Flanders Symphony Orchestra – 5th International Clarinet Competition Ghent (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Flanders Symphony Orchestra – 5th International Clarinet Competition Ghent (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:14:49 minutes | 6,59 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aliud Records

The original idea for this fifth clarinet competition was that it would be part of the “Van Eyck project 2020 – 2021”. Everyone knows why this has been delayed by a year. For this competition, three composers were asked to write a new work inspired by the characteristic painting by Jan Van Eyck, “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb”. The composers Alain Crepin (Lam Gods Impressions), Johan Duijck (L’Homme désarmé) and Dirk Brossé (The Secret of the Mystic Lamb) have succeeded in this in a very special way. The International Clarinet Competition Ghent has now been organized for the fifth time. It has now grown into a special and highly appreciated competition that, due to its great and quickly built up success, has attracted registrations from more than 200 candidates from 5 continents. Of these, 65 clarinetists were selected to participate. On this album you can listen to the three finalists and enjoy their exceptional playing. Accompanied by the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, the Zemlinsky Quartet, Johan Duijck (piano) and soprano Franches Dhont, they will take you into the atmosphere of the competition!

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Flanders Symphony Orchestra & Kristiina Poska – Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 & 7 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Flanders Symphony Orchestra & Kristiina Poska – Beethoven: Symphonies No. 1 & 7 (Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:57 minutes | 611 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fuga Libera

Beethoven’s nine symphonies are not only the most famous in the whole of music history, they are the pillars of our canon of western symphonic music. Although Beethoven was born 250 years ago, his symphonies have not lost any of their relevance, and even contemporary composers still measure themselves against this musical giant.

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Tanguy de Williencourt, Flanders Symphony Orchestra & Kristiina Poska – César Franck: Djinns, Variations symphoniques, triptyques pour piano (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tanguy de Williencourt, Flanders Symphony Orchestra & Kristiina Poska – César Franck: Djinns, Variations symphoniques, triptyques pour piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:35 minutes | 1002 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mirare

This album is a well-thought-out program devoted to Romantic composer César Franck, who we don’t hear enough. The two piano solos, the Prélude, choral et fugue (1884) and the Prelude, Aria and Finale (1886-1887), find Franck favoring the tripartite form he loved, revealing a superbly expressive composer for the piano (he was an organist by profession). Tanguy de Williencourt gets under their skin and plays with poetry (the Choral is lovely) and real sweep. Joined by orchestra for the “Symphonic Variations,” he spreads his wings and gives a very impressive performance, while the slightly spooky “Les Djinns” is full of atmosphere.

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