LSO Live
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
RecommendedChristine Brewer (Agathe), Sally Matthews (Ännchen), Lars Woldt (Kaspar), Simon O’Neill (Max), Stephan Loges (Ottokar/Zamiel), Martin Snell (Kuno), Gidon Saks (A Hermit), Marcus Farnsworth (Kilian), Lucy Hall (Bridesmaids)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
This is a sincere reading of the work, but sincerity should not be confused with a lack of sophistication. The orchestral textures are pristine, the tempos and colours bracing and plaintive,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th May 2013
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There are so many good recordings of the Alpine Symphony on the market now, but this has moments that are as fine as any, and arguably the noblest overall shape of all. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd February 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Valery Gergiev is one of the most charismatic maestros on the circuit and his Mahler series in London has aroused passionately divergent responses. If you prize the textural elucidation that... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd March 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Rimsky-Korsakov: Kitezh Suite
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda
Noseda’s pacing leads us to the heavenly kingdom of Fevroniya and her beloved Vsevolod, killed in battle with the marauding Tatars, with a natural ease that creates the innocent sense of wonder... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major 'Eroica'
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind... —
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-15
Vitalij Kowaljow (bass), Elena Stikhina (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir, Gianandrea Noseda
Over nine years, the London Symphony Orchestra’s principal guest conductor progressed through Shostakovich’s 15 symphonies in concert performances acclaimed for thoughtfulness, verve and instrumental... —
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The Times, Best Classical Box Sets Christmas 2025
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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... —
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There's much to savour in Gardiner's urgently driven account of Ruy Blas, and the vibrato-less string passage that opens Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is simply spellbinding, reminding us of... —
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphonies 1-9
Elena Mosuc (soprano - Symphony No. 2) & Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo - Symphony No. 2), Anna Larsson (contralto - Symphony No. 3), Laura Claycomb (soprano - Symphony No. 4), Viktoria Yastrebova, Ailish Tynan, Ludmila Dudinova (sopranos - Symphony No. 8), Lilli Paasikivi, Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo-sopranos...
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Recorded in remarkably vivid sound at the Barbican in December 2019, this is an exceptionally fine performance. Gianandrea Noseda brings a tremendous sense of strength and purpose to the opening...The... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Orchestral Choice
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