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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound." BBC Music |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations / Serenade For Strings London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] An original Philips album of two light-orchestral masterpieces by Dvorak, with the Serenade for Strings receiving a first international reissue on CD. |
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." |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No 1 London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis (conductor) [ LSO Live / SACD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "A scorching performace from Sir Colin casts new light on Walton. Only one question everyone will be asking here - is it as good as Previn's? Different, but no less exciting. Davis again proves that he has lost none of his fire when it comes to the... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "All in all, a superb issue of the symphony." Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation' / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Ruy Blas London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2014 ] "Like all of Gardiner's live cycles of the Mendelssohn symphonies at the Barbican, this one comes across with pace, clarity and flaming-eyed conviction" (Financial Times) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Spring Symphony / Sinfonia da Requiem / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Nov/2024 ] "Rattle's lift and continuity are utterly bracing, and the LSO acquit themselves with tremendous character." BBC Music Five Stars |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 / Stabat Mater Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Aug/2013 ] For decades Szymanowski's music was rarely heard outside Poland. Today, he is recognised as one of Poland's greatest musical figures. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Symphony 1 / Essays Nos.1 & 2 / Night Flight/ Music from Scene from Shelley/ Knoxville (Summer of 1915) London Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Molly McGurk (soprano), David Measham (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "Measham proves a splendid advocate of the Symphony, securing a passionately committed performance… The Essays for Orchestra are also very well played, as is the hauntingly evocative movement Night Flight" © Penguin Guide 3 stars |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY / FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Tempest / Liszt: Symphonic Poem No.1 London Symphony Orchestra, Yondani Butt [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1987 ] Yondani Chak Cheung Butt (January 13, 1945 - August 28, 2014) was an orchestral conductor. He was born in Macao of Chinese parentage. He studied music at Indiana University and the University of Michigan. He also had a PhD in chemistry, on which... |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Berkeley Conducts Berkeley: Mont Juic / Serenade / Divertimenti / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Lennox Berkeley, with Roger Winfield (oboe) [ Lyrita / CD ] "Berkeley was typical of the English composers whom Lyrita championed in the 1970s, and this beautifully planned collection introduces some of the most elegant and enjoyable music that he ever wrote...The recording, from the early 1970s, is first... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTALE: Howells: Stabat Mater Neill Archer (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Aug/1994 ] |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies 1 & 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergie [ LSO Live / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "Being a natural inheritor of Scriabinesque exoticism, Szymanowski is bound to bring out the best in Scriabin's most imaginative interpreters, which is why Valery Gergiev proves such a convincing interpreter of both works." Gramophone |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler" / Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber / Symphony "Mathis der Maler" David Oistrakh (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Eloquence / CD ] Recordings made in 1963 & 1969 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt / Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 16/Jun/1987 ] Most of Mahler's vocal output was inspired by "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (The Boy's Magic Horn), an early 19th-Century anthology of folk poems from all over German-speaking Europe. The "Wunderhorn" had earlier inspired Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann.... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "All in all, an outstanding release, and a rewarding celebration of this wonderful composer's art." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2020 |
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) |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Violin Concerto / Children's Suite Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/1995 ] ..a 'rarity to treasure' (The Penguin Guide) |
