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Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Sibelius & Lutosławski
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 20 February 2008 (Lutosławski) and 15 October 2008 (Sibelius)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Both Sibelius works come across very strongly here...Saraste sees these works whole. Always the right thing seems to happen at the right time. The sense of growth from a simple but potent musical... — More…
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 3
Vadim Repin (violin), Simon Callow (narrator)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
[Violin Concerto] Repin has a superb sense of line and a wonderful cantabile. Tensile and lyrical, his playing is mesmeric. The LPO are also on form, the Scherzo stunning in every respect. A... — More…
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Rachmaninov & Mozart: Piano Concertos
Live concert recordings with the late Aldo Ciccolini, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Aldo Ciccolini (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The pairing with the young Nézet-Seguin is inspired, the conductor finding perfect tension at the opening of K466. This is one of the great Mozart performances, up there with Haskil, Brendel... — More…
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Sarah Tynan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Rodion Pogossov (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Trinity Boys Choir, Hans Graf
Rhythmic impetus is paramount (helped by a generous percussion section, with incisive block chords for the chorus, and dramatic contrasts of tempo and dynamics... Kennedy maintains a searing... — More…
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Mark-Anthony Turnage: Orchestral Works Vol. 1
Four première recordings
Gerald Finley (baritone), Christian Lindberg (trombone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Nott, Vladimir Jurowski, Marin Alsop
…Mark-Anthony Turnage… is one of the most distinctive sound worlds in modern music. The four orchestral works on the LPO disc are full of the driven, dancing rhythms, the garishly brilliant... — More…
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos and Piano Quintet
Martin Helmchen (piano), Paul Beniston (trumpet), Pieter Schoeman, Vesselin Gellev (violin), Alexander Zemtsov (viola) & Kristina Blaumane (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
Helmchen shows himself adept in all aspects of No. 1's quirky humour and satirical modernism, No. 2's playful high spirits and - in the famous Andante - a nostalgic romanticism Rachmaninov might... — More…
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Masur
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Tennstedt’s Petrushka has a rugged feel…The orchestra really digs into the score, relishing its earthy, folklike qualities…The 1919 Firebird Suite is – forgive the pun – a slow burn of a performance.... — More…
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so wholeheartedly is Jurowski immersed in its [the Overture’s] spirit. — More…
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