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Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonytė (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor), Alexander Knox (Puck), Ceri-lyn Cissone (Titania), Frankie Wakefield (Oberon), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich
…Rostropovich's way with the sorrowful passacaglia, and especially its final glimpse of the pale dawn of the finale, is intensely moving. —
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Special offer. Berlioz: Harold en Italie & La mort de Cléopâtre
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
This Harold in Italy takes a while to get going...Gergiev's pacing of the opening in its use of dynamics...Still, he brings out details in the score, and the third movement Serenade finds both... —
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Special offer. Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 & Stabat Mater
Toby Spence (tenor), Denis Matsuev (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Matsuev has his feet...firmly planted on terra firma, the edgier writing displaying more of a kinship with Bartok until the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost... —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Veronika Eberle (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Elena Mosuc (soprano) & Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Singing without scores, the London Symphony Chorus are on unambiguous great form. Once Gergiev has the bit between his teeth, the tension hardly lets up… —
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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,... —
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The Fifth Symphony represents the challenge of being the best-known work in the repertoire, but without being quirky Haitink presents it in a way that feels utterly fresh. The First Symphony... —
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Brahms and Gergiev could hardly be described as natural bedfellows but there were moments in the Third Symphony where the illicitness of unnatural bedfellows generated a certain frisson. —
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Special offer. Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 & Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cité Céleste
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle’s performance of Messiaen’s 1963 score superbly well, and the control of rhythm and colour is exemplary. The LSO winds and percussion are on superb form and Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s contribution... —
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