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Alban Gerhardt, Sebastian Weigle, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Pfitzner: Cello Concertos (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:28 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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Hyperion’s Romantic Cello Concerto series continues to bring new works into a repertoire currently dominated by Dvořák and Elgar. Alban Gerhardt performs the three concertos by Hans Pfitzner, a composer remembered most for his opera Palestrina.
Pfitzner’s early Cello Concerto in A minor, Op posth., was scorned by his teachers (although liked by the composer himself) and the manuscript disappeared during his lifetime. It was first performed in public on 18 February 1977 and published the following year. His Cello Concerto in G major, Op 42, was written almost half a century later. Completed in 1935, this richly melodic single span was composed for the cellist Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966), one of the finest cellists of his generation. This beautifully constructed concerto derives its material from the lyrical cello solo (heard over a quiet timpani roll) at the very start of the work. The orchestration is deft and often delicate, never submerging the solo instrument, but full of attractive surprises, not least the tumbling trumpet fanfares that introduce the first of the faster sections. The Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 52, is dedicated to Ludwig Hoelscher (1907–1996), a pupil of two giants of German cello-playing: Hugo Becker and Julius Klengel. It was completed in 1943 and published in 1944. Also included is a Duo for violin, cello and small orchestra.
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Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, David Robert Coleman & Elisaveta Blumina – Walter Kaufmann: Piano Concerto No. 3 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:10:05 minutes | 682 MB | Genre: Classical
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Who the devil is Walter Kaufmann? Sorry that the cloven-hoofed one is summoned right at the start in a prominent place. But it is true – Armin Kaufmann is an Austrian composer, known at least for the title of one of his orchestral works, Erotikon. Dieter Kaufmann is an Austrian composer, pioneer of electro-acoustic music, co-founder of the society for electro- acoustic music. So far, so good.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Jean-Luc Tingaud – Franck & Chausson: Symphonies (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:58 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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César Franck’s only symphony came at a time when the French music world was seeking to rival the great Austro-German tradition. The ‘darkness-to-light’ narrative of the Symphony in D minor owes a debt to Beethoven and there is a unique power within its distinctive themes, innovative cyclic form and general gravitas. Franck’s student Ernest Chausson was no doubt inspired by his teacher’s thematic metamorphoses, but the anguished influence of Wagner is also ever present. The published score of the Symphony in B flat major includes many errors which conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud has meticulously corrected after careful study of Chausson’s autograph manuscripts.
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Melody Moore, Stefan Pop, Lester Lynch, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Carlo Montanaro – Puccini: Tosca (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:49:26 minutes | 3,82 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Carlo Montanaro present a powerful interpretation of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, together with a cast of soloists including Melody Moore (Tosca), Ștefan Pop (Cavaradossi) and Lester Lynch (Scarpia). Tosca has been an audience favourite from the onset. Premiered in 1900, it marks the beginning of twentieth- century opera, in which sex, violence and the uncanny abysses of the human psyche would be explored, inspiring composers to expand the musical means of expression in all thinkable ways. Until today, Tosca has lost none of its expressive power, and Puccini’s intricate score deserves to be taken seriously. Its symphonic qualities are fully brought out by the inspired playing of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, led by the seasoned maestro Carlo Montanaro. Melody Moore, Ștefan Pop and Lester Lynch bring the passionate, electrifying score to life with performances of dazzling power. The splendid cast is completed by Kevin Short (Angelotti), Alexander Köpeczi (Un Sagrestano), Colin Judson (Spoletta), Georg Streuber (Sciarrone), Axel Scheidig (Un Carceriere), and Lean Miray Yüksel (Un Pastore). The members of Rundfunkchor Berlin and Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin add their marvelous choral sound to the recording, culminating in the famous Te Deum.
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Christian Elsner, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski – Franz Schubert: Lieder (2015)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:02:55 minutes | 2,49 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: ISO SACD | © Channel Classics Records B.V. | Front Cover, Booklet
Given his magnificent achievement in the field of art song, and the vast volume and consistently high quality of his Lieder oeuvre, it is not surprising that Schubert’s songs have been recorded numerous times. It is not surprising either that many composers, such as Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Hector Berlioz, Max Reger and Anton Webern made arrangements of Schubert’s songs. What is surprising, however, is the fact that these arrangements —made by some of the greatest composers in musical history—are so seldom heard either in concert or on record.
With the release of this album, hopefully that situation will change. It combines 17 Schubert compositions, of which 13 were orchestrated by late-romantic German composer Reger Max, and four by a member of the Second Viennese School, Anton Webern. When listening to these songs, the listener will discover that these arrangements are made with such craftsmanship that they themselves became unparalleled works of art. The performers on this SACD are the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and German tenor Christian Elsner, conducted by Maestro Marek Janowski. The album’s accompanying booklet contains the lyrics to the songs both in German and English, as well as programme notes and artists’ biographies.
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Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vladimir Jurowski – Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:40 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
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Vladimir Jurowski has been the Chief conductor and Artistic Director of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2017. He has since extended his contract until 2027. At the same time, he has been General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich since 2021.
The conductor, pianist and musicologist Vladimir Jurowski was initially trained at the Conservatory’s Music Academy in Moscow. In 1990 he came to Germany, where he continued his studies at the music academies in Dresden and Berlin. in 1995 he made his debut at the British Wexford Festival with Rimski-Korsakov’s “Mayacht” and in the same year at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with “Nabucco”.
Subsequently, he was, among other things, First Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin (1997– 2001) and music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2001-2013). In 2003, Vladimir Jurowski was appointed the First Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and was its principal conductor from 2007 to 2021.
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Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Nikodijevic: Absolutio / Abgesang / Da ispravitsja – gebetsraum mit nachtwache (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:46 minutes | 583 MB | Genre: Classical
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Marko Nikodijevic presents himself on this portrait with three large orchestral works interpreted by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) and the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt. The pieces look back to the past in different ways: sometimes they tie up with musical or cultural traditions, sometimes with personal memories. Like most of the composer’s works “ABSOLUTIO“ unfolds from a simple but strict formal principle, in this case a three-note chord. Later, a spiral-like, whirling construction of ever-increasing gravitational pull arises, with the remote outlines of a ‘sonata form’.”abgesang”, in turn, has very personal references to the composer’s past.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Smetana: Triumphal Symphony & Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:03:35 minutes | 670 MB | Genre: Classical
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Being honest, with the exception of Má Vlast – and really just the Moldau – and the opening of The Bartered Bride, the works of Smetana are just not really known, at least not on this side of the Vltava. Of course, everyone knows that he was the founding father of Czech national music, who broke ground later ploughed by Dvořák, Suk, Martinů and Janáček, but his grandfatherly role seems to have won him more honour than it did audiences for his music. In his own time, the very idea of the Czech nation was quite fluid; in 1854, when Smetana wrote his Festive Symphony Op. 6, he worked in various references… including the imperial anthem of the Habsburg monarchy! It’s a theme from Haydn, but all the same, the allusion might have ruffled a few nationalist feathers… And it’s still ruffling them today! And for that reason, this symphony – the only work by Smetana in this format – has remained largely ignored. So we should welcome this new release. The programme is rounded off with a chance to enjoy re-discovering the vivid overture of The Bartered Bride of 1866, as well as three typical dances which were added to the score three years later: a polka, a furiant and a general dance, all very famous pieces today, and with good reason.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Vladimir Jurowski – Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64, TrV 233 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 48:56 minutes | 1,64 GB | Genre: Classical
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Musical ode to sublime nature. Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester continue their journey through the heights of German late-Romantic repertoire with a recording of Richard Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie. The Alpine Symphony was inspired by the composer’s experiences during a mountain trail, and is an audience favourite thanks to its picturesque, idyllic charm and powerfully evocative score.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Jakub Hrůša – Bartók & Kodály: Concertos for Orchestra (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:30 minutes | 926 MB | Genre: Classical
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Exuberant, colourful and edgy concertos for orchestra by Bartók and Kodály are brought together in spirited and vivid performances from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the podium sensation Jakub Hrůša on this PENTATONE release.
Bartók’s landmark Concerto for Orchestra is not only a thrilling orchestral tour de force; it’s also a striking and deeply expressive work which effortlessly assimilates Hungarian folk melodies and rhythms in its compelling and polished score. At times brooding and mysterious, it’s Bartók’s most popular and uplifting work, and it ends in a flurry of high spirits.
With its lush and vivid orchestration and a healthy rhythmic swagger, Kodály’s lesser-known Concerto for Orchestra is a captivating and buoyant work. Inspired by the Baroque concerto grosso but updated with a romantic sensibility, the result is a sure-footed, rousing and energetic showpiece for orchestra.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Vladimir Jurowski – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:29 minutes | 1010 MB | Genre: Classical
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Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin continue their exploration of Mahler with a new recording of Das Lied von der Erde, on which Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith provide the vocal contributions. Residing somewhere between symphony and song cycle, Das Lied is one of Mahler’s most profound and loved works, marking an important step in the composer’s career, as well as in his private life. Jurowski approaches the piece as Mahler’s deliberate move from a “heroic” Beethovenian model towards a more “lyrical”, Schubertian attitude. Throughout Das Lied, and particularly in the contemplative last movement, “Der Abschied (The Goodbye)”, Mahler seems to come to terms with the mortality of man while celebrating the immortal nature of Life.
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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski – Richard Wagner – Lohengrin (2012)
3xSACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 9,24 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: Pentatone # PTC 5186 403 | Country/Year: Netherlands 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Opera
Lohengrin is the third volume of PentaTone’s monumental undertaking of the recording of all 10 major Wagner Operas. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester und Chor, under the direction of Janowski, accompanies top Wagner soloists in each release. The cycle will be complete in the end of the Wagner year, 2013.
‘Janowski’s Dutchman indicates that he is on course for a triumphant Wagner Cycle.’ – Gramphone Magazine ‘It is a phenomenal achievement of Marek Janowski to have welded his immense forces into a virtually flawless unity.’ – BBC Music Magazine
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Nareh Arghamanyan, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Alain Altinoglu – Liszt: The 2 Piano Concertos (2012)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:12:25 minutes | 2,86 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: ISO SACD | © Pentatone Music B.V. | Recorded: Haus des Rundfunks, RBB Berlin, April 2012
During his stay in the French capital, the German poet Heinrich Heine wrote a series of articles for the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, entitled “Musikalische Saison in Paris” (= musical season in Paris). These articles still make for fascinating reading, with Heine providing a highly ironic and personal account of musical life in Paris. And, of course, he repeatedly dealt with composer Franz Liszt. This was again the case in the article devoted to the year 1841. That year, Liszt had given two piano recitals based on the music of Beethoven. Heine writes the following: “Despite his genius, Liszt meets with opposition here in Paris, which usually consists of serious musicians and crowns his rival, the imperial Thalberg, with laurels. – Liszt has already given two concerts in which he has played all by himself, against all tradition, without involving other artists. He is now preparing a third concert in honour of Beethoven. This composer must indeed appeal most to the taste of someone like Liszt.”
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Ferhan & Ferzan Önder, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Markus Poschner – Play Fazil Say (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:04 minutes | 478 MB | Genre: Classical
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Fazil Say komponiert für Ferhan und Ferzan Önder die »Sonate für zwei Klaviere« op. 80, die im Januar 2019 uraufgeführt wird. Dies ist der bis dahin fehlende Mosaikstein, um dieses Konzeptalbum zu verwirklichen. Seit Jahrzehnten sind Ferhan und Ferzan Önder eng mit Fazil Say verbunden. Bereits 2013 spielen sie »Wintermorgen in Istanbul« in einer Uraufführung.
Auch das Doppelkonzert op. 48 ist für sie geschrieben. Während der Entstehung im Mai 2013 erschüttern die Gezi-Proteste die Türkei. Die Ereignisse beeinflussen auch Fazil Say. Die Önder-Zwillinge: »Er hat uns gefragt, was wir davon halten würden, wenn er das Konzert für zwei Klaviere und Orchester in ›Gezi‹ umbenennen würde, was für uns eine sehr spannende Nachricht war!
Mit diesem Werk hoffen wir, etwas zu einer friedlichen, menschlichen, freien und demokratischen Welt beizutragen.« Im Fokus der CD steht dieses Konzert für zwei Klaviere und Orchester. »Wintermorgen in Istanbul« eröffnet und die Sonate op. 80 schließt diese außergewöhnliche Hommage an Istanbul.
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