London Philharmonic Choir

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Kathleen Ferrier, Isobel Baillie, Heddle Nash, William Parsons / Bruno Walter, London SO (Nov. 13 1947)

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

When this performance was first released (on Bruno Walter Society LP No. BWS-742 in 1980) critic Mortimer H. Frank wrote in the USA journal Fanfare:...continue...
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall (11/13/1947)....continue...

Gemini - Berlioz: Requiem, Symphonie Fantastique / Previn, Tear, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Performers: Tear, Robert
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski/London Philharmonic / Wagner, Berg, Mahler [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for Orchestra, Op. 6; Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Performers: Fassbender, Hedwig; Hendrick, Michael; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Montalvo, Marisol; Ragusa, David Christopher
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"It's chemistry - you cannot force it or fake it" says Vladimir Jurowski of his critically acclaimed relationship with the London Philharmonic Orchestra - "you...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Music of Heinrich Schweizer / Malat, Zushan, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 2007-04-01

Works: Heinrich Schweizer: Alpstein Suite; Love in Spring; Trio for Flute, Bassoon and Piano "After Themes of Sri Chinmoy"; Intermezzo; Alphorn Music; East West Symphony; Historical Symphony Suite; Symphoni...
Performers: Kofmehl, Matthew; Reich, Bruno; Tsuda, Michiko; Van Buskirk, John
Conductors: Malát, Jiri; Vawklang, Veeraphan; ; Schweizer, Daniel; Zushan, Bian; Atzmón, Moshe; Folse, Bart
Ensemble: Bangkok Choir; Bangkok Symphony Orchestra; China Broadcasting Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Pilsen Radio Symphony Orchestra; Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Singa...

Schweizer's music has been influenced by elements outside the normal European tradition. This is evidenced in his research of African music, his study of Indian...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Masur, LPO, et al

2 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2006-07-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Griffey, Anthony Dean
Conductors: Creed, Neville; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

Benjamin Britten's great artistic statement of pacifism is a modern classic: an unprecedented treatment of the Latin texts of the Requiem set alongside acerbic and...continue...

Shostakovich: The Symphonies / Haitink, Concertgebouw, LPO

11 CD / Decca / 2006-05-16

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in E flat major (The First of May), Op. 20; Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93;...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Karcykowski, Ryszard; Rintzler, Marius; Söderström, Elisabeth; Varády, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Men's Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Haitink brings out an unexpected refinement in the symphonies, a rare transparency of texture. He's helped by a recording of Decca's finest quality, vividly remastered."...continue...

Parry: Invocation to Music, etc / Bamert, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Hubert Parry: The Soul's Ransom, sinfonia sacra for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Choric Song from Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & or...
Performers: Cook, Brian Rayner; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Anne; Elms, Roderick; Jones, Della; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Chandos has been a major player in the long overdue rehabilitation of Parry's music. Here his most important large-scale choral works are available as a...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works / Haitink, Chang

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Chang, Sarah; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Roocroft, Amanda; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

British Music Collection - Vaughan Willliams / Boult, LPO

5 CD / Decca / 2004-04-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 9 in E minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Cameron, John; Parfitt, Harold; Ritchie, Margaret
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the first time these complete symphony recordings have been made available as a boxed set....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Tennstedt, Haeggander, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Haggander, Marianne; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

"This is surely one of Tennstedt's best recordings, and he really gets it right in every way. It is an inspired performance, one of the...continue...

Walton: Cello Concerto, Te Deum, etc / Walton, Fournier

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Cello; The Twelve, anthem for chorus & organ; Coronation Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra; Variations on A Theme by Hindemith, for orchestra; Façade,...
Performers: Dowdall, Ann; Fournier, Pierre; Tear, Robert; Wakeham, Michael
Conductors: Walton, William
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD features premieres of Walton conducting his own music on record for the first time. Walton's lyrical Cello Concerto features the legendary French cellist,...continue...

Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

Trio - Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos / Brendel, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2002-06-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Levine, James; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir

"Brendel's mastery and highly individual imagination are never in doubt." -Penguin Guide...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-04-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Dona nobis pacem; Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm, for piano, chorus & orchestra; Magnificat for female c...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Case, John Carol; Gritton, Eric; Hyde-Smith, Christopher; Katin, Peter; Pougnet, Jean
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Davies, Meredith; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra Nova; Philharmonia Orchestra

Handel: The Messiah / Alldis, London Philharmonic, et al

2 CD / EMI Distribution (USA) / 2002-03-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Cold, Ulrik; Langridge, Philip; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Alldis, John
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

By the end of his life, George Frederick Handel was a rich man with an adoring public and worldwide acclaim. But previously, for decades he...continue...

British Composers - Elgar: The Music Makers, etc / Boult

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-01-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Choir

"I am happy to report that the classic Boult reading here restored to the catalogs is one of the finest realizations of the work I...continue...

Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Tennstedt, London Philharmonic

11 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-11-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor;...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Hill, David; Hynninen, Jorma; Mathis, Edith; Popp, Lucia; Soffel, Doris; Sotin, Hans; Versalle, Richard; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tennstedt's Mahler cycle is the single greatest contribution the late conductor made to the world of music. These recordings, made at Abbey Road and Kingsway...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5 / Brendel, Haitink

1 CD / Philips Import / 1992-09-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Alldis, John
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Sea Pictures, The Music Makers / Thomson, Finnie

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-02-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37; The Music Makers, Op. 69
Performers: Elms, Roderick
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Donna Nobis Pacem, etc / Bryden Thomson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Mystical Songs (5)
Performers: Rayner Cook, Brian; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: ; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra