More By Artist: London O'Connor
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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) |
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BRAHMS
Symphonies 1 & 3 [recorded live in 1992 & 1983] London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine - Re-issue of the Month - February 2013 |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] ‘Tennstedt is – and on this occasion proved once again in the most exalted and enthralling fashion – one of the few great conductors of the day. When the great climaxes arrive – and how magnificently the LPO (particularly the brass) achieve them –... |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2010 ] "…Tennstedt goes for the jugular, accentuating the theatricality of Mahler's musical language." BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 *** |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.1 in F minor / Symphony No.5 in D minor (Rec 2004) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Masur [ LPO Live SACD / SACD - released 3/Jul/2005 ] Shostakovich's Symphonies 1 and 5 stand as milestones in what is probably the most important symphonic canon of the 20th century. - Surround Sound 4.0/Stereo |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: English & Irish Dances, Scottish & Chamber Dances and Sarabande & Polka London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Arnold (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "one after another these little jewels first grab and then delight the ear with their brilliant pastiche of folk melodies. … this is a wonderful box of delights" Edward Greenfield, Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphony No.4 Op.71 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Malcolm Arnold (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Those familiar with [Lyrita’s] famous LP’s of British music, made in the 1960s and 1970s will not be surprised to be told that this CD with Arnold’s Fourth Symphony offers sound of demonstration quality. It has all the ambient naturalness that made... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op.68 / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2005 ] "Newcomers to the work will do well to start here, old hands are advised to avoid any temptation to yawn and get listening - this is indeed 'top-notch'." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op.68 / Tragic Overture / Academic Festival Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Apr/2005 ] "Newcomers to the work will do well to start here, old hands are advised to avoid any temptation to yawn and get listening - this is indeed 'top-notch'." (MusicWeb Feb 2005) Hybrid/SACD - playable on all CD players |
