More By Artist: London O'Connor
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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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
brahms: Symphony No. 4 / Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4-9 (orch. Breiner) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] The fourth and final release in the major new Naxos cycle of Brahms Symphonies featuring the London Philharmonic and Marin Alsop presents the Symphony No. 4, which won immediate success at the time of its 1885 première and was praised by the critic... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 / Hungarian Dances London Philharmonic Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] "Alsop's Brahms cycle is one that should go alongside the great cycles of Solti, Szell and von Karajan as exemplary readings." (MusicWeb) |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Complete Symphonies (Nos 1- 5) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "Bamert proves a masterly interpreter and takes us convincingly through the symphonic terrain of a highly influential composer....The sound is rich and full to match the outstanding playing" Penguin Guide |
FRANK MARTIN
Symphonie / Symphonie Concertante / Passacaglia London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Penguin Guide: Rosette Winner |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony (with Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 11/Aug/2017 ] " Instead of trying to barrel through the movement with sheer momentum, Rostropovich gives it space, letting every section make a strong, declamatory impact, which starts to make all "normal" renditions of the movement facile." (MusicWeb on Manfred) |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphonies Nos. 6 & 16 (with Arnold Cooke-Symphony No. 3) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myer Fredman / Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] "The notes for the Havergal Brian works are splendid as is to be expected from Calum Macdonald...Three intrinsically pleasing tonal-melodic symphonies of real creative fibre." (Recording of the month MusicWeb March 2008) |
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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BRUCKNER / REGER
Symphony No. 8 / Variations And Fugue On A Theme Of Beethoven London Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] |
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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 |
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BAX / HOLST
Orchestral Works London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Feb/2012 ] |
