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Performer: London S Ch BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem... (Simon Rattle) (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | HOLST, GUSTAV: The Cloud Messenger... (Richard Hickox) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | ensemble or orchestra | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1–7... (Colin Davis) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | ensemble or orchestra | ADÈS: The Dante Project (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | ANONYMOUS: God Save the Queen (Review by George Chien) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123. Anna Tomova-Sintow, soprano; Patricia Payne, contralto; Robert Tear, tenor; Robert Lloyd, bass (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125. Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 (Review by Howard Kornblum) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (“Choral') (Review by William Zagorski) | ensemble or orchestra | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The Nine Symphonies. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62. Egmont Overture, Op. 84. Fidelio Overture, Op. 72. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | ensemble or orchestra | BERLIOZ: Requiem, Op. 5. Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Chichester Psalms (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Chichester Psalms (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Alto Rhapsody, op. 53. Four Songs, op. 17 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: 2 Partsongs. Chorale (Review by Alan Swanson) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: 5 Flower Songs (Review by Alan Swanson) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: A Shepherd’s Carol. The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Review by Alan Swanson) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: Cantata Académica (Carmen basiliense), Op. 62. Cantata misericordium, Op. 69. Choral Dances Gloriana (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: Choral Dances from Gloriana. Old Abram Brown. Oliver Cromwell. O Can You Sew Cushions? The Sally Gardens. Hymn to the Virgin. Missa Brevis (Review by Alan Swanson) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: Peter Grimes, op. 33 (Review by Marc Mandel) | ensemble or orchestra | BRITTEN: War Requiem. Sinfonia da Requiem. Ballad of Heroes (Review by Haig Mardirosian) | want list ensemble | BURGON: Requiem (Review by Stephen Ellis) | ensemble or orchestra | DEBUSSY: La Demoiselle élue. Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune. Images for Orchestra (Review by James Miller) | ensemble or orchestra | DELIUS: Sea Drift. Appaiar hia (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | DURUFLÉ, MAURICE: Requiem, Op. 9 (Review by George Chien) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: Caractacus, op. 35. Severn Suite (Version for Full Orchestra), op. 87a (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: Choral Songs (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: The Shower. The Fountain. My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land. Yea, Cast Me from Heights. Whether I Find Thee. After Many a Dusty Mile. It’s Oh to Be a Wild Wind. Feasting I Watch. Death on the Hills. Go, Song of Mine. The Wanderer. Zut, zut, zut. Love’s Tempest. Serenade (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: The Spirit of England, op. 80. The Snow, op. 26, no. 1. O Hearken Thou, op. 64. Give Unto the Lord, op. 74. Land of Hope and Glory (arr. Fagge) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: The Spirit of England. With Proud Thanksgiving. Carillon. Arthur (Review by James A. Altena) | ensemble or orchestra | ELGAR: There Is Sweet Music. Deep in My Soul. O Wild West Wind. Owls. The Reveille. The Herald. Weary Wind of the West. Evening Scene. The Prince of Sleep (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | ensemble or orchestra | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48 (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | ensemble or orchestra | FERGUSON, HOWARD: Overture for an Occasion, op. 16. Partita, op. 5a. Two Ballades, op. V. The Dream of the Rood (Review by Paul A. Snook) | ensemble or orchestra | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Arias from (Review by James A. Altena) | ensemble or orchestra | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Arias from (Review by Ken Meltzer) | ensemble or orchestra | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (2 versions) (Review by James A. Altena) | ensemble or orchestra | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (2 versions) (Review by Ken Meltzer) | ensemble or orchestra | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | HOLST, GUSTAV: The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37; Short Festival Te Deum; Ode to Death, Op. 38; Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda, Op. 26 (Second Group) (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | HOLST, GUSTAV: The Perfect Fool—Ballet, Op. 39. Egdon Heath, Op. 47. Beni Mora, Op. 29, No. 1. St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2. Short Festival Te Deum, H. 145*. Psalm 86, H. 117, No. 2. Brook Green Suite, H. 190 (Review by John Ditsky) | ensemble or orchestra | JANÁČEK, LEOŠ: Glagolitic Mass. Sinfonietta (Review by David Hurwitz) | ensemble or orchestra | JANÁČEK, LEOŠ: Glagolitic Mass. Sinfonietta (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta. The Peacock (Review by Dave Saemann) | ensemble or orchestra | KODÁLY: Háry János (Review by Dave Saemann) | ensemble or orchestra | KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, “The Peacock” (Review by Dave Saemann) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphonies (Review by Christopher Abbot) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Rückert Lieder (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Christopher Williams) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Christopher Abbot) | ensemble or orchestra | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Michael Jameson) | want list ensemble | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Huntley Dent) | ensemble or orchestra | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Infelice, op. 94. Psalm 42, op. 42 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | ensemble or orchestra | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Symphonies (Review by James Miller) | ensemble or orchestra | ORFF: Carmina Burana (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | ensemble or orchestra | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Ivan the Terrible, op. 116 (Review by Michael Ullman) | ensemble or orchestra | RACHMANINOFF: All-Night Vigil (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | ensemble or orchestra | ROSSINI: Stabat Mater (Review by David Johnson) | ensemble or orchestra | ROSSINI: Stabat Mater (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | ensemble or orchestra | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7). Toward the Unknown Region (Review by John D. Wiser) | ensemble or orchestra | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4. Mass in g. 6 Choral Songs. (Review by James Miller) | ensemble or orchestra | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Requiem Mass (Review by Marc Mandel) | ensemble or orchestra | WAGNER, RICHARD: Götterdämmerung (Review by Andrew Quint) | ensemble or orchestra | WAGNER, RICHARD: Götterdämmerung (Review by Colin Clarke) | ensemble or orchestra | WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast. Improvisations on a Impromptu of Benjamin Britten. Portsmouth Point. Scapino (Review by Vincent Alfano) | ensemble or orchestra | WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar’s Feast (Review by Andrew Quint) | ensemble or orchestra |
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