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...Jurowski's approach to Brahms makes exceptional sense. Instead of the familiar cultivation of rich, fat sound as a goal in itself, we have a Brahms that moves fluidly and sings in long lines...the... —
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89
Lisa Milne (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), Peter Auty (tenor) & Peter Rose (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Neeme Järvi
All the virtues of Järvi's approach come together… in the Agnus Dei: beautifully paced and crafted, the performance captures superbly the radiance of Dvorák's vision of the hereafter. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts organ works by Poulenc & Saint-Saëns
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 26 March 2014.
James O’Donnell (organ)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
these live performances showcase different aspects of this remarkable instrument's capabilities in tandem with orchestra. The Poulenc is generally a hard-edged performance, James O'Donnell dispatching... —
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Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 & Othello Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin
In these live performances, the melodies sing, the music-making is unexaggerated, the spirit is joyous —
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measured, full-bodied, freighted with meaning…[this recording is] pleasingly clean and immediate —
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Allan Clayton (Gerontius), Jamie Barton (Angel), James Platt (Priest/Angel of the Agony), London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Hallé Choir, Edward Gardner
The choirs of the London Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras combine impressively...the sound is not ideally sharp and transparent. But the impact of Edward Gardner's cogent, understanding interpretation... —
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Stravinsky
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Both works are graced with strongly characterised playing under Jurowski’s precise direction. —
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John Ireland 70th Birthday Concert
Recorded by the BBC live at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 10 September 1949
Eileen Joyce (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
At times the sound calls for a fair degree of tolerance but the ear quickly adjusts - and the actual music-making is a delight. A London Overture in particular evinces an entrancing flexibility,... —
