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Jordi Savall, Ton Koopman, Rolf Lislevand, Andrew Lawrence-King – Diego Ortiz : Recercadas del Tratado de Glosas (1553) (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 49:37 minutes | 814 MB | Genre: Classical
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Review from Diapason magazine #363 (abridged)
Reviewer: Denis Morrier
“Denis Morier underlines quite judiciously the importance of this recording of the “recarcadas” of Diego Ortiz. He writes: ” This is “… another revelation from Savall (as always in those ancient repertories that he explores with such an open mindedness,…); not only does it come from a famous musician and theorician…, but it stems from a buoyant and tumultuous art, full of exacerbated passions and tensions which are continuously revived.”
As we read on, he mentions that “Savall provides a broad selection from the various types of ricercadas located by Ortiz (only those based on Gregorian melodies are excluded), thus embellishing his choices with accompaniments of a wide variety, always splendidly performed. We can appreciate the volubility and the rhythmic exuberance which characterizes Ton Koopman’s performance – the hapsichordist often engaging in truly virtuoso exchanges with the soloist – as well as the inventiveness and delicacy of the harpist, Andre Lawrence-King. Being so well supported, Jordi Savall can let go all his poetical inspiration, without adornments, but giving to these pieces on the contrary a truly dramatic dimension… “.
Morier concludes his review by branding Savall as “the angel of the viola da gamba who performs… another miracle, giving a new dimension to these didactic pieces and puts them in a new perspective, shedding a new light on the Renaissance period.”
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Diego Figueiredo – Antarctica (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:33 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Jazz
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”Diego wrote the title track, Antarctica while performing aboard a Seabourn cruise to the world’s southernmost continent….the segments of this solo piece reflect the mystery and uncertainty of what was to come, the joy of stepping on Antarctica’s terra firma after four days at sea, and feeling of child-like delight while watching penguins at play,” KEN FRANCKLING, Award-Winning Jazz Journalist GRAMMY NOMINATED GUITAR PLAYER – 62ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2019) Diego Figueiredo is a new star of the guitar world. He is only 39, and he has released 26 CDs, 3 DVDs, and he has playing in more than 60 countries around the world. He is winner of several important competitions like Montreux Jazz Competition, and some others. Diego Figueiredo was born in Franca, Brazil, in 1980, and at the age of 4, he used to strike poses carrying his small guitar. At six, he got a mandolin, which was kept in a very special place in his house. Diego played many instruments before choosing the electric guitar when he was twelve, playing in theaters and local pubs, revealing the great art of improvising and harmonizing. At 15, he conquered theaters and nightclubs in many different Brazilian states, playing solo or with renowned musicians. Diego has collaborated and performed with names like Gilberto Gil, João Bosco, Roberto Menescal, Toquinho, Janis Siegel, Stanley Jordan, Joao Donato, Larry Coryell, Ken Peplowski, Lewis Nash, John Clayton, Cyrille Aimée, Jeff Hamilton, Terell Stafford, Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Cunliffe, Dick Hyman and many others. ”Diego Figueiredo is one of the greatest guitarists I’ve seen in my whole life. The world needs to listen to his music.” George Benson ”I have seem and played with many wonderful guitar players like Joe Pass or Baden Powell, but no one is like Diego. His ability and swing are unique.” Flora Purim
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Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera – Vivaldi: Dorilla in Tempe, RV 709 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:22:12 minutes | 2,88 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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The opera Dorilla in Tempe, which was first performed in Venice in 1726, exudes a delightful rural atmosphere. The libretto tells a bucolic story set in a valley of Thessaly. Between amorous twists and a huge sacrifice, the various misadventures of Dorilla offer Vivaldi the occasion to deploy a luminous sound palette where hunting horns and flutes often support choruses and soloists. He resumed the work in 1728, still in Venice, then again in 1732 in Prague and one last time in 1734 at “his” theatre – Sant’Angelo. Only this 1734 version has reached us, and so it serves as a basis for present recordings. It is a “pasticcio”, for which Vivaldi used various composers – Hasse, Giacomelli, Sarri and Leo in this case – whose melodies replace some of his own; about a third of them are borrowed from colleagues in fact. It was never Vivaldi’s intention to recycle on the sly: the principle of “pasticcio” was the most widespread at the time and very popular with the public. The particularly rare vocal timbres are noticeable: they are made up of almost exclusively deep voices, including three mezzos and one baritone and even two deep castratos, nowadays replaced by contraltos who are much easier to dig up. The entire score gives off a mad energy; a delightful peculiarity adorns part of the opening, in which Vivaldi takes over one of the movements with his Four Seasons with the addition of a choir – proof that even though this music is rich at the base, it can still be further enriched, provided your name is Vivaldi! Diego Fasolis and his ensemble I Barrochisti offer us here one of the very, very rare discographical performances of this neglected masterpiece.
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Diego ‘El Cigala’ – Esencial Diego ‘El Cigala’ (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:13:22 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Latin, Flamenco
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His full name is Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, but to contemporary flamenco fans he’s known as Diego el Cigala, or “the Little Prawn.” The famous flamenco singer José Monje Cruz gave him the nickname because of Diego’s small size and the enormous passion that pours out of him (although, it is also a reference to Cruz’s own nickname, “Camarón,” which is Spanish for “shrimp”). Singing in flamenco enthusiast clubs in Madrid’s Rastro district came first, and then Diego was hired to accompany many of flamenco’s most famous dancers. With the guitarist Antón Jiménez backing him, Diego went “in front” — flamenco slang for having your own career — in 1994. A steady stream of hit albums made him famous in the flamenco community, while the 2004 release Lágrimas Negras with Cuban jazz pianist Bebo Valdés brought international acclaim, with both The New York Times and BBC Radio fawning over it. Two years later, his Sony BMG release Picasso en Mis Ojos would win the 2006 Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album. ~~ Artist Biography by David Jeffries
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Diego Barber – One Minute Later (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:20 minutes | 908 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The Andalusia region of Spain stands apart from the rest of the country. There is a certain essence within the breathtaking natural surroundings and the culture, with hints of its Arabic past, that makes the region distinctive. These elements have inspired musicians for generations. Unsurprisingly, guitarist/composer Diego Barber, a native of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, has long had an affinity for Andalusia, especially for the city of Granada; an affinity only made stronger by his regular visits there to be with his girlfriend.
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Diego Ares – Bach: Goldberg Variationen (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:30:16 minutes | 1,78 GB | Genre: Classical
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Careful, you don’t want to miss this! For ten years, there have been so many Goldberg Variations invading the market, both on piano and on harpsichord, that we didn’t expect to be so surprised, to feel such amazement. After several absolutely fascinating projects, first with Pan Classics (Scarlatti, Soler), then a first album with Harmonia Mundi devoted to Padre Soler rare Sonatas (awarded with a Qobuzism), here again comes Spanish harpsichordist Diego Ares—born in Vigo in 1983—playing Johann Sebastian Bach, with probably one of the Cantor’s most complex works; Diego Ares astonishes with his rigor, his imagination and his freedom, both in the phrasing, the registrations, the ornamentation, the sense of surprise (Variation 25). The harmonies sound implacable, often harsh, yet still radiate in a supreme way (Variation 28); this is the left hand, full and musical, but above all incredibly flexible, that is also able to rear up, to create sometimes surprising suspensions in time, always fluid and coherent, which opens real places of communication and distinguish the amazing narrative sense deployed by Diego Ares throughout this interpretation. – Pierre-Yves Lascar
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Die Toten Hosen – Nur zu Besuch: Die Toten Hosen Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater – Das komplette Konzert (2005/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:41:53 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Rock
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With” Die Toten Hosen – nur zu Besuch/Unplugged im Wiener Burgtheater”, die Hosen finally present the long-awaited MTV Unplugged concert. The exquisite audience in Vienna’s venerable Burgtheater got to see a completely new side of the Punk Institution.
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Die Toten Hosen – Laune der Natur with Learning English Lesson 2 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:54:22 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
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“Laune der Natur” (The Mood of Nature) is the sixteenth studio album of the German band Die Toten Hosen. It was produced by Vincent Sorg and released as a single album as well as a Special edition – double album together with the album “Learning English Lesson Two”. The supplemental album “Learning English Lesson Two” contains only English cover versions and is not available separately.
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Die Taschenphilharmonie, Peter Stangel – Beethoven Revisited: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 05:07:47 minutes | 2,94 GB | Genre: Classical
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This is an extraordinary journey through the most preeminent of classical symphonies. With an ensemble of only 12-16 top-quality musicians, the Pocket Philharmonic Orchestra explores Beethoven’s musical origins.
All the great conductors and orchestras have shown where Beethoven led: how his ideas paved the way for later masters like Schumann, Bruckner and Mahler. What hasn’t been shown yet is where Beethoven was: where his musical language came from, how he shifted standards and developed techniques in a completely new and revolutionary way.
The Pocket Philharmonic has a new approach to this idea: instead of a full chamber or symphony orchestra, the ensemble performs as a chamber ensemble in a symphonic manner – symphonic chamber music, or chamber music symphonies, so to speak. “This is the most vivid performance of the Eroica you have ever heard” said the critics. “It makes the revolution in his music audible. “An outstanding listening experience.”
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Die Kolophonistinnen – Heldinnenleben (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 48:27 minutes | 896 MB | Genre: Classical
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Ever since the film during the intermission of the 2017 Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert, the “Kolophonistinnen” cello quartet has made a striking impression on a broad public. With their commitment and their enthusiasm, performances by the four young women – Hannah Amann, Marlene Förstel, Theresa Laun and Elisabeth Herrmann – take listeners’ hearts by storm. For their debut album, the “Heldinnen” (“heroines,” an affectionate and appreciative appellation by their teacher) have compiled an exciting program rich in contrast, in keeping with their characters, full of Viennese esprit and Slavic soul, world-famous melodies from blockbuster movies, as well as fascinating new pieces by top Austrian musicians Florian Bramböck and Matthias Bartolomey.
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Die Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein musikalischer Spaß (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:25:51 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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Besides an acclaimed series of recordings with Ronald Brautigam of the complete piano concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens are undertaking a survey of Mozart’s serenades and other incidental works. Their first album in this series included the Posthorn Serenade and demonstrated, according to the reviewer on MusicWeb-International, that the ensemble is ‘amongst the best groups in the world of period performance.’ Since then the team has recorded works associated with the Freemasons, and here takes on one of the most famous of the serenades, the ‘Haffner’, named after Sigmund Haffner, who commissioned it for the festivities surrounding his sister’s wedding in 1776. A notable feature of Mozart’s serenades – and the large-scale Haffner is no exception – is the incorporation of virtuosic solo parts, here performed by the violinist Alexander Janiczek. On the amply-filled disc (almost 86 minutes!), the at times quite imposing Haffner is followed by Mozart’s ‘Musical Joke’ – Ein musikalischer Spaß, K?522. A work in four movements, this is a delightful and very skillfully crafted parody of musical incompetence. It is written for strings and a pair of horns, and its frequent caricatures of the second-rate – whether in composition or performance – are brilliantly observed, by Mozart as well as the present performers.
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Die Freitagsakademie – My Choice (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:56 minutes | 565 MB | Genre: Classical
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Hear back to the future: 25 years of Winter & Winter’. In 1736 Janitsch revolutionized the music world with his weekly Friday academies (Freitagsakademien); This was the beginning of the upheaval from the courtly to the bourgeois concert scene. Die Freitagsakademie is now presenting its favorite works from Bach to Beethoven.
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Camerata Musica Limburg – Die Einsiedelei: The Complete Choral Works for Male Voices by Franz Schubert, Vol. 4 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:24 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Classical
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Finally, it is here: The continuation of the great musical adventure that the Camerata Musica Limburg is currently undertaking and for which we had to wait a whole year. The elite ensemble sings Franz Schubert’s complete works for male choir with Genuin. Three volumes have already been released. Once again, Jan Schumacher and his men will be joined by renowned musicians such as tenor Christoph Prégardien. The tonal palette of the clear and confidently intoned male voices ranges from the most gentle pleading of Gesang der Geister to the vibrant radiance of a Schiller’s Punschlied.
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Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen & Matthias Höfs – Telemann Trompetenkonzerte (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:33 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Classical
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As a Hamburg-based musician Matthias Höfs has a special relationship with Georg Philipp Telemann, who was a very successful composer of operas at the city’s opera house on the Gänsemarkt. As director of music for the five parish churches of Hamburg, Telemann made a decisive contribution to the sacred music performed at those institutions. And it has not taken the 250th anniversary of his death, on June 25, 2017, for Telemann to be acknowledged as one of the most efficacious Baroque composers alongside J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel.
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Didirri – Measurements (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 22:26 minutes | 251 MB | Genre: Folk, Acoustic
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Several times in our lifetimes, we feel that woozy head rush from that unforgettable kiss. Another time, we felt that ‘feeling’ up on the upper back, stopping us our breathing short. And sometime, in that span of time, we fell and out of love – both bagged with much passion of hither and there. It can happen. And often does. Without personal and individual politics, love and passion is delectable and straight forward. But we don’t live in that kind of life. The world we live in isn’t just ‘straight forward’. Sometimes it does happen, where all those ‘politics’ fall away and seems not to be a factor. Let’s welcome that time, that moment – if we recognize it – for what it is. Didirri announced that he’s about to drop his debut EP ‘Measurements’ on July 6. And to celebrate, the new single ‘I Can’t Get Last Night Out Of My Head’, a celebration in itself of what impact such kind of passions can envelope our every being.
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