More By Artist: London O'Connor
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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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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. |
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... |
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) |
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. . |
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... |
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." |
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... |
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. |
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 ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 / Francesca da Rimini London Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Stokowski often was ahead of everyone else in sound reproduction--and here again is exciting proof, discovered 30 years later." - Chicago Tribune |
HUBERT PARRY
An English Suite / Lady Radnor's Suite / etc. London Symphony Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "The conspicuous qualities of Parry’s writing for the voice have possibly diverted attention from his impressive achievements as an instrumental composer….he composed five symphonies, three suites, a concert overture, an elegy, a set of variations,... |
MEYERBEER / GLINKA / STRAUSS / TCHAIKOVSKY / SMETANA / WEBER / etc
Kaleidoscope - An Orchestral Extravaganza London Symphony Orchestra, London Proms Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] Mercury, Philips and Decca recordings of orchestral pops conducted by the supremely versatile Sir Charles Mackerras, including a pair of Strauss overtures new to CD. |
RAVEL
Ravel: Boléro / Daphnis et Chloë Suite No.2 / Ma mère l'oye Suite / La Valse London Symphony Orchestra / Louis Fremaux [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Essential Ravel conducted by a master French maestro |
ELGAR / SULLIVAN / HAYDN / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / etc
Malcolm Sargent - Complete Decca Recordings London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, with Ruggero Ricci (violin), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] The complete Decca recordings of Sir Malcolm Sargent, from 78s to LPs, newly remastered and in original jackets |
MAHLER
Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra / Mariss Jansons conductor [ LSO Live / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE Gramophone Magazine (UK) |
