More By Artist: London O'Connor
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ARNOLD BAX
Symphony Nos. 2 & 5 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myer Fredman, Raymond Leppard, conductors [ Lyrita / CD - released 25/May/2008 ] "...classic accounts of the Second and Fifth symphonies, conducted by Myer Fredman and Raymond Leppard respectively" - Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Re-issue of the Month June 2008 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 6 in E minor / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (with works by Berg, Bax & Hadley) [recorded 1966-72] London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonic Orchestra & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ BBC Legends / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "…characteristically unforced, humane and, above all, honest readings of the Tallis Fantasia and Sixth Symphony… Boult aficionados will not want to miss this absorbing anthology." Gramophone Magazine, August 2009 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestrations by Sir Henry Wood (Incls Mussorgsky-Pictures at an exhibition) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "This well filled and well recorded disc deserves success. I hope that it will soon be followed by recordings of some of Sir Henry's other arrangements" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
ARNOLD COOKE
Symphony No. 1 / Concerto in D for string orchestra / Jabez and the Devil-Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "A great start to what must surely be a re-appraisal of Cooke’s orchestral music. An opportunity for the vast majority of listeners to discover this composer’s music for the first time" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
HOLST
Walt Whitman Overture / Suite de Ballet / Suite in E flat / A Hampshire Suite / A Moorside Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "A very welcome Holst release particularly given that this disc steers clear of the better-known and focuses the more obscure" (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 1 Op. 16 / Symphony No. 2 Op. 51 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductors) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "These are fine and handsomely recorded performances" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3 (with Bax - Tintagel) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Osmo Vänskä conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in thrilling live recordings of works by Bax and Rachmaninov, two composers renowned for their sweeping romanticism. As his tone poem unfolds, Bax's music evokes legendary images of Tintagel... |
PETER BOYER
Boyer: Symphony No 1 / Three Olympians / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Boyer [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2016 ] "Boyer certainly has an ear for melody and orchestration and this is a definite success....The playing and recording are first class and as is usual with Naxos there are excellent notes. More please." (MusicWeb) |
BRIDGE / IRELAND
Boult conducts Bridge & Ireland London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Immaculately turned Bridge and Ireland … fascinatingly partnered...The Ireland is given a full-blooded performance with a gripping sound typical of Boult's EMI recordings" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
ELGAR
In the South Concert Overture / Symphony No 1 (Rec 1949 & 1955) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Testament / CD - released 7/Dec/2001 ] Boult and Elgar are most indelibly linked |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Introduction & Allegro for strings / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Warner Classics British Composers / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] "(Symphony 1 is) a dedicated performance by one of the composer's finest interpreters and you'll hear some really great conducting in the other pieces, the Second Symphony above all." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
JOHN IRELAND
Tritons / The Forgotten Rite / Mai-Dun / A London Overture / The Overlanders Suite / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "The 1970s origins of many of Lyrita’s too long delayed CD revivals need hold no fears for any purchaser. The forty plus year old sound remains an object lesson taught by the analogue tradition to the digital era. Not the essential Ireland apart from... |
DVORAK
Symphonic Variations & Symphony No. 8 (recorded 1992) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Sir Charles Mackerras and the London Philharmonic Orchestra shared a musical heritage spanning 45 years and this live recording of Dvorák's Symphonic Variations and Symphony No. 8 from 1992 pays tribute to a partnership that exuded a joy and vivacity... |
JOHN McCABE
Concerto for Orchestra / The Chagall Windows (with Arnold - Philharmonic Concerto) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti & Bernard Haitink [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] The London Philharmonic Orchestra has enjoyed relationships with some of the most distinguished composers since it was founded in 1932. None were closer to the ensemble than Malcolm Arnold, who began his musical career from within its very ranks. A... |
RAWSTHORNE
Overture Street Corner / Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Symphonic Studies Malcolm Binns (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard / London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "It's not the only performance of course. You can find competing and newer recordings on Chandos and Naxos. All three are excellent and recommendable. But these performances are as fine as any and the Studies is a truly compelling... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Beckus the Dandipratt (Overture) / Symphony No. 6, Op. 95 / Philharmonic Concerto / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ LPO Live / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] "LPO Live have chosen well in selecting this concert for issue. I hope they have more Handley/Arnold material for issue as this is most impressive" (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DELIUS
Orchestral Works London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Serenade to Music was originally written for sixteen solo singers and orchestra, to celebrate Sir Henry Wood's fifty years as a conductor, and it was he who conducted the first performance of it at a Promenade Concert in the Queen's Hall in 1938. |
RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead / Symphonic Dances (Rec 2003/4) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live SACD / SACD - released 3/Jul/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "A very personal and expansive Isle of the Dead and a stolid set of Symphonic Dances that picks up momentum and temper only in the final panel" (MusicWeb June 2005) Surround Sound... |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'Jurowski conducted [Tchaikovsky's] heart-on-sleeve melodrama with total conviction. Jurowski obviously has a special relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and you... |
HOLST
The Planets, Op. 32 (recorded May 2009) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Brisk tempos and a brilliant, brassy sound distinguish this version of Holst's best-loved work...hats off to the energy and commitment of the LPO players." The Telegraph, 8th October 2010 *** |
