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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la fee [Divertimento] / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Octet London Sinfonietta, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 12/Sep/1986 ] Featuring Anthony Pay on the clarinet |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/1987 ] "Now reissued at bargain price this must be now be one of the best bargains in town, although it must be emphasized that this remains a very strong contender even if it remained at full price." (Prokofiev official website) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 12/Aug/2016 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Sleeping Beauty) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone on Sleeping Beauty) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "this performance from last year with the London Symphony Orchestra on stupendous form seems to mark a pitch of understanding and communication which it wouldn't be possible to surpass. There are several performances of this work that I take as doi |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams:Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / 6 Hybrid SACD - released 27/May/2022 ] 'Impeccable playing' The Times |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Symphony No.4 in A major 'Italian' London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Originals / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'Abbado's outstanding Scottish Symphony is beautifully played and the LSO responds to his direction with the greatest delicacy of feeling, while the Italian Symphony has a comparable lightness of touch, matched with lyrical warmth' Penguin Guide |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 / Marche Slave London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ IMP Classics / CD - released 13/Dec/2005 ] "A first-class ...recording of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony...a very striking performance, Russian in feeling yet ..never going over the top." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] "Noseda's broad, intense unfolding of the opening adagio builds up to a shattering climax, while the lighter succeeding moments drip with the composer's anti-militaristic parody and bitter sarcasm.." Sunday Times |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / WEBER
Mozart / Schubert: Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Walter Susskind, Antal Dorati [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] 'Like most of the great European conductors,' wrote the critic Harold C. Schonberg, '[Schmidt-Isserstedt] has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music.' |
ANTONIN DVORAK / JULES MASSENET
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet music) with Meyerbeer's 'Les Patineurs' London Symphony Orchestra / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean Martinon [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "In Martinon's hands, Massenet's tunes fizz and effervesce like the best champagne." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Laura Claycomb (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] "pacing is almost always emotionally precise, and sonorities rounded and well-judged" BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 *** |
RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil (Vespers) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] In their first LSO Live spotlight release, the London Symphony Chorus deliver a passionate performance of Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil, under the baton of acclaimed LSO Choral Director, Simon Halsey. Formed in 1966 to complement the work of the... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
Josef Krips: Memories of Vienna London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips, with Hilde Gueden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Newly remastered from the original tapes and in the case of two works these hellac discs this compilation presents recordings made in London and Vienna by a conductor born and bred to the rhythms of the Strauss family. |
JEROME MOROSS
Moross: Symphony No 1 / Last Judgement / Variations on a Waltz for Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Alto / CD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] 'Dominating my Critics' Choice for 1993 are Koch 's outstanding discs of concert works by esteemed film composers … Although the disc of Moross world premieres is especially exciting, both are distinguished not only by superb sound but also by... |
ZOLTAN KODALY / BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok/Kodaly: Concertos For Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck De Burgos [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2010 ] These are excellent performances from the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the great Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. |
MASSENET / MEYERBEER / ADAM / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ballet Gala: Le Cid, Hamlet & Les Patineurs London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] "the record enjoyably enough fills some gaps in the catalogue, and performance and recording are first class." (Gramophone) |
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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