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Crouch End Festival Chorus – Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Choral Works (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:53 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classique, Musique vocale (profane et sacrée), Musique chorale (pour chœur)
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Elizabeth Atherton, Peter Rose, Jess Dandy, BBC Philharmonic & John Storgårds – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14, Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:47 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chandos
John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic continue their survey of Shostakovich’s late symphonies with this recoding of the 14th, with Elizabeth Atherton and Peter Rose as soloists. Completed in the spring of 1969, and premiered later that year, the symphony is written for soprano, bass and small string orchestra with percussion, setting eleven linked setting of poems by four authors. Most of the poems deal with the theme of death, particularly that of unjust or early death, and indeed all four of the poets had died prematurely and / or in unnatural circumstances – Wilhelm Küchelbecker in Siberian exile for his part in the 1825 Decembrist uprising, Federico García Lorca assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, in 1936, Rainer Maria Rilke of blood poisoning following an accident in 1926 and Guillaume Apollinaire in 1918 during the Spanish influenza pandemic. The Six Verses of Marina Tsvetayeva were composed in 1973, originally for contralto and piano, and subsequently arranged for chamber orchestra (the version we hear here, with Jess Dandy as soloist). The recording was made at Media City in Salford, Manchester, in Surround Sound, and is available as a hybrid SACD and in Spatial Audio.
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The English Concert, Harry Bicket, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies, Joshua Ellicott, Brandon Cedel, Jess Dandy – Handel: Rodelinda (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 03:20:04 minutes | 7,43 GBGenre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Linn Records
Handel’s 1725 hit opera Rodelinda was written for the greatest voices of its day and is performed here by some of today’s finest, as The English Concert and artistic director Harry Bicket’s acclaimed concert cycle of Handel operas appears for the first time on Linn.
Lucy Crowe and Iestyn Davies are the devoted partners Rodelinda and Bertarido, heading a cast packed with exactly the sort of vocal star-power Handel would have expected, including Joshua Ellicott, Tim Mead, Brandon Cedel and Jess Dandy. Both Davies and Crowe have won acclaim for their performances in these roles: BBC Music Magazine wrote, ‘Iestyn Davies stole the show with aria after aria of heavenly purity and ardour’, whilst BachTrack commented, ‘Lucy Crowe gave a brilliant performance … Her singing, firmly centred, agile and sparking with temperament, was a triumph.’
The English Concert’s reputation for combining urgency, passion and fire with precision, delicacy and beauty will ensure their forthcoming series of Handel operas will become an essential part of Linn’s catalogue. The English Concert will be releasing Handel’s La resurrezione in 2021.
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