LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The London Symphony Orchestra is widely regarded to be amongst the top five orchestras in the world, on the strength of its performances alone, but there is much more to its work than concerts in concert-halls. Its many activities include an energetic and ground-breaking education and community programme, a record company, exciting work in the field of information technology, and much more.
100 years after it was formed the LSO still attracts the best players, many of whom have flourishing solo, chamber music or teaching careers alongside their orchestral work. The LSO's roster of soloists and conductors is second to none, starting with current Principal Conductor Sir Colin Davis, whose long association with the LSO has reached a pinnacle of achievement over the last few years, with extraordinary concert performances and multi-award-winning recordings. Valery Gergiev takes over as Principal Conductor in January 2007, Daniel Harding joins Michael Tilson Thomas as Principal Guest Conductor in 2006, and Sir Colin Davis stays on as President, only the fifth in the Orchestra's entire history.
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| 20TH CENTURY COMPOSITIONS - ORFF, C. / RACHMANINOV, S. / RAVEL, M. / REGER, M. / STRAUSS, R. / STRAVINSKY, I. / RESPIGHI, O. / PROKOFIEV, S. |
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| A TO Z OF CONDUCTORS |
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| BACH, J.S.: Italian Concerto / Toccatas / Concerto for 2 Keyboards, BWV 1061 (Schnabel) (1936-1950) |
8.111286 |
| BACH, J.S.: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Karajan) (1952-1953) |
8.111053-54 |
| BACH, J.S.: Violin Concertos / MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 (Heifetz) (1946-53) |
8.111288 |
| BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 7 / Overture to Coriolan (PAL) |
100148 |
| BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Cello Sonata No. 2 (Schnabel) (1932) |
8.110640 |
| BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Schnabel) (1932, 1935) |
8.110638 |
| BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 (Weingartner) (1935, 1938) |
8.110856 |
| BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 / BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Casals) (1927, 1929) |
8.111262 |
| BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 / Overtures (VPO, BBC SO, LSO, Walter) (1930-1938) |
8.111032 |
| BERLIOZ, H.: Damnation de Faust (La) (excerpts) / MASSENET, J.: Werther (excerpts) (Jobin, Kolassi, Fistoulari) (1954) |
9.80307 |
| BEST OF BRITISH |
8.570573-74 |
| BLISS: Colour Symphony / HINDEMITH: Symphony, "Mathis der Maler" (Bliss, Hindemith) (1955) |
9.80004 |
| BOCCHERINI / HAYDN / ELGAR: Cello Concertos (Casals) (1938, 1945) |
8.110305 |
| BOTTESINI COLLECTION (The), Vol. 2 |
8.570398 |
| BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 / TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rubinstein) (1929, 1932) |
8.111271 |
| BRITTEN (THE BEST OF) |
8.556838 |
| BRITTEN: Piano Concerto / Johnson Over Jordan Suite |
8.557197 |
| BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem / Gloriana Suite / Sea Interludes |
8.557196 |
| BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (The) / Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge |
8.557200 |
| CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1927-1930) |
8.110976 |
| CHALIAPIN, Feodor: A Vocal Portrait (1907-1936) |
8.110748-49 |
| CHOPIN, F.: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Ballon, Ansermet) (1950) |
9.80691 |
| DISCOVER OPERA |
8.558196-97 |
| DVORAK, A.: Cello Concerto (Nelsova, London Symphony, Krips) (1951) |
9.80783 |
| ELGAR / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Menuhin) (1931-1932) |
8.110902 |
| ELGAR / WALTON: Violin Concertos (Heifetz) (1941, 1949) |
8.110939 |
| ELGAR, E.: "Engima" Variations / PURCELL, H.: Suite for Strings from the Dramatic Music (arr. A. Coates) (London Symphony, Sargent) (1953) |
9.80785 |
| ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture / Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches (Elgar) (1926-1933) |
8.111022 |
| ELGAR: Symphony No. 2 / Cello Concerto (Harrison, Elgar) (1927-28) |
8.111260 |
| EL-KHOURY: New York, Tears and Hope / The Rivers Engulfed |
8.570134 |
| FUCHS, K.: American Place (An) / Eventide / Out of the Dark |
8.559224 |
| FUCHS, K.: Canticle to the Sun / United Artists |
8.559335 |
| GINASTERA: Panambi / Estancia (Complete Ballets) |
8.557582 |
| GREAT VIOLINISTS |
8.110980-81 |
| GRIEG, E.: Piano Concerto / FALLA, M.: Noches en los jardines de Espana (Curzon) (1951) |
9.80318 |
| HOLST: Planets (The) (Holst) / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 (Vaughan Williams) (1926, 1937) |
8.111048 |
| LEIDER, Frida: A Vocal Portrait (1921-1943) |
8.110744-45 |
| LEONARD BERNSTEIN ANNIVERSARY BOX (NTSC) |
2057068 |
| LEVITSKI, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 (1927-1933) |
8.110769 |
| LUX AETERNA - Claudio Abbado Conducts Verdi's Messa da Requiem (1982, 1985) (PAL) |
101451 |
| MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 |
8.557990 |
| MENDELSSOHN, F.: Violin Concerto in E minor (De Vito, Sargent) (1951) |
9.80535 |
| MEYERBEER, G.: Patineurs (Les) (arr. C. Lambert) / MASSENET, J.: Le Cid: Ballet Music (Robert Irving) (1952, 1957) |
9.80453 |
| MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concerto No. 27 / Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major / Rondo in A minor (Schnabel) (1934-1946) |
8.111294 |
| NORDENTOFT: Entgegen / Zenevera Sesio / Hymne |
8.224068 |
| ODE TO FREEDOM - BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 (NTSC) |
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| Oratorio Arias: Marshall, Lois - HANDEL, G.F. / HAYDN, F.J. / MENDELSSOHN, F. (1957) |
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| ORIGINAL FILM MUSIC THEMES: Things to Come (1936-1947) |
8.120597 |
| PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 / SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (Menuhin) (1955) |
9.80041 |
| POULENC, F.: Biches (Les) / Aubade (Jacquinot, Fistoulari) (1953-1954) |
9.80481 |
| PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Vision Fugitives (Prokofiev) (1932, 1935) |
8.110670 |
| RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 / LISZT: Paganini Etudes (Horowitz) (1930) |
8.110696 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.: Piano Concerto / Opera Excerpts (Jacquinot, Fistoulari, Weldon) (1952-1953) |
9.80563 |
| SAINT-SAENS, C.: Introduction et rondo capriccioso / Havanaise / SARASATE, P.: Zigeunerweisen / WIENIAWSKI, H.: Legende (Campoli) (1953, 1956) |
9.80511 |
| SCHOENBERG: 5 Orchestral Pieces / BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)(Schoenberg, Vol. 5) |
8.557524 |
| SCHUMANN, R.: Symphony No. 4 / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphony No. 4, "Italian" (Krips) (1953) |
9.80544 |
| STRAVINSKY: Apollo / Agon / Orpheus (Stravinsky, Vol. 4) |
8.557502 |
| STRAVINSKY: Firebird / Pulcinella (PAL) |
100130 |
| STRAVINSKY: Igor Stravinsky - A Portrait (NICE) |
8.558186-87 |
| STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella / Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss) (Stravinsky, Vol. 5) |
8.557503 |
| STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring (The) / The Nightingale (Stravinsky, Vol. 3) |
8.557501 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY / WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concertos (Elman) (1929, 1950) |
8.110912 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY, P.: Piano Concerto No. 1 / LISZT, F.: Hungarian Fantasy (Katchen) (1955) |
9.80467 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Swan Lake (London Symphony, Fistoulari) (1952) |
9.80724-25 |
| TEYTE, Maggie: Vocal Portrait (A) (1932-1948) |
8.110757-58 |
| THOMAS: Desire Under the Elms |
8.669001-02 |
| VERDI: Don Carlo (Christoff, Filippeschi, Gobbi) (1954) |
8.111132-34 |
| VERDI: Requiem (PAL) |
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| VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Heifetz) (1935-1947) |
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| Vocal Recital (Bass): Arie, Raphael - MUSSORGSKY, M.P. / GLINKA, M.I. / LISHIN, G. / GRECHANINOV, A.T. (Recital of Russian Songs) (1953) |
9.80439 |
| WAGNER, R.: Siegfried (Ring Cycle 3) (Excerpts) (Melchior, Tessmer) (1929-1932) |
8.110091-92 |
| WALTON, W.: Facade Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / LAMBERT, C.: Horoscope Suite (Irving) (1953) |
9.80159 |
| WALTON, W.: Orb and Sceptre / BAX, A.: Coronation March / ELGAR, E.: Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1, 4 / Imperial March (Sargent) (1953) |
9.80308 |
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