Jane Birkin – Oh! Pardon tu dormais… (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Jane Birkin – Oh! Pardon tu dormais… (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:56 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Pop, Chanson
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Division Barclay

Created by bringing together Étienne Daho, Jean-Louis Piérot and Jane Birkin, Oh Pardon tu dormais is her most intimate album so far. “ Étienne helped me release a past pain, which saved me from melancholy and inertia. We gave each other everything, we took everything from each other and I’m still stunned by how the 3 of us worked together. We are this album’s parents… and this moves me” said Jane Birkin, who speaks for the first time about the death of her daughter Kate, the absence, love anxiety, ghosts from the past…

In this first single “Les Jeux Interdits” Jane Birkin brings back a tender memory : when they were children, her daughters were so obsessed with the movie Les Jeux Interdits that they would bury everything with extremely formal rituals and they would have fun redecorating graves in the little cemetery nearby their house in Normandie (France).
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Jane Birkin – Birkin / Gainsbourg: Le symphonique (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jane Birkin – Birkin / Gainsbourg: Le symphonique (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:08 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: French Pop, Chanson
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone (France)

Jane Birkin has released a new album featuring symphony versions of songs by her late collaborator Serge Gainsbourg. It’s called Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique. Arranged by Japanese composer Nobuyuki Nakajima and recorded by Gainsbourg producer Philippe Lerichomme, the album features new symphonic arrangements performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
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Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Petrdlík, Stanislav Vavřínek – Prisma, Vol. 5 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Petrdlík, Stanislav Vavřínek – Prisma, Vol. 5 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:37 minutes | 962 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Navona

Navona Records’ acclaimed PRISMA series continues with a fifth installment, again showcasing the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra’s riveting take on contemporary composition. With a focus on innovation and imaginative performance, the orchestra brings a breath of fresh air to a repertoire that’s all-too-often dominated by mainstream works.
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Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Petrdlík – Fibich: Orchestral Works (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Petrdlík – Fibich: Orchestral Works (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:17 minutes | 2,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos

Zdenek Fibich’s three symphonies project very different qualities: No. 1 prizes structural integration, and No. 2 cyclical unity. Symphony No. 3, written only two years before his untimely death, but at the zenith of his powers as one of the Czech Lands’ leading composers, reveals Fibich’s sustained melodic and atmospheric powers as the music pursues the ‘darkness to light’ trajectory synonymous with the symphony during the 19th century. The remaining pieces, drawn from his best stage works, showcase operatic qualities that extend the dramatic lineage of Smetana. This is the final volume in this series. Marek Štilec is an alumnus of the International Järvi Academy and Jac van Steen’s Emerging Conductors Series, and has participated in the masterclasses of Michael Tilson Thomas and Jorma Panula, among others. He conducts a wide range of leading orchestras, including the New World Symphony, the Ulster Orchestra, Das Kurpfälzische Kammerorchester Mannheim, the Wiener Concertverein Orchester, the Orchestra of the Swan, the London Classical Soloists, the Berlin Camerata, the Kammerphilharmonie Graz and Sinfonietta Bratislava, as well as the top orchestras in the Czech Republic.
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Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi – Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi – Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:36 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos

From the mid-1820s onwards Auber’s career was filled with success. His opéras-comiques and grands opéras won repeated acclaim for their myriad qualities of Parisian elegance. The fifth volume in this series features two of his Sicilian operas and both centre on well-delineated female characters. Brimming with grace, charm and lyricism, the extensive ballet from Zerline exemplifies why Auber’s music was so popular. Philippe Musard’s Quadrille No. 2 on themes from Zanetta shows the extent of Auber’s contemporary popularity and is a revealing cultural souvenir of the period.
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Jiri Petrdlik, Stanislav Vavrinek, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra – Sparks, Vol. 2 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jiri Petrdlik, Stanislav Vavrinek, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra – Sparks, Vol. 2 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:21 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Navona

The album Sparks, Vol. 2 couldn’t be more aptly named, as bows bend and sparks fly in this vibrant collection of pieces for string orchestra. Bound to please modernists and traditionalists alike, this eclectic collection contains pieces by Dave Dexter, William C. White, Simon Andrews, Rain Worthington, Allen Brings, John Carollo, John Franek, and Jeff Mangels. While the pool of inspiration might be diverse – ancient myths, dance, chaos, rites of passage, reflection and homesickness for a place which (may have) never existed – the pieces are united by their display of raw musical energy, an undercurrent of longing, as well as profundity in both technical and emotional terms.
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Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik – Sentinels (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik – Sentinels (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:46 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Navona

Timothy Kramer has recorded and released a full album of his orchestral works with Navona Records. The result: SENTINELS, an evocative representation of Kramer’s compositions that span several decades, with influences ranging from Baroque to rock.
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Jan Bartoš – Janáček: Piano Works (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jan Bartoš – Janáček: Piano Works (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:22 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Supraphon a.s.

Before he was completely overwhelmed by love for composing, Leoš Janáček strove to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He was closely familiar with the instrument, which allowed him to share his innermost emotions and feelings. Janáček wrote his first opus, Thema con variazioni, at the age of 26, when he was studying at the Leipzig Conservatory. The miniature piece Reminiscence is one of his last scores. The composer conceived his three essential piano works, 1.X. 1905, On an Overgrown Path and In the Mists, between 1900 and 1912, which was a difficult phase in his life. They are the most personal, most intimate pieces he wrote. Janáček was inspired by the sound of the cimbalom, an instrument he often heard when collecting folk songs in Moravia.
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Jana Semerádová, Erich Traxler – Händel, Leclair: Chaconne for the Princess (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jana Semerádová, Erich Traxler – Händel, Leclair: Chaconne for the Princess (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:56 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Supraphon a.s.

Handel and Leclair in the services of Princess Anne. Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) – Sonata in G major, Op. 9 No. 7; Sonata in E minor, Op. 9 No. 2 (Quatrieme livre de sonates). George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) – Suite in D minor, HWV 428 (Suites de Pieces pour le clavecin); Passacaille from Suite in G minor, HWV 432; Chaconne in A major from the opera Parnasso in festa for the wedding of Princess Anne, 1734). George Frideric Handel / Michel Blavet (1700-1768) – Gavotte “The Harmonious Blacksmith” (Air and Variations from Suite in E minor, HWV 430, 1720). Anonymous – Princess Royal (1740)
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Jana Herzen – Round the World (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Jana Herzen – Round the World (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:31 minutes | 566 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema

“Absolute intimacy… Herzen and Moffett play it out perfectly together.” – Gary Walker, WBGO

“Inspired by the intimate duet masterpieces of Ella Fitzgerald and guitarist Joe Pass, [this duo] weaves a delicate tonal web between Herzen’s atmospheric vocals and guitar work and Charnett Moffett’s telepathic bass playing ” – Steve Futterman, JAZZIZ

“Herzen’s rich past imbues her work with color and character”
— PEOPLE MAGAZINE
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Jana Herzen – Nothing But Love (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Jana Herzen – Nothing But Love (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:51 minutes | 611 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema

With this soulful and timeless song-cycle of world and blues-tinged folk, jazz and pop originals, singer-songwriter Jana Herzen (who happens also to be the A&R mind behind the Multi-Grammy winning Motéma label), reaches new heights as a musical storyteller, composer and guitarist.
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Jana Herzen – Live (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Jana Herzen – Live (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:18 minutes | 675 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema

Jana Herzen Band: Live: For fans of jazz/folk/pop crossover fans longing for the joyful communion of live performances blocked COVID-19, this audiophile recording of a winning concert by Jana Herzen at Joe’s Pub in New York City in October of 2019, offers a soul-refreshing experience. The celebratory performance features Herzen’s magnetic vocal and guitar work in improvisation with an ace jazz band with world-renowned veterans Charnett Moffett (fretless electric bass) and Brian Jackson (piano & keys), and rising artists Irwin Hall (reeds & woodwinds), and Corey Garcia (drums). The presence of an enthusiastic and increasingly enchanted audience helps elevate the performance to higher dimensions and makes this an especially heart-warming listen at this difficult and unprecedented time in history.
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Jan Willem de Vriend, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Mari Eriksmoen – Arias and Overtures (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Jan Willem de Vriend, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Mari Eriksmoen - Arias and Overtures (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Jan Willem de Vriend, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Mari Eriksmoen – Arias and Overtures (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:31 minutes | 670 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Challenge Classics

The profile of Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen continues to rise through her regular appearance on Europe’s major opera, concert and recital stages, and she is consistently praised for her compelling blend of radiant stage personality and purity of vocal tone. This is her first opera arias recital and is focused on Handel and Mozart. Previously on disc, Eriksmoen features on Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Daniel Harding, Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, both with Akademie für alte Musik Berlin under René Jacobs and Glyndebourne Festival conducted by Robin Ticciati, and in a ​“poised, elegant and persuasive” (Guardian) debut recital featuring songs by Grieg, Grøndahl, Wolf and Strauss with Alphonse Cemin (Alpha).
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Jan Wiese, Håvard Caspersen, Håkon Storm – Log House (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Jan Wiese, Håvard Caspersen, Håkon Storm - Log House (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

Jan Wiese, Håvard Caspersen, Håkon Storm – Log House (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:05 minutes | 475 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Curling Legs

When Håkon Storm and Jan Wiese first met and played together in the spring of 2017, they uncovered the potential for a particular kind of music – a unique and interesting kind of jazz. Of the many excellent guitarists on the Oslo scene, Håvard Caspersen was asked to join a few months later. The oboe and English horn in combination with the various guitars created a fascinating and rich blend of timbres. Håkon and Håvard represents the elite of Norwegian jazz guitarists with several albums on Curling Legs and a wide range of high level collaborations and performances. Both are renowned for teaching guitar-talents at Norwegian Academy of Music and privately. Jan is one of few oboists who has devoted a lifetime career to playing improvised music. He is an extraordinary musician with an international reach who makes music that crosses boundaries with skill, inventiveness and imagination.
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Jan Vogler – Brahms, Rihm, Harbison: Double Concertos (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Jan Vogler – Brahms, Rihm, Harbison: Double Concertos (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:32 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sony Classical

The cellist Jan Vogler, who lives in New York and Dresden, has recorded three Double concertos for violin, cello and orchestra with his wife, the outstanding violinist Mira Wang, with the renowned Royal Scottish National Orchestra under direction of Peter Oundjian. Brahms’ famous Double concerto captivates with wonderfully sweeping melodies, romantic sounds, eloquent solos and great orchestral sound. The English press wrote about one of the previous concerts: “”Vogler, in particular, treated his solo sections like an operatic recitative, even in the faster Vivace sections of the finale, and Wang, his wife, matched him both in virtuosity and in beauty of tone. The highlight, however, was the opening of the slow movement, which produced sensational legato tone, soloists and orchestra slotting into one another like concentric circles, and creating a sound like molten chocolate. The American composer John Harbison (born 1938), whose cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma has already caused a sensation, composed the Double concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra commissioned by the Friends of the Dresden Festival. The highly praised world premiere with Jan Vogler and Mira Wang took place on April 8th 2010 in Boston under the direction of Carlos Kalmar. Now this colorful, dynamic work full of glittering virtuosity can be heard for the first time in a recording. The German composer Wolfgang Rihm (born 1953) is considered one of the most important composers of our time. His “”Duo Concerto””, performed at Carnegie Hall in New York by Jan Vogler and Mira Wang with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in 2015, completes this fascinating new recording of three Double concerts with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
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