Editing London Symphony Orchestra (section)

===Audio===
[[File:London Barbican Hall LSO Haitink.jpg|thumb|right|The LSO at the Barbican, 2011. Front, left to right, Roman Simović, Carmine Lauri (violins), Alastair Blayden, Tim Hugh (cellos), [[Bernard Haitink]] (conductor), Gillianne Haddow, Edward Vanderspar (violas), Tom Norris, Evgeny Grach (violins). Players to the rear include [[David Pyatt]] (horn), [[Andrew Marriner]] (clarinet), Rachel Gough (bassoon)]]
[[File:Jerry Goldsmith 1.jpg|thumb|right|LSO concert of film music at the Barbican, 2003. Left to right: [[Gordan Nikolitch]] and Lennox Mackenzie (violins), [[Jerry Goldsmith]] (conductor), [[Paul Silverthorne]] (viola), Moray Welsh (cello)]]
The LSO has made recordings since the early days of recording, beginning with acoustic versions under Nikisch of Beethoven's ''[[Egmont (Beethoven)|Egmont]]'' Overture, [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber]]'s ''[[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon]]'' Overture, and [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]'s [[Hungarian Rhapsodies|Hungarian Rhapsody]] in F minor, followed soon after by the overtures to ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' and ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]''. [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]]'s [[Fred Gaisberg]], who supervised the sessions, wrote of "virtuoso playing which was unique at that time".<ref name=jolly>Jolly, James. "London Symphony Orchestra – A Profile"], ''Gramophone'', October 1988, p. 40</ref> Since then, according to the orchestra's website, the LSO has made more recordings than any other orchestra,<ref>[http://lso.co.uk/page/3152/Recordings "Recordings"], London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 7 July 2012</ref> a claim endorsed by ''Gramophone'' magazine.<ref name=jolly/> In 1920 the LSO signed a three-year contract with the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] and what Jolly calls "a magnificent series of recordings" followed. Under [[Felix Weingartner]] the orchestra recorded Mozart ([[Symphony No. 39 (Mozart)|Symphony No 39]]), Beethoven (the [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth]], [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Seventh]] and [[Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven)|Eighth]] Symphonies) and Brahms's [[Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)|First]].<ref name=jolly/> Other recordings from this period included the premiere recording of [[Gustav Holst|Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'', conducted by the composer, and [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[Don Juan (Strauss)|Don Juan]]'', ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' and ''[[Tod und Verklärung]]'', likewise conducted by their composer.<ref name=jolly/>

When Elgar recorded his major works for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the LSO was chosen for most of the recordings.{{#tag:ref|The LSO plays on the recordings of both Symphonies, the [[Violin Concerto (Elgar)|Violin Concerto]] (with Menuhin), the [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto]] (with [[Beatrice Harrison]]), ''[[Falstaff (Elgar)|Falstaff]]'', ''[[In the South (Alassio)|In the South]]'', and many of the lighter pieces including the ''[[Wand of Youth]]'' and ''[[Nursery Suite|Nursery]]'' suites.<ref>"The Elgar Edition: The Complete Electrical Recordings of Sir Edward Elgar", EMI Records, Catalogue number 5099909569423.</ref>|group= n}} The LSO's pre-war recordings for [[Decca Records|Decca]] include Hamilton Harty's version of Walton's First Symphony, of which ''Gramophone'' magazine said, "There are one or two moments where the LSO are audibly hanging on by the skin of their teeth, but these moments simply add to the ferocious impact of the music".<ref>''Gramophone'' December 1985, p. 76</ref>

In the 1950s and early 1960s, EMI generally made its British recordings with the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra|Royal Philharmonic]] and [[Philharmonia Orchestra|Philharmonia]] orchestras; the LSO's recordings were chiefly for Decca, including a [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]] symphony cycle with [[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]], French music under Monteux, early recordings by Solti, and a series of [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]]'s major works, conducted by the composer.<ref name=decca>Stuart, Philip. [http://www.charm.rhul.ac.uk/discography/decca.html ''Decca Classical, 1929–2009'']. Retrieved 7 July 2012</ref> Of the later 1960s Jolly writes, "Istvan Kertész's three-year Principal Conductorship has left a treasure trove of memorable and extraordinarily resilient recordings – the [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák symphonies]] are still competitive&nbsp;... and his classic disc of [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]'s ''[[Duke Bluebeard's Castle]]'' admirably demonstrates what a superb ensemble the LSO were under his baton."<ref name=jolly/>

Since 2000, the LSO has published commercial CD recordings on its own label, LSO Live. Recordings are made live at the Barbican hall over several dates and are edited in post-production. Initially available on CD they have since been issued on [[Super Audio CD]] and also as downloads. LSO Live has published more than 70 recordings featuring conductors including Gergiev, Davis and [[Bernard Haitink]]. Gergiev's version of [[Serge Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' was ''[[BBC Music Magazine]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Disc of the Year in 2011,<ref>[http://lso.co.uk/page/3495/Prokofiev-Romeo-and-Juliet-br-Disc-of-the-Year-2011 "Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Disc of the Year 2011"], London Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 7 July 2012</ref> and Davis's discs of [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]]'s ''[[Symphonie Fantastique]]'' and ''[[Les Troyens]]'' and [[Antonín Dvořák|Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 8 (Dvořák)|Eighth Symphony]] were [[BBC Radio 3]]'s top recommendations in comparative reviews of all available versions.<ref>[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/cdreview/bal1011.pdf "Building a Library"], BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 7 July 2012</ref>