Minoru Nojima – Nojima Plays Franz Liszt (1987/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 61:51 minutes | 988 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: ProStudioMasters | @ Reference Recordings
Reclusive pianist virtuoso Minoru Nojima, one of Japan’s most internationally respected musicians, recorded this classic album in 1986. When first released in 1988, Nojima Plays Liszt became a reference work and established Minoru’s reputation as a fine interpreter of the music of Liszt. The album had been hard to find for many years until this reissue became available. Nojima, a “pianist’s pianist,” is not very well known in North America as he records and performs live very infrequently, but has been compared to some of the piano greats, was a silver prize winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1969 and has performed with orchestras around the world.
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Minnie Riperton – Perfect Angel (1974/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:39 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: highresaudio.com | @ Capitol Records
Minnie Riperton’s first album for Epic – and the record that broke her from a hip Chicago underground artist into one of the seventies’ biggest soul divas! The record moves past the baroque soul of Minnie’s early years with Rotary Connection and Charles Stepney – and hits a mix of mellow compressed LA styles and slicker funkier numbers that do the same thing for her Chicago-trained vocals that Rufus’ backing did for that of Chaka Khan. Of course, it helps that she’s got some superbly sensitive writing and arranging help by husband Richard Rudolph – and Stevie Wonder’s definitely lurking in the background, too. Includes Minnie’s huge crossover hit “Loving You”, a perfect showcase for her beautiful 5 octave voice, plus the tracks “Our Lives”, “Every Time He Comes Around”, “Perfect Angel”, and “Reasons”.
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Masabumi Kikuchi Trio – Sunrise (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88.2 kHz | Time – 00:51:56 minutes | 923 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | @ ECM Records GmbH
An ECM debut from Masabumi Kikuchi and a last session from the great Paul Motian. Motian and Kikuchi were friends for many years and Paul understood the idiosyncracies and the wayward charm of the Japanese pianist’s highly personal style perhaps better than anyone. The trio – completed by Zen bassist Thomas Morgan – makes new art out of the interactive free rubato ballad. A strangely beautiful album.
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Lee Ritenour – A Twist Of Rit (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:10:27 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Concord Records
A Twist of Rit is Lee Ritenour’s new 2015 Concord Records release. A star-studded band performs a number of new compositions combining with fresh, “twisted” versions of some of his earliest funky, fusion material from the 70s and early 80s. Combining some of the hottest rhythm players out there, including Ron Bruner Jr., Chris Coleman, Dave Weckl, Melvin Davis, Paulinho Da Costa, Michael Thompson, John Beasley, Patrice Rushen, and Dave Grusin with a five piece Horn Section and Ernie Watts on tenor sax, A Twist of Rit will make for one of his most special releases to date. (more…)
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RELEASE: American.Nightmare.Reunion.Los.Angeles.Show.2015.720p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
SOURCE: Music Bluray
DATE: 2015/10/15
GENRE: Hardcore
RUNTIME: 45min
AUDIO: [AC3] @ 192kbps
VIDEO: [x264] @ 6744kbps
RESOLUTION: [1280×720]
SUBS: n/a
IMDB: n/a
COMMENT: On December 29th and 31st, 2011, the last known incarnation of
American Nightmare (Give Up The Ghost) reunited to play their
first shows in almost eight long years. One in Boston and the other
Los Angeles, these legendary shows were comprised of fanatic
audiences who travelled from all over the globe
RELEASE: American.Nightmare.Reunion.Los.Angeles.Show.2015.1080p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
SOURCE: Music Bluray
DATE: 2015/10/15
GENRE: Hardcore
RUNTIME: 45min
AUDIO: [AC3] @ 192kbps
VIDEO: [x264] @ 13683kbps
RESOLUTION: [1920×1080]
SUBS: n/a
IMDB: n/a
COMMENT: On December 29th and 31st, 2011, the last known incarnation of
American Nightmare (Give Up The Ghost) reunited to play their
first shows in almost eight long years. One in Boston and the other
Los Angeles, these legendary shows were comprised of fanatic
audiences who travelled from all over the globe (more…)
RELEASE: American.Nightmare.Reunion.Boston.Show.2015.720p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
SOURCE: Music Bluray
DATE: 2015/10/15
GENRE: Hardcore
RUNTIME: 45min
AUDIO: [AC3] @ 192kbps
VIDEO: [x264] @ 6764kbps
RESOLUTION: [1280×720]
SUBS: n/a
IMDB: n/a
COMMENT: On December 29th and 31st, 2011, the last known incarnation of
American Nightmare (Give Up The Ghost) reunited to play their
first shows in almost eight long years. One in Boston and the other
Los Angeles, these legendary shows were comprised of fanatic
audiences who travelled from all over the globe
RELEASE: American.Nightmare.Reunion.Boston.Show.2015.REPACK.1080p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
SOURCE: Music Bluray
DATE: 2015/10/16
GENRE: Hardcore
RUNTIME: 45min
AUDIO: [AC3] @ 192kbps
VIDEO: [x264] @ 13720kbps
RESOLUTION: [1920×1080]
SUBS: n/a
IMDB: n/a
COMMENT: And the award for biggest E-penis of the week goes to the loser
from localnet. Yay, 300kb oversized (more…)
Сomposer: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Title: Lang Lang – Live In Versailles
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical
Artist: Lang Lang, piano
Production/Label: Sony Classical
Duration: 01:31:03
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 31000 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3163 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German
Size: 25.29 GB
Ever since his first visit to the magical space that is the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, Lang Lang had dreamed of performing there. When his dream came to fruition in the form of a special recital on June 22, 2015 he chose Chopin’s four momentous Scherzi and Tchaikovsky’s rare but masterly cycle The Seasons to present to his audience. The live concert was filmed in 4K in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles.
Tchaikovsky and Chopin have both played a major role in Lang Lang’s career to date. When Lang Lang, as a 17-year-old, stood in for an indisposed André Watts at a Ravinia concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the work he played was Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.
If Tchaikovsky has appeared at pivotal moments in Lang Lang’s career, Chopin has been a constant companion: a recital rarely goes by without music by the Polish master on the programme and Lang Lang has already recorded a substantial amount of his music, including the Études and the Ballades (which Lang Lang sees as siblings to the Scherzi).
Lang Lang is a committed advocate of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons. As he says, “Even though there are not so many notes compared to more virtuosic pieces, the harmony that Tchaikovsky creates within these notes is incredible. His timeless melodies have a kind of pain that he always turns into beauty. He presents his heart, and he holds your heart.”
Mariss Jansons – Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:48:30 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ BR-Klassik
In its history as a concert orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks has also devoted itself on numerous occasions to opera, under such eminent conductors as Rafael Kubelik and Leonard Bernstein. Chief conductor Mariss Jansons also maintains the tradition, for example with concert performances of Russian operas such as “Eugene Onegin”. BR-KLASSIK now presents the 2014 live recording in Munich’s Philharmonie im Gasteig of the semi-staged performance of Tchaikovsky’s late masterpiece “The Queen of Spades”. With great connoisseurship, Mariss Jansons has brought together a group of singers for this performance in original Russian who are all native speakers of the language, and very familiar with the work. They include Misha Didyk as Hermann, Tatiana Serjan as Lisa, and Alexey Markov as Prince Yeletsky. (more…)
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Low – Ones And Sixes (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 57:11 minutes | 641 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Sub Pop Records
Ones and Sixes takes everything Low excels at and dips it in a heavy gold plating of industrial-leaning electronics. This somehow catapults to new and extreme heights the innate beauty their music has always had. It’s a series of contrasts: stunning and menacing, gorgeous and frightening, giving and desperate, and ultimately, unbearably heavy and unbearably light. From one to six and back again. (more…)
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SKarin Park – Apocalypse Pop (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:31 minutes | 568 MB | Genre: Pop, Electronic
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: 7Digital | @ State Of The Eye Recordings
Karin Park is a Swedish-Norwegian singer-songwriter. Since her last studio album “Highwire Poetry” in 2012, Karin has expanded her raw talents even further from her original electro-pop-princess persona down into darker territories. New album ‘Apocalypse Pop’ delivers just that; gloriously catchy synth-pop tracks laced with deep personal lyrics. (more…)
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Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994/2004/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 57:20 minutes | 2,24 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Columbia/Legacy
The level of production, recording and mixing expertise that Andy Wallace contributed to the album Grace, combined with the magical, sheer talent and artistry that is Jeff Buckley, has earned the album a place on many “best album of all time” lists. For me, remastering this incredible album is both an honor and a personal career highlight. Jeff’s music has touched so many people and will undoubtedly continue to inspire and move generations to come. (more…)
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Various Artists – The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Original Soundtrack (1975/2008/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:43 minutes | 661 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Ode Sounds & Visuals
The original soundtrack to 1975 cult film and Halloween staple starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Meat Loaf. Reached #49 on Billboard pop charts in 1978. Includes two remixes of “The Time Warp” not included on the original LP. The film has grossed over $130 million at the box office since its initial release. (more…)
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Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-3 (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 126:02 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: Bowers & Wilkins.com | Artwork
Two alumni of the St Petersburg Conservatory are brought together on this recording – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Valery Gergiev, both educated in the same historic city a hundred years apart.
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Yves Montand – Best Of Yves Montand (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 05:10:12 minutes | 3,04 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master (MONO), Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz |@ BNF Collection
Yves Montand was an enormously popular singer in France, his adopted country, from the 1940s until his death. He also gave concerts around the world, but he was better-known internationally as an actor. (more…)
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Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson – Waylon & Willie (1978/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:36 minutes | 627 MB | Genre: Country
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ Buddah Records / Sony Music
Recorded: American Studios, Nashville, Tennessee between August 1977 and November 1977
Released in 1978, Waylon & Willie is a duet album that stayed at the top of the country album charts for 10 weeks, spending a total of 126 weeks on the country charts.
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