Browse: LPO (label)

so wholeheartedly is Jurowski immersed in its [the Overture’s] spirit. — Classical Ear, 10th April 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

…Finn Paavo Berglund is now the composer's most authoritative living interpreter. Hearing his live recording of the Seventh Symphony, a lifetime's questioning distilled in a single monolithic... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The piece encapsulates Shankar’s lifelong devotion to bringing together the music of east and west…That the integration of styles and instruments feels so natural is testament to Shankar’s pioneering... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

There are plenty of good things in this new Carmina...Graf's tempos are also excellent - he draws a wider range of moods and colouration from this piece than most conductors...The choral passages... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Double Concerto… is far more than an interesting curiosity. Strongly shaped, impassioned and poetic, with warm, clear recorded sound, this is about as good a version as one could hope for. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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,... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2009 More…