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Friedrich Hartmann Graf - Six Flute Quartets
Konrad Hünteler, flute / Members of the Festetics Quartet
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 324 MB | Full Artwork: 94 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 311 0520-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1994
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Period, Quartet, Flute

“Hünteler’s disc is a gem. The tone of Hünteler’s flute is luscious, the passagework sparkling and limpid, the shaping of the phrases intimate and expressive, and the sounds of the strings blend beautifully … Highly recommended.“ (Fanfare)

Hans Werner Henze - Complete Violin Concertos
Torsten Janicke, violin / Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Christian Ehwald
2x CD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 331 MB | Full Artwork: 134 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 601 1442-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2005
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary

"Hans Werner Henze has written three violin concertos so far, separated in his output by gaps of 23 and 26 years. As you'd expect, they are very different pieces stylistically, and hearing them in succession provides a revealing map of the trajectory Henze's evolution has followed in his orchestral music. However, it's the two most widely separated works here that have the most similarities, suggesting how, in some important respects over the last half-century, he has come full circle. (…) The result is arguably one of the strongest of Henze's works from the 1970s; certainly that is how it seems in this very impressively controlled performance from Torsten Janicke and the Magdeburg Philharmonic." ~The Guardian

Paul Hindemith - Ensemble Villa Musica - Complete Sonatas Vol. 7
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 233 MB | Full Artwork: 106 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 304 0697-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

"…If this imaginative mix of tenor/bass sonatas, rather than an all-cello recital, at first seems curious it works well in practice. Those already in possession of the rival accounts listed above may not want to duplicate these works further, though I would rate the present offering most highly; for those coming new to these works, start here." ~Grammophone

Paul Hindemith - Ensemble Villa Musica - Complete Sonatas Vol. 1
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 248 MB | Full Artwork: 106 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 304 0691-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

"Die Musiker des Ensembles Villa Musica spielen mit einer ansteckenden Begeisterung, mit der diese Werke geradezu wachsen und an musikalischer Bedeutsamkeit zu gewinnen scheinen." (FonoForum)

Ernst Krenek - Karl V. - Stage Work with Music in two parts
Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno / Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn / Marc Soustrot
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 520 MB | Full Artwork (incl. Libretto): 460 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 337 1082-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2001
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, Early 20th Century

Krenek’s Karl V is the kind of opera that can be appreciated on several different levels. (…) Remarkably, it’s the earliest large-scale opera to use the 12-note system, though Krenek triumphantly refutes the notion that adherence to this technique inhibits creativity and emotional power. The composer’s widow has claimed that this performance, recorded in connection with the Beethoven Festival in Bonn last year, is by far the finest she has ever heard. With wonderful singing from David Pittman-Jennings as Karl and superb commitment from conductor Marc Soustrot and his fine orchestra, there is little reason to disagree with this verdict.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Chamber Music
Trio Parnassus & Matthias Wollong, violin
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 292 MB | Full Artwork: 96 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 303 1463-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2007
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century, Contemporary

»This recording is a true marvel!« ~Fanfare