London Classical Players

The London Classical Players (LCP) was a British orchestra that specialized in music following historically informed performance (HIP) practices and orchestral performances on period musical instruments. Sir Roger Norrington founded the LCP in 1978. From 1978 to 1992, the concertmaster of the London Classical Players was baroque violinist John Holloway. The LCP made a variety of recordings for EMI Classics. Many of the players in the LCP overlapped with four other major HIP orchestral ensembles, the Academy of Ancient Music, the English Concert, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the English Baroque Soloists. Among their famous concert series was "The Beethoven Experience" in 1987, and "The Berlioz Experience" in 1988. In 1996, the LCP was invited to open the Prague Spring Festival in the traditional opening festival concert of Bedrich Smetana's Ma Vlast, a controversial decision at the time. In 1997 the LCP formally dissolved and its work was absorbed into the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Inspired Classical Compilation - 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 - 2022-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, Haydn-Variationen, Op. 56a & Tragische Ouvertüre, Op. 81 - 2022-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Prague Version) - 2022-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great" & Rosamunde - 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

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