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Luthers Bach Ensemble - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 28, 2022
Luthers Bach Ensemble - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (2022)

Luthers Bach Ensemble - Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 59:37 | 243 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Brilliant Classics

Membra Jesu nostri consists of seven cantatas which graphically depict the suffering of Christ and the different parts of his tormented body. The surprising beauty and integrity of the cycle as a whole lies in it's combination of the strict Protestant North German style with that of the Italian school, the symbiosis of mystical outbursts and dancing, transparent and almost ethereal textures. The Groningen-based Luthers Bach Ensemble recorded this in spring 2021, at the height of the pandemic, through which they have played as active a part in the city's cultural scene as possible with socially distanced concerts and music-making. Formed in 2006, the LBE can call upon a pool of highly practised early-music specialists in both voices and instruments, as well as the longer Dutch history of historically informed performance praxis. The stylistic pedigree of this new recording of Membra Jesu nostri places it alongside the great recordings of the cycle over the course of the last half-century. A fine balance is struck between the solemn piety of the cycle's text and the assuaging pathos of it's expression, with it's many striking contrasts of solo and large-scale textures, it's passionate outbursts and reflective melismas.

Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Hope (2021)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Jan. 10, 2022
Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Hope (2021)

Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Hope (2021)
EZ | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 366 Mb | Total time: 77:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 486 0541 | Recorded: 2020

In this album called “Hope”, created during lockdown, violinist Daniel Hope presents a highly personal, yet distinctive collection of timeless classics by Schubert, Elgar and Pärt, several beloved traditional songs in stunning new instrumental versions and a brand-new arrangement of the inspiring and spiritual Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez. “Music has a tremendous power,” says Daniel Hope. “This album is my attempt to send out a ray of hope and to provide people, myself included, with a sense of support and perhaps even consolation.” Well-known favourites from Hope’s childhood such as Amazing Grace and Danny Boy are as integral to this album as Schubert’s Die Nacht and “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Several different periods are illuminated in this way, and the same is true of the most disparate styles and musical contexts. Daniel Hope is joined by the Zürcher Kammerorchester as well as prestigious singers like the vocal ensemble Amarcord, baritone Thomas Hampson and jazz-singer Colin Rich.
Sebastian Bohren, Sergej Bolkhovets & Münchener Kammerorchester - In Evening Light: Vasks - Schubert (2024) [24/96]

Sebastian Bohren, Sergej Bolkhovets & Münchener Kammerorchester - In Evening Light: Vasks - Schubert (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 67:04 minutes | 1,21 GB
Classical | Label: Avie Records, Official Digital Download

Sebastian Bohren's world-premiere recording of "In Evening Light", the second violin concerto by Peteris Vasks, comes 25 years after the celebrated Latvian composer's first, "Distant Light", one of the most successful, oft-performed and recorded concertos by a living a composer. "In Evening Light" seems certain to follow in its forebearer's footsteps, destined to become another modern classic.
Sebastian Bohren, Sergej Bolkhovets & Münchener Kammerorchester - In Evening Light: Vasks - Schubert (2024)

Sebastian Bohren, Sergej Bolkhovets & Münchener Kammerorchester - In Evening Light: Vasks - Schubert (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 328 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 154 Mb | 01:07:04
Classical | Label: Avie Records

Sebastian Bohren's world-premiere recording of "In Evening Light", the second violin concerto by Peteris Vasks, comes 25 years after the celebrated Latvian composer's first, "Distant Light", one of the most successful, oft-performed and recorded concertos by a living a composer. "In Evening Light" seems certain to follow in its forebearer's footsteps, destined to become another modern classic.
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Wolfram Christ - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Hamburger Sinfonien Wq. 182 (2014)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien Wq. 182 (2014)
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, conducted by Wolfram Christ

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 295 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: hänssler CLASSIC | # HAEN98637 | Time: 01:05:27

In honor of CPE Bach's 300th birthday, hänssler CLASSIC will be releasing an exciting series of recordings dedicated to the music of this well known but hitherto neglected Bach son during the first 3 months of 2014. At the beginning there are the so-called “Hamburg” symphonies Wq 182, interpreted with great sensitivity and bite, when necessary, by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under the renowned conductor and former violist of the Berlin Philharmonic, Wolfram Christ. Maestro Christ sees these works as expressive pieces, open to multiple interpretations that invite the listener to experience them as almost Romantic in their gesture and content. Deciding on a fortepiano continuo instrument is not only a historically informed decision, but contributes to a perfectly balanced overall sound.
Masters of Classical Music: Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann (2015) [Blu-Ray]

Masters of Classical Music: Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Mahler, Stravinsky, Strauss, Ravel, Bartók (2015) [4xBlu-Ray]
4xBluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 600 min | 21,1+22,5+22,0+22,4 Gb
Audio1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Classical | EuroArts | Sub.: English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese

Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to overall comprehend the structure of the works. The viewer will travel back in time to experience the birth places of these compositions and will thereby gain insight into the lives of the composers whilst receiving a thorough introduction to the works.
Ensemble 96, Øystein Fevang - Immortal Knut Nystedt (2005) (Repost)

Ensemble 96, Øystein Fevang - Immortal Knut Nystedt (2005)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 52:42 | 244 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: 2L | Catalog: 29

It's quite an achievement to become famous in one's lifetime, even to be hailed as a great master, yet the creators of Immortal Nystedt seem to have presented the esteemed Norwegian composer his eternal reward a bit prematurely. Knut Nystedt is indeed celebrated in his country, and he has been honored with a knighthood in the Order of St. Olav for his work, so some kudos are clearly in order. But if the a cappella choral music on this SACD by Øystein Fevang with Ensemble 96 and the Bærum Vokalensemble is representative of Nystedt's best work, then the praise is a little extravagant.
La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion - Bach minimaliste (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion - Bach minimaliste (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 75:59 minutes | 1,38 GB
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Official Digital Download

J. S. Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor is the centrepiece of this programme: ‘This music seems absolutely modern to me: a continuous, endlessly developing thread, giving it an almost hypnotic aspect… These adjectives also belong to the vocabulary of today’s music, whether it is “popular”, as in techno, or “art music”, as in the so-called repetitive or minimalist movement’, says Simon-Pierre Bestion.

La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion - Bach minimaliste (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 22, 2023
La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion - Bach minimaliste (2023)

La Tempête & Simon-Pierre Bestion - Bach minimaliste (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 378 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 177 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:15:59
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

J. S. Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D minor is the centrepiece of this programme: ‘This music seems absolutely modern to me: a continuous, endlessly developing thread, giving it an almost hypnotic aspect… These adjectives also belong to the vocabulary of today’s music, whether it is “popular”, as in techno, or “art music”, as in the so-called repetitive or minimalist movement’, says Simon-Pierre Bestion. Two hundred and thirty years after Bach, Górecki wrote a harpsichord concerto in the same key, using it ‘as a very rhythmic and extremely stealthy instrument’. John Adams, a leading figure of the American minimalist movement, composed Shaker Loops in 1978: ‘This masterpiece takes on a special interest because we play on instruments with gut strings. That gives the music a very special texture.’ Bach’s Passacaglia (‘a single musical theme heard forty-one times’) and Jehan Alain’s Litanies complete this programme, which brings together the Bestion brothers, with Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas as soloist in the concertos.
Klaus Florian Vogt & Ensemble Acht - Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Klaus Florian Vogt & Ensemble Acht - Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 61:47 minutes | 1,1 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: CPO, Official Digital Download

Franz Schubert's song cycle from Die Schöne Müllerin as a premiere recording? Anyone who wanted to claim this in view of the international discographic landscape would undoubtedly have to reckon with a storm of indignation. Unless, that is, the release announced as a world premiere had something unprecedented to offer - and the present production certainly does: instead of the original and endlessly performed version for voice and piano, cpo offers an all-round successful hypothesis here.