Content tagged with 'LSO'
Watch the LSO recording Romeo & Juliet, live at the Barbican
Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet is availble to Society of Sound members this month. LSO Live Producer, James Mallinson, talks about the performance and explains why they no longer include applause… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 Dec 2012
Categories: Music
Tags: Barbican, high-quality classical music downloads, live recording, LSO, LSO Live, Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet
Exclusive high-definition film of Gergiev conducting Bolero
Bolero is ‘an orchestral score without music,’ reckoned Ravel. ‘There are no contrasts, and practically no invention except the plan and the manner of execution.’ Such a careful description does… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 8 Feb 2012
Categories: Live music, Music, New music
Tags: Bolero, Gergiev, high-definition film, LSO, Ravel
Boddie Recording Company and Beethoven’s 5th Symphony on Society of Sound
Possibly the strangest pairing on Society of Sound in a long time, this month’s albums feature rare archival recordings from the Boddie Recording Company and one of the most famous… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 10 Nov 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: Beethoven's 5th symphony, bernard haitink, Boddie Recording Company, lossless sound, LSO, numero group, Society of Sound albums
Electronica pioneer Bob Holroyd’s new album and Haydn’s The Seasons
This month’s Society of Sound albums are Haydn’s The Seasons and Afterglow from Bob Holroyd. The great acclaim with which this recording of The Seasons – using the original German… Read more
Posted on: Friday, 15 Jul 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: bob holroyd, electronica, Haydn, high quality recordings, LSO, Sir Colin Davis, Society of Sound albums, The Seasons
Classic recordings: Bernard Haitink and the LSO – Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’/Symphony No.2
Bernard Haitink and the LSO – Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’/Symphony No.2 Bowers and Wilkins (24-bit FLAC) By Paul Rigby Two symphonies are covered in this single FLAC. The first of… Read more
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011
Categories: Classic recordings, Music
Tags: 24-bit FLAC, B&W, Beethoven, Beethoven Pastoral Symphony, Beethoven Symphony No.2, Beethoven Symphony No.6, bernard haitink, Bowers & Wilikins, Classic recordings, LSO, LSO Live, Society of Sound albums, The London Symphony Orchestra
Exclusive Unthanks compilation plus Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
This month’s albums for Society of Sound members include Bernard Haitink’s staggering recording of Beethoven’s ninth symphony from the LSO live archives as well as a brand new handpicked compilation,… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 13 Jan 2011
Categories: Music, New music
Tags: beethoven's 9th symphony, bernard haitink, high-quality downloads, LSO, Society of Sound albums, the unthanks
Rare footage of Edward Elgar conducting LSO at Abbey Road
Absolutely brilliant footage of Sir Edward Elgar conducting Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra at the opening of Abbey Road Studios on November 12th 1931. Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 15 Jul 2010
Categories: Music
Tags: Abbey Road studios, London symphony Orchestra, LSO, Sir Edward Elgar
London Symphony Orchestra join Society of Sound
We’re very proud to announce that the London Symphony Orchestra have joined Society of Sound. From now on, all members will receive an album curated by the LSO each month… Read more
Posted on: Thursday, 13 May 2010
Categories: New music
Tags: high-quality downloads, LSO, LSO Live, Zeppelin ipod speaker; lossless quality music; iPod; Society of Sound
Classic Album Sundays’ Colleen Murphy listens to The Great Curve
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