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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 8 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jul/2005 ] 'the most overwhelming performance; could musical expression possibly go further?' DISC OF THE MONTH BBC Music Magazine |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (1951 - present) - Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month (Sept 2002) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 11 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live SACD / SACD - released 12/Dec/2004 ] 'RECORD OF THE MONTH and EDITOR'S CHOICE Gramophone - Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high denstity stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 5 London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich-conductor [ LSO Live / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 'a Rostropovich performance is impossible to experience in the abstract. The Fifth Symphony breathed out a sense of moral struggle' The Times, 9 July 2004 |
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BRAHMS
21 Hungarian Dances London Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'Järvi has captured the feel of the music - more Gypsy than Hungarian - very well… If you missed this one the first time around , grab it now. At its new medium price, it's hard to go wrong. Good notes and attractive packaging complete the... |
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CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Complete) London Symphony Orchestra, Ole Schmidt [ ALTO / CD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2013 ] |
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PETER BOYER
Boyer: Balance of Power - Orchestral Works London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Boyer [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] This album presents eight of the most recent works by Peter Boyer, one of the leading American orchestral composers of his generation. Balance of Power was commissioned for the 95th birthday of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. |
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RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 in A minor / Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] These recordings of late works by Rachmaninov, newly combined on one disc, are still regarded by many as top choices for the repertoire. |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / Petrushka (Ballets) London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos |
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GREGORY FRITZE
Fritze: Overtures and Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Sanz-Espert [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Prize-winning composer Gregory Fritze has written over a hundred compositions for a variety of forces, and is also a greatly admired teacher. The four works on this album share programmatic perspectives. The city of London is evoked in a celebratory... |
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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Alto / CD - released 15/Apr/2017 ] "brilliantly recorded CD..ravishing climaxes" |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 2 'London' [Original Version] (with Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow) London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] 'Hickox and the LSO respond with an unquenchable spirit, generous flexibility and tender affection that suit VW's admirably ambitious inspiration to a T, and Chandos' sound is big and bold to match. Quite simply, an essential purchase for anyone... |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 'London' [Original Version] (with Butterworth-The Banks of Green Willow) London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER, Orchestral and Recording of the Year |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound." BBC Music |
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STRAVINSKY
Apollo / Agon / Orpheus (Complete ballets) London Symphony Orchestra / Robert Craft, conductor [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] "It's probably Craft's generally fast tempos that mean all three ballets can be accommodated generously on this single disc. Things never get out of hand, but if you are used to more relaxed readings, be prepared." -- MusicWeb International, June 2005 |
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ALUN HODDINOTT
Symphony No.2 / Symphony No.3 / Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar / David Atherton / Andrew Davis [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue of three demonstrations of that fact is welcome. … these symphonies are more than ‘resourceful’, more than examples of formal... |
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ALEXEY SHOR
Shor: Images from the Great Siege Verdiana (London Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan) London Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] One of the pivotal and bloodiest battles of 16th-century Europe, the four-month siege of Malta by an Ottoman armada of some 200 ships, from which the local population led by the Knights of Malta emerged victorious, was an extraordinary episode of... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations / Serenade For Strings London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] An original Philips album of two light-orchestral masterpieces by Dvorak, with the Serenade for Strings receiving a first international reissue on CD. |
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London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Colin Davis
Elgar-Symphony No 3 (Sketches elaborated by Anthony Payne) [ LSO Live / CD - released 25/Jul/2002 ] Recorded live at the Barbican Centre on 13-14 December 2001 |
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ELGAR
Enigma Variations London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Davis is marvellous at bringing out the subtleties of Elgar's orchestration." BBC Music |