly has an ear for melody and orchestration and this is a definite success....The playing and recording are first class and as is usual with Naxos there are excellent notes. More please." (MusicWeb) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No.4 / En Saga / The Bard / etc (1935-1939) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "The merits of these classic recording are too well known to require further exegesis. The transfer by Mark Obert-Thorn are very good indeed (though so were the earlier, HMV issues by Anthony Griffith) and be confidently recommended." Penguin Guide |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (1928, 1938) London Select Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] "Classic and mostly pioneering recordings of Delius by his finest ever interpreter, Sir Thomas Beecham." - Classic FM (Robert Layton), August, 2000 |
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London Symphony Brass/Crees
Gabrieli:music For Brass 1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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) |
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 **** |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals / Variaciones Concertantes London Symphony Orchestra / Israel Chamber Orchestra / Gisele Ben-Dor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Alberto Ginastera's dazzling Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, heard here in both its original version for string quintet and string orchestra and its later fully-orchestrated version, pays tribute to his close friend, the legendary cellist (and... |
MAHLER
Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / James DePriest [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a work of huge emotional and structural range, was his first purely orchestral work since the First Symphony of 1888 (Naxos 8.550522), and his first orchestral work to dispense with both the human voice and overtly... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Popul Vuh (The Mayan Creation) London Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gisèle Ben-Dor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] For the five works on this disc, Ginastera drew upon Argentine and other Meso- and South American subjects. . |
JACK GALLAGHER
Diversions Overture / Berceuse / Sinfonietta / Symphony in One Movement - Threnody London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Jack Gallagher's Symphony in One Movement: Threnody has been acclaimed by In Tune magazine as 'enormously inventing' and by Österreichische Musikzeitschrift as 'a one-movement symphony of great colourfulness'. The warm, lyrical Berceuse was... |
KENNETH FUCHS
Kenneth Fuchs: Atlantic Riband & American Rhapsody London Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Fuchs is not an original figure: he's affably conventional and undemanding...nothing is over-extended and the performances are hand-in-glove with the composer." |
JACK GALLAGHER
Symphony No. 2 'Ascendant' & Quiet Reflections London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2014 ] Jack Gallagher continues his association with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta with Symphony No. 2 'Ascendant,' a robust, colourful work of dramatic contrasts and expansive architecture that seeks to express the aspirations... |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (Brahms - Symphony No. 1) London Symphony Orchestra / Jonathon Pasternack [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] Béla Bartók's pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin was banned after its first performance in 1926, but the composer's orchestral suite quickly became a popular concert work, appreciated for its energetic rhythms and daring harmonies. |
EL-KHOURY
New York, Tears and Hope / The Rivers Engulfed London Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (Conductor) / Daniel Harding (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] "I know that the composer was grateful for and proud, pleased, and excited by the meticulous performances his music received here. He was present at the recordings and you can be sure that what you hear is what he intended and that the performers... |
PETER BOYER
Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Boyer [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] This album presents eight of the most recent works by Peter Boyer, one of the leading American orchestral composers of his generation. Balance of Power was commissioned for the 95th birthday of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. |
STRAVINSKY
Apollo / Agon / Orpheus (Complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra / Robert Craft, conductor [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] "It's probably Craft's generally fast tempos that mean all three ballets can be accommodated generously on this single disc. Things never get out of hand, but if you are used to more relaxed readings, be prepared." -- MusicWeb International, June 2005 |
