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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Box of Delights-British Light Music Gems London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Recorded in 1989 two of London’s leading orchestras perform a selection of very neglected light music classics. This collection borders on the very unusual with a feast that includes the suite ‘London Fields’ by Phyllis Tate, ‘Russian Scenes’ by... |
ELGAR / ARNOLD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SEARLE / HOLST / WALTON
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 1 - British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Adrian Boult / Melos Ensemble / Alfredo Campoli (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult's British music recordings for Decca. |
DVORAK / SMETANA
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / SMETANA: Moldau (Kleiber) (1927-1948) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Erich Kleiber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
ELGAR / BRITTEN
Introduction and Allegro; Enigma Variations / Our Hunting Fathers (Rec 1984/86) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LPO Live / CD - released 3/Jul/2005 ] "Life enhancing music-making. Essential supplementary listening for devotees of Elgar and Britten. Harper and Haitink add nitro-glycerine to Britten's early masterpiece." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "A welcome archive find: Haitink wows the Proms with great Shostakovich. His Shostakovich may not bite but it certainly lours, oppressive and thoughtful in equal measure. The cumulative effect is impressive indeed." (Gramophone Magazine Editor's... |
MAHLER
Symphony No.1 (with Strauss - Tod und Verklarung) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter [ Testament / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] In the winter of 1947 Bruno Walter returned to London to conduct some concerts with an orchestra that he had appeared with several times since the end of the War - the London Philharmonic. |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works Vol 9: The Truth About the Russian Dancers / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] 'Bax's orchestral virtuosity and pictorial skills were equal to anyone's in that era and his sumptuous palette of sounds is here done the classiest possible justice by Bryden Thomson and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.' Classic FM Magazine |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 5 (Includes Dance of Wild Irravel; Overture to a Picaresque Comedy & Christmas Eve) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] 'Nympholept… could hardly have better advocacy than on this desirable CD.' Which CD |
WALTON
The Quest (complete ballet) / The Wise Virgins: Suite from Ballet London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The ballet music of William Walton |
WALTON
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor / Varii Capricci London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The mighty second symphony in the complete chandos Walton edition |
WALTON
Symphony No 2 / Symphonic Suite: Troilus & Cressida London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -William Walton's Symphony No 2 |
ELGAR
Symphony 1 & 2 / The Sanguine Fan / Froissart London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] 'The playing of the LPO is beyond praise and the attention to the myriad details of the scores of both works will supply revelations to the most ardent Elgarians.' - Gramophone |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony [Symphony No 1] London Philharmonic orchestra & chorus. Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2012 ] "This is admirable for the conductor's musicality and an idiomatic solo soprano. The baritone is dry of timbre but never less than intelligent. Much warmer and more resonant that many rivals." [BBC Music Magazine] |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A major London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "One of the greatest strengths of the LPO is its low strings, and their clarity and sheer power provide an impressive foundation for this music. It's a great recording though, and worth every penny." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2010 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] Classic 1950s accounts of Mendelssohn the teenage genius, the masterly orchestral tone-painter and the deft theatre composer, recorded by Decca and now reissued in new remasterings. With three of Mendelssohn's most popular orchestral works, Eloquence... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Kurt Masur [ LPO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] The Symphonies on this disc, recorded live during his tenure as Principal Conductor (2000-07), are the fruits of Kurt Masur's 25-year relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. A preeminent interpreter of Beethoven, Masur conducted from... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninoff: The Isle of the Dead / Symphony No. 1 London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] "It's a soaring, big-boned work, overflowing with melody and characteristic Rachmaninov melancholy. If only the composer had lived to see how a partnership like Jurowski and the LPO, superbly prepared, can make this work blaze and sing." Observer |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / CHABRIER / RAVEL / etc
Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon - The Decca 78s London Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon, with Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] '[Kleiber] sets a norm, from the outset, of genuine, much-felt happiness … immensely wide dynamic range.' Gramophone, December 1951 (Kleiber: Beethoven 'Pastoral') |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets (LP) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Adrain Boult [ Warner Classics / LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] 'This magnificent performance of The Planets, recorded with an opulent realism, brings to a culmination Boult's supreme understanding of this work.' Gramophone |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral excerpts from the operas (Rec 1992) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / CD - released 3/Jul/2005 ] "Wagner to wallow in! The new LPO label finds the orchestra on top form" (Gramophone Magazine) |
