More By Artist: London O'Connor
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963) Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / London Symphony & chorus, Benjamin Britten, with Simon Preston [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951 - present). "This superb recording, definitive in so many ways, speaks to us as powerfully today as it ever did" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Sept 2006) |
DVORAK
Piano Quartets Gary Pomeroy (violin), London Bridge Trio [ Champs Hill / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] The London Bridge Trio - Daniel Tong (piano), Kate Gould (cello) and Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) - made their Wigmore Hall debut in 2005 and perform widely around the UK, programming composer-led themes. Their first recording was of the music of... |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos / Sonate-Ballade Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Geoffrey Tozer's substantial recorded survey of Medtner's music has helped generate new interest in the composer. Two discs for the price of one. |
BAX / ELGAR / GERMAN / MacKENZIE / WALTON / etc
The Crown Imperial: Marches for 20th Century British Coronations London Symphonic Concert Band, Tom Higgins [ Somm / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "This is an interesting and imaginative concept, a mix of celebrated and little known and/or forgotten pieces composed for 20th century coronations. The mix shows commendable variety too in that the ear does not tire from an overindulgence of pomp. A |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (with Liszt: Liszt: Piano Works) George Li (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/2019 ] George Li gained international attention in 2015 when he won the silver medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Now he has recorded one of Tchaikovsky's greatest and best-loved works, the Piano Concerto No 1 with the London... |
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Offenbach,
Große Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: George London - Berühmte Opernszenen George London, Astrid Varnay, Valérie Bak, SOBR, Kraus, Moralt, Weigert [ ORFEO / CD - released 9/Mar/2000 ] |
VARIOUS
Spirituals George London (bass-baritone) / Singgemeinschaft Rudolf Lamy / Members of the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Radio Rhythm Section [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] The sensation of the first batch of Spotlights: a previously unreleased LP of the great bass-baritone George London singing Spirituals to amazing effect! |
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Franz Schu
Lieder nach Heinrich Heine aus "Schwanengesang", Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte, Lieder und Tänze des Todes, Cinq chan George London Erik Werba, Paul Ulanowsky, Piano [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Sep/2009 ] |
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NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Two Concertos George Zacharias (violin), Alexandros Koustas (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "The fact that Nikos Skalkottas was one of Schoenberg's elite composition students obscures the fact that he began his career as a violinist of concert-artist level. The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality. The... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera recorded in 2012] Glyndebourne Opera / Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Gerald Finley's pivotal Sachs relish[es] this intensely verbal role with a Lieder-singer's skill and beauty...Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, July 2011) BLU-RAY Gerald Finley, Anna Gabler, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Marco Jentzsch, Topi Lehtipuu / London Philharmonic Orchestra, VladimirJurowski, David McVicar [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "Jurowski completes the ensemble with a beautiful account, unfolding the story with pace and details...Together they make the immense performance the most uplifting performance I can recall" (Five Stars BBC Music - DVD/Blu-ray Choice - December 2012) |
TRADITIONAL
A Royal Songbook: Spanish music from the time of Columbus Geraldine McGreevy (sop) Jacob Heringman (Vihuela, lute & guitar) / Musica Antiqua of London / Philip Thorby [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "[If] anyone has missed out on this repertory, then no doubt they can and will acquire a taste for ir listening to this super-budget CD." Gramophone, September 1996 |
THEA MUSGRAVE
Concerto for Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto / Horn Concerto / Monologue / Excursions Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Thea Musgrave, Malcolm Williamson (pianos) / London Symphony / Scottish National / Alexander Gibson, [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Like many composers of her generation in Britain - the generation that first began to attract notice in the middle 1950s - Thea Musgrave came of age musically in that 'rite of passage' which involved acknowledging the primary importance of Bartók and... |
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) |
BRAHMS / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / RAVEL / LISZT / etc
Gina Bachauer - The Mercury Masters Gina Bachauer (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski / London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 7 CD Box Set - released 28/Jul/2022 ] Seven classic Mercury Living Presence albums, newly remastered and compiled for the first time to celebrate the legacy of Greek pianist Gina Bachauer, who thrilled audiences and challenged stereotypes wherever she went. LIMITED EDITION. |
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) |
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 |
