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David Jalbert – Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas (Vol. II) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:20 minutes | 962 MB | Genre: Classical
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Canadian pianist David Jalbert returns with the much-anticipated second volume (Nos. 5 to 7) of Prokofiev’s complete piano sonatas. Released in 2021, Volume I received widespread critical acclaim thanks to Jalbert’s “keen understanding of this daunting repertoire, tempered by a flawless technique”, – The WholeNote.
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Cyrille Dubois, Tristan Raës – Louis Beydts: Mélodies & Songs (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:22:51 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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Cyrille Dubois is unstoppable: after two albums dedicated to Liszt and the Boulanger sisters, both acclaimed by the critics, and a flamboyant complete set of Fauré songs, the tenor is back to his preferred repertoire, the French art-song. He reunites with his accomplice, pianist Tristan Raës, to bring the Bordeaux composer Louis Beydts (1895-1953) out of oblivion, most of whose pieces are recorded here for the first time.
From these miniatures, Cyrille Dubois draws the sap of the musician’s art: a pure product of French hedonism, refined and elegant, with a generous vocality… but also daring, for Beydts forbids himself nothing: echoes of jazz and light music, of Hahn or Fauré, polymodality and polytonality, his melodies traverse everything with supreme freedom, between fantasy, humour and contemplation.
By transporting us into this singular universe, Cyrille Dubois establishes himself as an invaluable performer of the repertoire and a pioneer of French music, with an uncommon mastery of the combination of word and music.
The Benedict XVI Choir, The Benedict XVI Orchestra & Richard Sparks – Frank La Rocca: Requiem for the Forgotten; Messe des Malades (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:00 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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Cappella Records proudly announces the release of Frank La Rocca’s Requiem for the Forgotten – Messe des Malades, performed by Benedict XVI Choir and Orchestra, directed by renowned international conductor Richard Sparks.
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Friedrich Kleinhapl, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic & Robert Kružik – Pasión Tango El Grande (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:40 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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Friedrich Kleinhapl was immediately impressed by Astor Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, his only original composition for cello and piano. The idea of combining South American temperament with European depth and a classical conception of sound ultimately resulted in the album program Pasion Tango for cello and piano (ARS38161). The next step was a logical continuation: tangos again with cello, but this time with a classical orchestra, in order to explore the tonal and emotional potential even more deeply – the result is a Gran Pasion Tango!
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Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble and Manfred Cordes – Musik der Hansestädte, Vol. 1: Musik aus dem alten Stralsund (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:54 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Stralsund skyline with its brick church towers rises impressively above Strela Sound. While today this view can mainly be seen by those who approach Stralsund via the Rügen Bridge, the city has appeared in this way to arriving seafarers since the Middle Ages. As one of the Hanseatic cities lined up like pearls on southern Baltic Sea beaches, Stralsund had achieved a degree of economic prosperity as a member of the Hanseatic League since the 13th century. Closely networked with other Hanseatic cities such as Lübeck, Wismar and Rostock and governed by councillors and mayors from the upper class of merchants, the Hanseatic League not only guaranteed economic security but also facilitated cultural exchange. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the alliance gradually disintegrated due to growing European competition. However, Stralsund remained a city of trade and Baltic exchange.
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Coro Volante, Brett Scott & Krista Cornish Scott – You Are Illuminated (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:37 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Classical
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Brett Scott is Associate Professor of Ensembles and Conducting at the University of Cincinnati’s famed College-Conservatory of Music, where he conducts the CCM Chorale, teaches conducting and literature at the graduate and undergraduate level, and is Music Director of Opera d’arte. Under his direction, the CCM Chorale released its first commercial recording, Lux Dei—New Works for Choir by Douglas Knehans, through Ablaze Records, and has begun production of its second recording, focusing on sacred music for choir and electronics. Chorale has given multiple regional and world premieres by both American and international composers, including the 2015 revival performance of Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, and in 2016 the regional premiere of Abyssinian Mass by Wynton Marsalis, and the North American premiere of Stabat Mater by Ivan Moody. Under his direction Opera d’arte has won numerous awards through the National Opera Association. His conducting students have three times reached the finals of the ACDA graduate student conducting competition and have been selected to participate in Chorus America masterclasses.
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Choir of Girton College, Cambridge; The Western Wyndes; Gareth Wilson – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 4: Missa Gustate et Videte; Motets for Holy Week and Easter (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:43 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Cremonese composer Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36–92) is chiefly remembered as the teacher of Claudio Monteverdi while, for well-nigh 500 years, his own achievements were left to sit in the shadows. This fourth in a series of pioneering recordings from the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, presents a sequence of music for Holy Week and Easter, confirming Ingegneri to have been one of the masters of his age. The striking range of moods heard here will confound conventional expectations of Renaissance polyphony: Ingegneri’s emotional palette extends from tender intimacy in some of these motets to dancing, celebratory jubilation in the Mass setting – all of it music of breathtaking richness and beauty.
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Ars Antiqua Austria & Gunar Letzbor – Franz Joseph Aumann: Passion Oratorio (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:52:00 minutes | 1,82 GB | Genre: Classical
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It was a sensational find in many respects when Gunar Letzbor discovered the Passion by the composer and Augustinian canon Franz Joseph Aumann in the archives of St Florian’s Abbey (near Linz, Austria) and other monasteries.
This oratorio de Passione Domini nostri Jesu Christi was not only a highly expressive work from the early classical period, but also, contrary to what the Latin title might suggest, the only known surviving Catholic Passion composition in German.
The work, which lasts around two hours, does not recount the Passion of Christ as is usually the case; instead, its atmospheric images and reflections focus on the emotional coping with the incomprehensible – Jesus’ death on the cross.
The Aumann Passion was probably performed on Good Friday in St Florian’s Abbey. It’s music is reminiscent of compositions by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach or Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross. Daring harmonic turns repeatedly heighten the expression, impressive choral movements sung by the four soloists and complex fugues make the suffering of Christ and the grief of the faithful sound impressive.
Gunar Letzbor and Ars Antiqua Austria are joined by soloists Alois Muhlbacher, Markus Miesenberger and Alexandre Baldo for this new recording.
Read moreBelcea Quartet – Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets – Plus Documentary (2020) [4 Blu-ray Discs]
Released Date: 2020
Label: EuroArts
Genre: Classical
Duration: 09:27:17 + 01:02:16 (Documentary)
Performers:
Belcea String Quartet
Corina Belcea, violin
Axel Schacher, violin
Krzystof Chorzelski, viola
Antoine Lederlin, cello
Video quality: Blu-ray 1080i
Format / Container: BDMV
Video Codec: H.264
Audio Codec: PCM, DTS
Available again in a repackaged format for the Beethoven Year 2020. This Belcea Quartet box brings a high-definition audiovisual reference recording of Beethoven´s Complete String Quartets to the market! Since 2006, the only filmed concert performance of Beethoven’s quartets available has been the Alban Berg Quartet’s DVD in 4:3 format. With this edition, released on the occasion of the Belcea Quartet’s 20th anniversary, EuroArts fills a niche for a high definition quality audiovisual production of Beethoven´s String Quartets available on Blu-ray.
The ensemble embarked on the mammoth task of playing the complete Beethoven string quartet cycle within a space of 12 days, recorded at the Wiener Konzerthaus in 2012. Every concert featured one work each from the early, middle and late quartets, including perhaps the most exciting of all works by Beethoven: the Opus 133, the “Große Fuge“ which he wrote as the finale of the quartet Opus 130. “This music, just sounds forever « avant-garde », I think in a way that perhaps no music written after the “Große Fuge“ manages to sound to this day”, explains the quartet’s viola player Krzysztof Chorzelski. In this recording, the Belcea Quartet performs the “Große Fuge” in one piece with Opus 130, which makes this performance even more thrilling.
This extraordinary edition not only includes the Belcea’s complete recordings of String Quartets from Vienna Konzerthaus but also a 47-minute bonus documentary “On the Paths of the Beethoven String Quartets” which brings us closer to the ensemble´s reflections on Beethoven´s quartets as well as on this unique project.
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Lorenzo Sanchez Band – Blue Avenida (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:56 minutes | 452 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
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Lorenzo Sanchez is a guitarist from the French professional blues scene. His Andalusian origins, his artistic encounters and the strong musical influences of the great blues masters, from Hendrix to Ry Cooder to Derek Trucks, have shaped an original Afro-American musical form.
Founder of the legendary group Miguel M and The BBB, winner of the 1999 Chesterfield Café national competition (jury: Thierry Ardisson, Yvan Le Bolloch and Peter Kingsberry), which led to the recording of the album Live au Chesterfield Café.
His live experience has been enriched by collaborations with musicians such as Fred Chapellier, Johan Dalgaard (Cali, Gaétan Roussel, Johnny Halliday…), Philippe Brohet (Juliette), Greg Szlap, Mike Greene, Manu Codjia, Dave Crow and Andrew Balcon (Heymoonshaker).
His music is a blend of blues, soul, jazz and rock, sometimes tinged with Indian or Hispanic sounds, sublimated by his slide guitar playing.
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Jean-Marc Fessard, Orlando Bass, Orchestre de la garde républicaine & Sébastien Belliar – Penard: Diversión (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:04:22 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
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The title of this album can be understood in different ways and lends itself to wordplay. Entertainment comes first, according to the literal translation of the Spanish diversión. And indeed, the works are at least partly intended to be light-hearted and relaxed. Nevertheless, the lightness of the French composer Olivier Penard’s music is almost illusory or merely a detour, because behind a diverse language there is music of serious, sometimes tragic expressivity, carried by an intense dramaturgy. As in the “Concert Argentin” with tango, jazz and milonga, but with the tragic life of Eva Perón at its center.
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