Arturo Sandoval And The Academy Orchestra

George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings (2021)

George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra - The Forgotten Recordings (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 575 Mb | Total time: 142:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: SOMM Recordings | # ARIADNE 5011-2 | Recorded: 1954, 1955

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first release of never before available performances by one of the defining partnerships of modern American music in the specially priced two-CD set George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings. Long considered one of Americas Big Five orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra entered its second century in 2018 and earlier this year was hailed by The New York Times as Americas finest [orchestra] still. The Forgotten Recordings features eight historic performances made for the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1954 and 1955 seven of which are first releases that have been restored and remastered by the multi-awardwinning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides extensive and informative booklet notes.
Orchestre de Paris, The Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & Rafael Kubelik - Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 6, 7 & 8 (2017)

Orchestre de Paris, The Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & Rafael Kubelik - Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 6, 7 & 8 (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 461 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 255 Mb | 01:51:16
Classical | Label: Pentatone

PENTATONE's third release from Rafael Kubelik's acclaimed Beethoven cycle of symphonies in its Remastered Classics series is his commanding reading of the sixth, seventh and eighth symphonies performed by the Orchestre de Paris, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra - Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [MFSL MFCD 806] Re-up

Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra - Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1985 | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, MFCD 806 | ~ 241 or 120 Mb | Covers(jpg) Included
Modern Classical, Prog Rock

This is an excellent CD if you're into orchestrations of pop or rock music. Andrew Powell And The Philharmonic Orchestra do justice to some of The Alan Parsons Project's most recognizable songs, and did this before this became 'de rigeur' in the late 80's through now…
Time For Three, Jennifer Higdon, Kevin Puts, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang - Letters for the Future (2022)

Time For Three, Jennifer Higdon, Kevin Puts, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Xian Zhang - Letters for the Future (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | Digital booklet | 00:52:24 | 262 Mb
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Innovative string trio Time For Three (TF3) – praised by Simon Rattle as “benevolent monsters, monsters of ability and technique surely. But also conveyors of an infectious joy that I find both touching and moving”– releases the new album Letters for the Future with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Xian Zhang on Deutsche Grammophon on June 10. The album comprises world premiere recordings of two technically demanding and musically virtuosic concerti for trio and orchestra by two Pulitzer Prize-winning composers, written fifteen years apart but both commissioned for the group: Jennifer Higdon’s 2007 Concerto 4–3 and Kevin Puts’s brand-new Contact, the first track of which is available May 20.

The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies (2017)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Nov. 30, 2020
The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies (2017)

The Souljazz Orchestra - Under Burning Skies (2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 284 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 Mb | 00:45:58
Jazz-Funk, Afrobeat | Label: Strut Records

Canada’s fastest moving and hardest working collective are back with one of their finest albums to date, a brand new journey into tropical, soul and jazz styles on their scorching new release, ‘Under Burning Skies’.
Joshua Bell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (2012)

Joshua Bell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (2012)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 234 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 132 MB | 51:40
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca

It's hard to believe that it's almost 30 years since Joshua Bell recorded these concertos with Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra. They still sound very good, and I was particularly taken by the Wieniawski because I had enjoyed Heifetz's performance from the early 1950s, but the quality of the orchestral sound here made me realize what the earlier recording lacked. The Tchaikovsky is excellent too, and Ashkenazy's accompaniments are alert and well-integrated with the solo part, and the recording, thankfully, does not spotlight the violin unduly the balance seems just right to me.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Stokowski: Bach transcriptions (2013)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Stokowski: Bach transcriptions (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 263 Mb | Total time: 63:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 1074-2 | Recorded: 2013

To mark his debut on Deutsche Grammophon with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin pays tribute to his legendary predecessor on the podium, Leopold Stokowski. The transcriptions of Bach's organ music are among Stokowski's most celebrated achievements, and none is more famous than his expansive arrangement of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, which was prominently featured in Walt Disney's Fantasia. It's a classic showpiece for the orchestra, as are Stokowski's fulsome orchestrations of the "Little" Fugue in G minor, and the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor.
Franz Welser-Möst, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied (1996)

Franz Welser-Möst, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Einfache Lieder; Mariettas Lied (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 247 Mb | Total time: 63:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 7243 5 56169 2 0 | Recorded: 1996

Due to its disastrous Viennese premiere in 1954, Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Symphony in F sharp was quickly dropped from the repertoire. Yet this late masterpiece, along with Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt, found receptive audiences in the 1970s and has become one of his best-known works. The old criticisms against Korngold's traditional tonality, his conservative formal bent, and his professional Hollywood polish no longer matter; nor should his occasionally spicy dissonances, angular melodies, and ambitious orchestration prove an obstacle to appreciation. Korngold's dense and dramatic symphony may be regarded either as a late development of Mahlerian post-Romanticism or as an offshoot of tonal Modernism, as practiced by Shostakovich and Prokofiev.
Andrei Gavrilov, Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2, Paganini Rhapsody (1997)

Andrei Gavrilov, Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2, Paganini Rhapsody (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 209 Mb | Total time: 58:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | # 7243 5 69829 2 5 | Recorded: 1991

This is a very good performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini performed by Andrei Gavrilov, the Russian Pianist, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti. It is a very good interpretation of these works, capturing all the intensity and nuance, energy and romance, of these selections. There are passages of incredible speed where precision is essential and this is evident in this recording. Gavrilov has the ability to fully express the magnificence of some passages and the more brooding nuance and subtlety of other passages. The Philadelphia Orchestra sounds terrific in this recording.
Christoph von Dohnányi, The Cleveland Orchestra - Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 2 & Nr. 3 "Rheinische" (2000)

Christoph von Dohnányi, The Cleveland Orchestra - Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 2 & Nr. 3 "Rheinische" (2000)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 347 MB | 01:08:39
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca

With all of Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and Philips catalogs to choose from, why did producers pick for re-release Christoph von Dohnányi and the Cleveland Orchestra's recordings of Schumann's Second and Third symphonies? Among many others, they had Karajan and the Berlin, Solti with the Vienna, and Haitink with the Concertgebouw, so why pick Dohnányi and the Cleveland? Because they are digital recordings? Perhaps: the very word "digital" is still a potent talisman for listeners looking for a first and perhaps only recording.