Lisa Batiashvili, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim – Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:09 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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Lisa Batiashvili and Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim’s baton present an unforgettable version of Tchaikovsky’ and Sibelius’ violin concertos, two of the most beloved, passionate and demanding pieces for violin and orchestra
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Anna Netrebko, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim – Strauss: Four Last Songs (2014)
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Saving the best for last in the Richard Strauss anniversary 2014. The world’s most luxurious soprano, Anna Netrebko, sings Richard Strauss’ sumptuous Four Last Songs, accompanied by the Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim. An irresistible, all-star combination.
Netrebko is a phenomenon. The world’s best-selling active soprano and quite simply, the undisputed superstar – “la prima donna assoluta” (New York Post) – of opera today. Known equally for her poise, her sensuality and her voice’s unmistakable color, Strauss’s elegiac Four Last Songs are an exquisite vehicle for her expressive gifts: Netrebko’s first recording of these gorgeous, iconic songs.
Barenboim: conductor, pianist, humanitarian – perhaps the world’s most complete living musician. A venerated interpreter of Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner, in many ways the music of Richard Strauss represents the apotheosis of Barenboim’s musical ethos. In 1954, the then 11 year-old Barenboim was introduced to his idol, conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. It was Furtwängler who conducted the world premiere of Strauss’ Four Last Songs in 1949
The Staatskapelle Berlin, one of Germany’s oldest and most prestigious orchestras boasts a proud Strauss tradition including great performances and recording under the composer himself, as well as under great Straussians Felix Weingartner, Leo Blech, Erich Kleiber, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Klemperer, Clemens Krauss, Hans Knappertsbusch, Joseph Keilberth, Ottmar Suitner and Daniel Barenboim.
The Staatskapelle and Barenboim then interpret Ein Heldenleben, one of the most vivid and popular tone poems by Strauss, who himself was Generalmusikdirektor of the Staatskapelle a century ago.
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Staatskapelle Berlin & Otmar Suitner – Grieg: Orchestral Pieces (Remastered) (2021)
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the main Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions brought the music of Norway to international consciousness, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius did in Finland and Bedrich Smetana did in Bohemia.
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Staatskapelle Berlin & Otmar Suitner – Dvořák: Sinfonie No. 1 (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:08 minutes | 804 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, B. 9, subtitled The Bells of Zlonice (Czech: Zlonick’e zvony), was composed by Anton’in Dvor’ak during February and March 1865. The work is written in the early Romantic style, and was inspired by the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Felix Mendelssohn.[It was the only one of his symphonies that Dvor’ak never heard performed or had a chance to revise. The work was lost shortly after its composition, and did not come to light until 1923, almost 20 years after the composer’s death. It did not receive its first performance until 1936.
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Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim – Brahms: Symphonies (2018)
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More than 120 years after the death of Johannes Brahms, the answer to this question would seem to be a foregone conclusion. Not even Arnold Schoenberg’s essay “Brahms the Progressive”, famed at least for its title, has done anything substantial to change it. Schoenberg pointed to the asymmetry and irregularity of Brahms’s phrase structure, his stern adherence to and sharpening of Beethoven’s technique of dislodging the “strong” beats until the rhythm as we previously knew it fully dissolves. What we hear as downbeats are more likely to be upbeats, and vice versa.
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Kian Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim – Dvořák: Cello Concerto (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:28 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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To say that Kian Soltani’s concerto debut for Deutsche Grammophon packs a punch is something of an understatement, and indeed long before Soltani even enters the fray, given that I’m not sure I’ve ever heard an orchestra sounding quite so dangerously, growlingly foreboding and theatrical at the opening of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto as is heard here from Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin in what was a live performance at the Berlin Philharmonie: markedly slower than the score’s metronome marking of 116 to a crotchet; little shivering swells added to the pianissimo crotchets concluding the first phrase; then not just a crescendo up to the first fortissimo statement of the main theme, but also a rushing accelerando; while this revving of the accelerator ultimately lands us smartly at Dvořák’s actual tempo marking, the effect is one of being caught up in a lethally super-speed, supremely polished whirlwind. If you’re a stickler for keeping to the score then you might balk, but there’s no question that it’s electrifying stuff. And on that note, remember Karajan’s glorious bar 72 injection of an ardent and thoroughly unscripted portamento swoop for DG, back in 1968 with Rostropovich? Well Barenboim’s repeated that trick here, and every bit as gloriously.
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Eva Ander, Staatskapelle Weimar, Staatskapelle Berlin, Kammerorchester – Beethoven: Unknown Masterworks, Vol. 5 (2019)
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Obviously Ludwig van Beethoven wrote many pieces. But in addition to the well-known masterpieces, there is a huge pool of unknown pieces and curiosities. Berlin Classics has compiled a 9 CD edition with world-famous performers such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur or the Brahms Trio.
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Alisa Weilerstein, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim – Elgar & Carter Cello Concertos (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:02:23 minutes | 631 MB | Genre: Classical
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Alisa Weilerstein makes one of Decca’s most exciting debuts in recent years. The renowned cellist is joined by Decca fan-favorite Daniel Barenboim. Alisa Weilerstein is the first cellist in many years to play the Elgar Concerto with Daniel Barenboim, and his decision to record it with her is a major statement. Her technique has earned her international recognition.
“Their interpretation is one of poise, heft and ardor, the soloist’s superb control keenly matched by the conductor’s insightful support.” – New York Times
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Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin – Elgar: Symphony No 2 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:02 minutes | 1023 MB | Genre: Classical
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Following his critically-acclaimed Elgar Cello Concerto recording with Alisa Weilerstein, Barenboim turns to the symphonies. The Second Symphony is released first, in a 2013 recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin. The First Symphony will follow in 2015.
“To hear an orchestra with such a distinctive central European sound playing Elgar, and relating his music so securely to the wider late-romantic tradition, is one of the disc’s great pleasures.” Andrew Clements, The Guardian (of the Cello Concerto recording)
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Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim – Elgar: Symphony No.1 in A Flat Major, Op.55 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:24 minutes | 915 MB | Genre: Classical
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Daniel Barenboim continues his acclaimed Elgar series with the landmark First Symphony. These new issues mark the first time that indefatigable maestro Barenboim has returned to recording Elgar’s symphonic works since the 1970s.
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Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin – Anton Bruckner: The Complete Symphonies (Live) (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 09:08:31 minutes | 5,30 GB | Genre: Classical
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Although conductor Daniel Barenboim made his name with brilliant, sometimes controversial symphonic cycles of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann, he has always had a special connection to the symphonies of Anton Bruckner. He’s recorded the cycle several times—first with the Chicago Symphony in the ‘70s and ‘80s and later with the Berlin Philharmonic. Yet, conducting Bruckner with the powerful Berlin Staatskapelle, Barenboim is sublime, endowing the works with a spiritual depth, colorful drama, and a gorgeous flood of emotion. There’s particular magic in this recording of the eighth, which manages to gracefully rise from the lush, slow movement to the brassy drama of the finale.
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Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin – Schumann: The Symphonies (2022)
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A couple of years after Maestro Barenboim’s successful complete Brahms Symphonies with the Staatskapelle Berlin he now presents a live recording of the four Schumann Symphonies with this orchestra recorded live in concerts in Berlin’s world-famous Philharmonie and in the Staatsoper. As an addition the 2CD Set has a Blu-ray Audio version with a Dolby Atmos Mix, Stereo and Surround Mix.
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Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel – Brahms: The Piano Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:42:06 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: Classical
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This album was recorded live at the Berliner Philharmonie in September 2014 with high critical acclaim of the performances. Not only the common South American roots of both artists but also the precise and energetic playing of Barenboim and the “volcanic” temperament of Dudamel make them a “Dream couple”.
Barenboim himself has a very high opinion of Dudamel which he expressed after one of the concerts: “Whenever I had to play myself, I was able to count on him completely. And when I didn’t have to play, it was a joy to see how well he works with the orchestra. I’m well placed to make this observation as I’ve been playing these concertos since 1958.”
After his successful album together with Yuja Wang, this is Dudamel’s second recording as conductor with a soloist.
The second Piano Concerto with its four movements is one of the longest and most demanding concertos ever written and the final Allegretto grazioso features one of the most carefree movements that Brahms ever wrote and which is also notable – in Alfred Brendel’s words – for its “unsurpassable pianistic perversions”.
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