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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen & Symphony No. 1
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Lucia Popp (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) & René Pape (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
Without doubt the heart of this performance resides in the Elysian stretches of a deeply poetic and extremely leisurely Adagio, most memorably the rich lower strings near the start of the first... — More…
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measured, full-bodied, freighted with meaning…[this recording is] pleasingly clean and immediate — More…
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Marin Alsop conducts MacMillan, Adès and Higdon
RecommendedColin Currie (percussion)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…a moving, compelling performance, and coupled with strong accounts of the phenomenal Adès Chamber Symphony… and Jennifer Higdon's essentially old-fashioned but well-wrought Percussion Concerto,... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 52nd Awards (2009), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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…the sense of occasion brings an extra charge to the Allegretto's climactic battle between Shostakovich's personal signature and the Mahlerian horn cry of liberations, and to the conflicts of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Honegger: Pastorale d’été, Symphony No. 4 & Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedChristopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir & New London Children’s Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
Pleasing performances of some pleasing and unfamiliar music. Recommended to beachcombers (and anyone else who's curious). — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 6 & 14
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
This is by far the most stunning Shostakovich disc I have heard this year...Here, the Sixth's opening is no introverted lament: rather, the LPO's string trills seem to express a rage a still... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the month
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Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Étoiles
Tzimon Barto (piano), John Ryan (horn), Andrew Barclay (xylorimba) & Erika Öhman (glockenspiel)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Christoph Eschenbach animates the score with a true feel for the Messiaen language, embracing the epic as well as the meditative…it is a performance that serves as a reminder that Messiaen described... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Jurowski seems to be making the point that this is a symphony of sorrowful songs, revolutionary and otherwise, until the musically re-imagined Palace Square massacre midway through the second... — More…
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Record Review, 3rd October 2020, Record of the Week
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Detail is strong in The Firebird, though muted horn and offstage trumpet can’t easily be heard (brass recession can be a problem). The Rite of Spring is assured from the start, woodwind timbres... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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