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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Zemlinsky
RecommendedHeike Wessels (mezzo soprano), Sergey Skorokhodov (tenor) & Albert Dohmen (baritone), Petra Lang (mezzo soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Jurowski demonstrates a masterly control of dramatic pace, ratcheting up the tension slowly but surely so that the final denouement reaches a devastating climax. The LPO proves superbly responsive... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd June 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Jessye Norman sings Strauss: Five Songs & Salome
Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
Norman adds lustre to the already burnished orchestral playing in five songs, familiar from her studio version with Masur. Interpretatively there’s not much to choose between them, but she’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Detail is strong in The Firebird, though muted horn and offstage trumpet can’t easily be heard (brass recession can be a problem). The Rite of Spring is assured from the start, woodwind timbres... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen & Symphony No. 1
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Toby Spence (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
one smudged turn apart, the orchestral playing is perfect, the crucial oboe, flute and clarinet solos the best I've heard. Nezet-Seguin's vision is suitably hyperaesthetic - he is already an... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Handley conducts Elgar
Vital broadcast recordings from Capital Radio, 1984
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley CBE
...there is no want of lustre in [Baker's] Sea Pictures: she is in rapturous voice, and the “live” dimension adds extra frisson. As for the First Symphony, Handley demonstrates his mastery at... — More…
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Jurowski conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 1
Angharad Lyddon
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
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London Philharmonic Orchestra 75th Anniversary
Box Set Volume 1 - 1932-1957
Dora Labette (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Jean Pougnet (violin), Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Moura Lympany (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham, Eduard van Beinum, Sir Adrian Boult, Anatole Fistoulari
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3
Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
a hint of Rachmaninov's beloved Philadelphia string sound surfaces in a few portamentos, but there's no gloss. The beautiful, sombre line continues in a chain of superb solos for the central... — More…
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