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Jurowski seems to be making the point that this is a symphony of sorrowful songs, revolutionary and otherwise, until the musically re-imagined Palace Square massacre midway through the second... —
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Record Review, 3rd October 2020, Record of the Week
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Tania León: Horizons, Raíces (origins), Stride, Pasajes
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis, Edward Gardner, Dmitri Slobodeniouk
Splashes of orchestral colour, with an emphasis on winds and brass, showcase Latin, jazz and Caribbean influences, to which the LPO responds with vibrant virtuosity. —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Raíces (Origins))
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Listeners will have their own pantheon of classic Mahler Ninth recordings but here is one that demands to be heard...First choice or not, this is a memorably bracing take on a masterpiece that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 6 & 14
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
This is by far the most stunning Shostakovich disc I have heard this year...Here, the Sixth's opening is no introverted lament: rather, the LPO's string trills seem to express a rage a still... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the month
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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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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Ryan Wigglesworth
[Jurowski] keeps sonority and expression taut, yet in a way that gives the orchestra time to play. They respond superbly, alighting on the music's idiom - the 80-year-old Vaughan Williams's... —
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Nadine Benjamin (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Edward Gardner
Gardner more than has the measure of this idiosyncratic, yet compelling work...The chorus are the real stars of this work, though, and the London Philharmonic Choir are on top form. They are... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Choral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Judith Howarth (soprano), Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), Sofia Fomina (soprano), Michaela Selinger, Patricia Bardon (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Stephen Gadd, Tiffin Boys' Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of Clare...
London choral singing has been among the best in the world. Here it is transcendent. No tempo is too fast, no dynamics too challenging, no high notes too fearsome—the two choruses sail though... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 18th December 2021, Record of the Week
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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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There’s no pretending that the LPO violins initially have the sheen of the Vienna Philharmonic…but as details accumulate in the thorny path through the forest at the first movement’s heart,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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