Rock in Rio 2015 1st day – 18/09/2015 1080p HDTV x264 AC3-TrueHD

The best moments of the first day: Queen + Adam Lambert, One Republic, The Script and more…

Genre: Shows
Release year: 2015
Original language: Portuguese-Brazilian
Duration: 3 hours and 5 minutes
Resolution: 1920×1080 pixels
Size: 8.61 GB
Quality: HDTV
Extension: MKV
Video codec: x264
Audio codec: AC3

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Fred Jonny Berg – Flute Mystery (2009) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Album title: FLUTE MYSTERY
Composer: Fred Jonny Berg (1973 -)
Performer: Emily Beynon, flute; Catherine Beynon, harp; PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Watford Colosseum, London, UK
Release date: May 2009
Recording date: January 2008
Original source: PCM 96kHz/24bit
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:57:58
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 21928 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6075 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit

Only the full symphony orchestra can impose the true emotional dynamics of the arctic nature. FLUTE MYSTERY is a collection of five orchestral works by Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg. In this distinctive and dynamic surround sound recording, the Philharmonia Orchestra with Emily & Catherine Beynon as soloists on flute & harp are conducted by the legendary Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Vladimir Ashkenazy: I am very fond of Scandinavian mentality, the way people express themselves and their spiritual world. It has always been a very special treat for me to conduct and play Scandinavian music and it is a particular pleasure to introduce to the world a very talented Norwegian composer Fred Jonny Berg whose music in its own way is a genuine reflection of his world.
Berg’s music is often described as melodious, accessible and dramatic, yet with a highly original quality. Berg himself tries to explain: It is really as simple as it is complicated – I breathe in what life has to offer, and breathe out what I have to offer life. I have given up trying to grasp what actually happens in the process from impression to expression. In his music Fred Jonny Berg reveals himself as a person who has experienced that life consists of light and dark, but unlike the majority of us he approaches both with a similar undaunted decisiveness; it adds an extra quality to his music: the conviction of an eyewitness. (more…)

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The Who – Quadrophenia (1973/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Year of the album’s release: 1973
Year of publication: 2014
Duration: 1:21:50

Quality: Blu-ray Disc
Container: BDMV
Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: LPCM | DTS-HD Master Audio | Dolby TrueHD

The 5.1 remix of the original Quadrophenia (1973) will be released as a single-disc Blu-Ray Pure Audio™ for the first time ever in its entirety. Based around the story of Jimmy – double-album masterpiece Quadrophenia tells the tale of a young mod and his struggle to come of age in the mid-1960s. The project was intended to reflect the four characters of The Who and features some of Townshend’s most inspired, personal song-writing – way ahead of its time in scope and purpose and is one of the most widely recognized albums of The Who’s career because of its classic depiction of mod culture, its renowned imagery and the magnificent music and powerful performances. Newly envisioned by Roger Daltrey, the concert film combines archival footage of The Who and images of historical events that have rocked Jimmy’s world over the past 40 years giving this magnum opus an enlightened modern twist. (more…)

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232 (2013) Blu-ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD 5.1

Title: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232
Released: 2013
Genre: Classical, Choral, Baroque
Directed by: Ute Feudel
Conductor: Georg Christoph Biller
Artist: Reglint Bühler (soprano), Susanne Krumbiegel (mezzo-soprano), Susanne Langner (alto), Martin Lattke (tenor), Markus Flaig (bass), Leipzig St. Thomas Choir (Thomanerchor Leipzig), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

Issued: UK | Accentus
Duration: 1:53:41
Size: 21.87 GB

The Mass in B Minor, Bach’s last completed vocal work as well as the climax of his creativity, reveals the overwhelming wealth of his compositional skills. In the history of music it ranks highly, as the “Montblanc of church music” (Franz Liszt) composed during Bach’s time as cantor at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Performed in this important composer’s domain, the Mass in B Minor casted a spell over its listeners as the crowning glory of the Leipzig Bach Festival in 2013: Under the direction of Bach’s successor Georg Christoph Biller, the St. Thomas Boys Choir and an outstanding soloist quintet perform with the prestigious Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, playing on authentic period instruments.
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Mozart / Grieg: Werke fur zwei Klaviere (Work for two pianos) – Dena Piano Duo (2009) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Album title: MOZART/GRIEG vol II
Performer: dena piano duo
Catalogue: #2L-057-SABD

http://www.2l.no/pages/album/057.html
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Mozart-and-Grieg-Works-for-Two-Pianos-Vol-II-Blu-ray/5250/

Pure Audio Blu-ray
DTS HD MA 192kHz/24 bit 5.1
LPCM 192kHz/24 bit STEREO

Release date: March 2009
Recording date: August 2008
Location: Sofienberg Church, Oslo, Norway
Original source: DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)

Enjoy this wonderful music for two pianos from two of history’s greatest composers. Mozart was without a doubt one of Grieg’s first and foremost musical inspirations. What is special about Grieg’s adaptation of the Mozart Fantasia in C minor is that he has not reworked it in the traditional manner. Grieg’s unusual achievement lies in the fact that he has retained Mozart’s text unchanged, adding an entirely new part which is to be performed together with the original. When both parts are played, they interweave and become something entirely new.

Mozart: Sonata in D Major for two claviers
Mozart/Grieg: Fantasie in C minor
Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance with Variations for two pianos Op. 51

Dena Piano Duo
DXD recording, Blu-ray audio only disc + Hybrid SACD.

For more about Mozart / Grieg: Works for Two Pianos, Vol. II and the Mozart / Grieg: Works for Two Pianos, Vol. II Blu-ray release, see Mozart / Grieg: Works for Two Pianos, Vol. II Blu-ray Review published by Greg Maltz on April 20, 2009 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5.

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Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44.1kHz]

Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:06 minutes | 433 MB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Anti-/Epitaph

Her first album in over four years, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You is Neko Case’s most precise, urgent record to date; marked by a melodic immediacy, a loving embrace of the big rock gesture, and a lyrical frankness. The perfect culmination of Neko’s trajectory so far, the pop, folk and country influences, the fluid craft of her band, and that soaring voice, blended seamlessly into the album her fans have been waiting for. (more…)

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Motion City Soundtrack – Panic Stations (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Motion City Soundtrack – Panic Stations (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:39 minutes | 845 MB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  | Source: 7Digital | Artwork: Front cover | @ Epitaph

The 6th studio album from Minneapolis emo/power pop act featuring punk rock crunch, pop melody, epic new wave touches, and Moog madness. (more…)

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The Who – Who’s Missing (1985/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Who – Who’s Missing (1985/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 41:31 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Geffen Records

Who’s Missing is a rare compilation album by the acclaimed British rock band comprised of previously unreleased tracks. The record was released in 1985 and was later superseded by the follow-up album Two’s Missing. Who’s Missing features James Brown cover “Shout and Shimmy”, Paul Revere & the Raiders cover “Lubie (Come Back Home)” as well as a few original works by The Who.

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Wilco – Star Wars (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44.1kHz]

Wilco – Star Wars (2015)

FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 33:51 minutes | 386 MB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | @ dBPM Records / Anti-/Epitaph

The Chicago band Wilco has digitally released a new album, Star Wars, through its own dBpm Records. The album was made available after Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy revealed news of its existence during a live interview with Pitchfork at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Star Wars is the Grammy-award winning band’s ninth studio album and its first since 2011’s The Whole Love. (more…)

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Trio Chemirani – Dawar. The Universal Rhythm (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Trio Chemirani – Dawâr: The Universal Rhythm (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 66:01 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: World
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  | Source: Qobuz | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ harmonia mundi

Nearly 40 years ago, Djamchid Chemirani made his first recording for Harmonia Mundi. Since then, his career has blossomed, and he performs now with his sons Keyvan and Bijan at his side. Both separately and together, each has explored various universes of sound and honed their craft as musicians. But Trio Chemirani has constantly returned to the shared magnum opus: the elaboration of a universal rhythmic language. Dawar fuses the spirituality, diverse cultural experiences and historical sensitivity of these three great artists. (more…)

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Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata (1977) [Deutsche Grammophon 1986] {Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz}

Giuseppe Verdi – La Traviata (1977) [Deutsche Grammophon 1986]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 110:02 minutes | 2,1 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital booklet | @ Deutsche Grammophon

Quite possibly the definitive studio recording of Verdi’s opera masterpiece, this stunning performance, brilliantly conducted by Kleiber, features multiple Grammy-winning tenor Plácido Domingo and the legendary soprano Ileana Cotrubaş. Originally recorded in 1977, this new high-definition release lends an unheard clarity to this already essential recording. (more…)

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Yeahwon Shin, Aaron Parks, Rob Curto – Lua Ya (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Yeahwon Shin, Aaron Parks, Rob Curto – Lua Ya (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 40:28 minutes | 703 MB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: qobuz | Digital booklet | @ ECM Records GmbH
Recorded: May 2012 at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA

South Korean singer Yeahwon Shin’s ECM debut, “Lua ya” is a gentle album of songs and lullabies, recorded in 2012 in the spacious acoustics of Mechanics Hall, near Boston. It’s a very intuitive set, shaped by “improvising, listening to our childhood memories and letting the music flow”, as Yeahwon says. Shin and pianist Aaron Parks played together just once before the present recording, finding “an instant improvisational connection” which is further explored here. Accordionist Rob Curto shares with Yeahwon an affinity for Brazilian music and has collaborated with her previously (in contexts including her Latin Grammy-nominated album “Yeahwon” on ArtistShare). But this new disc is a project beyond the idiomatic borderlines: Korean children’s songs are amongst the inspirational sources, and jazz has influenced the phrasing and imagination of all three participants, yet “Lua ya” seems to emerge from a place of pure music and a common reservoir of feeling. Yeahwon Shin dedicates the set to mothers and children everywhere. (more…)

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The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Studio Album Collection 1965-1971 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Studio Album Collection 1965-1971 (2015)
6 Albums | FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 246:27 minutes | 9,47 GB | Genre: R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Rhino/Elektra

Paul Butterfield was the first white harmonica player to develop a style original and powerful enough to place him in the pantheon of true blues greats. It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of the doors Butterfield opened: before he came to prominence, white American musicians treated the blues with cautious respect, afraid of coming off as inauthentic. This collection includes the studio tracks recorded between 1965 and 1971. (more…)

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Screeching Weasel – Baby Fat: Act 1 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Screeching Weasel – Baby Fat: Act 1 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48kHz | Time – 55:33 minutes | 958 MB | Genre: Punk
Official Digital Download – Source: Bandcamp |  @ Recess Records

Screeching Weasel have been released Act 1 of an epic, two-part punk rock opera titled Baby Fat. Featuring guest performances by Kat Spazzy, Blag Dahlia, Chris Burrows, Roger Lima, Todd Congelliere, Dave Klein, Line Dahlman, Paul Collins, Andrea & Mass of The Manges, and more. The second Act scheduled to release in 2017.

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Dmitri Shostakovich: Under Stalin’s Shadow – Symphony No. 10 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 01:04:50 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: highresaudio.com |  @ Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: Boston, Symphony Hall, 4/2015

In their inaugural release on Deutsche Grammophon, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Andris Nelsons are heard in live performances of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 and the Passacaglia from his opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.”
This album is the first in a series of five live-performance CDs entitled “Shostakovich Under Stalin’s Shadow,” to encompass the composer’s symphonies 5-10 and other works written in the period from the mid-1930s, when Shostakovich fell from Stalin’s favor, to 1953, the year of the dictator’s death. The goal of this new BSO/DG partnership is a complete Shostakovich cycle led by Andris Nelsons, one of today’s most exciting young conductors, and among the last of his generation to train under the Soviet musical tradition.
Symphonies 5, 8, and 9, plus Shostakovich’s incidental music to “Hamlet,” will be recorded during the BSO’s 2015-16 season and released in a two-CD set in 2016. In summer 2017, a second two-disc set will include Symphonies 6 and 7 and incidental music from the composer’s Suite from “King Lear.”

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