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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... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / DOHNÁNYI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MAHLER
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 3 - 19th & 20th Century Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Katchen, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The third volume of Boult's complete Decca recordings features Boult the insightful accompanist and inspired Russian interpreter, featuring many long-unavailable and newly remastered Decca recordings. LIMITED EDITION. |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphony Nos. 1 & 4 London Philharmonic Orchestra / William Alwyn (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "[Symphony No.4] a remarkably diverse and well-argued symphony, bursting with lyrical ideas and melodic in the way traditional music is communicative, without being old-fashioned. [Symphony No.1] is a work teeming with ideas, and quite often reminds... |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B flat for 13 Wind Instruments K.361 London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble [ EMI Eminence / CD - released 5/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in St Barnabas Church,London - August 1984 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Symphony No.1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn / Tragic Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Oct/1991 ] "Sawallisch's is taut and thrilling, lean and powerful" (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 / Othello Overture London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin [ LPO / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "In these live performances, the melodies sing, the music-making is unexaggerated, the spirit is joyous" Financial Times |
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London Philharmonic/Tennstedt
Haydn: The Creation [ Lpo / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] |
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London Po & Choir/Tennstedt
Mahler: Symphony 2 [ Lpo / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No.4 / En Saga / The Bard / etc (1935-1939) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] "The merits of these classic recording are too well known to require further exegesis. The transfer by Mark Obert-Thorn are very good indeed (though so were the earlier, HMV issues by Anthony Griffith) and be confidently recommended." Penguin Guide |
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London Po/Nezet-Seguin
Brahms: A German Requiem [ Lpo / CD - released 5/Apr/2010 ] |
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London Posse
Gangster Chronicles [ Tru Thoughts / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] The London Posse introduced is to UK MC Rodney P, and their self titled album changed the UK rap game forever. Tru Thoughts release 'Gangster Chronicles: The Definitive Collection', the London Posse's seminal 1990 LP "Gangster Chronicle"... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (1928, 1938) London Select Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] "Classic and mostly pioneering recordings of Delius by his finest ever interpreter, Sir Thomas Beecham." - Classic FM (Robert Layton), August, 2000 |
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Melencolia 1 for clarinet and orchestra / Ritual Fragment / Meridian Antony Pay (clarinet) / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen [ NMC / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Needless to say, the performances, as one would expect from Oliver Knussen and the London Sinfonietta, are exemplary... no one should hesitate before acquiring this indispensable disc." Tempo 1993 |
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MOZART / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / WEILL / LIGETI / SCHOENBERG / etc
Vienna - From Mozart to Schoenberg London Sinfonietta, David Atherton, with Aurele Nicolet (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Anthony Pay (Clarinet), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), etc [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2025 ] "David Atherton and his admirable singers and players deal with the music most sympathetically… The playing has all the artistry one expects from members of the Sinfonietta." Gramophone, June 1980 (Schubert: Sacred Works) |
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Birtwistle: Secret Theatre / Silbury Air / Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum London Sinfonietta / Elgar Howarth (conductor) [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Secret Theatre" is a haunting, atmospheric, sometimes violent and frenzied, sometimes frankly chirpy piece that is one of Birtwistle's most arresting and memorable works - a half-hour long exploration of conflict and cooperation built upon long... |