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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 / Pohjola's Daughter / Karelia Suite / etc Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins, Thomas Jansen [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "I think the star performance is that of the Sixth Symphony - so elusive, so easy to ruin by over-interpreting. I was fascinated by what seemed like a hint of Russian flavouring in the string chants of the coda - well why not?" (Gramophone) |
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KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian (incls Violin Concerto & Spartacus [excerpts]) David Oistrakh (violin) Mindru Katz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / etc [ EMI 20th Century Classics / Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Another valuable EMI reissue is a 2-disk set of works of Aram Khachaturian many with the composer on the podium. The major work is the violin concerto played by David Oistrakh who collaborated with the composer in writing the work. One might... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (Rec 1960/61) David Oistrakh (violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ BBC Legends / CD - released 7/Jan/2004 ] "The big tone, the generous gestures, the energy and the poetry, all are here, plus an extra shot of 'live' adrenalin" Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD / YORK BOWEN / RUTH GIPPS / GILBERT VINTER
British Horn Concertos David Pyatt (horn) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "For sheer listening pleasure this is one of the best discs to have come my way for a long time" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
ALUN HODDINOTT / FRANK BRIDGE / E.J. MOREAN / ALAN RAWSTHORNE / etc
British Piano Concertos David Wilde, Philip Fowke, Malcolm Binns, Howard Shelley, Peter Wallfisch (piano) / London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, etc [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2015 ] "A set of 'British Piano Concertos' compiled from the Lyrita catalogue is a very tempting proposition…[the] sound is consistently excellent, the notes are informative and at a budget price, it's an extremely attractive way of acquiring a lot of... |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Piano Concerto in B flat / Concerto for Two Pianos David Wilde (piano) / New Philharmonia / Nicholas Braithwaite / Garth Beckett & Boyd McDonald (pianos) / London Philharmonic / Norman Del Mar [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "The recording is superb. The performance seems to me to bring out the best of the music...although these pieces may not be for those of you unfamiliar as yet with Lennox Berkeley, for those of you looking to add these pieces to your library then do... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This reissue is a moving experience in itself, and not only for returning to the catalogue a superlative recording of Brahms's masterpiece, not the best known at the time of its release in 1991, but also for the exceptional soloists, majestically... |
GORECKI
Symphony No 4 "Tansman Episodes" Op 85 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko [ Nonesuch / CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] "Under Andrey Boreyko's sober control the LPO negotiates these contrasts with aplomb." (BBC Music) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Cloud Messenger / The Hymn of Jesus / Seven Part-songs / Ode to Death / etc Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) Patricia Rozario (soprano) Finzi Singers / London Symphony Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] All the best of Holst's choral works on a beautiful double CD |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / GIORDANO / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI / etc
More Favourite Tenor Arias Dennis O'neill (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] This is the second recital disc from Dennis O'Neill, one of Britain's finest tenors.The first recital received great critical acclaim. |
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Schubert,
Symphonie No. 3 D-Dur, Symphonie No. 1, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Opern- und Konzertarien Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; London Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete Oratorio) Helen Donath, Anna Reynolds, Stuart Burrows, Donald McIntyre, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ] Recorded: 1972-11-07 Recording Venue: Brent Town Hall, Wembley, London |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / New England Idyls Donna Amato (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "[Piano Concerto No.2 is] fresh and tuneful, redolent of Mendelssohn and Saint-Saëns. Donna Amato's scintillating performance is entirely winning, and she is equally persuasive in the a minor Concerto. This music needs polish and elegance as well as... |
BRAHMS
Brahms: Serenades 1 & 2 / Overtures, Haydn Variations Dresdner Philharmonie, Heinz Bongartz / London Symphony Orchestra, Rafaël Frühbeck de Burgos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "I was in a perfectly blissful mood. I have seldom written music with such delight." Thus Brahms, notorious curmudgeon, to his friend Joseph Joachim, while engaged in his standard practice of arranging larger works - in this case the Second Serenade... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Henry VIII and his Six Wives The Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow [ Testament / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] David Munrow (August 12, 1942 - May 15, 1976) was a musician and early music historian. He was the son of Albert Munrow, a Birmingham University lecturer and physical education instructor who even wrote a book on the subject, and was so highly... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures & incidental music (with works by Haydn & Brahms) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard Van Beinum [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] A newly remastered collection of Decca and Philips recordings made by the under-rated Dutch conductor in Austro-German classics including a little-known account of Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. The ballet music which Beethoven wrote to... |
MOZART / HAYDN
Complete Concerto Recordings (1933-1947) Edwin Fischer (piano) with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ APR / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "...you will hear a delectably light-fingered virtuosity...combined with a poetic commitment rare in today's chaotic musical marketplace...APR's transfers are admirable and all three discs are a mine of musical instruction and delight." (Gramophone) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Ekaterina Sergeeva (mezzo-soprano) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] "there's a great sense of freedom in this music that Gergiev manages to create ... Gergiev's volatility really works in this Scriabin." CDReview |
HANDEL / SCARLATTI / PREDIERI / CALDARA / STRADELLA / FUX
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 3 Eklund, Niklas (trumpet) London Baroque, Charles Medlam with Susanne Ryden (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] The third in the Baroque trumpet series from Naxos |
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Symphonies 2 & 3 / Coursing / Ophelia Dances / Trumpets Elaine Barry / Linda Hirst / Nash Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen [ NMC Records / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Two of Knussen's major works of the 1970s - Symphony No.2, a song cycle on texts of Georg Trakl and Sylvia Plath, and Symphony No. 3, a symphonic poem about Shakespeare's Ophelia - are coupled with Coursing, Ophelia Dances and other works. |
