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Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2005/1974)

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Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (2005/1974)

Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos, Symphony No.8, Overtures (2007/1974)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | English (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 7.63+7.74 Gb (2xDVD9) | 277 min
Classical | DECCA

Collection of all five Beethoven piano concertos, played by a young Vladimir Ashkenazy at the height of his piano-playing career. Accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the great conductor Bernard Haitink, this was a first for television.

Chick Corea, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Corea.Concerto: Spain For Sextet & Orchestra, Piano Concerto No.1 (1999)

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Chick Corea, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Corea.Concerto: Spain For Sextet & Orchestra, Piano Concerto No.1 (1999)

Chick Corea, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Corea.Concerto: Spain For Sextet & Orchestra, Piano Concerto No.1 (1999)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 257 MB | 54:06
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical

"Spain" is probably Chick Corea's best-known composition. Written in 1971, it was first introduced by his Return to Forever band and played frequently by many other Corea-led groups, including his 1988 Akoustic Band trio. Here it appears again – and arguably, for all time – in a powerful, extended form through the efforts of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Steven Mercurio, Corea, and five other members of the group Origin. Combining the sounds of Spain, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, and New York with a whiff of Gershwin and Ravel full of whispers and thunder, Corea's arrangement won the 2000 Grammy.

Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Francesco Cavalli: La Calisto (1993)

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Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Francesco Cavalli: La Calisto (1993)

Raymond Leppard, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Francesco Cavalli: La Calisto (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 577 Mb | Total time: 62:18+57:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 436 216-2 | Recorded: 1971

Raymond Leppard's second and more renowned contribution to the modern revival of Cavalli: a classic among Baroque opera recordings which won the coveted Rosette award from the Penguin Record Guide. In 1651, seven years after Ormindo (also reissued by Eloquence in Leppard's recording, 482 9382), Cavalli and his librettist Faustini scored another hit with the hungry but demanding Venetian opera public with a tale from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The change that all of Ovid's central characters undergo is in this case suffered by the nymph Calisto, who is rejected by the goddess Diana, turned into a bear by the Furies and back into a human by Jupiter, who finally sets her among the stars in reward for her patience and her love. Writing as editor of the Musical Times in the summer of 1970, Stanley Sadie observed that.

Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir - Berlioz The Damnation of Faust (2024)

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Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir - Berlioz The Damnation of Faust (2024)

Edward Gardner, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir - Berlioz The Damnation of Faust (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:07:35 | 496 Mb
Genre: Classical

Half grand opera, half roof-raising choral- orchestral spectacular, Berlioz’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’ caused a scandal in 1846 when it was first performed, and with its supernatural story and thumping good melodies, it’s still one of 19th century music’s most rivetingly sinful treats.Recorded live at the Southbank Centre on 4 February 2023, Edward Gardner took on the monumental task of conducting the full orchestra, three massed choruses and a charismatic all-star cast.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (2010)

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (2010)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 264 Mb | Total time: 75:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: LPO | # LPO0045 | Recorded: 2009

Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in a luminous, expansive performance of Brahms' German Requiem recorded live in 2009, during Nézet-Séguin's first season as the orchestra's principal guest conductor. The conductor's conception is notable for creating a sense of breadth and serenity while maintaining a purposefulness and momentum that never allow the long lines to sag; it's a beautifully executed balancing act that allows the work to unfold with the spaciousness and grandeur it needs to make its maximum impact.

Neemi Järvi, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2012)

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Neemi Järvi, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2012)

Neemi Järvi, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 294 Mb | Total time: 67:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: LPO | # LPO 0062 | Recorded: 2010

Dvorák's Stabat Mater, Op. 58, was finished in 1880, wrenched out over several years after the death of the composer's daughter. It is a sizable setting that has been largely overlooked in favor of Dvorák's later works, but increasing interest in Romantic-era choral music has brought new performances. It has few specifically Czech elements, gaining its interest partly from its combination of a rather formal quality with strong personal feeling. This reading, conducted by Estonia's Neeme Järvi, is hard to beat. Start with the live engineering from the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new Royal Festival Hall, getting clarity from very large forces.

Sir Neville Marriner, Barry Wordsworth, Adrian Boult - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works (1999) 2CDs

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Sir Neville Marriner, Barry Wordsworth, Adrian Boult - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works (1999) 2CDs

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works (1999) 2CDs
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner
New Queen's Hall Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 644 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 347 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Orchestral | Label: Decca | # 460 357-2 | Time: 02:25:54

This two-CD collection offers a strong, masterfully performed selection of Vaughan Williams' shorter orchestral works. All the best-known pieces are here–the Tallis Fantasia, the Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Dives and Lazarus–as well as lesser-known but equally beautiful works such as the Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, the Concerto Grosso and the Oboe Concerto. Disc One is devoted to performances by Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; on Disc Two, Barry Wordsworth and the New Queen's Hall Orchestra take over, except for one selection–the fiercely dramatic Partita for Double String Orchestra–performed by Sir Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic. I did not think there could be a more beautiful performance of The Lark Ascending than the one by Boult and Hugh Bean, but the recording here by Marriner and Iona Brown is at very least its equal. For anyone who loves the music of Vaughan Williams, or for anyone who wants to get acquainted with this great and underrated composer, this double-CD set is a must.

LPO, Vladimir Jurowski, Vsevolod Grivnov - Serge Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3; 10 Songs (arr. Jurowski) (2016)

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LPO, Vladimir Jurowski, Vsevolod Grivnov - Serge Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3; 10 Songs (arr. Jurowski) (2016)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 3; 10 Songs (arr. Jurowski) (2016)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski, conductor; Vsevolod Grivnov, tenor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 218 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: LPO | # LPO-0088 | Time: 00:59:20

This recording features one of today’s most sought-after conductors, Vladimir Jurowski, who was appointed Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007, with many of his recordings on the LPO Label being chosen for special mentions by BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone Magazine. When Rachmaninoff finally settled in Switzerland in the early 1930s, it was here, in the tranquil surroundings he needed for inspiration, that he wrote the Third Symphony. Sir Henry Wood, writing in his autobiography My Life of Music (1938), predicted that Rachmaninoff’s Third Symphony would ‘prove as popular as Tchaikovsky’s Fifth’. These arrangements of Rachmaninoff’s 10 Songs were made by Vladimir Jurowski’s grandfather, also called Vladimir (1915–72), whose first experience of Rachmaninoff’s music was in Russia after the Second World War. He orchestrated 10 songs specifically for the celebrated Russian tenor Ivan Kozlovsky, who recorded them with the conductor Kiril Kondrashin.

Robert McDuffie, LPO, Marin Alsop - Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 'The American Four Seasons' (2010)

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Robert McDuffie, LPO, Marin Alsop - Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 'The American Four Seasons' (2010)

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No.2 'The American Four Seasons' (2010)
Robert McDuffie, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 214 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 92 Mb | Scans ~ 69 Mb
Classical, Minimalism | Label: Orange Mountain Music | # 0072 | Time: 00:40:06

Orange Mountain Music presents Philip Glass second violin concerto, subtitled The American Four Seasons, performed by violinist Robert McDuffie accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop. This live performance was captured on the occasion of the UK premiere of the work in the spring of 2010. The concerto is in four movements, with each movement preceded by a piece for solo violin comprised of a prologue and three songs. The strings-only orchestra is complemented by a synthesizer producing a sound palette that harkens back to the Philip Glass of the 1970s. The American Four Seasons was commissioned by McDuffie to act as a companion piece to Vivaldi s Four Seasons concertos, which are among the most performed and recorded works in the history of music.

YES, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London CGC, English CO - Symphonic Music of YES (1993)

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YES, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London CGC, English CO - Symphonic Music of YES (1993)

YES - Symphonic Music of YES (1993)
London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Community Gospel Choir; English Chamber Orchestra
Steve Howe, David Palmer, Jon Anderson, Tim Harries, Bill Bruford

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 292 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 126 Mb | Scans ~ 41 Mb
Label: BMG/RCA | # 09026 61938 2 | Time: 00:55:00
Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock, Classical Crossover

Symphonic Music of Yes is a 1993 album by London Philharmonic Orchestra, covering songs of the progressive rock band Yes, with the English Chamber Orchestra and the London Community Gospel Choir. The arrangements were by Dee Palmer (then David Palmer). Playing on the album were Yes guitarist Steve Howe and Yes drummer Bill Bruford. Some tracks also featured Yes vocalist Jon Anderson and featured the ABWH additional keyboardist Julian Colbeck.

LPO, Neeme Jarvi, Soloists - Antonin Dvorak: Requiem, Op.89/B 165 (2009) 2 CDs

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LPO, Neeme Jarvi, Soloists - Antonin Dvorak: Requiem, Op.89/B 165 (2009) 2 CDs

Antonín Dvořák - Requiem, Op.89/B 165 (2009) 2 CDs
Lisa Milne, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo soprano; Peter Auty, tenor; Peter Rose, bass
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir; Neeme Järvi, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 300 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 193 Mb | Scans ~ 15 Mb
Classical, Choral, Sacred | Label: LPO | # LPO-0042 | Time: 01:24:41

Never performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra before, and rarely heard in concert at all, the Requiem by Antonín Dvorák captured on this CD from a live concert seems a near-forgotten masterpiece. Dvorák scholar Gervase Hughes cites this work for four soloists, chorus and orchestra as one of the composer's finest sacred creations, 'a deeply moving expression of faith on the part of a composer whose religious conviction never wavered'. It's a conviction stamped through the composer's illuminating, fervent score.

Nikolai Demidenko, Alexander Lazarev, London Philharmonic - Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4, 5 (1998)

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Nikolai Demidenko, Alexander Lazarev, London Philharmonic - Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4, 5 (1998)

Nikolai Demidenko, Alexander Lazarev, London Philharmonic - Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1, 4, 5 (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 232 Mb | Total time: 67:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion ‎| CDA67029 | Recorded: 1998

With this disc Demidenko completes his cycle of the Prokofiev Concertos with the London Philharmonic and Alexander Lazarev. The First Concerto launched the youthful composer's career—he wrote it for his graduation concert (his playing of it won him first prize) and its youthful high spirits and virtuosity make it an instant crowd-pleaser. The Fourth and Fifth Concertos are less well known though with the Fifth it is hard to see why. The Fourth was written for the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein who didn't like it (he didn't like Ravel's left-hand Concerto either!) and refused to perform it; hence it is only recently that the work has been taken up.

Wolfgang Sawallisch & London Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms: Haydn Variations, Schicksalslied & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 (2023)

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Wolfgang Sawallisch & London Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms: Haydn Variations, Schicksalslied & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 (2023)

Wolfgang Sawallisch & London Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms: Haydn Variations, Schicksalslied & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 461 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 279 Mb | 02:01:26
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist, known for his refined interpretations of orchestral and opera repertoire. As a pianist, he was a revered accompanist and chamber musician, as well as an accomplished soloist. He was born in 1923 in Munich to Maria and Wilhelm Sawallisch, and had a brother named Werner who was older by five years. He started learning the piano at age five, and by the age of ten he had already decided that he wanted to be a concert pianist as an adult. Upon graduating high school in Munich in 1942, he studied piano with Wolfgang Ruoff until he was drafted into the military, where he served in France and Italy with the Wehrmacht, a branch of the Nazi armed forces. During the final stages of World War II in 1945 he was captured and held in a British POW camp. After he was released, he returned to Munich and began studying with composer Joseph Haas.

Miloš Karadaglić, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Miloš: Aranjuez (2014)

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Miloš Karadaglić, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Miloš: Aranjuez (2014)

Miloš Karadaglić, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Miloš: Aranjuez (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 227 Mb | Total time: 60:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 671 4441 | Recorded: 2013

For his third album on Mercury Classics/Deutsche Grammophon, international chart-topping classical guitarist Miloš Karadaglić takes the world-famous Concierto de Aranjuez as the starting point for a journey across the Spanish landscape, paying tribute to the great composers and musicians who placed the modern classical guitar firmly on the international stage.

John Pritchard, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kostas Paskalis, Josephine Barstow - Verdi: Macbeth (2005/1972)

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John Pritchard, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kostas Paskalis, Josephine Barstow - Verdi: Macbeth (2005/1972)

John Pritchard, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kostas Paskalis, Josephine Barstow - Verdi: Macbeth (2005/1972)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7.88 Gb (DVD9) | 146 min
Classical | Arthaus Musik | Sub: Deutsch, English, Espanol, Francais

This epic opera inspired by Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece was written in 1847, but did not receive its British premiere until 1938 when it was presented for the first time at Glyndebourne. The tragedy is a penetrating, concentrated, and harrowing study of the ambition of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the end both seem to verge on hallucination and madness as they recoil from the mayhem they have created around them. The production features an outstanding international cast, with the Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis in the title role and British star Josephine Barstow making an exciting debut as Lady Macbeth. Proceedings are conducted by the sympathetic baton of John Prithard.