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The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major (2023)

The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 212 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 118 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:47:26
Classical, Sacred, Vocal, Choral | Label: Cleveland Orchestra

Written in the final year of his life, Schubert’s Mass No. 6 in E-flat major is often regarded as the composer’s own requiem. In this recording, The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Daryl Freedman, tenors Julian Prégardien and Martin Mitterrutzner, bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
Franz Welser-Most, Orchestra of the Opernhaus Zurich, Renee Fleming - Strauss: Arabella (2008)

Franz Welser-Möst, Orchestra of the Opernhaus Zurich, Renée Fleming - Strauss: Arabella (2008)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7.76 Gb (DVD9) | 147 min
Classical | DECCA | Sub: Deutsch, English, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

“…Fleming looks fabulous, knows and can deliver good German, and can sing this role at least as well as anyone on the planet at the moment. But it's a shame that all concerned did not wait for a genuinely new production to preserve. This run-through of an old staging… is fluent and energetic… but it is not an evening pregnant with dramatic insight. In the pit Welser-Möst is an efficient, unemotional guide to the score…” (Gramophone Magazine)
Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst - Walker: Antifonys, Lilacs, Sinfonias Nos 4, 5 (2022)

Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Walker: Antifonys, Lilacs, Sinfonias Nos 4 & 5 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 193 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 100 Mb | 00:43:31
Classical | Label: Cleveland Orchestra

The fifth audio release on The Cleveland Orchestra’s own label once again showcases the ensemble’s unparalleled artistry and polished music-making, alongside as its longstanding commitment to perform and present new repertory under the direction of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst. This album features four works spanning half a century by pioneering American composer George Walker (1922-2018). Together, they demonstrate his wide-ranging musical vision and meticulously-crafted sound-worlds.
Franz Welser-Most, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (2007)

Franz Welser-Möst, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (2007)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 124 min | 7,19 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: EMI | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol | Recorded: 2005

It was hard to muster much enthusiasm for Welser-Möst’s soft-grained, untheatrical approach to Mozart’s score and his careful avoidance of appoggiaturas, though it has to be admitted that the clarinet and basset-horn obbligatos — their players not credited in the program — sounded ravishing. Welser-Möst’s beat could certainly have been fueled by some extra zest, his syncopations by stronger incisiveness. Little was made of the explosive clashes of contrasting keys, Welser-Möst’s opera gentile dallyings replacing Mozart’s needed opera seria gravitas.
Franz Welser-Most, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2007)

Franz Welser-Möst, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (2007)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 185 min | 6,91+5,74 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: EMI | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol | Recorded: 2006

This stylish and beautifully sung and acted 2006 performance of Don Giovanni from the Zurich Opera House should be of strong interest to anyone who loves the opera. The production, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf with costumes by Marianne Glittenberg and particularly striking sets by Rolf Glittenberg, is visually and dramatically dazzling. The timeframe is contemporary, but the clever trompe l'oeil set suggests the infinitely receding stage depth that flourished in 18th century scenic design. Don Giovanni's palace is a cosmopolitan playboy's penthouse, and the costumes clearly define the social standing of the characters in modern terms.
Franz Welser-Most, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2009)

Franz Welser-Möst, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2009)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 192 min | 5,80+6,39 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: EMI | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol | Recorded: 2007

This production of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro caused a sensation when it first came out, stunning critics and audiences alike with its perfect balance of joyous humor, improvisatory brilliance, and always subtle music-making.
Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite - Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (2023)

Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Berg: Three Pieces from Lyric Suite - Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 247 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:57
Classical | Label: Cleveland Orchestra

This recording of Alban Berg’s Three Pieces from Lyric Suite and a Suite in Three Parts from Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier, compiled by Franz Welser-Möst, pairs two early-20th-century masterpieces grappling with an all-consuming love and lust through vastly expressive but different means.
The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The Cleveland Orchestra & Franz Welser-Möst - Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-Flat Major (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 47:26 minutes | 834 MB
Classical, Sacred, Vocal, Choral | Label: Cleveland Orchestra, Official Digital Download

Written in the final year of his life, Schubert’s Mass No. 6 in E-flat major is often regarded as the composer’s own requiem. In this recording, The Cleveland Orchestra is joined by soprano Joélle Harvey, mezzo-soprano Daryl Freedman, tenors Julian Prégardien and Martin Mitterrutzner, bass-baritone Dashon Burton, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Kancheli: Symphony No. 3; Pärt: Symphony No. 3, Fratres (1996)

Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Kancheli: Symphony No. 3; Pärt: Symphony No. 3, Fratres (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 202 Mb | Total time: 55:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 55619 2 | Recorded: 1995

Here is a natural and effective coupling of spiritual-minimalist pieces from the Baltic and the Balkans; and how good it is to see this music at last on a major label with a top-flight international orchestra.
The benefits are clear in Kancheli’s Third Symphony, with its extreme contrasts of solo vocal keening and tutti Stravinskian outbursts. Here the spaciousness of EMI’s recording, made in Watford Town Hall, and the refinement of the LPO’s playing are clear gains over the rival Georgian performance (which comes with the added drawback of having been transferred a whole tone too high by the original Melodiya team). The mesmeric folk-derived lament which punctuates the structure was sung on the earlier recording by Rustavi choir-member Gamlet Gonashvili, for whose unearthly tenor Kancheli conceived it.
Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Linz Mozart Choir - Bruckner: Messe Nr. 3 & Te Deum (1996)

Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Linz Mozart Choir - Bruckner: Messe Nr. 3 & Te Deum (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 79:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | 5 56168 2 | Recorded: 1995

Hot on the heels of the Gramophone Award-winning account of Schmidt’s Fourth Symphony (1/96) Franz Welser-Most has turned his attention to another undervalued late-romantic Austrian masterpiece. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find this disc on the nomination lists for next year’s Awards.