LSO Live

A fine, dramatic, beautifully sung live recording headed by Finley’s noble Elijah [RMo]

A fitting celebration of the Year of Czech Music and the silver jubilee of LSO Live [JQ]

A tremendous performance [JQ]

It is pleasing to see Meyerbeer operas receiving attention and this live recording is first-class [MC]

A welcome release that promises much but doesn’t always deliver [MP]

Certainly the finest recording of the modern era [MB]

Three superb Britten readings, including possibly the finest Spring Symphony on disc [GPJ]

A successful and enjoyable Britten anthology [JQ]

A good cast and excellent sound are featured on Rattle’s challenge to the Mackerras hegemony [MP]

We seem to observe the tragic events as they might really have happened – no hyperbole, just committed singing [MS]

Best avoided – there are many far superior options [RMo]

Witty, irreverent, lush scores aimed at the kid in all of us [DMD]

A slightly tame 6th coupled with a magnificent 15th [WH]

(Déjà Review) The finest opera CD I have heard this year [MB]

Controversial and underwhelming Bruckner from Rattle [LD]

A patchy Zarathustra and a good Jeux, but you’ll find better performances of both elsewhere [ST]

Rattle’s ‘Romantic’ replete with missed opportunities [LD]

A good performance of the concerto, fatally undermined by completely unsuitable cadenzas [JQ]