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measured, full-bodied, freighted with meaning…[this recording is] pleasingly clean and immediate —
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Allan Clayton (Gerontius), Jamie Barton (Angel), James Platt (Priest/Angel of the Agony), London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Hallé Choir, Edward Gardner
The choirs of the London Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras combine impressively...the sound is not ideally sharp and transparent. But the impact of Edward Gardner's cogent, understanding interpretation... —
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Stravinsky
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Both works are graced with strongly characterised playing under Jurowski’s precise direction. —
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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Stenz, Marin Alsop, Vladimir Jurowski
The three most substantial works on this CD are concertos in all but name, each a valuable addition to the repertoire...[On opened ground] finds Power making wonderful sense of Turnage’s alternately... —
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John Ireland 70th Birthday Concert
Recorded by the BBC live at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 10 September 1949
Eileen Joyce (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
At times the sound calls for a fair degree of tolerance but the ear quickly adjusts - and the actual music-making is a delight. A London Overture in particular evinces an entrancing flexibility,... —
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
a hint of Rachmaninov's beloved Philadelphia string sound surfaces in a few portamentos, but there's no gloss. The beautiful, sombre line continues in a chain of superb solos for the central... —
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 3
Vadim Repin (violin), Simon Callow (narrator)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
[Violin Concerto] Repin has a superb sense of line and a wonderful cantabile. Tensile and lyrical, his playing is mesmeric. The LPO are also on form, the Scherzo stunning in every respect. A... —
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The Post-War Revival
Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
[Masur] generally takes the work at a flowing pace, giving its opening a Beethoven-like nobility and vigour…If the finale feels rather discursive in this performance…Masur and the LPO nevertheless... —
