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RAVI SHANKAR
Shankar: Sitar Concerto (LP) Ravi Shankar (sitar), London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Warner Classics / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] This album features Ravi Shankar's first Concerto for sitar, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra in 1970. The work was premiered at London's Royal Festival Hall on 28 January 1971 and sets a sitar recital of four ragas (including one by... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3); Norfolk Rhapsodies Rebecca Evans (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 'Impeccable playing' The Times |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Renaud Capucon (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ Erato Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2018 ] "Capuçon's keen, lean lyricism in the solo part, and his chamber music-like rapport with the LSO's woodwind soloists, offer compelling perspectives on this well-known, if still not popular, music." Sunday Times |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 5 (rec 1952) / Dona Nobis Pacem (rec 1936) Renee Flynn, Roy Henderson / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaughan Williams [ Somm / CD - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Historic Archive - "…a reading which combines noble breadth, songful rapture and glowing sincerity" (Gramophone) |
VERDI / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / HAYDN / etc
Riccardo Muti: The Complete Warner Symphonic Recordings Riccardo Muti / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Warner Classics / 91 CD Box Set - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Muti's illustrious career has encompassed both concert hall and opera house, but this landmark 91CD set focuses on his recordings of orchestral, choral and vocal works. |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Facade - An Entertainment Richard Baker (narrator), Susana Walton (narrator), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The lighter side of William Walton |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major / Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 (1928, 1932) Robert Kajanus / London Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historial Kajanus conducts Sibelius Vol 3 / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] Sibelius said of Kajanus that "there are none who have gone deeper and given [my symphonies] more feeling and beauty" |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 'The American Four Seasons' Robert McDuffie (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] "McDuffie responds to Glass's trademark arpeggios and harmonic cycles - embedded, methinks, with sly references to Vivaldi - with an energetic verve that suggests he really believes this is the most important music on the planet; likewise, Alsop's LP |
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PUCCINI
La Rondine (Complete opera recorded in 1996) [with Le Villi - Highlights] Roberto Alagna / Angela Gheorghiu / London Symphony Orchestra / Pappano [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "An almost ideal account of Puccini's least-performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le Villi, too." (BBC Music) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (Complete Opera recorded in 2001) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Larissa Diadkova, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo / London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2018 ] "More and more I'm finding the real Italian in me," said British-born, American-trained Antonio Pappano shortly after making this recording of Il trovatore. |
GUIDO ALBERTO FANO / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / SILVIO OMIZZOLO / CRISTIAN CARRARA
War Silence: Rare Italian piano concertos Roberto Prosseda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Nir Kabaretti (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BUTTERWORTH / GURNEY / FINZI
Flowers of the Field Roderick Williams (baritone) & Jeremy Irons (speaker) / City of London Choir & London Mozart Players, Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] "To mark Remembrance Day this disc collects works by English composers affected by the first world war. Unlike their compatriot poets, the composers responded with uniformly elegiac feelings." (Financial Times) |
KENNETH FUCHS
Falling Man Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Jo Ann Falletta (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Kenneth Fuchs, one of America's leading composers, deepens his bond with conductor JoAnn Falletta and the London Symphony Orchestra with this superb recording of vocal music featuring baritone Roderick Williams. The new works include Falling Man, a... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] 'Finally, there's a real treat: the first recording of a recently discovered Nocturne, an intensely moving setting of Walt Whitman's 'Whispers of Heavenly Death' composed in 1908. It's evocatively sung here by Roderick Williams.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (An Opera in Two Scenes, Libretto by Paul Dehn) Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "A long-neglected British opera at last makes a sparkling début on record" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2004 |
GERALD FINZI
Grand Fantasia & Toccata / Eclogue / Nocturne / etc. Rodney Friend (solo violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor, Peter Katin (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley (co [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Superb sound and Diana McVeagh's astute notes cap a mandatory purchase for lovers of the English muse, and of course for Finzi lovers in particular." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2007) |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Midsummer Marriage (complete opera) Robert Murray, Rachel Nicholls, Ashley Riches, Toby Spence / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Edward Gardner [ LPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "Gardner's is more than warmly recommended as both reminder of and entrée to Tippett's achievement." Gramophone Awards 2023 WINNER - Opera |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts [Requiem Mass] Ronald Dowd (tenor) / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2008 ] "AT LONG LAST! WE GET TO HEAR THE FIRST REALLY GOOD RECORDING OF THE BERLIOZ REQUIEM THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE HEARD!!!" (SA-CD.net *****) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Cotswold Romance / The Death of Tintagiles Rosa Mannion / Thomas Randle / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'Richard Hickox directs a vivid performance [of A Cotswold Romance] with splendid support from his assembled forces. Although not major works, these are notable additions to the catalogue, and the performances could hardly be better' BBC ***** |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies (plus Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2018 ] A newly compiled, generous 4CD collection of high-octane Russian orchestral masterpieces, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the firebrand musicianship of Dutch maestro Edo de Waart. |
