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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 19 March and 4 May 2011
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
I especially enjoy the finale [of the Fifth], which is taut and bracing; occasional stinging accents provide scintillating moments amid propulsive energy and momentum. On the whole, however,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Disc of the Month
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Omer Meir Wellber
Hadelich’s rich tone pays dividends in an arresting, heartfelt Tchaikovsky. The rather slighter Lalo is nevertheless given a seductive and graceful performance. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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infectious, bracing and idealistic by turns, the results are both lively and heartfelt. —
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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Jurowski and the London Philharmonic give a delectable account of Tchaikovsky’s usually less favoured Third Symphony…Jurowski’s conducting remains purposeful throughout…And the finale is never... —
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Jurowski applies his hallmark fastidiousness in close collaboration with LPO players, giving Stravinsky’s Tchaikovsky ballet an even more elegiac, intimate atmosphere than usual. —
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Record Review, 29th April 2023, Record of the Week
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Busoni: Doktor Faust
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Faust), Richard Lewis (Mephistopheles), Ian Wallace (Wagner), Heather Harper (Duchess of Parma) & John Cameron (Duke of Parma)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
strongly cast, with a magisterial account of the title role from Dietrich Fischer Dieskau. Heather Harper is in radiant form as the Duchess of Parma, and Richard Lewis acquits himself well in... —
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Tchaikovsky - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London on 22 October 2008 (Symphony No.1) and 26 November 2008 (Symphony No.6)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
…a young man's view of Tchaikovsky's first and last symphonies: infectious, bracing, and idealistic by turns, the results are both lively and heartfelt. This Pathétique… finale… receives a... —
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…one of the greatest accounts of the work that I have heard. The LPO is on magnificent form, the horns especially covering themselves in glory the whole way through… Tennstedt's fervent love... —
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Gardner is on top form in the Dvořák. The melodic lines soar and sing, the rhythms are taut and muscular, but able to relax when needed, while the dance music has a fine spring in the step especially... —
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Dvorak: Symphonic Variations & Symphony No. 8
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 24 April 1992
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras's reading of the Symphonic Variations would stand up well to any competition...In the wrong hands these 27 variations can seem bitty. Mackerras underlines the bigger picture with flawless... —
