LSO Live
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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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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
RecommendedGordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Building a Library, January 2005, First Choice
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Odd as it may be to start with 15, I wouldn’t recommend facing both at a single setting: each needs mental and emotional space to digest. It ’s certainly true that the swansong is more truly... — More…
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There are some more unusual choices and I think that’s what makes this disc really fascinating. (Francois Xavier-Roth) is someone who is trying to shake things up and I think a major force is... — More…
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Verdi: Requiem
Erika Grimaldi (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor) & Michele Pertusi (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Michele Pertusi is exemplary, with a lovely legato quality…Erika Grimaldi is at her best when projecting the drama of the text…the LSO Chorus are superb throughout, as are the LSO themselves.... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Elena Mosuc (soprano) & Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Singing without scores, the London Symphony Chorus are on unambiguous great form. Once Gergiev has the bit between his teeth, the tension hardly lets up… — More…
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Putting it in the best light, this is a performance that attempts to make the Bruckner Sixth more alive and urgent, less monumental and settled. That’s a direction I approve of, so a recommendation... — More…
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Gergiev has plenty of insights...The playing for the London Symphony Orchestra is, as so often, exceptionally refined, yet very much alive and full of colour...Under Gergiev, there is an exceptional... — More…
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Brahms and Gergiev could hardly be described as natural bedfellows but there were moments in the Third Symphony where the illicitness of unnatural bedfellows generated a certain frisson. — More…
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The playing is almost always full-on, and I sometimes found myself wanting greater variety of tone, especially in the more delicate passages…The sound is close and warm – despite appearing on... — More…
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