London Symphony Orchestra
Overview
| Works: | 30,252 works in 59,899 publications in 13 languages and 724,005 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Concertos Songs and music Live sound recordings Symphonies Music Operas Oratorios Excerpts Songs Musical settings |
| Roles: | Performer, Instrumentalist, Musician, Other, orc, Conductor, orf, Printer, Composer, Producer, Proofreader, Publisher, Singer, int, chi |
| Classifications: | M2000, 782.23 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
London Symphony Orchestra
- The show must go on : on tour with the LSO in 1912 and 2012 by Gareth Davies( )
- Orchestra : the LSO: a century of triumph and turbulence by Richard Morrison( Book )
- The LSO : scenes from orchestra life by Linda Blandford( Book )
- The LSO at 70 : a history of the orchestra by Maurice Pearton( Book )
- Trumpets over the sea: being a rambling and egotistical account of the London Symphony Orchestra's engagement at Daytona Beach, Florida, in July-August 1967 by J. B Priestley( Book )
- London Symphony, portrait of an orchestra, 1904-1954 by Hubert J Foss( Book )
- To speak for ourselves: the London Symphony Orchestra by Alan Smyth( Book )
- The facts about a symphony orchestra : featuring the London Symphony Orchestra by John Amis( Book )
- Blind date : the London Symphony Orchestra meets Daytona Beach by Drew Murphy( Book )
- LSO : the music men( Book )
- The opening of the Barbican Centre by Her Majesty The Queen 3 March 1982 by Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences( Book )
- Committee on the London orchestras. Report by Arts Council of Great Britain( Book )
- Markings by Ulysses Kay( Recording )
- Bravo LSO! : for large orchestra (2004) by Colin Matthews( )
- LSO season guide by London Symphony Orchestra( )
- Leopold Stokowski sound recordings by Leopold Stokowski( )
- Living music( )
- conducted by Oliver Daniel by Harold Lawrence( )
- [Barry Tuckwell collection of correspondence and other papers]( )
- Oral history with Ernest Fleischmann by Ernest Fleischmann( )
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Most widely held works by
London Symphony Orchestra
Carmina burana by
Carl Orff(
)
74 editions published between 1975 and 2012 in 9 languages and held by 2,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana
74 editions published between 1975 and 2012 in 9 languages and held by 2,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina Burana
Barbie in the Nutcracker by
Owen Hurley(
Visual
)
32 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Barbie stars in the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life
32 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 1,926 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Barbie stars in the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life
Copland conducts Copland by
Aaron Copland(
Recording
)
50 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,683 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
50 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,683 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
War requiem by
Benjamin Britten(
Recording
)
61 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 1,482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Public awareness of Benjamin Britten's person and works advanced dramatically -- even explosively -- twice during his lifetime. The first time was in 1945, when his opera Peter Grimes was produced for the postwar reopening of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. The second time followed the premier at Coventry and the subsequent series of performances all across Europe and North America of the War Requiem. Except to those provincials who thought that milky pastoral was the only idiom appropriate for an Englishman and who also found the young Britten too clever by half, the triumph of Peter Grimes marked not just the confirmation of a prodigious talent; it represented a moment of hope that, for the first time since the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, England had produced a composer of international stature. The impact the War Requiem made 17 years later was wider and deeper by far. Britten, approaching 50, had become an artist whose every new utterance was awaited with the most lively interest and the highest expectations. The War Requiem, moreover, was tied to a pair of events that were heavily freighted with history and emotion: the destruction of Coventry Cathedral in an air raid during the night of November 14-15, 1940, and its reconsecration more than 21 years later. Its first performance was planned as an international event with respect both to participants and audience. Most importantly, the War Requiem was a weighty and poignant statement on the subject of piercingly urgent concern to much of humankind. In the War Requiem, Britten drew on forces larger and more complex than in any previous work of his. The basic division of the performers is into two groups, reflecting the dual source of the words; the libretto stands in a relation of text (the Latin Missa pro defunctis) and commentary (the nine Owen poems). The Latin text is essentially the province of the large mixed chorus, but from this there is spillover in two opposite directions: the solo soprano represents a heightening of the choral singing at its most emotional, while the boys' choir represents liturgy at its most distanced. The mixed chorus and solo soprano are accompanied by the full orchestra; the boys' choir, whose sound should be distant, is supported by an organ. All this constitutes one group. The other group consists of the tenor and baritone soloists, whose province is the series of Owen songs; they are accompanied by the chamber orchestra. - Program notes / Michael Steinberg
61 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 7 languages and held by 1,482 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Public awareness of Benjamin Britten's person and works advanced dramatically -- even explosively -- twice during his lifetime. The first time was in 1945, when his opera Peter Grimes was produced for the postwar reopening of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London. The second time followed the premier at Coventry and the subsequent series of performances all across Europe and North America of the War Requiem. Except to those provincials who thought that milky pastoral was the only idiom appropriate for an Englishman and who also found the young Britten too clever by half, the triumph of Peter Grimes marked not just the confirmation of a prodigious talent; it represented a moment of hope that, for the first time since the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, England had produced a composer of international stature. The impact the War Requiem made 17 years later was wider and deeper by far. Britten, approaching 50, had become an artist whose every new utterance was awaited with the most lively interest and the highest expectations. The War Requiem, moreover, was tied to a pair of events that were heavily freighted with history and emotion: the destruction of Coventry Cathedral in an air raid during the night of November 14-15, 1940, and its reconsecration more than 21 years later. Its first performance was planned as an international event with respect both to participants and audience. Most importantly, the War Requiem was a weighty and poignant statement on the subject of piercingly urgent concern to much of humankind. In the War Requiem, Britten drew on forces larger and more complex than in any previous work of his. The basic division of the performers is into two groups, reflecting the dual source of the words; the libretto stands in a relation of text (the Latin Missa pro defunctis) and commentary (the nine Owen poems). The Latin text is essentially the province of the large mixed chorus, but from this there is spillover in two opposite directions: the solo soprano represents a heightening of the choral singing at its most emotional, while the boys' choir represents liturgy at its most distanced. The mixed chorus and solo soprano are accompanied by the full orchestra; the boys' choir, whose sound should be distant, is supported by an organ. All this constitutes one group. The other group consists of the tenor and baritone soloists, whose province is the series of Owen songs; they are accompanied by the chamber orchestra. - Program notes / Michael Steinberg
Romeo and Juliet by
Sergey Prokofiev(
)
31 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Kirov Orchestra in St. Petersburg performs Sergei Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet."
31 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Kirov Orchestra in St. Petersburg performs Sergei Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet."
Violin concertos by
Johann Sebastian Bach(
)
56 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The second instalment in Richard Tognetti's acclaimed Bach Violin cycle. Following the unprecedented success of Tognetti's recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, this recording includes the complete violin concertos with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and contains the beautiful double violin concerto (with Helena Rathbone) and the concerto for oboe and violin with the divine Diana Doherty
56 editions published between 1962 and 2019 in 5 languages and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The second instalment in Richard Tognetti's acclaimed Bach Violin cycle. Following the unprecedented success of Tognetti's recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, this recording includes the complete violin concertos with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and contains the beautiful double violin concerto (with Helena Rathbone) and the concerto for oboe and violin with the divine Diana Doherty
Messiah : arias and choruses by
George Frideric Handel(
Recording
)
18 editions published between 1961 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arias and choruses from Handel's Messiah
18 editions published between 1961 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,302 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arias and choruses from Handel's Messiah
Piano concerto no. 1 by
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky(
)
52 editions published between 1965 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contents: Piano concerto no. 1 (Tchaikovsky), Piano concerto no. 5 (Beethoven)
52 editions published between 1965 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contents: Piano concerto no. 1 (Tchaikovsky), Piano concerto no. 5 (Beethoven)
Romeo et Juliette ; Symphonie fantastique by
Hector Berlioz(
)
44 editions published between 1968 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roméo et Juliette: Symphonie dramatique avec choeurs, solos de chant et prologue en récitatif choral, op. 17. Texte: Emile Deschamps
44 editions published between 1968 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Roméo et Juliette: Symphonie dramatique avec choeurs, solos de chant et prologue en récitatif choral, op. 17. Texte: Emile Deschamps
Cello concerto by
Antonín Dvořák(
)
58 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The much-anticipated album from the brilliant young American cellist. Alisa Weilerstein is the first cellist for many years to play the Elgar Concerto with Daniel Barenboim, and his decision to record it with her is a major statement
58 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,231 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The much-anticipated album from the brilliant young American cellist. Alisa Weilerstein is the first cellist for many years to play the Elgar Concerto with Daniel Barenboim, and his decision to record it with her is a major statement
Piano concertos by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(
)
91 editions published between 1961 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Concertos, piano. No. 1. Op. 15. Ré mineur. Brahms, Johannes
91 editions published between 1961 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Concertos, piano. No. 1. Op. 15. Ré mineur. Brahms, Johannes
The Messiah by
George Frideric Handel(
Recording
)
107 editions published between 1928 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir present an intimate and stirring performance of Handel's Messiah. This 2-CD recording of the full score on period instruments features a stellar cast of soloists. Tafelmusik presents this baroque masterpiece with the spirit and vitality of Handel's own 18th-century productions. A perennial favorite with audiences and critics alike, Tafelmusik's Messiah has garnered glowing reviews year after year
107 editions published between 1928 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir present an intimate and stirring performance of Handel's Messiah. This 2-CD recording of the full score on period instruments features a stellar cast of soloists. Tafelmusik presents this baroque masterpiece with the spirit and vitality of Handel's own 18th-century productions. A perennial favorite with audiences and critics alike, Tafelmusik's Messiah has garnered glowing reviews year after year
Piano concerto, no. 3 by
Sergei Rachmaninoff(
)
36 editions published between 1966 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 d-Moll, op. 30
36 editions published between 1966 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 1,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 d-Moll, op. 30
Norma by
Vincenzo Bellini(
Recording
)
20 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in Italian and No Linguistic content and held by 1,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pollione, a Roman Proconsul, has two children by Norma, a Druid priestess, in the course of a long relationship. Norma isn't as young and beautiful as once she was. A temple virgin, Adalgisa, is young and beautiful. Pollione must have her. He has importuned the young virgin to run away with him to Rome, and she has finally agreed. When Norma learns of Pollione's faithlessness, she threatens to kill the two children. Before she can do this, the Druid temple priests apprehend Pollione as he attempts to abscond with their sacred virgin, Adalgisa. The priests build a pyre to burn Pollione to death. Norma relents. Instead of killing the children, she blames herself for her misery and climbs onto the pyre to die with Pollione
20 editions published between 1965 and 2006 in Italian and No Linguistic content and held by 1,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Pollione, a Roman Proconsul, has two children by Norma, a Druid priestess, in the course of a long relationship. Norma isn't as young and beautiful as once she was. A temple virgin, Adalgisa, is young and beautiful. Pollione must have her. He has importuned the young virgin to run away with him to Rome, and she has finally agreed. When Norma learns of Pollione's faithlessness, she threatens to kill the two children. Before she can do this, the Druid temple priests apprehend Pollione as he attempts to abscond with their sacred virgin, Adalgisa. The priests build a pyre to burn Pollione to death. Norma relents. Instead of killing the children, she blames herself for her misery and climbs onto the pyre to die with Pollione
Symphony no. 6 by
Gustav Mahler(
)
28 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sinfonie Nr. 6 A-Dur (Originalfassung)
28 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sinfonie Nr. 6 A-Dur (Originalfassung)
The Planets : op. 32 by
Gustav Holst(
)
35 editions published between 1958 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 1,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Brief historical notes included in container insert. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with Geoffrey Simon conducting. Includes Holst's "The Planets" followed by a selection by Niccollo Paganini
35 editions published between 1958 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 1,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Brief historical notes included in container insert. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with Geoffrey Simon conducting. Includes Holst's "The Planets" followed by a selection by Niccollo Paganini
Piano concerto no. 2 ; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by
Sergei Rachmaninoff(
)
13 editions published between 1986 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1986 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,078 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Giovanna d'Arco by
Giuseppe Verdi(
)
51 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Booklet contains notes on Verdi's career & the first performance of this opera, a synopsis, the libretto and biographical sketches of the soloists & conductor
51 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Booklet contains notes on Verdi's career & the first performance of this opera, a synopsis, the libretto and biographical sketches of the soloists & conductor
Lucia di Lammermoor by
Gaetano Donizetti(
)
23 editions published between 1970 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is Maria Callas's only broadcast from the stage of the Met. Hearing "La Divina" in an actual performance is a unique thrill, and Lucia is a huge part of the palpable Callas mystique. Donizetti's bloody tale of the Scottish lass torn from her true love and forced into an arranged marriage, only to go mad and murder her bridegroom on their wedding night, was the perfect vehicle for Callas's wizardry. Her haunting voice simply becomes Lucia's--every facet of emotion so pronounced that we cannot escape her spell
23 editions published between 1970 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,068 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is Maria Callas's only broadcast from the stage of the Met. Hearing "La Divina" in an actual performance is a unique thrill, and Lucia is a huge part of the palpable Callas mystique. Donizetti's bloody tale of the Scottish lass torn from her true love and forced into an arranged marriage, only to go mad and murder her bridegroom on their wedding night, was the perfect vehicle for Callas's wizardry. Her haunting voice simply becomes Lucia's--every facet of emotion so pronounced that we cannot escape her spell
Candide by
Leonard Bernstein(
Recording
)
44 editions published between 1991 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,061 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New York City Opera
44 editions published between 1991 and 2018 in 6 languages and held by 1,061 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New York City Opera
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Related Identities
- Davis, Colin 1927-2013 Other Copyright holder Performer Director Conductor Author Instrumentalist
- Previn, André 1929-2019 Other Performer Conductor Author Composer Instrumentalist Narrator
- London Symphony Chorus Other Singer Performer Musician Vocalist Instrumentalist
- Abbado, Claudio Other Singer Performer Director Conductor Author
- Hickox, Richard 1948-2008 Other Singer Performer Conductor Author
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich 1840-1893 Musician Conductor Author Creator Instrumentalist Composer
- Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827 Other Performer Author Contributor Creator Instrumentalist Composer
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791 Performer Musician Author Contributor Creator Composer
- London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer Instrumentalist Musician
- London Symphony Chorus Other Singer Performer Instrumentalist Musician
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Ballet Ballets Ballets--Excerpts Barbie--(Fictitious character) Cantatas, Secular Cello with orchestra Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra Concertos (Cello) Concertos (Oboe and violin with string orchestra), Arranged Concertos (Piano) Concertos (Piano ensemble) Concertos (Pianos (2)) Concertos (Violin) Concertos (Violins (2) with string orchestra) Concertos (Violins (3) with string orchestra), Arranged Concertos (Violin with string orchestra) Concertos (Violin with string orchestra), Arranged Goliards Jesus Christ Joan,--of Arc, Saint, Live sound recordings London Symphony Orchestra Monologues with music (Orchestra) Musicals Nutcrackers (Implements) Operas Operas--Excerpts Oratorios Oratorios--Excerpts Orchestral music Orchestral music, Arranged Overtures Owen, Wilfred, Piano music Piano with orchestra Requiems Rhapsodies (Music) Rondos (Piano with orchestra) Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern) String orchestra music Students' songs Suites (Orchestra) Suites (Piano) Symphonic poems Symphonies Variations (Cello with orchestra) Variations (Orchestra) Variations (Piano with orchestra) Violin with orchestra
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Alternative Names
Bamberg Symohony Orchestra
Bamberg Symphony Orch.
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
Bamberger Symphony Orchestra.
Bambergskij Simfoničeskij orkestr.
Bamberskij Simfoničeskij orkestr.
Bavarian State Philharmonic.
Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie (Bamberg).
L.S.O.
L.S.O. (London Symphony Orchestra)
London Cinema Orchestra
London S O
London Symph. Orch.
London Symphany Orchestra
London Symphonic Orchestra
London Symphonie Orchestra
London Symphony
London Symphony Orch.
London Symphony Orchestr
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra britský orchestr
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)
London Symphony Orchestra orkiestra symfoniczna
London Symphony Orchestra, Roy
London Symphony Orchestra, The
Londona Simfonia Orkestro
Londonas Simfoniskais orķestris
Londoner Symph.-Orchester
Londoner Symphonie-Orchester
Londoner Symphonieorchester
Londoni Sümfooniaorkester
Londoni Szimfonikus Zenekar
Londono simfoninis orkestras
Londonski simfonični orkester
Londonski simfonijski orkestar
Londonskiĭ simfonicheskiĭ orkestr
Londonskij simfoničeskij orkestr.
Londýnsky symfonický orchester
Londýnský symfonický orchestr
Lontoon sinfoniaorkesteri
LSO
LSO (London Symphony Orchestra)
Orchester der Bamberger Symphoniker.
Orchestra Cinema
Orchestra Simfonică din Londra
Orchestra Sinfonica di Bamberg.
Orchestre symphonique
Orchestre Symphonique (Bamberg).
Orchestre Symphonique de Bamberg.
Orchestre symphonique de Londres
Orchestre symphonique de Londres le plus ancien orchestre symphonique de Londres
Orchestre symphonique (London)
Orchestre Symphonique (Londýn, Anglicko)
Orkestra Simfoni London
Orquesta Sinfónica
Orquesta Sinfónica de Londres
Orquesta Sinfónica London
Orquestra Simfònica de Londres
Orquestra Sinfônica de Londres.
Sinfonie-Orchester
Sinfonie-Orchester London
Staatsphilharmonie (Bamberg).
Symphonic Orchestra
Symphonie-Orchester
Symphonie-Orchester London
Symphonie-Orchester (Londýn, Anglicko)
Symphonieorchester
Symphoniker (Bamberg).
Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra (Bamberg).
Symphony Orchestra London, London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symfony Orchestra
The London Symphonic Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra
Συμφωνική Ορχήστρα του Λονδίνου
Лондонски симф. орк.
Лондонски симфоничен оркестър
Лондонский симф. орк.
Лондонский симфонический оркестр
Лондонский симфонический оркестр академический музыкальный коллектив Великобритании
Лондонський симфонічний оркестр
Լոնդոնյան սիմֆոնիկ նվագախումբ
התזמורת הסימפונית של לונדון
ارکستر سمفونیک لندن
ลอนดอนซิมโฟนีออร์เคสตรา
런던 교향악단
ロンドンこうきょうがくだん
ロンドン交響楽団
伦敦交响乐团
Languages
English
(294)
Italian (79)
Latin (70)
German (63)
French (45)
Spanish (10)
Multiple languages (6)
Dutch (3)
German, Middle High (2)
Chinese (1)
Russian (1)
Portuguese (1)
Miscellaneous languages (1)
Italian (79)
Latin (70)
German (63)
French (45)
Spanish (10)
Multiple languages (6)
Dutch (3)
German, Middle High (2)
Chinese (1)
Russian (1)
Portuguese (1)
Miscellaneous languages (1)