Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ etc (2020) SACD ISO

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ etc (2020)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:13:30 minutes | 2,96 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Columbia / Tower Records Japan – TDSA-166

クレンペラーらしい堅牢な演奏として有名な「新世界」、自身が初演したワイル作品と自作の「メリー・ワルツ」を収録。
新規で本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから192kHz/24bitでデジタル化し最新復刻。
「新世界」以外は世界初SACD化。新規解説付

「新世界」は、クレンペラーの体調が良好だった1963年10,11月に収録されたもので、”何事にも動じない”堅牢な演奏としてファンには名が通った録音です。独自の世界観の中でも、曲の内容に合致した要素が内面に滲み出ている様は見事で、クレンペラーらしい名盤。カップリングには自身が委嘱し初演した「小さな三文音楽」からの7曲と、自作の中で最も知名度の高い「メリー・ワルツ」を収録。新世界以外は世界初SACD化。新規で本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから192kHz/24bitでデジタル化をおこなったマスターを用いてSACD層、CD層別々にマスタリング。新規解説付。永久保存盤です。
「新世界」は独特な演奏と言われていますが、そこにあるのはあくまで音楽的に自然な流れと、楽曲への真摯な取り組みです。録音された1963年は精神的にも良い年であったようで、年の初めから相次いで名盤を残しています。演奏自体も充実しており、堂々とした安定感は、まるで曲がスケールアップしたような聴き応えに感じます。音質的にも良好で、対向配置の効果がより出ているのがわかるでしょう。一方、「小さな三文音楽」はクレンペラーがワイルに委嘱し1929年に初演した作品で、この録音はそれから約30年を経て行われました。ただ、なぜかこの録音では第3曲を省き、7曲で収録されています(初演の2年後に4曲のみの録音もあり)。その真意は不明ながらも収録自体が珍しい音源のため、残してくれた事自体が貴重でしょう。落ち着いたテンポのワイルはかえって興味深く聴こえます。そして、このアルバムでは最後に自作自演曲を収めました。実は多くの曲をクレンペラーは作曲していますが、この「メリー・ワルツ」が最も有名かと思われます。わかりやすい旋律のため、もっと演奏機会が増えればと思う曲です。尚、収録は全てキングズウェイ・ホールで行われており、統一感あるしっかりとした音像で尚且つ優秀録音です。
音質的には今回、本国にあるオリジナルの2Chのアナログ・マスターテープから、従来を超える192kHz/24bitでデジタル化を行ったフラットマスターを使用し最新でマスタリングを行いました。そのためか、今回の音質は緻密さと幅広いレンジ感、近接感をより獲得しており、リアルになった音質で最上の演奏をお楽しみいただけます。一部にはノイズ等も散見されますが、今回もオリジナルを尊重し、バランスを含め、あくまで最小限の範囲で音楽的なマスタリングを目指しました。尚、解説書には川瀬昇氏による新規文章を掲載しています。
このシリーズでは、SACD層では伸びのある高域と柔らかなニュアンスと共に高い解像度と豊かな音場を、CD層はまとまったしっかりとした音と共に押し出される実在感ある音色を目指しています。CD自体のポテンシャルも高く、むしろ両方の良さを堪能できるSACDハイブリッド盤としてもお楽しみください。今回のDefinition Series第33弾は、計3タイトルを発売いたします。

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Philharmonia Orchestra & Michael Collins – W. A. Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35 and 36 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra & Michael Collins – W. A. Mozart: Symphonies 34, 35 and 36 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:19:40 minutes | 2,57 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BIS

Although Mozart composed them in his early twenties, the three symphonies presented here can in no way be regarded as early works. Written around the time of his departure from Salzburg for Vienna, these symphonies show that Mozart could deliver attractive, varied, orchestrally colourful and characterful music to suit a variety of public tastes. They also show a young and ambitious composer seeking to forge an impregnable reputation in Europe’s musical capital city. These symphonies truly opened a new chapter in Mozart’s symphonic output, as he demonstrated his absolute mastery of orchestral writing. In addition to the three symphonies as we know them, this recording also includes a Minuet that may have been intended to form part of Symphony no.34.

These three symphonies are performed here by the Philharmonia Orchestra, an ensemble that has performed them with the greatest conductors throughout its almost 80-year history. Here the conductor is the eminent Mozartian Michael Collins, whose recordings, notably that devoted to the Austrian composer’s Clarinet Concerto and Quintet, have earned him the highest praise.

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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Philharmonia Promenade Concert (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan - Philharmonia Promenade Concert (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Philharmonia Promenade Concert (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:16 minutes | 949 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics

The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
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Philharmonia Orchestra & David Zinman – Fabian Müller: Works with Orchestra (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra & David Zinman - Fabian Müller: Works with Orchestra (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Philharmonia Orchestra & David Zinman – Fabian Müller: Works with Orchestra (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:26 minutes | 552 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Ars Produktion

Fabian Müller’s (1964) works have been performed by great musicians of our time such as David Zinman, Andris Nelsons, Sir Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood or Steven Isserlis and have been heard in the world’s renowned halls such as Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro Colón, St. Petersburg Philharmonie or Tonhalle Zurich.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:21 minutes | 806 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Signum Records

Following an acclaimed debut recording of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake with the Philharmonia in 2020, Santtu-Matias Rouvali returns with a recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic Symphony No. 5.

Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 was first performed in 1944, 14 years after his previous symphony. Prokofiev described his Fifth Symphony as a “hymn to free and happy Man, to his mighty powers, his pure and noble spirit,” explaining that, “I cannot say that I deliberately chose this theme. It was born in me and clamoured for expression. The music matured within me. It filled my soul.”
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo – Tchaikovsky (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo - Tchaikovsky (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo – Tchaikovsky (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:17 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Ltd.

Esther Yoo reunites with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra for her latest release on Deutsche Grammophon.

“This album is special to me not only because of the musical vibrancy and depth in all of the works, but also because of what Tchaikovsky and his music symbolize,” says Esther. “His compositions represent how a person who endures hardships in life can create music that gives voice to feelings which cannot easily be expressed. Every young adult experiences challenging periods of searching for identity, encountering love and facing new obstacles. During such times, I often turned to Tchaikovsky’s music because I felt that he expresses the most tangible of human emotions.”

The release features Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto alongside five shorter works, including Pas de Deux and Danse Russe from Swan Lake, Sérénade Mélancolique, Valse-Scherzo, and Mélodie from Souvenir d’un lieu cher.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Santtu Conducts Stravinsky (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali – Santtu Conducts Stravinsky (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:05 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

‘Santtu conducts Stravinsky’ is the third album from Philharmonia Records featuring two incredible works by Igor Stravinsky conducted by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, these two works were recorded at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in 2023.

“This is special indeed… such spectacular engineering… Rouvali draws exquisite colouring… [the Philharmonia Chorus] soprano power in the great climax has never blazed better” – BBC Music Magazine

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Philharmonia Orchestra – Santtu Conducts Stravinsky (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

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Philharmonia Orchestra – Santtu Conducts Stravinsky (2024) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:05 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classique
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Tenebrae, Steven Isserlis, Guy Johnston, Philharmonia Orchestra – Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Tenebrae, Steven Isserlis, Guy Johnston, Philharmonia Orchestra – Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:28 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

Hailed by Classic FM as “one of today’s most exciting young composers” Rebecca Dale is a London based composer, working most often with large orchestral and choral forces in the worlds of cinema and theatre. Night Seasons is an album about hope, looking for the light in difficult times, written during a time of personal dif- ficulty while her father was terminally ill. With works written for choir and cello it strives to be a hopeful album, reaching for the wonder around us. Rebecca Dale says “It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to be able to write for cellist heroes of mine to whom I grew up listening. I also got to have fun setting some famous poems… I am indebted to everyone who has created this album with me”.

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Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9 (1964) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9 (1964) [Japan 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 77:29 minutes | Scans included | 2,27 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 2,03 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Scans included | 1,73 GB

Otto Klemperer made many great recordings, especially conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra for EMI. This disc combines recordings made in 1960 (nine) and 1963 (eight). The remastering has deepened the tonal range and sound-stage and generally warmed the sound and they can be described as being very creditable for their vintage. The performances have authority and are both strong statements and are among the highlights of the later Klemperer discography.

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Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 “Romantic” & 7 (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 “Romantic” & 7 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:06:36 minutes | 4,79 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

The Philharmonia is a world-class symphony orchestra for the 21st century, led by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

Based in London at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, resident in cities and at festivals across England, and streaming online, the Philharmonia creates thrilling performances for a global audience.

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Kerson Leong, Philharmonia Orchestra, Patrick Hahn – Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Kerson Leong, Philharmonia Orchestra, Patrick Hahn - Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

Kerson Leong, Philharmonia Orchestra, Patrick Hahn – Britten & Bruch: Violin Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:57 minutes | 2,79 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

On his second album for Alpha Classics, rising star violinist Kerson Leong juxtaposes the Violin Concertos of Bruch and Benjamin Britten. This unusual pairing is a reflection on the journey from one extreme of expression to another. Bruch’s In Memoriam is the perfect bridge between them.
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1991/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1991/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:21:37 minutes | 3,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Otto Klemperer’s masterful direction of the Philharmonia Orchestra in Brahms’ opus, “A German Requiem,” resonates with a poignant depth, capturing the soul-stirring essence of this monumental work. With Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s ethereal soprano and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s emotive baritone, this rendition achieves an exquisite balance between solace and solemnity. Each movement unveils a profound narrative, from solemn introspection to moments of soaring, transcendent beauty. Klemperer’s interpretation, steeped in musical finesse and emotional richness, alongside the exceptional vocal prowess of Schwarzkopf and Fischer-Dieskau, grants this recording an enduring place among the definitive performances of Brahms’ Requiem, inviting listeners into a world of contemplation and profound musical catharsis.

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Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer – Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:43:11 minutes | 5,57 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

“Grand Prix du Disque” Hermes Opernlexikon: “A hitherto unsurpassed, perhaps even perhaps even the best recording to date the Ludwig, Vickers and Berry offer acoustically exciting acoustically exciting, melodious music theater klemperer has the great breath for this music and never klemperer has the great breath for this music and never Places.”

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

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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
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © audite Musikproduktion

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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