LSO Live
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There are so many good recordings of the Alpine Symphony on the market now, but this has moments that are as fine as any, and arguably the noblest overall shape of all. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd February 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Reich: Clapping Music & other works
RecommendedRecorded live, in DSD 128fs, at LSO St Luke’s, London 30th October 2015
Neil Percy
LSO Percussion Ensemble
The LSO Percussion Ensemble’s riveting recording [of Music for Pieces of Wood] has the bonus of being live. Moreover, they take it very fast indeed…and accomplish it brilliantly. I’ve found... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Beethoven: Christ On the Mount of Olives
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
...the full chorus acquits itself well as commentators on one of the angel’s arias and in the rousing finale; and the male chorus of well-drilled soldiers takes the listener right into the Garden... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Mature wisdom and beautiful playing from the LSO — More…
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Building a Library, June 2012, First Choice
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Clean-heeled athleticism and rhythmic spring — More…
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
5 SACDs + Blu-ray Audio
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Sir Colin Davis’s set with the London Symphony Orchestra is very fine as you might expect… There are plenty of excellent sounds to be experienced here. — More…
3 SACDs + Blu-ray Audio
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Pires plays with the lightness, clarity and impeccable phrasing that have made her career...Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires... — More…
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[Davis] matches Herbert Blomstedt when it comes to grandeur and sense of the long evolving line, and yet the music also seems to fluid and changeable, and alive on so many levels. Full marks... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th January 2011
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2011, Editor's Choice
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Adès: Asyla, Tevot & Polaris
Recommendedwith Samuel Dale Johnson (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès
Tevot's scintillating surge is brilliantly realised, as Ades's ark rides the glistening orchestral waves towards us. There's sheer pleasure to be had in its sonic grandeur, a sense of music... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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