Sir Colin Davis conductor / London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis has a special affinity with a select group of composers, whose music he has frequently returned to throughout his career, each time...

As one of the leading figures of nationalism in music, Dvorak's symphonies exude the essence of his Czech homeland. They are laced with folk tunes ...

By the time he began working on his First Symphony, William Walton had already established himself as the most exciting young British composer of t...

Sir Colin Davis captures the haunting brilliance of Dvorak's masterpiece and draws a truly virtuosic display from the London Symphony Orchestra. Th...

Widely regarded as the finest recording of Dvorak's Symphony No 8, the LSO and Sir Colin Davis produce a staggering performance - the CD recreates ...

Dvorak's Sixth Symphony secured him international fame following its premiere 1881. The influence of his native Bohemia, its sounds and its culture...

Best Classical Recordings of 2002 Sunday Times / Best Classical CDs of 2002 The Guardian / Best Classical CDs of 2002 Sunday Telegraph / Disc of th...

Of all Anton Bruckner's symphonies, the Sixth is his most original. Its contrasting moods, and overarching theme moving from darkness to light, bri...

Elgar left only sketches for a third symphony when he died and it was not until 1998 that Anthony Payne completed these to produce what was hailed ...

Sibelius was one of the 20th century's greatest and most innovative symphonists, with a musical style evoking beauty, mystery, colour and light. In...

Walton’s Symphony No 1 and Belshazzar’s Feast, which were written consecutively, helped him consolidate his reputation as the most exciting British...

Reducere. Disc: 11. Berlioz: Requiem, Op.5 (Grande Messe des Morts) - 1. Requiem - Kyrie by Wandsworth School Boys Choir & London Symphony Chorus & London Sy...

The conductors on these recordings had the world of Delibes at their fingertips; masters of light orchestral textures and lightning reflexes. “The ...

Ancient Airs and Dances (Suites Nos. 1–3) /The Birds Brazilian Impressions / Fountains of Rome /Pines of Rome

It may be said of Brahms more truly than of most creative artists that he subsumed many of his most private and turbulent feelings within his own w...

Kullervo recounts the story of its eponymous hero. After a lonely childhood, Kullervo grows up to become a determined warrior. He seduces a girl on...

Kullervo recounts the story of its eponymous hero. After a lonely childhood, Kullervo grows up to become a determined warrior. He seduces a girl on...

Verdi had retired from opera following the premiere of Aida in 1871 but was eventually persuaded by his publisher to work with the librettist Arrig...

Following his acclaimed recording of Britten's Peter Grimes, Sir Colin Davis and the LSO are joined by a magnificent cast led by Michele Pertusi fo...

To this day mystery surrounds the circumstances under which Mozart was commissioned by a stranger to write a Requiem Mass. He died before its compl...

Aside from his operas, Verdi is best known for his extraordinary Requiem, written in memory of the Italian writer and nationalist Alessandro Manzon...

Based on a true incident which occurred during the French Revolution, Fidelio is Beethoven's only opera. Depicting the rescue of a political prison...

Berlioz’s flamboyant opera Benvenuto Cellini is inspired by the life of the legendary Florentine goldsmith and Renaissance figure. Its first perfor...

“There has not been a Beethoven cycle like this since Klemperer’s heyday, or Bruno Walter’s, … informed by an imaginative vision that derives … fro...

Inspired by the mythology and pastoral beauty of his Czech homeland, Smetana's six tone poems that form Ma vlast (My Fatherland) is one of the best...

Sir Colin Davis's extraordinary recording of Berlioz's operatic masterpiece has captured attention all over the world, and won the highest internat...

The Planets became one of the most popular and widely recognised musical works of the 20th century. Holst himself conducted the LSO in two early re...

The greatest living conductor of Berlioz's music gives a sensational reading of the composer's symphonic masterpiece to produce the finest recordin...

For his first complete opera recording since his award-winning Les Troyens on LSO Live, Sir Colin Davis tackles one of the 20th century's greatest ...

Commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy II to celebrate his wife’s name-day in 1807, Beethoven’s early Mass in C contains some of the composer’s ...

Berlioz frequently turned to Shakespeare for inspiration, and in Beatrice et Benedict produced a delightful and sensuous score based on Much Ado Ab...

The definitive recording of one of Berlioz's most popular works from the composer's greatest living interpreter. All the drama and the passion of S...

Described as a ‘sacred trilogy’, Berlioz’s oratorio L’enfance du Christ began as a short piece called Shepherds’ Farewell. It tells the story of th...

Sir Colin Davis's LSO Live Berlioz recordings have been one of the most widely acclaimed series of classical recordings of recent years and collect...

Sir Colin Davis returns to Berlioz in the year of the composer's bicentenary, following the worldwide praise and numerous awards that greeted his f...

Having abandoned composition for conducting in the late 1930s, Igor Markevitch became one of the 20th century’s greatest Russian conductors. Among ...

Bonus DVD: The bonus DVD features highlights from the performances in December 2006 and an interview with Sir Colin Davis.'this one [recording[ def...

Diapason D'or Diapason, Symphony No 1Best Classical CDs of the Year Sunday Times, Symphony No 2Top Ten Discs of the Decade BBC Music Magazine, Symp...

A magnificent cast, led by Giuseppe Sabbatini on blistering form, revel in Berlioz's dramatic account of the Faust tale. Sir Colin Davis leads a pe...

Elgar's Dream of Gerontius was thought by many to be outlandishly modern at the time of its completion in 1900. Telling the story of the journey of...

The Confession of Isobel Gowdie confirmed Scottish composer James MacMillan as a major talent in 1990. Its inspiration – the brutal execution of a ...

Acclaimed as “a landmark for contemporary music”, James MacMillan’s interpretation of the 2, 000-year old Passion narrative is one of his most sign...

Sir Colin Davis conductor / 'this might turn out to be the finest Sibelius cycle on disc ...'The Observer, Symphony No 2

The second instalment in Sir Colin Davis's new LSO Live Sibelius cycle follows hot on the heels of the first critically-acclaimed release featuring...

Although influenced by Tchaikovsky, Sibelius drew on his native Finlandfor much of the inspiration for his first symphony and began to developa dis...

Despite giving titles to the majority of his symphonies, Danish composer Carl Nielsen was often vague about what influenced each work. Nevertheless...

Tippett’s response to the infamous Krystallnacht pogrom against the Jews in 1938 was his first major statement as an artist. Tippett took the title...

The Variations on an Original Theme, or ’Enigma’ as it is commonly known, brought Elgar overnight fame when it appeared in 1899. The music is glori...

The Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6, (1913-1915) are in Berg’s unique voice - highly chromatic, dark, brooding, often romantic – and rank among the ...

1. Symphony No. 3 in D major ('Polish'), Op. 29: Introduzione ed Allegro /2. Symphony No. 3 in D major ('Polish'), Op. 29: Alla tedesca - Allegro m...