Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy – Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (1980/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:16 minutes | 904 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | @ Warner Classics/Erato
Features 2011 EMI Remaster
This brilliant audiophile download brings together the exquisite trio of Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lynn Harrell. The trio displays effortless virtuosity and lyricism, delivering a flawless rendition of a true masterpiece. The album would win the GRAMMY® for Best Chamber Music Performance. This album is absolutely essential. (more…)
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Album title: Himmelkvad
Composer: Lasse Thoresen (b.1949)
Performer: Nordic Voices, Berit Opheim Versto
Genre: Classical, Choral
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Sofienberg Church, Norway
Release date: February 2012
Recording date: June and October 2010
Original source: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:12:49
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 3000 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Norwegian DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 192 kHz / 11597 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: Norwegian LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
The Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 was awarded to the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen. His “Opus 42” represents a true renewal of Nordic vocal music. This strikingly beautiful piece reveals the common denominators in ancient and ultra-modern sounds, drawing our attention to the similarities between Scandinavian folk traditions and the music we might find in, say, the Middle East or India. Lasse Thoresen not only uses folk sounds to spice up art music, he also integrates its finely tuned microtonality, spectral overtones, harmonies and rhythms into the contemporary, modernist project in a truly pioneering manner. A project like this depends upon close collaboration with skilled musicians who are willing to take risks. Thoresen found them in the vocal ensemble Nordic Voices and folk singer Berit Opheim Versto.
Artistic creativity, versatility and technical precision are the main elements that make up NORDIC VOICES. The six-voice a cappella group was formed in 1996 and comprises graduates from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Opera, who, in addition to their singing backgrounds, have a broad range of experience from choral conducting to teacher training and composition. It is perhaps this range of interests that leads them to explore a wider than usual spectrum of musical expression, from plainchant to new works commissioned from leading Norwegian composers; from the most sacred of religious texts to the definitely profane. Nordic Voices are an unusual blend of sophisticated music-making and stylish performance, more often than not with more than a dash of humour. (more…)
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Artemis Quartet Mendelssohn: String Quartets (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 1:27:47 minutes | 882 MB | Genre; Classical, Chamber Music
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | @ Warner Classics International
Recording: Studio P4, Berlin 22-25. V. & 25-27. IX. 2013
“The Artemis enlarge perceptions, push frontiers and perhaps question received wisdom,” wroteGramophone of the Artemis Quartet’s 2012 Schubert album. The Berlin-based ensemble now sheds new light on Mendelssohn with these three works from three distinct periods in the composer’s career: his late adolescence, the year before he turned 30, and the final months of his short life, overshadowed by the death of his beloved sister. (more…)
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MC5 – Kick Out The Jams (1969/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:03 minutes | 1,55 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: highresaudio | @ Rhino Records / Warner Music
While the Rolling Stones were perhaps the first rock band to merge rock & roll with tales of violent revolution (i.e. their classic “Street Fighting Man”), no one did it as convincingly and as whole-heartedly as Detroit’s MC5. Managed by the notorious White Panther Party member John Sinclair, the MC5 rocked with a vengeance that was unparalleled at the time–the band was rewarded years later by being heralded as punk rock originators. Few have been able to top the ferocious intensity of their classic debut, 1969’s in-concert KICK OUT THE JAMS. (more…)
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Title: Public Enemy: Live from Metropolis Studios
Released: 2014
Genre: East Coast, Gangsta Rap
Issued: United States | Def Jam
Duration: 1:19:55
Size: 29.51 GB
Special live performance by one of the most influential hip hop acts of all time at the world famous Metropolis Sound Studio in London, England. Twenty-five years after the release of Public Enemy’s most successful album Fear of a Black Planet, the rap legends Chuck D, Flavor Flav, DJ Lord and The S1W perform all of their fan favorites in one of the most intimate settings of their trailblazing career including genre defining rap anthems like “Fight The Power,” “Bring The Noise,” “Don’t Believe The Hype,” “Rebel Without Pause,” “Welcome To The Terrordome,” “911 Is A Joke” and “Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man.”
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Album title: TrondheimSolistene – In Folk Style
Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Emilia Amper (1981-), Gjermund Larsen (1981-)
Performer: TrondheimSolistene; Emilia Amper, nyckelharpa; Gjermund Larsen, fiddle; Øyvind Gimse, artistic director; Geir Inge Lotsberg, leader
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Selbu Church, Norway
Release date: May 2010
Recording date: September 2009
Original source: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:58:02
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 1000 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 7.1 / 96 kHz / 9015 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 13344 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: LPCM 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
In Nordic Melodies we find Grieg in passionate play with folk songs. The work sparkles with harmonies and expression, developing a whole story from just a few short stanzas. The Holberg Suite, loved for its beauty and feared for its challenges, is a fusion of European musical tradition and a genuine Norwegian sound palette. The Trondheim Soloists follow up with two brilliant soloists, Emilia Amper on nyckelharpa and Gjermund Larsen on fiddle, in newly commissioned music characterized by the same energy and tenderness. Wild nature and Nordic light are essential elements of the folk style. This lies at the core of the Trondheim Soloist’s soul, a meeting between the musical playfulness and passion. (more…)
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Los Romeros – World Of Flamenco (1967/2015)
The Romeros with Jaleo: Guitar, Song, Dance, Poetry
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 80:26 minutes | 1,83 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: ProStudioMasters | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Decca
Los Romeros, The Romero Guitar Quartet, is a guitar quartet, sometimes known as “The Royal Family of the Guitar” — their personnel consists entirely of members of the Romero family. The quartet was founded in 1960 by Celedonio Romero, who grew up in Franco’s Spain. All three of his sons, Angel, Celin and Pepe, had made their performing debuts by the time they were seven. In 1957, the Romeros moved to the United States, where they continue to reside. (more…)
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Judy Garland – Miss Show Business (1955/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:12 minutes | 861 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | © Capitol Records
Miss Show Business is American singer Judy Garland’s 1955 release. The Capitol Records album features songs “Danny Boy”, “Carolina in the Morning” and “Over the Rainbow”. The record peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart.
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John Mayer – Born And Raised (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:45 minutes | 502 MB | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: highresaudio.com | © Columbia Records
Released in June 2012, Born and Raised, the fifth Columbia Records album from seven-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, debuted at Number One in six countries–Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands and the United States. (more…)
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Jose Luis Monton – Solo Guitarra (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:59:06 minutes | 683 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | @ ECM Records GmbH
Recorded: April 2011, Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano
Catalan guitarist José Luis Montón made a vital contribution to singer Amina Alaoui’s “Arco Iris” and during the session producer Manfred Eicher determined that a Montón solo project would be highly appropriate for ECM. Thus this extraordinary disc, recorded in Lugano last year. It’s a major artistic statement. With its programme of Montón compositions drawing upon the melodic subtleties, rhythmic vitality and emotional power of flamenco, making connections also to classical tradition, it can at once take its place alongside the label’s finest solo guitar albums.
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John Scofield – Past Present (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:29 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Impulse Records
9 new tracks composed by master guitarist John Scofield. Bringing back the 1990 band with Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart and Larry Grenadier stepping in for Dennis Irwin and Marc Johnson.
John Scofield updates his early-90s quartet with drummer Bill Stewart and saxophonist Joe Lovano by recruiting bassist Larry Grenadier for his fetching, appropriately titled Impulse! debut, Past Present. The nine exciting tunes Scofield penned on Past Present reflects his philosophy on playing jazz music. He stresses the importance of being knowledgeable of the musics deep, complex roots while simultaneously being spontaneous and in the moment while performing it. For an artist with such a multifaceted discography as Scofields, getting to the root of jazz means channeling the blues, as demonstrated on the discs closing, titled-track. (more…)
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Janis Joplin – Pearl (1970/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:54 minutes | 784 MB | Genre: Pop
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | @ Columbia/Legacy
Pearl is Janis Joplin’s captivating masterpiece. It is a bluesy affair and one of the singer’s most cohesive efforts. The album showcases her unmatched vocals and reached #1 on the Billboard 200. It held that spot for nine weeks. Pearl includes the monster hits “Cry Baby,” “Me And Bobby McGee” and “Mercedes Benz.” It ranked #7 on Rolling Stone’s “Women In rock: The 50 Essential Albums”. (more…)
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Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking (1988/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:25 minutes | 1,87 GB | Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock
Official Digital Download / Source: highresaudio.com | @ Warner Bros. Records
Recorded: 1987–1988 at Eldorado Studios in Los Angeles, California
Jane’s Addiction may not have been a strict metal band, but their music was certainly full of traits inherent to metal substances: hard, gleaming, powerful. On „Nothing’s Shocking“, which captured the much too short-lived quartet at its very peak, they were a blazing metallic supernova–grooving up a streak across the sky one moment, setting off heavy rhythmic discharges the next. Feeding off radically diverse musical elements–from art and classic rock, to hard-core punk and funk–Jane’s Addiction was the last great precursor to the alternative revolution of 1991-92. Simultaneously, they were the sole inheritors of Led Zeppelin’s mantra to make a different kind of sprawling heavy rock, and that they did in spades.
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Holly Cole – Temptation (1995/2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:07:28 minutes | 2,67 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | © Blue Note Records
Recorded at Grand Avenue Studio, Hamilton, Ontario except “The Briar and The Rose” Recorded at McClear Pathe, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray.
There is an intelligence and sophistication to Holly Cole’s singing that sets her apart. She can imbue well-worn standards and eclectic songs with an uncanny combination of sensuality, innocence, originality and sheer musicality. Cole takes tunes everybody thinks they know and discovers new undercurrents in the venerable anthems of contemporary composers, wrapping her honesty, compassion and sardonic wit around their sometimes-fragile creations. The results are sexy, provocative, spellbinding, sometimes dangerous and never, ever dull.
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Holly Cole – Night (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 40:13 minutes | 1,6 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: ProStudioMasters | © 2xHD
The multi-awarded and internationally acclaimed Canadian songstress Holly Cole once again presents a conceptually ambitious piece of work with a unifying theme: An intimate collection of songs for the night-time. It’s a captivating cycle of songs that delivers additional proof of Holly Cole’s unique mastery of song interpretation, this time featuring a theme where she is truly at home. Eleven wonderful tracks for the special time between dusk and dawn.
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