Susanna Phillips, Shenyang & Brian Zeger – Schubert: Songs & Duets (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:22 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delos
These seldom-heard Schubert lieder—setting verses by German poets including Schiller and Goethe—reflect the Romantic-era’s artistic obsession with the classical myths and literature of ancient Greece. The resulting songs and duets reveal levels of fantasy and nobility rarely found among Schubert’s nearly 700 lieder.
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Shenyang, Tan Dun, Orchestre National de Lyon – Buddha Passion (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:40:07 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
Recorded in 2019 at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, this world-premiere recording of Buddha Passion by the renowned and multi-award-winning composer Tan Dun, deserves a thorough listen. This monumental masterpiece features a full choir and orchestra, a diverse array of soloists and indigenous singers, traditional Chinese instruments, and a dancing pipa player. Tan Dan drew inspiration for Buddha Passion’s core themes of compassion, love, and nature from murals found in ancient caves in Dunhuang, China, and transcribed their essence into his composition.
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