LPO
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
…Tennstedt goes for the jugular, accentuating the theatricality of Mahler's musical language. —
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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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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…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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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Lucia Popp (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) & René Pape (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
Without doubt the heart of this performance resides in the Elysian stretches of a deeply poetic and extremely leisurely Adagio, most memorably the rich lower strings near the start of the first... —
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Vladimir Martynov: Utopia
Jun Hong Loh (soloist), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
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Julian Anderson: In lieblicher Bläue, Alleluia, The Stations of the Sun
RecommendedCarolin Widmann (violin)
London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Carolin Widman is superb as the often diaphanous, yet frequently impulsive soloist negotiating an uneasy relationship with the orchestra in this recording of the world premiere. Vladimir Jurowski... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2017, Premiere Winner
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Concerto
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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... —
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The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s–1980s
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Mauceri
this two-CD set of Hollywood classics, including Herrmann's Psycho and Mauceri's arrangements of Rota's Godfather, is a reminder of the LPO's commitment to film music —
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Verdi: Requiem
Margaret Price (soprano), Livia Budai (mezzo soprano), Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor) & Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Jesús López-Cobos
The heroes are the London Philharmonic Choir members: trained by Richard Cooke, they are gloriously full-toned in loud passages and capable of the merest whisper without losing pitch. The orchestra,... —
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