Bernard Haitink, London Philharmonic Orchestra - COMPLETE RECORDINGS ON DECCA & PHILIPS [31CD]

Format: 31CD
Catalogue No.: 4854042
Barcode: 28948540426
Release Date: 27 Mar 2026
Genre: Classical

Bernard Haitink was always a familiar figure in London where was principal conductor of the London Philharmonic from 1967 to 1979 and was also seen at such prestigious British opera houses as Covent Garden and at Glyndebourne. This, the second of three volumes covering Haitink’s complete recordings for Decca and Philips, focuses on his London years. The recordings cover a period of two decades, from 1967 (Dvořák with Maurice Gendron) to 1986 (Rachmaninoff with Vladimir Ashkenazy).  Many of the hallmarks of Haitink’s Concertgebouw recordings are present in these readings with the LPO. His unobtrusive authority – letting the score speak – was aptly summarised by Gramophone: “At no point is one remotely aware that the performance is being conducted. It simply is.”

Tracklisting:

CD 1 - 9              
Beethoven: 
Symphonies Nos. 1–9 
Overtures: Coriolan, Leonora No. 3; Egmont 
Triple Concerto Beaux Arts Trio
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 

CD 10                      
Dvořák: 
Cello Concerto 
Silent Woods 
Rondo in G minor 

CD 11                      
Holst: The Planets 
Elga: Enigma Variations

CD 12 - 16      
LISZT: 
Tone Poems
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Totentanz 

CD 17 - 18            
Mendelssohn: 
Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 ‘Scottish’, 4 & 5 ‘Reformation’ 
Overtures: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt; The Hebrides

CD 19                      
Mozart: Overtures

CD 20                      
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 21 - 26            
Shostakovich: 
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 & 15 
The Golden Age – Suite

CD 27 - 28           
STRAVINSKY: 
The Firebird 
Petrushka 
The Rite of Spring

CD 29 - 31            
Verdi: Don Carlo