Seattle Symphony & Ludovic Morlot – Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Seattle Symphony & Ludovic Morlot – Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:30:27 minutes | 1,58 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media

The Seattle Symphony releases Des canyons aux étoiles… (“From the Canyons to the Stars…”), which takes inspiration from the rock spires, birdsong and night sky of Utah’s national parks. With Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot at the podium and guest artist Steven Osborne on piano, the Symphony presents Messiaen’s starry-eyed journey through nature and the divine. Two concerts of the entire 110-minute-long work were recorded in the stunning acoustics of Benaroya Hall. Digital downloads and CDs will be available through all major online music retailers and streaming services on November 17, 2023.

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Seattle Symphony & Thomas Dausgaard – Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Live) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Seattle Symphony & Thomas Dausgaard – Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:05 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media

Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony bring you electric and superbly played performances of Nielsen’s early symphonies. Dausgaard has championed the music of his countryman throughout his career, and this album features the Danish composer’s ecstatic First Symphony and the strong-willed Second Symphony. The live concert recordings capture the vitality and energy shared by the orchestra and their new Music Director, all in the spectacular acoustics of Benaroya Hall.

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Seattle Symphony – Marc-André Dalbavie: La source d’un regard & Concertos (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Seattle Symphony – Marc-André Dalbavie: La source d’un regard & Concertos (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:45 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media

Following acclaimed recordings of French revolutionaries Berlioz, Boulez, Dutilleux and Messiaen, Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony return with a release of works by contemporary French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavie. This album features Dalbavies La source dun regard alongside his concertos for oboe, flute and cello. Morlot has championed the music of his countrymen throughout his career and this album defines his legacy as a foremost interpreter of contemporary French repertoire. The Seattle Symphony is one of Americas leading symphony orchestras and is internationally acclaimed for its innovative programming and extensive recording history. Under the leadership of Music Director Ludovic Morlot since September 2011, the Symphony is heard from September through July by more than 500,000 people through live performances and radio broadcasts. The ensemble has a deep commitment to new music, commissioning many works by living composers each season.

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Seattle Symphony & Ludovic Morlot – John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Seattle Symphony & Ludovic Morlot – John Luther Adams: The Become Trilogy (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:37:31 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cantaloupe Music

“When asked about three of his signature orchestral works — the Grammy-winning Become Ocean, its sequel Become Desert, and the original source Become River (previously unreleased as an official recording until now) — composer John Luther Adams refers to them collectively as “a trilogy that I never set out to write.” Collected here for the first time, with newly remastered versions of Become Ocean and Become Desert by acclaimed engineer Nathaniel Reichman, The Become Trilogy pays tribute to a magical partnership between Adams, conductor Ludovic Morlot and the renowned Seattle Symphony. As a whole, the music speaks both to the meditative solace of solitude, and the universally shared experience of living, giving and interacting as a citizen of the world.”

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Nicole Cabell, Seattle Symphony, Asher Fisch, Roderick Cox – Walker & Dawson: Orchestral Works (Live) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Nicole Cabell, Seattle Symphony, Asher Fisch, Roderick Cox – Walker & Dawson: Orchestral Works (Live) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:26 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media

The Seattle Symphony releases powerful, live performances of works by two brilliant American composers, William L. Dawson and Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker. These deeply expressive scores — recorded in the stunning acoustics of Benaroya Hall — take inspiration from a variety of sources, including Negro spirituals, jazz harmonies and modernist traditions.

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Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot – Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5, H. 75 & La mort d’Orphée, H. 25 (Live) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot - Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5, H. 75 & La mort d'Orphée, H. 25 (Live) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot – Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5, H. 75 & La mort d’Orphée, H. 25 (Live) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:28:52 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media

Renowned for his interpretation of the French repertoire, Seattle Symphony Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the orchestra are joined by acclaimed tenor Kenneth Tarver, a voice of considerable beauty and freedom (Washington Post) in a masterful performance of Hector Berlioz s momentous Requiem. The first performance of Hector Berlioz s Grande messe des morts, or Requiem, took place in Paris in 1837. It was one of the high points of its author s career, but this triumph did not come easily. Still in his early 30s, Berlioz was widely considered the untamed radical among French composers, and the conservative bureaucrats who controlled the Paris Opera, the Conservatoire and other musical institutions saw fit to place obstacles in his path whenever they could. Kenneth Tarver is considered one of the outstanding Bel Canto tenors of his generation, acknowledged for his beauty of tone, virtuosic technique, extensive and even vocal range, coupled with an attractive and elegant stage presence.
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