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HEROLD / BOIELDIEU / ADAM / OFFENBACH
French Opera Overtures (Including Zampa, Orpheus in the Underworld & La Belle Helene) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Martinon [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] 'Jean Martinon ... whips the orchestra into shape with the sheer energy of his conducting. All of these performances will set your pulse racing and toes tapping, from the élan of Hérold's Zampa to an absolutely wild account of the "can-can" finale to... |
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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 |
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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 –... |
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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 *** |
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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 |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Orchestral Works (Incls Nutcracker Suite & Serenade for Strings) London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski [ Philips Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] If you think you know these pieces, then listen again! Stokowski, the magician, sprinkles star-dust over the Nutcracker and gives the orchestra a jolly old workout in a couple of places. The Serenade has been considered one of the best ever recorded... |
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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 |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 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 |
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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... |
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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) |
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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 |
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FRANK MARTIN
Symphonie / Symphonie Concertante / Passacaglia London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Penguin Guide: Rosette Winner |
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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) |
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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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HERRMANN / BAX / BLISS / SHOSTAKOVICH / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Cinema Spectacular [incls 'Psycho', 'Things to Come' & 'Richard III Suite'] London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "Spellbinding … a firm favourite … performed with breathtaking precision by the LPO, and both they and the music come across with a thrilling and vivid immediacy" (Gramophone on the Herrmann) |
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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 |