LCO - London Chamber Orchestra
LCO Live

Relive the Magic of LCO's dynamic and inspirational concerts at St. John's, Smith Square

You can purchase your CD at each LCO concert priced £10 or buy online from Signum Classics

LCO Live first release – October 2009
Haydn Symphony No.85 in B flat ‘La Reine de France'
Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 in A K.414
Beethoven Symphony No.8 in F Op.93
Warren-Green / Furniss / Tan

LCO Live second release – January 2010
Beethoven Egmont Overture Op.84
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major Op.19
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A Op.90 ‘Italian’
Warren-Green / Tan

LCO Live third release – May 2010
Rossini Overture ‘La Scala di Seta’
Mozart Symphony No. 1 in E flat major K.16
Porgi Amor and Dove sono from Le Nozze di Figaro K.92
Adagio and Fugue K.546
Beethoven Ah Perfido! Op.65
Warren-Green / Gritton

Reviews for LCO Live first release

The Sunday Times - October 2009
'The concerts of Warren-Green and the London Chamber Orchestra at St John’s, Smith Square aren’t often noticed in the press, but their large regular audience knows that they are some of the most exciting in London. Their Beethoven Ninth in June was one of the best I have ever heard. The Eighth, recorded at a concert last year, is given a performance of ferocious energy appropriate to such a physical work (with two of Beethoven’s very rare triple fortes) - a first-violin slip in the allegretto is quickly put right - but also has wit and exemplary clarity. Haydn 85, directed by Rosemary Furniss, is incisive and warmly expressive, but Melvyn Tan’s approach to the Mozart concerto, despite fine moments, seems to me rather edgy and overdramatic.'

Classic FM Magazine - December 2009
'No information is given as to whether the London Chamber Orchestra uses period instruments or modern ones, but the style of these performances, however arrived at, is near-ideal, with lean but not undernourished string sound and crisp timpani. Tan’s engaging way with Mozart’s Concerto No.12 intersects nicely with the orchestra’s freshly minted accompaniment. Rosemary Furniss’s direction of Haydn’s ‘La Reine’ Symphony captures the music’s grandeur as well as its grace. And the subversive originality and rhythmic drive of Beethoven’s wackiest symphony come roaring happily across.'

Musical Pointers - October 2009
'Their limited schedule at St John's Smith Square suggests that this resident chamber orchestra is gathered from London free-lance players; and the performances, that they are very good ones.
 
Furniss leads fastidious Haydn playing from the violin; a gripping account of a symphony which is closely associated with Marie Antoinette. The acoustic of St John's is a definite plus and the performances, all recorded live, were clearly special experiences for those there.

Melvyn Tan appears to have had the St John's Steinway prepared for his unusually delicate articulation and colouring (by Nigel Polmear of Steinways); indeed, I did not take it for a Steinway at first and the whole surely draws on this pianist's long association with fortepiano.
 
There is great spontaneity and rapport with the orchestra, which he directs from the keyboard. The Beethoven (recorded a year earlier) was not quite in the same class in what is one of the most recorded and competitive of canonic masterpieces.

Future releases on the LCO Live label, in partnership with Signum Classics, promise more 'standards' and, less well known, a Mendelssohn piano concerto with Melvyn Tan.'
   

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