Sir Colin Davis
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Special offer. Verdi: Otello
RecommendedSimon O’Neill (Otello), Gerald Finley (Iago), Anne Schwanewilms (Desdemona), Allan Clayton (Cassio), Ben Johnson (Roderigo), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Lodovico), Matthew Rose (Montano), Lukas Jakobski (Herald) & Eufemia Tufano (Emilia)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
everything contributes to accentuating extremes: Colin Davis gets the LSO, in shattering form, to play chords like cannon shots...The two male leads are superb: Simon O'Neill is the most complete... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st November 2010
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear —
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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Mozart - Complete Violin Concertos
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Colin Davis, Raymond Leppard
These performances of the five standard violin concertos, the Sinfonia concertante and a couple of other pieces were much admired when they came out on LP, and they continue to earn praise for... —
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A superb achievement. It's nigh-on impossible to imagine better 'big-band' Haydn than you encounter here on Colin Davis's four well-filled CDs. His direction has exemplary sparkle and sensitivity.... —
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Building a Library, May 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, January 2009, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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A superb achievement. It's nigh-on impossible to imagine better 'big-band' Haydn than you encounter here on Colin Davis's four well-filled CDs. His direction has exemplary sparkle and sensitivity.... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Berlioz: Les Troyens
RecommendedBen Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz...
So what's so special about the performance? Try Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, outdoing his fellow countryman Jon Vickers on Sir Colin's first recording of Les Troyens. The other principals are... —
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Building a Library, November 2012, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & 8 Piano Pieces Op. 76
RecommendedStephen Kovacevich (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, May 2026, Tpo Choice (Piano Concerto No. 2)
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Special offer. Berlioz: Les nuits d'été & Ravel: Shéhérazade
RecommendedJessye Norman (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Les nuits d'été)
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Building A Library, July 2025, Recommended Recording (Les nuits d'été)
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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Gregory Kunde (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa), Darren Jeffery (Balducci), Andrew Kennedy (Francesco), Isabelle Cals (Ascanio), John Relyea (Pope Clement VII), Peter Coleman-Wright (Fieramosca), Jacques Imbrailo (Pompeo)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
The combination of technology and the conductor's unimpaired élanmakes for glowing textures and shattering climaxes. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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