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ALUN HODDINOTT
Clarinet Concerto / Harp Concerto / Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 2 Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Osian Ellis (harp) Philip Fowke, Martin Jones (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This recording of four concertos is a welcome addition to the other two fine Hoddinott CDs already in the Lyrita catalogue. The colourful music, performances and recording may be confidently recommended" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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JEAN CASSANEA DE MONDONVILLE
De Profundis / Venite exultemus Gillian Fisher, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe /Choir of the New College Oxford / London Baroque / Edward Higginbottom [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'This is a delightful bargain collection, given state-of-the-art sound' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust (Complete) Giuseppe Sabbatini; Enkelejda Shkosa; Michele Pertusi / London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - '[The] LSO Live series goes from strength to strength...outshines previous sets at whatever price' (Editor's Choice Gramophone) |
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JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 2, Partita / Fantasia / Violin Sonata / Winterreise Gonzalo Acosta (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "José Serebrier's conducting has been so triumphant that we tend to forget he is an equally distinguished composer" (The Times). Symphony No. 2, 'Partita', written at the age of 19 and premièred by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington with... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera) Gregory Kunde, Laura Claycomb, Darren Jeffery, Andrew Kennedy / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] 'Conductor and tenor are the joint heroes of this exhilarating release...Davis remains the supreme Berliozian of our day, brilliantly evoking the mercurial wit of the comic repartee...anyone who doesn't own this fabulous score should snap it... |
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VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1982) Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro / London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi (cond) [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] "This is a recording to have and to turn to, especially if the opera is, you feel, being taken for granted, becoming 'part of the furniture'." (Gramophone) |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 d-Moll op. 125 Gundula Janowitz, Grace Bumbry, Jess Thomas, George London, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler [ Orfeo / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] The well-known "classical" exception to the canon of ten Wagner works that can be performed on the Green Hill goes back to the master himself: it is of course Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The most famous recording of one of the rare Bayreuth... |
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HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in E major / Double Concerto Hagai Shaham (piano) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) with Hagai Shaham (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] 'Shelley… is outstanding in this music, synthesizing the classical and romantic elements perfectly.A natural Mozartian, he allies his poise and clarity to a fearless technique, and absorbs Hummels most ostentatious demands into the musical fabric,... |
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DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SULLIVAN / WALTON / BLISS / etc
Sir Charles Groves: British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ Warner Classics / 24 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "The wonderful aggregate of soloists and musical personnel remains first-class." AudAud Feb 2017 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SUK / DVORÁK
LCO Live: Vaughan Williams, Suk & Dvořák London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green (cond) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] This release by the London Chamber Orchestra marks the start of the build up to the orchestras 100th anniversary year. Featuring three sublime recordings of pieces for strings, this is a nod to the fact that the orchestra truly are one of the best in... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Harolyn Blackwell, Davis Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Andre Previn [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] 'A performance which emphasis the drama of the piece in high contrasts ... bitingly dramatic ... Altogether outstanding, fresh and revealing' Gramophone |
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Hausmusik London
Brahms: The Sextets [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
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Hausmusik London
Cherubini: Complete String Qts [ Cpo / 3 CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "The group's period-instrument sonority and basic approach will be familiar from earlier releases in this series: sparing use of vibrato (but liberal use of rubato), observance of all repeats in the outer movements, broad tempos and a clear, layered... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Heather Harper has at last recorded the 'role' she created-indeed it is her farewell to her many admirers as she has now retired. I heard her sing it in St Paul's not long ago and thought then that her peculiar accents, her inevitable shaping of so... |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / JEAN SIBELIUS
Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Wieniawski: Violin.Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Heifetz's first (mono) recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, made in 1937, as tremendous virtuosity and warmth. The sound is opaque by modern standards...this is a fine bargain." Penguin Guide |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Brahms: Double Concerto / Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Glazunov: Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz (violin) Emanuel Feuermann (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Bruch's Scottish Fantasy was always a favourite work with Heifetz…the passion and brilliance of the playing here are most compelling, with the songful Adagio section even more moving in its simpler, more flowing manner, hushed and dedicated" Penguin |