Categories Archives: Valery Gergiev
May 22, 2017
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater (LSO, Valery Gergiev)
This second, star-studded instalment of Gergiev’s Szymanowski cycle features Toby Spence as soloist in the Third Symphony, ‘Song of the Night’ and internationally renowned pianist, Denis Matsuev in the virtuosic ‘Symphonie concertante’, Symphony
May 22, 2017
Brahms: German Requiem (LSO, Valery Gergiev)
Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra present Brahms’ greatest choral work, the German Requiem, featuring soprano Sally Matthews and baritone Christopher Maltman. Gergiev’s first Brahms release on LSO Live, Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, Trag
May 22, 2017
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (LSO, Valery Gergiev)
A large-scale ‘symphonie dramatique’, Roméo et Juliette was the fruit of the composer’s dual fascination with Shakespeare and with the actress Harriet Smithson, whom he was later to marry. Using the story of the star-crossed lovers as a starting
November 14, 2014
Strauss: Elektra (LSO, Valery Gergiev)
***** ‘a thrilling, often revelatory performance, alive to every intense and modernistic gesture. Valery Gergiev finds both great colour and emotional depth in the music … the London Symphony Orchestra on superb form … First-class sound and presenta
November 14, 2014
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (LSO, Valery Gergiev)
Nominated for ICMA Award 2012 Discs of the Month ***** / ***** Fono Forum (Germany) ‘Gergiev conjures up an intoxicatingly languorous soundworld’ Classic FM Magazine (UK) The iTunes version of this album includes an exclusive video performance