Browse: LSO Live (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label LSO Live.
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Beethoven: Christ On the Mount of Olives
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Pavol Breslik (tenor), David Soar (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus
...the full chorus acquits itself well as commentators on one of the angel’s arias and in the rousing finale; and the male chorus of well-drilled soldiers takes the listener right into the Garden... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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Strauss, R: Elektra
RecommendedJeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Elektra), Angela Denoke (Chrysothemis), Dame Felicity Palmer (Clytemnestra), Matthias Goerne (Orestes), Ian Storey (Aegisthus)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
[Gergiev] conveys passions and tensions with compelling, sometimes deafening power...[Charbonnet is] strongly involved without, thankfully, overplaying the weirdness...[Palmer's Klytaemnestra... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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The most overwhelming performance; could musical expression possibly go further? — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2005, Disc of the month
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Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear — More…
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not mostly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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This Is Rattle
Grime, Ades. Birtwistle, Knussen & Elgar
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
The dazzling panache of the LSO’s playing has you wondering all over again at the mesmerising range of options that Adès’s ear and technical command can summon…And Elgar’s Enigma Variations yet... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Adapted from his opera about demonic possession, Prokofiev’s Third should be a hair-raising experience – and Noseda and the LSO oblige. They burrow right into the first movement’s teeming, malevolent... — More…
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Record Review, 16th March 2024, Record of the Week
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3 (sung in German)
Miah Persson (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis's live account is founded on purposive modern-instrument playing and the conductor's own irrepressible dynamism; in this early eighties, he continues to show a sharp-eared appreciation... — More…
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Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
RecommendedPeter Mattei (baritone) & Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)
Gentlemen of the London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Sir Colin is a Sibelian of commanding stature and the LSO and Chorus give of their finest. Monica Groop… and Peter Mattei… are in fine voice here. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Choral Award Winner
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedTwyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink
a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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