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Title: Ludwig van Beethoven: 9 Symphonien
Released: 1963
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Artist: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano), Hilde Rössel Majdan (Contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (Tenor), Walter Berry (Bass), Wiener Singverein, Chorus, Berliner Philharmoniker
Issued: United States | Deutsche Grammophon
Duration: 6:02:27
Size: 15.11 GB
Technical Specs
Blu-ray
BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec
1080i/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s)
TBA
Audio Formats
LPCM 2.0 (96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles/Captions
None
Supplements
None
Of the four Beethoven cycles which Karajan recorded over four decades, the present cycle is undoubtedly at the very top of the list. This cannot alone lie in the sumptuous sound which was both praised and criticized at the time. Rather more, in masterly fashion Karajan places more emphasis on the youthful freshness of the early symphonies, gets right to the heart of the drama in the Third, and allows the multi-layered Fourth to sound stringent and decisive. Powerfully yet without exaggerated, fateful relentlessness, the Fifth plows on towards its triumphant C major finale, while the filigree expansiveness of the Sixth ensures that it is not merely a sugary tonal painting. The Berlin Philharmonic present the Seventh and Eighth at a comparatively breezy pace, while never losing sight of the hidden depths of the score. Finally, we have the glorious sound of the agitated Ninth, sung by the stars of the day, whom the Maestro leads surely and safely – just as his orchestra – through the score.
Recorded: 1962 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany.
Title: Claudio Abbado New Year’s Eve Concerts 96-97-98
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker
Production/Label: EuroArts
Duration: 01:13:00 + 01:31:56 + 01:29:18
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC ~28000 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
New Year’s Eve Concert 1996 – Dances and Gypsy Tunes The fascinating Russian virtuoso violinist, Maxim Vengerov (winner of the Echo Klassik) lends radiance to the gala performance under the baton of Claudio Abbado. Johannes Brahms’Hungarian Dances and Gipsy Songs; Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane and La Valse and Hector Berlioz’s Hungarian March make this New Year’s Eve with the Berliner Philharmoniker unforgettable. New Year’s Eve Concert 1997 – A Tribute to Carmen The program of the Berlin Philharmonic bore the title «Dances of Life, Love, and Death», and it was hardly coincidental that it was meant as an homage to Carmen. The recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s traditional New Year’s Eve Concert, conducted by Claudio Abbado, offers not only a cross section of worldfamous melodies from George Bizet’s opera, but also famous dance music that was intensely or subtly influenced by it. With: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev. New Year’s Eve Concert 1998 – Songs of Love and Desire Love was the theme of the 1998 New Year’s Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? Maestro Claudio Abbado has chosen two of the best Mozart interpreters, Christine Schäfer and Simon Keenlyside, for this traditionally meaningful event. Marcelo Álvarez from Argentina interprets highlights of the tenor repertoire, and Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni tops the occasion with a breathtaking performance of the Letter Scene of Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin. (more…)
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Billie Holiday – Body And Soul (1957/2011)
DSF 2.0 Mono DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:37:13 minutes | 1,6 GB | Genre: Jazz , Blues
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Acoustic Sounds | Artwork: Front cover | © Verve Records
Recorded in Los Angeles #1, 3 January 7, 1957; #2, 4, 5 to 7 January 9, 1957; #8 January 3, 1957.
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original analog master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.
Small jazz groups brought out the best in Billie Holiday – especially groups as good as the one heard on this classic 1957 recording. Ben Webster, Harry “Sweets” Edison and the other members of this stellar ensemble were not just gifted soloists but sensitive accompanists as well. Lady Day was rarely more ably supported than she was on this program of sturdy standards, including three gems by the Gershwin brothers -and she rarely sounded more luminous.
This session comes from close to the end of the line (1959) in the erstwhile swinging company of Barney Kessel on guitar, Ben Webster on tenor, and naysayers will be quick to point out that Lady Day wasn’t in peak form here. But Billie Holiday with some of the platinum chipped off the pipes is still way better than a buncha finger-snappin’ wannabes anyday. Her interpretations of the title cut, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” and “Darn That Dream” hold you in the palm of her hand with their gentle swing and the band support here is never less than stellar. This Mobile Fidelity reissue (also available as an audiophile vinyl pressing) features in-the-control-room sound that makes this session sound even cozier. The Lady sings and swings. –Cub Koda
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Title: Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour ’74
Released: 2011
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Released: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 1:24:11
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 27483 kbps 1920x1080i / 29,970 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4217 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio # 2: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio # 3: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 4: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitles (documentary): English, French, German, Spanish
In 1974, award winning film maker Tony Palmer followed Rory Gallagher and his band on their tour of Ireland. The subsequent movie was released in cinemas to great critical acclaim and has gone on to be accepted as one of the great rock films. Now for the first time the film has been lovingly restored and remastered from the original footage and is being reissued on DVD and released for the first time on Blu-ray. There is a massive improvement in both sound and picture quality over the original DVD release and finally Gallagher fans can get to see the film as it was meant to be, capturing Rory, his music, the period and the place to perfection.
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Sonny Stitt – Blows The Blues (1960/2011)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:36:49 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: acousticsounds.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Verve Records
Recorded: Los Angeles, California on December 21 & 22, 1959.
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original analog master tapes to vinyl and PCM. The DSD was sourced from the PCM. George listened to all of the different A/D converters he had before he chose which to use, and he felt the George Massenburg GML 20 bit A/D produced the best and most synergistic sound for the project.
Sonny Stitt led a number of excellent record dates in 1959, especially at the end of the year when he produced three LPs for Verve over a span of three sessions with pianist Lou Levy, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Mel Lewis. Playing alto sax throughout this album, Stitt hardly sounds like a Charlie Parker clone, something that unfortunately was a frequent claim by tin-eared critics throughout a fair portion of his career. The music includes several potent originals, especially “Hymnal Blues” and the slow, powerful “Morning After Blues.”
Sonny Clark – Leapin’ and Lopin’ (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:41:16 minutes | 1,62 GB | Genre: Jaz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: acousticsounds.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Blue Note Records
Recorded: November 13, 1961 at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Sonny Clark is not often heralded as one of hard bop’s great talents, but albums like Leapin’ And Lopin’ should rectify that oversight. An excellent pianist, composer, and bandleader, Clark demonstrates all three capacities on this 1961 date, turning in a host of fine originals and even better performances.
The personnel includes tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Billy Higgins, among others, and there’s fine playing all around, including Clark’s elegant skills on the keys. This album was the artist’s last as a leader (he died two years later), and it’s a fitting swansong, as well as a thoroughly satisfying listen.
Title: Rush: Fly By Night
Released: 1975
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Hard Rock
Artist: Geddy Lee (Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Classical), Keyboards, Vocals), Alex Lifeson (Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)), Neil Peart (Drums, Percussion)
Issued: United States | Universal Music
Duration: 00:37:51
Size: 9.32 GB
Experience 96kHz 24-bit audiophile 5.1 surround sound and stereo on BluRay audio disc, Fly By Night was originally released in 1975 and was the first album to feature drummer Neil Peart, who also became the band’s lyricist. The singles included the title track and ‘Making Memories.’ Fly By Night reached #113 on the Billboard chart, going platinum in both the U.S. and Canada.
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Robert Schumann – Complete Chamber Music with Piano – Eric Le Sage (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Time – 07:17:31 minutes | 5,88 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | Artwork: Front Cover , Digital Booklet | @ Alpha , Outhere Music
Recorded: recording at Plant Studios, Sausalito and Studio 55, Los Angeles between March 28, 1984 to November 1, 1984
With the participation of: Denis Pascal, François Leleux, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Gordan Nikolitch, Lise Berthaud, Paul Meyer, Christophe Coin, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Frank Braley, François Salque, Bruno Schneider, Daishin Kashimoto, Antoine Tamestit
Schumann’s chamber compositions are undoubtedly among the most important European works of the nineteenth century. Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was the archetypal Romantic composer, a man with unbounded imagination, who mastered almost every genre of his time. His chamber music, which may be regarded as an extension of his piano music, enabled him to explore the construction of his works.
This new box-set from ALPHA (seven CDs) presents for the first time Schumann’s complete chamber music with piano, played by one of the great Schumann interpreters, who has been exploring this world with great success since 2005: Eric Le Sage. The pianist is joined here by outstanding musicians Paul Meyer, Francois Salque, Franck Braley, Antoine Tamesit and others, who enable the listener to appreciate to the full these masterful works, written by genius of German Romanticism.
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There may be a blizzard blanketing the Northeast at the moment, but in a mere 30 days, CBS vows to heat things up when the first Victoria’s Secret Swim Special premieres on Feb. 26!
The special was shot on location in Puerto Rico and will feature Victoria’s Secret Angels Lily Aldridge, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Behati Prinsloo and Candice Swanepoel. Other models featured include Elsa Hosk, Martha Hunt, Jac Jagaciak, Stella Maxwell, Joan Smalls and Jasmine Tookes.
Yeah, that’s a whole lot of world-famous beauties in bikinis!
Maroon 5 and Juanes will perform.
(We imagine Prinsloo helped book one of the acts—being married to Adam Levine has its perks, after all! Prinsloo also happens to cover the Swim 2015 catalog.)
The one-hour TV event will show the sexy models shooting their swimwear campaign “as they tackle jungle treks, underwater shoots and overcome personal fears,” CBS told E! News in a press release. “The special gives unique insight into their character and life stories.”
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Original Air Date: 2013.03.03
Source Channel: PBS – WHUT
Show Info:
Andrea Bocelli, the international superstar tenorreturns to Great Performances once again to delight fans with Andrea Bocelli: Love in Portofino, a new concert special in which he puts classical music aside for an evening of international favorites inspired by the breathtaking coastal setting of Portofino, Italy. The Italian fishing village and upmarket resort is noted for its picturesque harbor and frequent celebrity visitors, as demonstrated by a kaleidoscopic photo montage featuring screen legends Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, and current personalities ranging from Denzel Washington to Ellen DeGeneres.
With 16-time Grammy-winner David Foster as both music director and keyboard accompanist, Bocelli is also joined by trumpeter Chris Botti. Under the stars, beside the shimmering harbor waters, and with a rapt audience including Paul Anka, Sir Michael Caine, and Italian actress Ornella Muti, Bocelli performs some of the world’s most famous love songs, including “Senza Fine,” “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás,” “Bésame Mucho,” “Champagne,” “Love Me Tender,” and in duet with the late, legendary Edith Piaf, “La Vie en Rose,” while his real-life love Veronica Berti looks on adoringly. Bocelli sings in six languages (Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Neapolitan). The sensual sound is rounded out by Cuban, Brazilian, and Portuguese rhythms.
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✓ Disc One – Rush In Rio
✓ Disc Two – R30
✓ Disc Three – Snakes & Arrows Live
✓ Disc Four – Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland
✓ Disc Five – Clockwork Angels Tour
✓ Disc Six – R40 Bonus Disc
Artist: Rush
Title: R40 – 40th Anniversary Collectors Box Set
Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
Label: © Anthem/Zoe Vision/Rounder
Release Date: 2014
Quality: Blu-ray
September 17, 2014 – Nashville, TN – 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Rush’s eponymous debut album in 1974. This superb collector’s box set, which will be released on November 11, 2014, brings together live performances by Rush from each decade of their career. It includes “Rush In Rio”, “R30”, “Snakes & Arrows Live”, “Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland” and “Clockwork Angels Tour” plus a bonus disc of previously unseen and unreleased live material stretching from 1974 to 2013.
To the delight of fans, the bonus disc will include all 8 songs from the Laura Secord Secondary School show in 1974 which features original drummer John Rutsey. That recording includes 2 Rush originals “I’ve Been Runnin;” and “The Loser”, as well as their cover of Larry William’s “Bad Boy”, made famous by The Beatles. The bonus discus also features 5 songs from songs from the Capitol Theatre in 1976 such as “Anthem” and “Lakeside Park”, the rarely performed full, 7-part version of “2112” filmed in 1997, “Lock and Key” from the Hold Your Fire tour, as well as footage from the glorious evening when Rush fans got their beloved band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rush are renowned for the energy and excitement of their live concerts and this set brings together some of their finest performances. The 10 DVD (or 6 Blu-ray) discs are contained in a stunning 52 page hardback book measuring 305mm x 225mm with the 10 discs contained in 5 additional rigid insert pages each holding two discs. The 52 pages of the book are filled with memorabilia and photographs documenting 40 years of Rush live in concert. This is the ultimate collection of Rush live performances, beautifully presented. (more…)
Name: André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra: Love In Venice
Released: 2014
Genre: Classical
Artist: André Rieu, Johann Strauss Orhestra
Issued: United States | Universal Music
Duration: 2:40:04
Size: 38.69 GB
The Vrijthof concerts have been going for ten years! This anniversary was all the excuse André Rieu needed to make things extra festive and put on a fantastic, unforgettable anniversary concert. For this tenth concert series he had the Vrijthof square specially decorated in Venetian style, complete with a Doge’s Palace, Rialto Bridge, a fabulous Italian fountain and a colourful Venetian masquerade. It was a party from the start, with André and the entire Johann Strauss Orchestra riding into the Vrijthof on Vespas, in a colourful procession accompanied by the sounds of the Italian hit Azzurro, loud hooting and heart-warming applause from the whole audience. ‘Love in Venice’ is an evening full of wonderful Italian music, world hits like Funiculi funicula, Tiritomba and Vieni sul mar and fabulous operatic arias. For the occasion of this anniversary, the Italian singer Rocco Granata came to sing his world hit Marina. (more…)
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Title: Richard Wagner “Parsifal”
Released: 2013
Genre: Opera
Director: Fransois Girard
Conductor: Daniele Gatti
Starring: Rene Pape (Gurnemanz), Ryan Speedo Green (Second Knight of the Grail), Lauren McNeese (Second Sentry), Jennifer Forni (First Sentry), Mark Schowalter (First Knight of the Grail), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), Andrew Stenson (Third Sentry), Mario Chang (Fourth Sentry), Jonas Kaufmann (Pasifal), Rúni Brattaberg (Titurel), Maria Zifchak (A Voice), Evgeny Nikitin (Kligsor), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
Issued: USA | Sony Music
Duration: 4:51:53
Size: 45.76 GB
Description:
Francois Girard’s stunning post-apocalyptic production of Wagner’s last opera Parsifal trailblazed the way for the Metropolitan Opera’s centennial celebrations of the great composer.
‘Every time I’m overwhelmed by the beauty of this music. It really pulls you into this world. Even people who are not religious become religious while hearing this music ‘Jonas Kaufmann
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Name:Natalie Dessay & Michel Legrand: Entre Elle & Lui – Live at the Château de Versailles
Released: 2014
Genre: Instrumental, Soundtrack
Artists: Natalie Dessay, Michel Legrand, Pierre Perchaud, Francois Laizeau, Pierre Boussaguet
Two icons of French song – Natalie Dessay and Michel Legrand – follow the huge worldwide success of their album Entre Elle et Lui with a DVD of the very special concert on the 11th June 2014 at the Orangerie of the Château de Versailles. This is a unique collaboration from two giants of French music. The CD release in 2013 was hotly anticipated and received great critical acclaim upon its release. Natalie Dessay brings her lyrical voice and fresh interpretations to a selection of some of Michel Legrand’s best-loved songs including La Valse des Lilas, Les moulins de mon cœur (Windmills of Your Mind), Duo de Guy et Geneviève, Papa Can You Hear Me and many more.
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