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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Júlia Várady, Jane Eaglen, Susan Bullock (sopranos), Trudeliese Schmidt, Jadwiga Rappé (mezzo soprano), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Eike Wilm Schulte (baritone) & Hans Sotin (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, London Symphony Chorus & Eton College Boys’ Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
Even in the hour-long second movement, Tennstedt sustains such a high level of concentration and intensity that the attention is riveted throughout, culminating in a ecstatic peroration that... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Adriana Kucerová (soprano) & Christianne Stotijn (mezzo soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
The interlude-minuet of bygone days is deliberately nuanced, like much else here. Then Jurowski pulls off his finest feat of tonal novelty in a hyper-modern scherzo...[Stotijn], Kucerová and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Disc of the Month
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...Jurowski's approach to Brahms makes exceptional sense. Instead of the familiar cultivation of rich, fat sound as a goal in itself, we have a Brahms that moves fluidly and sings in long lines...the... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphonies No. 6 & 14
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
This is by far the most stunning Shostakovich disc I have heard this year...Here, the Sixth's opening is no introverted lament: rather, the LPO's string trills seem to express a rage a still... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Disc of the month
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infectious, bracing and idealistic by turns, the results are both lively and heartfelt. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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Tchaikovsky - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London on 22 October 2008 (Symphony No.1) and 26 November 2008 (Symphony No.6)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
…a young man's view of Tchaikovsky's first and last symphonies: infectious, bracing, and idealistic by turns, the results are both lively and heartfelt. This Pathétique… finale… receives a... — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto & Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Augustin Hadelich (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Omer Meir Wellber
Hadelich’s rich tone pays dividends in an arresting, heartfelt Tchaikovsky. The rather slighter Lalo is nevertheless given a seductive and graceful performance. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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its character and its superb sound, both detailed and well-balanced, are as impressive and involving as ever...the music [is] not only well within the players' grasp but played with polish and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 19 March and 4 May 2011
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
I especially enjoy the finale [of the Fifth], which is taut and bracing; occasional stinging accents provide scintillating moments amid propulsive energy and momentum. On the whole, however,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Disc of the Month
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Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic'
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
…Tennstedt goes for the jugular, accentuating the theatricality of Mahler's musical language. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording
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