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London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’ (1960/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:57 minutes | 1,44 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Everest
Beethoven’s Eroica represents his symphonic declaration of independence from the domination of Haydn and Mozart. He spent two years composing it, polishing and refining each phrase until he had exactly what he wanted. The results must have proved startling to the symphony’s first hearers. Not only was it probably by far the longest symphony written up to that time but it had more daring innovations.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8 (1960/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:07 minutes | 1,82 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Everest Records
It is not known exactly when Beethoven completed his First Symphony, as the autograph score was lost. It is known, however, when the symphony was first performed and what the critics thought of it. It premiered in Vienna in 1800, also on the program was a Mozart symphony, an aria and duet from Haydn’s Creation, an unspecified piano concerto by Beethoven, his Septet, and some improvisations at the piano by the composer. The critics were rather complimentary about all the works but the Beethoven symphony. The Eighth is the shortest of Beethoven’s symphonies, also probably the jolliest, with much of that “unbuttoned” humor so frequently ascribed to the composer.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 8 (2006)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:17 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © LSO Live
Coming between two of Beethoven’s most famous symphonies the Fourth Symphony can seem a relatively lightweight and cheerful work. Written for Count Franz von Oppersdorff, who wanted a symphony similar in vein to the Second Symphony it is a brusque and enjoyable work. Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony sees him in playful mood. Featuring humorous twists and turns and relatively brief movements, including the shortest movement of any of his symphonies, it is a lighthearted work.
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Maria João Pires, London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:55 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © LSO Live
The LSO join forces with revered conductor Bernard Haitink and the celebrated pianist Maria João Pires in this revelatory recording of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.2. Haitink and the LSO’s previous Beethoven recordings have been hailed as landmark interpretations, and this new addition is sure to be welcomed into the catalogue. BachTrack described the performance as ‘music-making of the highest quality.’
Piano Concerto No 2 was composed during the 1790s when the young Beethoven was seeking to establish himself as a virtuoso pianist and composer. Subject to various revisions, the work was not published until 1801, by which time he had also published his Piano Concerto No 1.
The three-movement work opens with triumphant orchestral statements, which appear throughout the first movement and provide much of its flavour and developmental force. The music that follows is full of drama and contrast, showing off the soloist’s skill and displaying the young Beethoven at his best.
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Itzhak Perlman, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:51 minutes | 758 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Unlike some of his older colleagues, such as Isaac Stern or Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman has recorded very little music by Béla Bartók — the Violin Sonatas Nos.1 and 2, the Sonata for solo violin, the two Rhapsodies, the First Violin Concerto and the six Romanian Folk Dances are all notable by their absence from his discography, making this recording of the Second Violin Concerto all the more precious. Several of his eminent predecessors had already recorded this masterpiece, chief among them Yehudi Menuhin (in 1946 and 1953), Ivry Gitlis (1954) and Isaac Stern (1958). The young Perlman’s vision of the work, as conducted by André Previn, proved to be a landmark to match those that had gone before.
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Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Fidelio (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & DST64 6.0 >1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front Cover | 7.41 GB
FLAC Image+CUE 2.0 24bit/88.2 kHz | Front Cover | 1.96 GB
Best of 2007 Classical CDs ‘This thrilling performance was given in the Barbican last May when Sir Colin excelled himself in the power & nobility of his interpretation, with the LSO in terrific form, & the American soprano Christine Brewer sang with gleaming white-hot tone as Leonore. The final paean of joy at liberation is overwhelming. 1st-class recording quality.
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Anne Akiko Meyers, Keith Lockhart, London Symphony Orchestra – Serenade: The Love Album (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:46 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © eOne Music
Without much fanfare, Anne Akiko Meyers has risen to the top of the heap in American classical music; she was the best-selling traditional classical instrumentalist in the U.S. in 2014. She does nearly everything well and puts it across effectively: she has strong fundamentals, a good deal of stage charisma, great programming instincts, and a couple of extraordinary violins to which she has lifetime access, including the 1741 “Ex Vieuxtemps” Guarneri heard here. It’s unusual to hear this instrument, with its purring lower register, applied to the likes of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, but the truth is that she applies its capabilities in novel and entirely appropriate ways. Leonard Bernstein is at the center of the program, which sets it apart from the usual collections of sentimental pop tunes; Meyers effectively plays the more abstract Serenade After Plato’s Symposium against film themes and popular songs by Bernstein and other composers, with tango accents from Gade and Piazzolla to break things up. It’s an exceptionally engaging program that uses Meyers’ basically lyrical talents to the maximum, and her aims are perfectly complemented by the London Symphony under Keith Lockhart. That might seem an unusual combination, but once you listen it makes perfect sense. And the same can be said of Meyers’ playing in general. Luxuriantly melodic, and highly recommended.
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Artur Rubinstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli – Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Remastered) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 59:51 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen’s Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. His conducting career began with the formation of his own orchestra in 1924, and between 1926 and 1933 he was active as an opera conductor at Covent Garden and elsewhere. Orchestral appointments followed: the Scottish Orchestra (1933–36), the New York Philharmonic (1936–42), the Hallé Orchestra (1943–70) and the Houston Symphony (1961–67). Barbirolli guest conducted many of the world’s leading orchestras and was especially admired as an interpreter of the music of Mahler, Sibelius, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Delius, Puccini and Verdi. He made many outstanding recordings, including the complete Brahms and Sibelius symphonies, as well as operas by Verdi and Puccini and much English repertoire.
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London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox – Vaughan Williams: Overture to The Wasps & A Sea Symphony (2007/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:16:19 minutes | 663 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos Records
Sea Symphony is Vaughan Williams’s response to Walt Whitman’s inspirational, visionary verse. It is recorded here from the June 2006 highly-praised performance by London Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorus with soloists Gerald Finley and Susan Gritton, and Richard Hickox at the helm. The symphony is coupled with his much-loved overture to The Wasps and the dynamism of the concert performance is preserved in high-resolution audio.
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Andre Previn & London Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (2011 – Remaster) (1972/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:13 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics/Erato
This stunning audiophile download celebrates one of Tchaikovsky’s most beloved works, The Nutcracker. The ballet is an absolute masterpiece from start to finish. Under the leadership of acclaimed conductor Andre Previn, the London Symphony Orchestra blends clarity with flawless technique. Upheld to the highest standards, Previn delivered a masterful interpretation of this historic work complemented by the orchestra’s relentless commitment.
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Aaron Copland & London Symphony Orchestra – Copland Conducts Copland (2000)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:40 minutes | Scans included | 3,02 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,17 GB
Copland Conducts Copland is a collections of recordings released in the 70s by Aaron Copland conducting The London Symphony Orchestra.
This is one of the SACDs that can make anyone a believer in the new format. The performance is top notch to begin with, but it’s the quality of the recording that caught my attention, even though I have other good recordings of these pieces. Instruments truly sounded live and spread across a 3 dimensional space. Hall sounds were distinct from the music – you could tell the hall was empty when the recording was made and you could easily time the primary reverbations. Every instrument and distinct sound seemed to exist in its own space. Only complaints are that overall sound is a bit bright, typical of the era of the recording, and the hall reverb was too strong, probably due to the empty space.
— Customer review at amazon.com