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Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet's unique music has expanded to embrace new sonic territories. Electronica, ambient, classical and dance combine on their new album taking their cinematic music into the future.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3
The first concert in the LSO's complete cycle of Mahler symphonies, this recording displays eloquence and passion throughout, realising Gergiev's singular artistic vision with some extraordinary playing.
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The Unthanks
Stories of love, loss, birth, death, brawls and booze make for a rollercoaster ride through the human condition, as sisters Rachel and Becky’s folk-club unaccompanied singing upbringing is set against otherworldly musical pictures, arranged by a band with influences from Steve Reich to Miles Davies via Robert Wyatt.
The Unthanks
Ravel: Boléro
When the LSO and Valery Gergiev performed Ravel’s Bolero in London at the end of 2009 a recording for LSO Live was a must. Unusually, a video was made too, and here it is. This is an exclusive HD version of the video and has never been made available before.
Ravel: Bolero
The Wilderness
of Manitoba
An achingly lush chamber-folk debut with crystalline harmonies, recorded in the dead of a Toronto winter in a church and the basement of the band's house. The band recommend listening to it in a cozy space with a roaring fire nearby.
The Wilderness of Manitoba
Binaural Recordnings
Accidental Powercut is a series of gigs commissioned to launch our P5 headphones. Musicians performed acoustically in the surrounds of St Barnabas Chapel, Soho and each concert was recorded binaurally allowing the atmosphere of the music to be recorded for perfect playback on headphones.
Binaural Recordings
Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov’s 2nd concerto is widely regarded as his finest work. This interpretation from the legendary Gergiev, presented here in its entirety, is a masterpiece filled with emotion and brimming with beautiful melodies.
Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2
Peter Gabriel
New Blood is a continuum of Peter’s previous album, Scratch My Back, a song-swap project where he covered the songs of others, all to an orchestral backing. This time it’s Peter’s own extensive catalogue he’s chosen to explore alongside John Metcalfe’s meticulous arrangements.
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