Dvorak, Antonin > Davis, Colin

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3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Dvorak: Symphonies no 6-9 / Davis, London SO

3 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2005-10-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112; Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Davis offers a story and a sense of conviction that place his [Dvorak] performances in a wholly different league. - BBC Music Magazine...continue...

Dvorak: Symphony no 6 / Davis, London SO

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2005-07-12

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"[Sir Colin] Davis offers a story and a sense of conviction that place his performance in a wholly different league." - BBC Music Magazine...continue...

Dvorak: Symphony no 6 / Davis, London SO

1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2005-04-12

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra, winners of the 2004 Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, play with unmatched strength and glowing timbre. "Davis's performance seethed with vitality...continue...

Dvorák, Brahms: Concertos / Fournier, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Fournier and Zino Francescatti were born in Paris and Marseille respectively. Fournier was the leading French cellist of his generation and performed with all...continue...

Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (H...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

Dvorák: Violin Concerto, Piano Quintet / Sarah Chang, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-07-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Chang, Sarah; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Kerr, Alexander
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Cool, restrained, and often cautious readings of two Dvorak's most impassioned, deeply personal scores." - Godell, ARG...continue...

Dvorak: Symphony no 7 / Sir Colin Davis, London SO

1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2003-03-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Davis masterminds a performance of imposing authority. Tempi are more spacious than before his approach markedly more flexible and generously expressive, yet there's absolutely no...continue...