Browse: LSO Live (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label LSO Live.
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What Sir Colin Davis has to say about Sibelius's Second Symphony hasn't changed in substance since his first recording with the Boston Symphony (Philips), but the paragraphs now flow with ever... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2013, First Choice
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 & Tragic Overture
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev produces a gripping, architecturally secure account of the First Symphony: his rather ponderous tempo for the first-movement Allegro imparts a sort of baleful inevitability to its progress,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2013
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For anyone who wants first-rate stereo sound and a broadly traditional reading, it is hard to imagine more profoundly satisfying accounts than these. The playing of the LSO is nowadays quite... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust), Enkelejda Shkosa (Marguerite), Michele Pertusi (Méphistophélès), David Wilson-Johnson (Brander)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
The greatest Berlioz conductor of his generation in a triumphant benchmark live recording … outshines previous sets at whatever price — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Bernstein: Wonderful Town
RecommendedBonus Track Version
Alysha Umphress (soloist), Kevin Brewis (soloist), Flora Dawson (soloist), Nathan Gunn (soloist), Stephen John Davies (soloist), Danielle de Niese (soloist), Sophia Foroughi (soloist), Duncan Rock (soloist), Ashley Riches (soloist), Jane Quinn (soloist), David Butt Philip (soloist), Andrew Keelan...
The standout performer is Alysha Umphress as Ruth: she brings oodles of no-nonsense sassiness to arguably the show’s best-known number, One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a ManThere’s no doubting... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th September 2018
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Zimmermann gets the sound just right. Her sound is sensuously rich...Davis relishes the emotional extravagance of it all. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Disc of the Month
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
RecommendedSabina Cvilak (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of Eltham College, Gianandrea Noseda
[Noseda] delivers it afresh as a scintillating achievement...Sabina Cvilak's soprano has the focus, though not always the required gravitas, while tenor Ian Bostridge brings a piercing sincerity... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th May 2012
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
the LSO's principal horn here sets down a wonderful opening benchmark for what follows...Haitink's conducting is a masterclass in the art of control while appearing to stand back and let everyone... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th November 2011
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Ravel, Dutilleux & Delage
Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, 13th January 2016
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Julia Bullock (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
In seeing as well as hearing this concert, what comes over is Rattle's love for the music and the orchestra's wholehearted response: it all looks so terribly easy, though of course it's anything... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, DVD of the Month
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A stunningly authoritative set of the symphonies from the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis, including Anthony Payne's realisation of Symphony No. 3. This recording of Symphony No.... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2005, Budget Choice
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