During his time with the LSO, both as principal conductor and later as president, Davis conducted series and cycles of the music of Sibelius, Berlioz, Bruckner, Mozart, Elgar, Beethoven, and Brahms, and in 2009 began presenting a cycle of the symphonies of Carl Nielsen. "Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians" wrote, "He conducted a Sibelius cycle in 1992 and a concert performance of "Les Troyens" the following year, both of which have become the stuff of legend. More recently he has added grand performances of Bruckner, Richard Strauss and Elgar, the première of Tippett's last major work, "The Rose Lake" (1995), and a Berlioz cycle begun with "Benvenuto Cellini" in 1999 and crowned by an incandescent "Les Troyens" in December 2000, all confirming his partnership with the LSO as one of the most important of its time."