Latest News: Classical, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
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Recording of the Week,
Elgar's Enigma Variations 4th June 2007Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra mark the 150th anniversary of the English composer’s birth with a marvellous new live recording of his tribute to ‘my friends pictured within’.
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Recording of the Week,
Colin Davis conducts the LSO in Haydn Symphonies 30th June 2014James listens to Colin Davis and the LSO's sparkling, poised accounts of late symphonies by Haydn.
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Recording of the Week,
Weber's Der Freischütz from Sir Colin Davis and the LSO 6th May 2013Fresh, full-bodied and raucous when required, the conductor’s final opera recording is a fitting valedictory tribute to a great man, with Christine Brewer on sublime form as Agathe and Simon O’Neill a steely and secure Max.
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Obituary,
Sir Colin Davis, 1927-2013 15th April 2013 -
Recording of the Week,
Nielsen Symphonies from Colin Davis and the LSO 10th January 2011At the grand old age of 83, the British conductor ventures into new territory by embarking on a complete cycle of symphonies by the Danish, whose music he has only rarely conducted in the course of his long and illustrious career.
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Recording of the Week,
Verdi's Otello from the LSO and Colin Davis 1st November 2010Simon O’Neill is the jealousy-wracked general, Gerald Finley his nemesis, and Anne Schwanewilms his ill-fated wife in this edge-of-the-seat live recording, made at the Barbican last year and full of ‘savage and terrifying playing’ from the LSO.