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DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Debussy and Ravel: La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Rapsodie espagnole London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ LSO Live / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] François-Xavier Roth, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, displays his deep affinity with the music of Debussy and Ravel on his latest LSO Live album. A fascination with his Spanish heritage would be a recurring theme in many... |
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DEBUSSY / LALO / WAGNER / MASSENET
The Young Debussy [Blu-ray+DVD] London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth [ LSO Blu-ray + DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 3/May/2019 ] "Roth's first concert as principal guest conductor of the LSO, after some years working together on mostly new music, and it has proved a fine augur of both original, French-accented programming and performances that take nothing for granted" Gramoph |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E Minor (unedited version) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor [ Alto / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] "..a spacious reading on the biggest scale.. always spontaneously convincing helped by the spectacularly ample recording.." - Gramophone |
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SMETANA
Overture and Dances from 'the Bartered Bride' / String Quartet in E minor London Symphony Orchestra. Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2002 ] ..'splendidly exuberant performances…' Gramophone Magazine |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 2 'Little Russian' in C minor (original 1872 version) / Serenade for small orchestra / Romeo and Juliet Fantasy overture / etc London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'The performances here under Geoffrey Simon are excitingly committed and spontaneous; the orchestral playing is nearly always first-rate and the digital recording has spectacular resonance and depth to balance its brilliance.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
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BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] In Georg's early years in Vienna, Bruckner had been performed every week or two, but when he arrived in England in 1938 he discovered to his horror that Bruckner was practically unknown, regarded, in the words of the musicologist Cecil Grey, as a... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ LSO Live / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] Urgent, supercharged and violent in places, Tchaikovsky's Fourth is said to reflect the turmoil he found himself in while composing: a disastrous marriage, struggles with his sexuality and severe depression. Yet, despite the gloomy outlook, the... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Symphony No. 5 / Kitezh Suite London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ LSO Live / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] History, heritage, and fate combine in this recording from Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra, bringing together the music of Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, brimming over with drama and emotional... |
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ALBERTO GINASTERA
Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals / Variaciones Concertantes London Symphony Orchestra / Israel Chamber Orchestra / Gisele Ben-Dor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Alberto Ginastera's dazzling Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, heard here in both its original version for string quintet and string orchestra and its later fully-orchestrated version, pays tribute to his close friend, the legendary cellist (and... |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Pentatone / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] The latest release in the Remastered Classics series is Rafael Kubelik's sprited and acclaimed reading from the 1970s of Beethoven's first and fourth symphonies, performed with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines of Rome, The Birds, Fountains of Rome London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] Three of Respighi's most colourful and popular orchestral works in truly legendary performances. |
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MAHLER
Symphony No.5 London Symphony Orchestra / James DePriest [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2006 ] Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a work of huge emotional and structural range, was his first purely orchestral work since the First Symphony of 1888 (Naxos 8.550522), and his first orchestral work to dispense with both the human voice and overtly... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 1 in D London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein [ Unicorn-Kanchana / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Horenstein's version has a freshness and concentration which put it in a special category among the many rival accounts. Fine recording……" (Penguin Guide) |
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ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Popul Vuh (The Mayan Creation) London Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Gisèle Ben-Dor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] For the five works on this disc, Ginastera drew upon Argentine and other Meso- and South American subjects. . |
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JACK GALLAGHER
Diversions Overture / Berceuse / Sinfonietta / Symphony in One Movement - Threnody London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Jack Gallagher's Symphony in One Movement: Threnody has been acclaimed by In Tune magazine as 'enormously inventing' and by Österreichische Musikzeitschrift as 'a one-movement symphony of great colourfulness'. The warm, lyrical Berceuse was... |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Kenneth Fuchs: Atlantic Riband & American Rhapsody London Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Fuchs is not an original figure: he's affably conventional and undemanding...nothing is over-extended and the performances are hand-in-glove with the composer." |
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JACK GALLAGHER
Symphony No. 2 'Ascendant' & Quiet Reflections London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2014 ] Jack Gallagher continues his association with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta with Symphony No. 2 'Ascendant,' a robust, colourful work of dramatic contrasts and expansive architecture that seeks to express the aspirations... |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite (Brahms - Symphony No. 1) London Symphony Orchestra / Jonathon Pasternack [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] Béla Bartók's pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin was banned after its first performance in 1926, but the composer's orchestral suite quickly became a popular concert work, appreciated for its energetic rhythms and daring harmonies. |
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PISTON / JONES / ALBERT
Amercian Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra / Lance Friedel [ BIS / CD - released 13/Jul/2018 ] When American composers began writing symphonies around the mid-1800s, their works were very much in the European tradition. During the first half of the 20th century, the great innovator Charles Ives injected a recognizably American sound into the... |
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GLIERE
ILYA MUROMETZ SYMPHONY NO. 3 OP. 42 LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, LEON BOTSTEIN [ TELARC / SACD ] |