LSO Live
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 'Italian'
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner keeps the LSO on its toes both in the C minor work and the Italian symphony, the winds producing crystal-clear articulation the hair-raisingly fast account of the latter’s concluding... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th September 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Andrew Kennedy (Prologue, Peter Quint), Sally Matthews (Governess), Michael Clayton-Jolly (Miles), Lucy Hall (Flora), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Grose) & Katherine Broderick (Miss Jessel)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Farnes
Britten's opera makes its usual harrowing impact...Broderick's darker-toned Miss Jessel contrasts well with [Matthews]...while Catherine Wyn-Rogers's Mrs Grose is faultlessly secure and vivid.... — More…
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Handel: Messiah Susan Gritton (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)
Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Sir Colin Davis's way with Messiah, as recorded live at the Barbican last December, is old-fashioned by present-day standards. His soloists are all good. The Tenebrae Choir, with its thirty-odd... — More…
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Orchestral Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Pires plays with the lightness, clarity and impeccable phrasing that have made her career...Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires... — More…
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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Barbara Hannigan (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Every nuance [of The Rite] is crafted, each detail considered, yet there is still a sense of danger and visceral power…Rattle and the LSO are joined, usurped even, by the extraordinary Barbara... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Not only does it feature superior orchestral playing, but Rattle’s wonderfully fluid approach, his magisterial control of rubato and keen sensitivity to all the different colours in this opulently... — More…
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There is a huge amount of integrity in all the pieces and this one [Chariot], along with Falling made this reviewer’s eyes water. This is an immersive dip into the histories of Africa, The Caribbean,... — More…
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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... — More…
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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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