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Vienna Art Orchestra - The Minimalism of Erik Satie (1989) Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 20, 2024

Mathias Rüegg's Vienna Art Orchestra had always been an eclectic bunch, working in the odd jazz or classical cover into its repertoire with some regularity, but for this release, the ensemble went whole hog, leaping into the oeuvre of that grandfather of minimalism, Erik Satie. Originally issued as a two-LP set, every track (save one evocative Gil Evans-y piece by Rüegg) is a Satie composition rearranged, often brilliantly, and generally highlighting two or three individual VAO members. This reductionist technique serves the band well, as it has often had a tendency toward weighty ponderousness. Here, the arrangements are light and linear, affording a supple but transparent platform for the soloists, who are clearly encouraged to venture out into jazzy territory.

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Kurt Sanderling, Berlin Symphony Orchestra - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 (1992) [Japan 2004] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Nov. 14, 2024

Kurt Sanderling's representation on disc is patchy at best. Apart from a rigorous, rather dour Beethoven cycle made for EMI in London in 1980 and a Dresden Brahms cycle from the early 1970s, few of his important stereo recordings have been distributed widely in the UK. His 1993's Shostakovich Fifteenth was disappointingly bland, seemingly preoccupied with finer points of detail, and it certainly failed to impress DJF. Some of these tendencies are present in the Eighth, recorded in 1976 with his own orchestra in East Berlin. Again, it is massively slow and studied - only Dmitri Shostakovich is more deliberate - but the fires burn that much more brightly.

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Bruno Walter & New York Philharmonic/Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Schubert/Beethoven: Symphonies (1999) SACD ISO +DSD64 +FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 5, 2024

Just like the other three Bruno Walter releases in Sony Classical’s current crop of SACD reissues, this classic Beethoven/Schubert coupling benefits from the DSD transfer, which reproduces as faithfully as possible the musical content of the original reel-to-reel master tapes.

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Sharon Bezaly - Bridge Across The Pyrenees: Flute Concertos (2006) MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at June 18, 2024

Separated by the Pyrenees, the musical milieus of Spain and France have sometimes been like oil and water – or maybe like oil and wine. It took Bizet's opera Carmen to open the ears of the French to the Spanish rhythms and inflections which were to become so important to so many composers after him, from Debussy to Ibert. Soloist Sharon Bezaly will hardly need a closer presentation after her highly praised recordings of the past couple of years. The present recording was made with the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Neschling, whose performances of the music of Brazilian composers Guarnieri, Mignone, Braga and Santoro have been praised for their vitality, rhythmic vigour and wide range of colours – all qualities that should be just the thing for building a bridge across the Pyrenees.

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Edvard Grieg - Bergen PO / Ole Kristian Ruud - Peer Gynt Suites (2006) {Hybrid-SACD // HiRes FLAC} Vinyl & HR

Posted by luckburz at Nov. 14, 2015

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suites
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Ole Kristian Ruud
24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 863 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: BIS # BIS-SACD-1591 | Country/Year: Sweden 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"…This SACD has an exceptionally wide dynamic range and is one of the best SACD's I have heard from a sonic perspective. Bravo BIS! A demonstration disc in every way." ~sa-cd.net

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Pierre Boulez, French National Radio Orchestra - Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring / Four Etudes (1963) [Japan 2016] SACD + DSD + FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Aug. 3, 2024

Recorded exactly fifty years after the premiere, this masterpiece was the first recording of a major orchestra by Pouleze, which at a stretch raised the bar for Spring Festival. This work, which has been categorized as barbarism music, is irradiated with X-rays, and based on his own papers that have a perfect perspective on the entire structure, he breathed life into fine sound cells as a revolutionary performer, This is why Bouraz is a genius who has succeeded in sympathizing organically. This 1963 recording it was a time when French instruments, including woodwinds, still existed, adding to the value of this record. It may be said that it is a sound closer to the premiere. The sound of the basson at the beginning and the tone of the horn are also faithfully captured. The latest mastering has been applied carefully from the analog master upon the recurrence.

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Swedish CO - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos; Quintet for Piano and Winds (2020) MCH SACD ISO+DSD64+FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 20, 2024

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Beethoven: The Piano Concertos / Quintet for Piano and Winds (2020)
3x SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 188:59 minutes | Digital Booklet | 8,88 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Digital Booklet | 4,29 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Digital Booklet | 3,53 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Chandos # CHAN 5273

Following his acclaimed recording of solo sonatas by contemporaries of Beethoven, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet releases the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos as pianist and director with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Directing the Swedish Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard, Jean-Efflam writes: "For the pianist there is also the delight of appearing face to face with the entire orchestra, in direct visual communication, the musicians perhaps more likely to take personal initiatives, thus multiplying the pleasure of a genuine participation, dialogue, and musical exchange". The cadenzas used in this recording are all Beethoven’s, from the set that he wrote out in 1809, and so are contemporaneous with the Fifth Concerto. The recording includes the Quintet for Piano and Winds, Op. 16.

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Gil Evans & Sting - Last Session Live 1992 Music

Posted by micaus11 at Dec. 5, 2008

Gil Evans & Sting - Last Session Live 1992
MP3 @ 224-256 | 101 MB | Covers included
Genre:Jazz

Former Police chief Sting & legendary jazz composer/pianist Evans together recorded live at Perugia Jazz Festival on July 11, 1987. Import-only release, never issued in the States. Features 10 tracks, including Police classics like 'Roxanne', 'Murder By Numbers' & 'Tea In The Sahara' alongside a wide array of covers ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Billie Holiday to Tony Williams.

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Gil Evans - Columbia Jazz Profiles (2008) Music

Posted by TmanHome at April 21, 2015

Gil Evans - Columbia Jazz Profiles (2008)
Soul, Funk, RnB, Smooth Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 72 min | 165 MB
Label: Columbia | Rel: 2008

One of jazz's most celebrated arrangers and composers, Gil Evans recorded for many labels during his 50-plus years in jazz. His Columbia and RCA periods were long and particularly fruitful ones because of the musicians he surrounded himself with. While it's true that his collaboration with Miles Davis is the most celebrated and well known, some of the other players who appeared on Evans' own records were Billy Harper, Jerome Richardson, Tony Williams, David Sanborn, Peter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Johnny Coles, Lew Soloff, Julius Watkins, Elvin Jones, Ryo Kawasaki, and dozens more.

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Ravel: Bolero - La valse - Rapsodie espagnole / Debussy: Images (2005) {Hybrid-SACD // ISO & FLAC} Vinyl & HR

Posted by luckburz at Nov. 20, 2016

Ravel: Bolero - La valse - Rapsodie espagnole / Debussy: Images
Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,70 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,30 GB | Partial Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: RCA Red Seal "Living Stereo" # 82876-66374-2 | Country/Year: US 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Early 20th Century

"…Recommended with enormous pleasure. " ~sa-cd.net

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