Prokofiev: Piano Concert #1, Ravel: Concerto For L

In March 2015, after months of lively speculation in the media, the London Symphony Orchestra formally announced that Sir Simon Rattle would become its Music Director in September 2017, after a long and fruitful career at the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic. In honor of this appointment, Warner Classics has reissued Sir Simon and the LSO's only album together to date, recorded in 1977 at London's famed Abbey Road Studios. At the time, the firebrand conductor (who recently celebrated his 60th birthday) was just 22 years old, as was the soloist Andrei Gavrilov. Together they captured the high-octane energy of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Ravel's brave and intense Concerto for the Left Hand.

Price: $19.98