

This, Haitink’s third recording of the Third Symphony, clearly is the least successful. It captures the conductor in singularly dour mood, with plodding tempos and

This is almost, but not quite, the finest recording of Peter Grimes available. On two counts it sweeps the board: first, Colin Davis and the

Colin Davis and the LSO continue to redeem themselves in the wake of their dismal RCA Sibelius cycle with what is turning out to be

Colin Davis and the LSO are at it again in Sibelius, and while I generally take a dim view of so much repertoire duplication by

This new LSO Live release is the first installment in a projected Brahms Symphony cycle, making it the third such undertaking by Bernard Haitink on

This is a very well played, generally well recorded (with one exception) Mahler Sixth. I can well imagine it having earned the rave reviews that

Colin Davis remains an enigma. Recently I have seen him conduct some of the most exciting and enjoyable concerts imaginable, and yet the majority of

From start to finish, astute collectors will discover that there is nothing terribly special about this performance and that it is bettered by numerous studio

André Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have given a long-overdue and invigorating face-lift to this much-recorded work, and in the process have

This live Béatrice et Bénédict is Colin Davis’ third go at recording Berlioz’s beautiful “ugly duckling”. Davis’ first, released almost 40 years ago, was an
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