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Claudio Abbado Conducts Mozart and Beethoven (2011/2012) Blu-ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD 5.1

Music Videos By admin · March 30, 2015 · Comments off

Name: Claudio Abbado Conducts Mozart and Beethoven
Year: 2011/2012
Genre: Classical
Directed by: Michael Beyer
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Artist: Christine Schäfer (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Bruno Ganz (narrator), Lucerne Festival Orchestra

Issued: United States | Accentus
Duration: 1:29:07
Size: 21.42 GB

All are equal before the work, before the mysteries of a score; this was Claudio Abbado’s heart-felt conviction. For him, the willingness to be open to one another and to the independent life of musical processes was the only prerequisite for making music. In the live performances documented here for the first time on DVD/Blu-ray, Abbado could be sure of the devotion of these world-class artists: the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, the sopranos Christine Schäfer and Juliane Banse, as well as the actor Bruno Ganz. They shared his credo of “listening togetherness” (DIE ZEIT) that made possible those precious moments of musical truth toward which this great conductor strove throughout his life.

Recorded live at the Concert Hall of KKL Luzern, 19–20 August 2011 (Mozart) and 8–10 August 2012 (Beethoven).

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Mahler: Symphonies 1-7 Blu-ray [4 Blu-ray Disc Box Set]

Music Videos By admin · July 22, 2014 · Comments off

Gustav Mahler
SYMPHONIES NOS. 1-7
(4 Blu-ray Disc Box Set)

Gustav Mahler:
Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan”
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection”
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
Rückert-Lieder

Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

Eteri Gvazava, soprano (Symphony No. 2)
Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano (Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3)
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano (Symphony No. 4, Rückert-Lieder)
Yuja Wang, piano (Prokofiev)
Tölzer Knabenchor (Symphony No. 3)
Orfeón Donostiarra (Symphony No. 2)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir (Symphony No. 3)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Recorded live from the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2003-2009.

Picture format: 1080i Full-HD
Sound format: PCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1(Symphonies Nos. 1-4, 7, Rückert Lieder, Prokofiev) /PCM 2.0 (Symphonies Nos. 5-6)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French (all) + Spanish(Symphonies Nos. 2, 3) + Italian (Symphony No. 2)
Running time: 10 hours 10 mins
No. of Discs: 4 (Blu-ray)

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Guy Yehuda – Prokofiev, Engel & Ben-Haim: Between Two Worlds (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

REFERENCE RECORDINGS® is very pleased to release this beautiful musical program of three works from the early to mid-20th century, which we hope will provide some joy, especially to those who love Jewish music, history, and folklore.

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Naoko Yoshino – Concertos pour harpe (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · April 29, 2024 · Comments off

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Op. 30; Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concertino for Harp, Op. 93; Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane; Turina: Tema y variaciones, Op. 100.

Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshino was born in London, and started her harp studies with Susann McDonald at the age of six in Los Angeles. In 1981, she received the Second Prize at the First International Harp Competition in Rome. In 1985, at the age of seventeen, she was the First Prize Winner at the Ninth International Harp Contest in Israel.

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John Ogdon, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik – Rafael Kubelík conducts Haydn, Schoenberg & Tchaikovsky (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · December 2, 2023 · Comments off

John Ogdon, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik - Rafael Kubelík conducts Haydn, Schoenberg & Tchaikovsky (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download

John Ogdon, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik – Rafael Kubelík conducts Haydn, Schoenberg & Tchaikovsky (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:24:32 minutes | 890 MB | Genre: Classical
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A l’été 1968, quelques jours après la répression brutale du “Printemps de Prague”, le Tchèque en exil Rafael Kubelík a dirigé un concert captivant dans sa ville d’adoption, Lucerne : une Symphonie de Haydn pleine de vitalité et une Quatrième de Tchaïkovski passionnée encadrent le Concerto pour piano de Schönberg – c’est aussi la seule apparition de la légende britannique du piano John Ogdon au Festival de Lucerne.
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Tamar Beraia – Beethoven-Liszt (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 15, 2023 · Comments off

Georgian/Swiss pianist Tamar Beraia was born in Tbilisi (Georgia) into a family of musicians. She received most of her training in Georgia: first piano lessons from her mother at the age of five, then continuing with Dodo Tsintsadze at the Z. Paliashvili Central Music School, and with Nana Khubutia at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. She completed her studies with Ivan Klánský in Lucerne. She is a prizewinner of many national and international competitions, including the Third Prize ex-aequo, the Bronze Medal, and the Sony Audience Prize at the Seventeenth Paloma O‘Shea Santander International Piano Competition. During her studies she was supported by various scholarships, including those awarded by the M. Tariverdiev Foundation and the eminent pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. With her sister Natia Beraia, she plays duo since childhood, both in four-hand and twopiano repertoire. In February 2014, Tamar’s debut CD Portrait was released on the EaSonus label. Since 2015, Tamar Beraia has been supported by the Bayer AG firm’s cultural department within the framework of their stART programme. Engagements include recitals at the Philharmonie de Luxembourg and at Wigmore Hall, as well as performances at festivals and with orchestras in Austria, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, France, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

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Sol Gabetta – Schumann (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · August 24, 2023 · Comments off

Schumann is the new album from the critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated cellist Sol Gabetta. This recording features a recording of Schumann’s cello concerto with the renowned Kammerorchester Basel under the direction of Giovanni Antonini. Sol Gabetta also teams up with the wonderful French pianist, Bertrand Chamayou to record Fantasy Pieces op. 73, the Adagio and Allegro op. 70 and the Five Pieces in Folk Style op. 102.  Sol Gabetta has performed at many prestigious venues across the globe including Wigmore Hall in London, Lucerne, Verbier, Schwetzingen and Rheingau festivals, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Beethovenfest Bonn. Gabetta has received many awards including the Herbert von Karajan prize awarded at the Salzburg Easter Festival and the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award in 2010.

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Sergey Tanin – Rachmaninoff: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · August 14, 2023 · Comments off

As “the pianist, who came in from the Cold” Sergey Tanin became well-known for the European audience after the documentary about his life path was released by the Swiss television (SRF). The international career of Sergey started in 2018 at the Geza Anda Competition, where he became laureate and the Audience Prizewinner for his interpretation of J. Brahms´ first piano concerto with Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.

With his “…excellent, pure and honest piano playing, which reminds of the values of the great Russian piano school…” (Geza Anda Jury notes), he possesses a wide repertoire from Rameau and Bach, major composers of the classical and romantic era till contemporary music by leading figures such as Larcher and Ades.

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Martin Klett – Guastavino & Rachmaninoff (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 23, 2023 · Comments off

Harmonies and virtuosity: that is what the two composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Carlos Guastavino have in common. “Even though the geographical distance between them was immense, their approach to the piano was strikingly similar”, remarks Martin Klett. In both composers the Romantic element is paired with apparent attractive simplicity and ambitious piano artistry. Klett begins his album with a brief piece by the Argentinian composer Guastavino (1912-2000), one of the country’s most outstanding composers. In the course of his travels to Europe, the U.S.S.R., and China, he often presented his own piano works and songs in public – as well as his orchestral works, profoundly imbued with folklore. The listener will discover among others the Sonatina in three movements, where the composer associates folklore elements with the Romantic sonatina form. Klett continues with a selection of Guastavino’s Cantos Populares, Argentinian “Songs Without Words” so to speak. This cycle consists of ten brief aphorisms – often a short tango, a zamba, or a chacarera. The programme’s section dedicated to Guastavino closes with Las Niñas (The Girls, written 1953), where the link towards Rachmaninov seems rather obvious. A perfect transition to introduce Rachmaninoff’sSecond Sonata, which was composed in Rome in 1913 and helped consolidate his reputation as Russia’s last great Romantic. Once Rachmaninoff had performed the Second Sonatamany times in public, he decided to revise it thoroughly in 1931, and Klett plays this definite version. Klett, a former student of Elisabeth Leonskaja, Leon Fleisher and Pascal Devoyon, won the International Johannes Brahms Competition and the German National Music Competition, and has become a welcome guest at the prestigious music festivals of Lucerne, Schleswig-Holstein, Heidelberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schwetzingen to name just a few.

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Marie Ythier – Le geste augmenté for Cello Solo & Electronics (Transaural & Binaural Versions) (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 17, 2023 · Comments off

Marie Ythier – Le geste augmenté for Cello Solo & Electronics (Transaural & Binaural Versions) (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:37:21 minutes | 897 MB | Genre: Classical
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This work – featuring unique, innovative, intense and poetic pieces – showcases young contemporary creation. This is the magical encounter between performer and composer. Purely innovative, this project is the first binaural and transaural versions of works for solo instrument and real-time electronic marketed worldwide. This is the finest way to recreate live music experience. Classical musician, but also eager to foster and premiere works by composers of her generation, the cellist Marie Ythier can already boast two recordings, that include the one of the Denisov Duo (Meyer foundation, 2014), and Le geste augmenté for cello solo and live electronics, featuring works exclusively written for her and dedicated to her (Evidence classics, Harmonia Mundi, November 2015). Trained at the Paris and Lyon conservatoires, she regularly performs in prestigious venues and festivals in France and abroad (Paris Philharmonie, Dijon Auditorium. Kuhmo Festival, FIMC Lima, Suona Francese/ Suona Italiano, the Messiaen festival, KKL Lucerne…). She often collaborates with English, Italian and German ensembles and has played as a soloist under the direction of renowned conductors, including Pierre Boulez and Peter Csaba.

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Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Géza Anda – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 17 & 21 (1962/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Géza Anda – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 17 & 21 (1962/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:51 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
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Although he played very little Mozart in his early career Géza Anda became the first pianist to record the full cycle of Mozart’s piano concerti; he recorded them between 1961 and 1969, conducting himself from the keyboard. His performance of the Andante from Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C on the soundtrack of the 1967 film Elvira Madigan led to the epithet “Elvira Madigan” often being applied to the concerto. Indeed his performance of this work is generally considered the benchmark recording; he plays artistically, full of emotion and the orchestra supports him wholeheartedly. His performance of the 17th concerto is also superb and the 6th is equally pleasing.

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Leif Ove Andsnes – The Beethoven Journey – Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · May 21, 2023 · Comments off

2014/15 is the crowning season of the Beethoven Journey. Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra have now recorded all of the Beethoven piano concertos, they will be performing the works in 16 cities across North America, Europe, and Asia. Full-cycle residencies in 2014/15 will include (in chronological order): Bonn, Lucerne, Vienna, Paris, New York, London, Shanghai. The Beethoven Journey is a four-year collaborative project between celebrated pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Together they have recorded all of the Beethoven Piano Concertos, as well as the Choral Fantasy, with Andsnes not only playing but also directing the orchestra. The series began with the live recording of the Piano Concertos 1 & 3 at the Prague Spring Festival in the historic Rudolfinum building. The second CD, Piano Concertos 2 & 4, was recorded in London in 2013, and the final album was recorded again live at the Prague Spring Festival. Leif Ove Andsnes has devoted the majority of his performing and recording activities in the last 3 years to the music of Beethoven. The first recording for the project was named iTunes’ Best Instrumental Album of 2012. The second recording enjoyed an outstanding reception from critics, with many heralding the release as one of the finest recordings of the 2 & 4 Concertos. Although Andsnes has an extensive discography “The Beethoven Journey” is his first Beethoven recording ever.

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Louis Schwizgebel – Beethoveen: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · May 15, 2023 · Comments off

Into the crowded field containing pairings of Beethoven’s first two piano concerto come pianist Louis Schwizgebel (formerly Schwizgebel-Wang) and conductor Thierry Fischer, leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra. They make a mark precisely by not treating these two Beethoven concertos as a pair, but as distinctive entities as disparate as any pair of early piano sonatas might be. The Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, was actually composed after the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, but in the hands of Schwizgebel and Fischer, who shape both works with an unusual depth of dialogue, it is the later first concerto that really looks back to Mozart. The first-movement orchestral exposition, under Fischer, even evokes Mozart’s Paris works in its smooth lightness, answered by Schwizgebel with a kind of relaxed wit that spins out into the longer Beethoven cadenza. The Piano Concerto No. 2, by contrast, is ebullient, even rollicking, with the finale taken at a brisk clip that sets Schwizgebel’s sharp accents against the LPO’s winds in a wiry, enthusiastic finale. These are both distinctive Beethoven performances at a very high level, and they apparently mark the beginning of a Beethoven cycle that ought to offer much to look forward to.

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Aljaz Cvirn – Duality (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · May 5, 2023 · Comments off

Aljaž Cvirn (1992) is a Slovenian classical guitarist, who lives and works in Switzerland. After finishing his studies at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste and Musik Akademie Basel, Aljaž currently teaches guitar at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich and at the Kantonsschule Uster. At the same time, he is an active musician who regularly performs as a soloist and in different chamber music ensembles.

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Mikhail Krasnenker – Hindemith: Piano Sonatas, 1936 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · April 28, 2023 · Comments off

Mikhail Krasnenker was born in Moscow on December 6, 2001. He started piano lessons at the age of 5. At 6, Mikhail was admitted at the Moscow Gnessin School of Music where he has been studying with Prof. Tatyana Zelikman till his graduation in 2018. Since 2018 Mikhail studies in Hochschule Luzern Musik with Professor Konstantin Lifschitz.

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