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LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
Anais Nin / De Staat London Sinfonietta / Synergy Vocals / David Atherton [ Signum / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "De Staat remains one of Andriessen's supreme achievements, an epic rechannelling of Stravinskyan rhythmic energy into his own raw-edged minimalism. That, much more than the newer work, is the reason for buying this disc." (Guardian) |
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London Sinfonietta/Wolff
Delerue: Music From The Films [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Oct/2011 ] |
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London So/Falletta
Ranjbaran: Persian Trilogy [ Delos / CD ] |
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STEVE REICH
Sextet / Piano Phase / Eight Lines London Steve Reich Ensemble / Kevin Griffiths (conductor) [ CPO / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "This is a standout performance, due in some measure to the ringing clarity of the sound; more important is the superb musicianship of the performers-they clearly have this music in their blood." (Fanfare) |
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SCHUTZ / PURCELL / GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI / HASSLER / etc
Glad Tidings: A Baroque Christmas London String Players / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / Camden Wind Ensemble / Roger Norrington [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
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COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / COWELL / BARBER / IVES
American Brass! London Symphony Brass, Eric Crees [ Alto / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "The very best in brass playing, brass-arranging, and brass-recording. Players display every possible skill in the handling of the superlative arrangements by Eric Crees. Has a new masterpiece been born?" [Gramophone] |
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London Symphony Brass/Crees
Gabrieli:music For Brass 1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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GEORGE DYSON
Dyson: Symphony in G / Overture, At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City London Symphony Chorus / City of London Sinfonia / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'This is a very fine recording, beautifully set in the glowing acoustic of the Blackheath Hall.' - Gramophone on In Honour of the City and At the Tabard Inn |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Black Knight, Op.25 / Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, Op.27 London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe (complete ballet) / Bolero / Pavane pour une infante defunte London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Nov/2015 ] "Gergiev conjures up an intoxicatingly languorous soundworld for Daphnis, fully indulging its glittering palette of orchestral colours" Classic FM |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Adagio for Strings / Piano Concerto / Violin Concerto / 4 Choral Pieces Ittai Shapira (violin) Tedd Joselson (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenk [ Alto / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "Particularly beautifully captured, are the LSO's strings in the Adagio for Strings ... However, it is the Piano Concerto which is the main attraction, with superb playing by the soloist. His piano is nicely placed in a sensible relationship with the... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (plus works by Britten & Elgar) London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble, Roman Simovic [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Nov/2016 ] "The playing is outstanding, and the textures brim with life and, and, in a great performance of Britten's Frank Bridge Variations, which bounds off the page with spectacular characterisation, sheer energy." Herald Scotland |
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AARON COPLAND
Billy the Kid - Ballet Suite / Third Symphony London Symphony Orchestra / Aaron Copland [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The big attraction for audiophiles has long been the movement Gun Battle. The various tympani and bass drum put on quite a fire fight. The Third Symphony is full of that special American quality which Copland originated and has been copied by so... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet) London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 8/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "André Previn's new version is much the best there has ever been-the best played and the best recorded." (Gramophone) |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
The Best of Delius [Incls 'In a Summer Garden' & 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden'] London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Five substantial pieces of 'classic' Delius are brought together on this remarkable and heartfelt tribute to the English composer (who spent very little of his actual career in England!), Frederick Delius. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Collins's readings possess a red-blooded fervour and thrusting energy to which many will rightly respond" (Gramophone) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] "The opening bars of this Sixth, a cry of anguish that's also passionate bel canto song, promise the very best recording of the work." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Orchestral |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 3 / Leonore Overture No 2 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] 'the clarity is exemplary ...Haitink's performance has a magnificently strong forward flow to it ... The orchestral detail is excellent and enhances the subtlety of Haitink's phrasing' Classicalsource.com (UK), July 2006 |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] "Beethoven's majesty as a symphonist is by no means in need of special pleading, but Haitink's interpretations authoritatively underline the substance, strength and span of utterance that make these works so great" The Daily Telegraph |