New releases on the LPO Label JOHANNES BRAHMS CARL ORFF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY RICHARD STRAUSS For clips of all our releases, booklet notes and to buy online as CD or download visit lpo.org.uk
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JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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LPO-0075 – Released February 2014 £9.99 – 1 CD
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Vladimir Jurowski conductor In Brahms’s Third Symphony, sweeping string melodies and autumnal colours interwoven with his recurring musical motto of ‘free but joyful’ create one of the composer’s most personal works. In his Fourth and final symphony, Brahms looked back to his idols Bach and Beethoven for inspiration, creating a masterpiece whose extraordinary passacaglia finale seems to sum up the composer’s symphonic mastery. Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in these live concert recordings. ‘An outstanding disc, strong in momentum, passionately detailed.’ The Sunday Times, 9 March 2014
CARL ORFF Carmina Burana
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
LPO-0076 – Released March 2014 £9.99 – 1 CD
LPO-0077 – Released June 2014 £9.99 – 1 CD
Hans Graf conductor Sarah Tynan soprano Andrew Kennedy tenor Rodion Pogossov baritone London Philharmonic Choir Trinity Boys Choir
Sir Georg Solti conductor Helen Donath soprano Doris Soffel mezzo soprano Siegfried Jerusalem tenor Hans Sotin bass Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is an infectious and brilliantly orchestrated work, combining gloriously bawdy vulgarity and moments of touching beauty. The satirical texts poke fun at what they see as a hypocritical church, before indulging in erotic fantasy and pondering ideas of fate and fortune.
From 1819 to 1823, Beethoven was stirred by a renewed creative energy. Over these four years he sketched his Missa Solemnis, the work he himself came to admire above all others. This captivating performance, by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under its then Principal Conductor Sir Georg Solti, was recorded live at the BBC Proms in 1982.
‘The orchestra is the star here: Graf secures characterful electrifying playing from the LPO.’
‘A wonderfully coherent interpretation that proves utterly enthralling.’
Classical Music Magazine, May 2014
The Guardian, 27 June 2014
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY A Florentine Tragedy; Six Maeterlinck Songs
RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan; Ein Heldenleben
LPO-0078 – Released July 2014 £9.99 – 1 CD
LPO-0079 – Released September 2014 £9.99 – 1 CD
Vladimir Jurowski conductor Petra Lang mezzo soprano Heike Wessels mezzo soprano Sergey Skorokhodov tenor Albert Dohmen baritone
Bernard Haitink conductor
Set in 16th-century Florence, Alexander Zemlinsky’s opera tells of jealousy, betrayal and ultimately murder. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra provide a rich and lavish backdrop for this gripping tale of passion and revenge, which is followed by Zemlinsky’s haunting, sensuous Six Maeterlinck Songs. ‘Exquisite if sinister detail from the London Philharmonic ...’ CD of the Week, The Guardian, 9 July 2014
Richard Strauss was only 25 years old when his tone-poem Don Juan was premiered in 1889, and it was this vivid depiction of a young man’s ardour and relentless pursuit that launched the composer’s reputation as master of the genre. Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) recounts another life of conquest and passion, this time based on that of the composer himself. This recording is dedicated to the memory of Nicholas Busch, the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Horn from 1973– 2006.