LSO Live
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Gergiev has the sensibility to put on the pressure and to foster flexibility as the natural contours of the music demand...[He] has a feel for the romantic urgency of the music as well as its... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2010, Editor's Choice
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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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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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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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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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It’s valuable that Gianandrea Noseda’s performances have come under the aegis of a complete cycle like Gergiev’s; the former is altogether more probing and, in this work, atmospheric. — More…
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