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THOMAS ADES
Ades: Asyla, Tevot & Polaris London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès, with Samuel Dale Johnson (baritone) [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2017 ] For his LSO Live debut, Thomas Adès, the acclaimed conductor, pianist and composer, conducts all of his seminal 'Trilogy' works - Asyla, Polaris and Tevot. Recorded in 2016 during his first LSO 'Composer Focus', this is the first time all three works... |
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RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Symphonic Dances London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London September 2008 - February 2015 This highly anticipated box set brings together Valery Gergiev's acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies, which were recorded alongside the London Symphony... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete ballet recorded November 2008) London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 SACD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] DISC OF THE YEAR 2011 (BBC Music) - "Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet warrants a hi-res recording of the complete score since it is regarded by many as the greatest ballet score ever composed. The live recording is sensational in its realism." (AudAud... |
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BERLIOZ
Romeo et Juliette Olga Borodina, Kenneth Tarver, Evgeny Nikitin / London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] Released in the year of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, Valery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra are joined by soloists Olga Borodina, Kenneth Tarver and Evgeny Nikitin for Berlioz' 'Roméo et Juliette', recorded live at the Barbican Hall in... |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique & Waverley Overture London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD CD + Blu-ray / 2 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra on the first video/audio release on LSO Live. This is the start of a much anticipated Berlioz cycle and features 'Symphonie Fantastique' & 'Overture: Waverley'. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 / Variations on a theme of Haydn / Tragic Overture London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Valery Gergiev begins his Brahms symphony cycle with recordings of the first two symphonies, 'Tragic Overture' and 'Haydn Variations'. The 'Haydn Variations' was Brahms' first orchestral piece, and was the first set of independent variations for... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 [2 CD set] London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "it is the usual excellent LSO Live hi-res surround sonics on this pair of bargain-priced SACDS which for me makes them a winner on my system." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their celebrated Brahms' cycle with the release of Brahms third and fourth Symphonies. |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Nov/2015 ] Valery Gergiev conducts revelatory performances of Scriabin's Symphony No 3 'The Divine Poem' and Symphony No 4, 'The Poem of Ecstasy'. This marks the first in a new cycle of Scriabin symphonies, and one of the most significant of all Valery... |
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RACHMANINOV
Symphony No 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2010 ] "Gergiev has the sensibility to put on the pressure and to foster flexibility as the natural contours of the music demand...[He] has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its lyrical impulse and the LSO responds as if its life... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 in D minor London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Gergiev brings out all the moods and feelings in this symphony with enormous success, from the relentless strength and vigour in the first movement, to beauty and delicacy elsewhere...highly recommendable." (ClassicalSource.com) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 (with Balakirev - Russia) London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Gergiev and the LSO capture the score's expressive beauty, and also the sense of its transience as chill winter encroaches" BBC Music |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 5 London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "This is a magnificent performance in every respect. The orchestral playing is consistently of the highest quality, individually and collectively, the musicians clearly inspired by the insight and total conviction of their conductor. No one can... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 6 London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] 'Orchestra and conductor sounded not only well prepared but also totally in harmony. Every detail, every phrase had an irrefutable sweep and logic. That's something to be prized ... the music oozed tension' Financial Times (UK) |
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MAHLER
Symphony No 7 London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine: Disc of the Month September 2008 - "Hand on heart, I can't think of another recording of this symphony that not only brings so many of its extraordinary features to life, but ultimately balances them so satisfyingly. Thoroughly... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' Viktoria Yastrebova, Ailish Tynan, Ludmila Dudinova, Lilli Paasikivi / London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] "two performances bringing Gergiev's Mahler cycle to a triumphant close. Gergiev caught the crucial moment of expectation to perfection. But in the end it was the shattering power of several hundred voices, an expanded orchestra and full cathedral... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 94 'Surprise', 92 'Oxford', 104 'London', 99 (with symphonies by Schubert & Mendelssohn) London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Josef Krips [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] "This remains the best available version of Haydn's splendid Symphony No. 99 in E flat" (Gramophone) |
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PROKOFIEV
Chout [The Buffoon] - ballet suite London Symphony Orchestra / Walter Susskind [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] From the Historic Catalogue of Everest Record label, Active Media are pleased to release the first 15 titles. |
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BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Symphonies 1 & 4 (recorded 1950 - 1957) London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "An extremely fine performance in many ways with plenty of weight and sense of purpose. The playing of the Vienna Philharmonic is both sensitive and splendidly alive." (Reissue of the Month Gramophone August 2011) |
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PERSICHETTI
Divertimento / Masquerade / Parable IX London Symphony Orchestra Wind and Percussion Ensemble / David Amos (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] In the face of partisan antagonism, Persichetti advocated, through his music, the notion of a broad working vocabulary based on a fluent assimilation of all the materials and techniques which had appeared during the 20th century. |