LSO Live
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Jansons coaxes some extraordinary playing from the London Symphony Orchestra, with deep, rich strings, characterful woodwind and peerless brass. This performance also happens to have the most... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4
RecommendedLaura Claycomb (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
pacing is almost always emotionally precise, and sonorities rounded and well-judged —
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Now in his late 70s, John Eliot Gardiner seems to have embarked on a second spring rather than an Indian summer. The Schumann symphonies on his second instalment of the cycle are bottled sunshine…you... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th February 2020
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When Sir Colin Davis conducted Walton's First Symphony at the Barbican it was greeted by ecstatic reviews – and rightly so. It was as though critics had suddenly rediscovered this iconic work,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2005, First Choice
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic'
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
the LSO's principal horn here sets down a wonderful opening benchmark for what follows...Haitink's conducting is a masterclass in the art of control while appearing to stand back and let everyone... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th November 2011
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Labels such as LSO Live bring altered priorities and fresh perspectives. When did a studio-based company last contemplate recording Brahms's Double Concerto with soloists drawn from within the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gergiev paces and balances [the opening's] unfolding finely, from halting start via macabre climax to nostalgic fade-out. The ensuing Landler movement duly comes as a shock as Mahler doubtless... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th September 2011
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
RecommendedOlga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Evgeny Nikitin (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Guildhall School Singers, Valery Gergiev
Gergiev, in this live account, inclines towards operatic fire and pace, occasionally headlong, but with a clarity and hushed, atmospheric pianissimo finely captured by the spacious SACD recording. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2016
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