London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. From the outset the LSO was organised on co-operative lines, with all players sharing the profits at the end of each season. This practice continued for the orchestra's first four decades.The LSO underwent periods of eclipse in the 1930s and 1950s when it was regarded as inferior in quality to new London orchestras, to which it lost players and bookings: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1930s and the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic after the Second World War. The profit-sharing principle was abandoned in the post-war era as a condition of receiving public subsidy for the first time. In the 1950s the orchestra debated whether to concentrate on film work at the expense of symphony concerts; many senior players left when the majority of players rejected the idea. By the 1960s the LSO had recovered its leading position, which it has retained subsequently. In 1966, to perform alongside it in choral works, the orchestra established the LSO Chorus, originally a mix of professional and amateur singers, later a wholly amateur ensemble.
As a self-governing body, the orchestra selects the conductors with whom it works. At some stages in its history it has dispensed with a principal conductor and worked only with guests. Among conductors with whom it is most associated are, in its early days, Hans Richter, Sir Edward Elgar, and Sir Thomas Beecham, and in more recent decades Pierre Monteux, André Previn, Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis, and Valery Gergiev.
Since 1982, the LSO has been based in the Barbican Centre in the City of London. Among its programmes there have been large-scale festivals celebrating composers as diverse as Berlioz, Mahler and Leonard Bernstein. The LSO claims to be the world's most recorded orchestra; it has made gramophone recordings since 1912 and has played on more than 200 soundtrack recordings for the cinema, of which the best known include the ''Star Wars'' series. Provided by Wikipedia
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms. Violin concerto no. 1 by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 3. Symphony no. 3 op. 90 by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Symphonie no. 1 (London version) by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 4. Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 2 op. 61 by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms. Symphony no. 1 by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Stravinsky. Trois fragments de "Wozzeck" op. 7 = Three fragments from "Wozzeck", op. 7 by Berg, Alban, 1885-1935, Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
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Good music. Episode 12
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BBC Proms. 1979, The Sunday Prom. Piano concerto in A minor by Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907
Published 1979“…London Symphony Orchestra…”
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Messiaen and Bruckner. Couleurs de la cité céleste by Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 4. Symphony no. 4 op. 60 : Symphonie concertante by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Concerto pour piano = Piano concerto by Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Stravinsky. Mystère du macabre = Mysteries of the macabre by Ligeti, György, 1923-2006
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Michael Tilson-Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang, Matthews, Gerswin, Shostakovich. Concerto en Fa = Concerto in F by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 2. Symphony no. 2 by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 2. Tragic overture by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 2. Symphony no. 2 op. 73 by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Valery Gergiev conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with the London Symphony Orchestra. Les nuits d'été op. 7 by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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Valery Gergiev conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with the London Symphony Orchestra. Symphonie fantastique op. 14 by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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BBC Proms. 1979, The Sunday Prom. Symphony in three movements by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Published 1979“…London Symphony Orchestra…”
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Michael Tilson-Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang, Matthews, Gerswin, Shostakovich. Hidden variables by Matthews, Colin
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 4. Symphony no. 4 op. 98 by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 3. Symphony no. 3 op. 27 : Song of the night by Szymanowski, Karol, 1882-1937
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms Symphonies no. 3. Variations on a theme by Haydn op. 56a by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Stravinsky. Six pièces pour orchestre op. 6 = Six pieces op. 6 by Webern, Anton, 1883-1945
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Ouverture : Les Hébrides by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage. L'arbre des songes = The tree of dreams by Dutilleux, Henri, 1916-2013
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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in Szymanowski and Brahms. Symphony no. 1 op. 68 by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage. Métaboles by Dutilleux, Henri, 1916-2013
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Omnibus. Who needs a conductor?
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage. Daphnis et Chloe : suite no. 2 = Daphnis and Chloe : suite no. 2 by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Webern, Berg, Ligeti, Stravinsky. Le sacre du printemps = The rite of Spring by Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Messiaen and Bruckner. Symphonie no. 8 (édition Robert Haas) = Symphony no. 8 (Robert Haas edition) by Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage. Quatre poèmes hindous = Four Hindu poems by Delage, Maurice, 1879-1961
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Valery Gergiev conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with the London Symphony Orchestra. Waverley ouverture op. 1 by Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
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Symphonie no. 3 'Ecossaise' = Symphony no. 3 'Scottish' by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
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Michael Tilson-Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang, Matthews, Gerswin, Shostakovich. Symphonie no. 5 by Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975
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Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage. Le tombeau de Couperin by Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937
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Achúcarro at the Prado: Three Intermezzi, Op. 117. by (1833), Johannes Brahms
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Achúcarro at the Prado: Selections from Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 28. by (1810), Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
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Joaquín Achúcarro: 50 years on.
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