Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowski – Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:26:23 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone

After the tremendous success of Swan Lake, Vladimir Jurowski and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” continue their Tchaikovksy ballet series on Pentatone with this recording of The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky’s enchanting masterpiece is an absolute audience favourite, thanks to hits such as the Waltz of the Flowers, Trepak and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, but also due to the composer’s ability to evoke a sense of wonder in listeners both young and old. Vladimir Jurowski and his players tell this story about the power of fantasy with unprecedented zeal, demonstrating the symphonic refinement and orchestral brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score.

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Vladimir Jurowski – Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 22, TH 12 (1877 Version) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:31:37 minutes | 2,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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Swan Lake is the first of the three great ballets that Tchaikovsky wrote, and arguably the most famous. The piece is mainly known in the shape it obtained in 1895, when it became a classic in the choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. That “imperial” version strayed from Tchaikovsky’s world premiere score, with several cuts, abridgements and displacements. This high definition recording presents the work as it was heard during the 1877 world premiere performance, highlighting the extraordinary symphonic qualities of Tchaikovsky’s original conception.

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Vladimir Jurowski – Jurowski Conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:20 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Classical
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The world premiere of Mahler’s colossal Eighth Symphony, in Munich in September 1910, was the greatest success of his life. Ten years earlier, his then future wife, Alma, had received this blunt verdict from her step-father, the painter Carl Moll: ‘Mahler? Great conductor. Also composes – but it’s no good.’ Until 1910, many would have shared Moll’s doubts about Mahler as a composer; but with the premiere of the Eighth Symphony all that changed. Mahler’s PR man, the wily and brilliantly theatrical impresario Emil Gutmann, did a superb job. It was Gutmann who coined the eye-catching nickname ‘Symphony of a Thousand’, to Mahler’s initial horror – though he relented somewhat when he saw how much interest Gutmann had stirred up. Munich’s colossal new Music Festival Hall was sold out, twice. (Gutmann insisted on two performances.) The audiences included a dazzling array of A-list names from the musical and literary worlds, and there were representatives of several European royal houses. The first performance, under Mahler’s own direction, was, for once, well prepared, and the response was sensational, from the audience in the hall, and afterwards in the press. In a sense, however, Mahler had done a lot of Gutmann’s work for him. …

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