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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) |
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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 ] |
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HINDEMITH
Symphony In E Flat London Philharmonic Orchestra. / Sir Adrian Boult [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The performance and sonics are without criticism." (Four Stars AudAud.com) |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6 œPastoral (Rec 1977) (with Mozart - Symphony No. 41 œJupiter) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Medici Masters / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] These stereo recordings have been licensed from EMI. They have never been issued on CD before and have been re-mastered from the original EMI stereo master tapes. |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance Marches / Imperial March (with works by Holst, Bax & Walton) [recorded 1953] London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Brilliant Classics Retrospective / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Throughout his life, Sir Malcolm Sargent was a passionate advocate of contemporary English music and he conducted a whole range of important first performances, including At the Boar's Head (1925) by Gustav Holst, Hugh the Drover (1924) Sir John in... |
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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) |
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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. |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 *** |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Petrushka / Symphonies of Wind Instruments / Orpheus London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO / CD - released 19/Jul/2018 ] This recording features one of today's most sought-after conductors, Vladimir Jurowski, who was appointed Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007, with many of his recordings on the LPO Label being chosen for special mentions... |
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BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "...Jurowski's approach to Brahms makes exceptional sense. Instead of the familiar cultivation of rich, fat sound as a goal in itself, we have a Brahms that moves fluidly and sings in long lines." Recording of the Month BBC Music Magazine, June 2010... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 [recorded live in 2008] London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] "Jurowski steers a marvellously lithe and clear-sighted course through this youthful canvas, with springy bass-lines, luminous textures and bracing contrapuntal vigour." (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 [recorded live in 2011] London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "both these performances exemplify what makes Jurowski's approach to Tchaikovsky so special. The tension between the classical and the romantic is at the heart of things" (Disc of the Month Gramophone) |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski & Ryan Wigglesworth [ LPO Live / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Recorded live at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London, on 24 September 2008 (Symphony No. 8) and 1 May 2013 (Symphony No. 4). Vaughan Williams was one of the 20th century's most important symphonic voices. He composed in almost every... |