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Lang Lang – The Chopin Album (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:35 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Q0buz | @ Sony Classical
The Chopin Album is Lang Lang’s first recording for Sony devoted entirely to the solo piano music of the Romantic master, focused on the Études, Op. 25, with three of the most popular Nocturnes and a handful of other pieces included for good measure. While Lang Lang’s phenomenal popularity guarantees this CD’s success, and his ability to play the technically demanding Études will impress his fans, devotees of Chopin’s music may be skeptical of the pianist’s interpretations, which at their best are flashy and extroverted. While it’s not necessary to play Chopin close to the vest, with the expressive reticence of a wallflower, Lang Lang is no introvert, and it shows in the pieces where sensitivity and poetic refinement are desirable. He plays with his customary bravado in the loudest Études, the Grande Valse Brillante, the Grande Polonaise, and even in the inaccurately nicknamed “Minute” Waltz, but his expression at softer levels seems affectless, uninvolved, and rather uninteresting. While connoisseurs may balk at this fairly showy album, it is sure to appeal to a wide audience, perhaps most especially because of the inclusion of Lang Lang’s duet with Danish singer Oh Land, “Tristesse,” which is based on Chopin’s Étude in E major, Op. 10/3, and taken from the soundtrack for the film The Flying Machine. Sony’s sound is generally good, though Lang Lang’s dynamic range is wide enough to make setting the volume a little tricky. –AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson
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Lang Lang – Liszt: My Piano Hero (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:30 minutes | 0,97 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Q0buz | @ Sony Classical
Recorded: April 23-28, 2011, Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany (#1-10); June 4 & 5, 2011, Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria (#11-12)
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth, virtuoso pianist Lang Lang has selected some of the composer’s most characteristic pieces for his 2011 Sony release, Liszt: My Piano Hero. Prominent on this album is the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, which features Lang Lang in a high-energy performance with Valery Gergiev and the Vienna Philharmonic. Without a doubt, most of Lang Lang’s fans will savor this Romantic showpiece, and for technical brilliance and drama, the performance doesn’t disappoint. He is especially lively and vivid in this work, and his interactions with the orchestra seem spontaneous and playful, as one might well imagine Liszt would have been. But Lang Lang seems more introspective and personally involved with the solo keyboard pieces that make up the greater part of the album. Here also is the flashy side of Liszt, but there is a greater emphasis on the poetic and rhapsodic, so Lang Lang indulges in reflective pieces as much as the flashy encores. Highlights include La Campanella, the Grand Galop chromatique, Liebestraum No. 3, the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, and the arrangement of Schubert’s Ave Maria. –AllMusic Review by Blair Sanderson
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Kiss – Killers (1982/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 56:54 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Mercury Records
Kiss’ second compilation album originally released in 1982. Killers was originally released internationally, but quickly made its way to the U.S. after the success that followed abroad. The album featured four new titles by the American hard rock group including “I’m a Legend Tonight” and “Nowhere to Run”, in addition to other known songs. (more…)
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Joao Gilberto – Amoroso (1977/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:22 minutes | 1,7 GB | Genre: Jazz, Bossa Nova
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Rhino/Warner Bros.
Recorded: Rosebud Studios, New York, November 17th, 18th & 19th, 1976; Capitol Records, Hollywood, January 3rd, 4th & 7th, 1977
The originator of Brazilian Bossa Nova delivered Amoroso to the public in 1977. It displayed the ethereal, fine-tuned quality of his vocals and wonderfully complex and daring string arrangements. This spacious, mellow album is now available in 192kHz high definition audio!
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Jimmy Scott – Dream (1994/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:02 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Rhino/Warner Bros.
69 year old Jimmy Scott still possesses one of the most original voices of today. A condition called Kallmann’s Syndrome has resulted in an eternal Soprano, akin to a Lena Horne alto, but altogether not comparable to anything. His timbre and phrasing style come through in the exception quality of this high-definition release.
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Joseph Haydn – If Haydn Had Written For Oboe, vol. 2 – Alexei Utkin, Hermitage Chamber Orchestra (2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 00:51:43 minutes | 993 MB | Genre: Classical
Source: SACD ISO | @ Caro MitisItem Number: CM0012007
Recorded: 12-16.05.07 5th Studio of The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) Moscow, Russia
There’s hardly anyone not familiar with Haydn’s canonical image, omnipresent in his popular biographies: the endlessly jovial old man, ‘Papa Haydn’, pious, amiable, easy-going and industrious, without a hint of a tortured soul, that hallmark of genius in new European culture since Romanticism. This deliberately contrast-free, and yet remarkably truthful image of the great master, created towards the end of his life, corresponds well to his artistic career, also apparently devoid of storms and crises. In the composer’s lifetime, his music was greeted with enthusiasm not in Europe alone, but in overseas colonies as well. He died a venerable old man, having known in full the sweetness of recognition and the love of his contemporaries. A telling example of the attitude towards Haydn in the classical age are the words by Ernst Ludwig Gerber that introduce the master in his Historischbiographisches Lexikon der Tonku?stler from 1790: “Our greatest man, great in every small thing and even greater in big things, the pride of our times.”
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Joseph Haydn – If Haydn Had Written For Oboe, vol. 1 – Alexei Utkin, Hermitage Chamber Orchestra (2007)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 00:55:14 minutes | 0,99 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: SACD ISO | @ Caro MitisItem Number: CM0042006
Recorded: 2006, April: 13, 15, 16, 18–19 5th Studio of The Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR), Moscow, Russia
Here’s another delectable SACD from Caro Mitis—oboist Alexi Utkin playing music of Haydn, one of his favorite composers. The Oboe Concerto actually wasn’t written by Haydn although attributed to him, the oboe plays a relatively insignificant part as one of four soloists in the well-known Sinfonia concertante, and the oboe d’amore here replaces the cello in the Divertimento. Exquisite performances, beautifully recorded. The only negative feature is the relatively short playing time of the disk (55:14).
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Norwegian metal band Pagan’s Mind perform live at Centre stage in Greenville, South Carolina. Filmed on 20th September 2014, the tracks performed include ‘Through Osiris’ Eyes’, ‘New World Order’, ‘Full Circle’ and ‘United Alliance’.
Track Listing
Set 1:
1. Approaching
2. Through Osiris Eyes
3. Entrance Stargate
4. Of Epic Questions
5. Dimensions Of Fire
6. Dreamscape Lucidity
7. The Seven Sacred Promises
8. Back To The Magic Of Childhood I: Conception
9. Back To The Magic Of Childhood II: Exploring Life
10. In Brilliant White Light
11. Aegean Shores
12. The Prophecy Of Pleiades
Set 2
13. New World Order
14. Intermission
15. Enigmatic Mission
16. Live Your Life Like A Dream
17. Hallo Spaceboy
18. Full Circle
19. Walk Away In Silence
20. Eyes Of Fire
21. God s Equation
22. United Alliance (more…)
Just Let Go combines full live performances from Lenny Kravitz s 2014 European Tour with interviews and rehearsal footage to give a unique insight into the creative process behind Lenny Kravitz s music and the staging and presentation of his live performances. The film contrasts the intimacy of conversations with Lenny and his band and footage from rehearsals and behind the scenes on the tour with the spectacular live performances of his best loved tracks.
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iHeartRadio Z100 Jingle Ball 2015, the yearly feature for the Top 20 pop, took place at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 11, according to New York Times. “Frozen” singer Demi Lovato performed on stage wearing her long stems in black pants.
Lovato expressed her gratitude to the audience for letting her be real with them in the event. The “Frozen” singer sang “Stone Cold,” a song about wishing happiness to an ex with a new girlfriend, with shaking intensity. She said she wished she could have meant the song.
The “Frozen” singer also sang “Confident,” her current album’s title song. After singing it, she told the crowd that while she did not feel that confident, she was standing there on stage, singing her heart out for them.
“Send it on” singer Selena Gomez sang “Revival,” the title song of her current album, which features sensual moments. She also sang “Good for You,” which tells about how she would leave a dress a mess on the floor.
Almost all the male performers projected themselves as ideal boyfriends during their performance with flattery, thoughtfulness, and charm. “Nothing Would Be Better” singer Nick Jonas sang his 2014 song “Jealous” while the punk pop band 5 Seconds of Summer sang their rendition of Green Day’s music. Pop-R&B artsist also entered the field, including Charlie Puth, Conrad Sewell, R. City, and Fetty Wap.
General : iHeart Radio Jingle Ball Madison Square Garden 12-11-2015 Backhaul Feed 1080i h264 30mbps DTSHDMA 2.0-ALANiS.mkv
Format : Matroska at 29.5 Mbps
Length : 65.6 GiB for 5h 17mn 56s 456ms
Video #0 : AVC
Aspect : 1920 x 1080 (1.778)
Audio #0 : DTS at Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz
General : Kylie Christmas Live From The Royal Albert Hall 1080i HDMania.ts
Format : MPEG-TS at 12.6 Mbps
Length : 7.82 GiB for 1h 29mn 7s 113ms
Video #0 : AVC at 11.7 Mbps
Aspect : 1920 x 1080 (1.778) at 25.000 fps
Audio #0 : AAC at 220 Kbps
Infos : 2 channels, 48.0 KHz
Kylie will make her first ever headline appearance at the Royal Albert Hall performing for one night only to celebrate the release of her new album.
Kylie will be performing a host of Christmas classics together with brand new tracks and some of her classic hits. Dress your festive best!
A Kylie Christmas truly encompasses the Christmas spirit!
Live Reviews:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kylie-minogue-royal-albert-hall-review-colourful/ (more…)
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Composer: Flint Juventino Beppe (b.1973)
Album title: Remote Galaxy by Flint Juventino Beppe
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Emily Beynon, flute; Mark van de Wiel, clarinet; Ralph Rousseau, viola da gamba
Genre: Classical
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Watford Colosseum, UK
Release date: October 2013
Recording date: May 2012
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:10:47
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Auro-3D 9.1 / 96 kHz / 24-bit
Audio#2: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 12110 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: DTS-HD MA 7.1 / 96 kHz / 8295 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#4: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6626 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#5: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Can the dualism of life, nature and art be expressed in pure music? This is the question the multi-talented composer Flint Juventino Beppe – formerly known as Fred Jonny Berg – has set out to answer. The album Remote Galaxy is a journey in time and space, a journey given meaning by the album’s music and philosophy. The music is uncompromisingly honest, with a genuine power of its own. Using well-known acoustic technology, the composer takes us to some unusual and, for most of us, unknown places. (more…)
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King Crimson – THRAK (1995/2015)
DVD-Audio ISO | MPL & DTS 5.1 Surround / MLP & PCM Stereo | 7,1 GB
FLAC Stereo (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:20 minutes | 1,13 GB
FLAC 5.1 (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:20 minutes | 2,87 GB
FLAC Stereo (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:39 minutes | 696 MB
Source: DVD-audio (2015) + FLAC | Panegyric # KCSP-13 | Complete artwork
The this new release is part of the group’s ongoing 40th Anniversary Series, which began in 2009 with the release of new stereo and surround sound mixes of the progressive rock progenitor’s…
The only progressive rock band from the ’60s to be making new, vital, progressive music in the ’90s, King Crimson returned from a ten-year exile in 1995 with THRAK, their first album since 1984’s 3 of a Perfect Pair. As with the ’80s band, guitarist/ringleader Robert Fripp recruited singer/guitarist Adrian Belew, bassist Tony Levin, and drummer Bill Bruford for this incarnation of his classic band. However, he added to this familiar quartet two new members: Chapman Stick player Trey Gunn and ex-Mr. Mister drummer Pat Mastelotto. Effectively, Fripp created a “double trio,” and the six musicians combine their instruments in extremely unique ways. The mix is very dense, overpoweringly so at times, but careful listens will reveal that each musician has his own place in each song; the denseness of the sound is by design, not the accidental result of too many cooks in the kitchen. Sometimes, as in “THRAK,” the two trios are set against each other, in some sort of musical faux combat. In others, they just combine their respective sounds to massive effect. On “Dinosaur,” perhaps the strongest track on the record, Mastelotto and Bruford set up an ominous tom-tom groove that supports an even more ominous guitar figure. The vocal, the musings of a long-dead sauropod, are vintage Belew, just as the freaky, falling-down-the-stairs solo in the middle is vintage Fripp. Other high points include the drum duet “B’Boom” and the two Belew/Fripp “Inner Garden” pieces. Allusions to earlier Crimson abounds, such as the form of “VROOM,” for example, which is suspiciously reminiscent of “Red” (from the 1974 album of the same name), or the shout-out to “The Sheltering Sky” (from 1981’s Discipline) in “Walking on Air.” Thankfully, this never gets annoying, but instead acts as a subtle nudge and a wink to faithful fans. King Crimson came back in a major way with THRAK, and proved that, even in its fourth major incarnation, Fripp and company still had something to say. High-quality prog. (more…)
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Artist: King Crimson
Title: Thrak – 40th Anniversary – Live & Studio Recordings 1994-1997
Released: 1995/2015
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock, Avant-Prog
Artist: Robert Fripp (guitar, mellotron, Soundscapes), Adrian Belew (guitar, lead vocals), Tony Levin (bass guitar, Chapman Stick, electric upright bass, backing vocals), Trey Gunn (Chapman Stick, Warr guitar, backing vocals) , Bill Bruford (drums), Pat Mastelotto (percussion)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio & Video
Video (Disc#1): MPEG-4 AVC 3000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Video (Disc#2): MPEG-4 AVC ~10000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 (48) kHz / 7143 (5555) kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 (48) kHz / 13824 (6912) kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 (48) kHz / 4608 (2304) kbps / 24-bit
Size: 86 GiB
The 1994 return of King Crimson was timed perfectly, matching, in no particular order, one of the peak periods for CD sales, a time of great variety of radio formats in the USA, the growth of a number of bands who pointed eagerly to the influence of King Crimson – especially of the 1972-74 band – a more positive critical reception for the band, following the remasters of the catalogue, Frame by Frame and Great Deceiver boxed sets supervised by Robert Fripp. Such timing not only benefited from the release of the various musicians from their other musical commitments, but in Robert Fripp’s case, the ultimately successful battle to regain control of King Crimson’s catalogue.
Recorded at Peter Gabriel’s RealWorld studios THRAK was released in 1995 and followed by tours in Europe, Japan and the USA. In the USA Crimson joined the Horde tour for 1995 – among a floating line-up that included Lenny Kravitz, The Black Crowes and Ziggy Marley. Thrak and its accompanying tours managed the task of appealing to older Crimson fans, while allowing the band to develop a whole new audience – perhaps unsurprisingly, as many of the musical ideas initially formulated by Crimson lineups of the 70s and 80s had been absorbed, extended and re-presented in a new light by bands directly influenced by earlier Crimson albums and performances.
Had THRAK merely reiterated those ideas most fans would, without doubt, have been happy with the outcome, but a key element in the evolution of Crimson’s music and history has been the band’s unwillingness to simply go on performing and recording for the sake of it. Robert Fripp places great importance on the fact that Crimson only operates when there is music that demands a King Crimson to perform it. This ability to walk away from the group at peak points artistically and commercially (as with the 70s and 80s lineups), is one of the band’s great strengths. It allows for the periodic reinvention of the band and ensures that innovation is a driving factor whenever the group does appear.
THRAK has all the hallmarks of a classic album – an album that challenged audience expectations when released, yet still sounds exciting now. For the band’s many fans, it rates comparison with the best of King Crimson’s studio albums, no mean feat given the quality and status of the likes of In The Court of the Crimson King (1969), Red (1974) and Discipline (1981).
The newly mixed stereo of THRAK was described as “transformative” by Robert Fripp. It’s also no exaggeration to state that this band can’t be fully appreciated and understood until you hear the roar of THRAK emerging from six speakers.
Twenty years on from its original release, THRAK remains one of the most powerful studio albums of the period. (more…)
Composer: Torbjørn Dyrud (b.1974)
Album title: Out of Darkness – the passion and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Performer: Nidaros Cathedral Choir; Vivianne Sydnes, conductor; Geir Morten Øien, trumpet; Erlend Aagaard Nilsen, trumpet; Lars Sitter, percussion; Sarah Head, readings
Genre: Classical, Choral
Label: 2L (Lindberg Lyd)
Location: Nidaros Cathedral, Norway
Release date: December 2013
Recording date: September and October 2012
Original Quality: Mastering in DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:55:30
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 942 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 192 kHz / 12374 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 192 kHz / 9216 kbps / 24-bit
Torbjørn Dyrud’s work OUT OF DARKNESS presents you with the most famous story of Christian culture – Christ’s passion, death and resurrection – in a form you have never heard before. Allow yourself to be moved by Nidaros Cathedral Choir, Sarah Head and the musicians in their presentation of Dyrud’s dramatic music. The work is not a passion in the traditional sense, since it does not end with Christ’s death. Out of Darkness continues through the kingdom of death and out of the grave, leaving us with the gospel of love that overcomes and endures everything, a gospel of grace and forgiveness. Life is the light of mankind, and we can rise out of the darkness. (more…)
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