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Marcel Dupre - Organ Works, Volume 5 - Ben van Oosten (2003) {MDG 316 0955-2}
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© 2003 MDG | MDG 316 0955-2
Classical / 20th Century / Organ

This CD is really of excellent quality - musically like a record, and of course Ben van Oosten played here at the highest level. Dupre definitely knew what he was doing. This music is reminiscent of art rock and perfectly demonstrates the potential of the instrument. This is music of great size and monumentality. I think that with the help of this music it is impossible to achieve the same sound and the same scale on every other instrument. For some pieces of music on this CD, I like Ben van Osten's performance much better than Michael Murray's.

Marcel Dupre - Organ Works, Volume 6 - Ben van Oosten (2004) {MDG 316 1288-2}
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© 2004 MDG | MDG 316 1288-2
Classical / 20th Century / Organ

As a retired organist, I love hearing this composers beautiful music played to perfection. Ben van Oosten (born 1955 in The Hague, Netherlands) is an organist, professor and author. Ben van Oosten gave his first organ recital in 1970 at the age of 15. He was accepted at the prestigious Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and studied the organ with Albert de Klerk and piano with Berthe Davelaar. He graduated cum laude in 1979 with a diploma in organ solo.

Marcel Dupre - Organ Works, Volume 1 - Ben van Oosten (1999) {MDG 316 0951-2}
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© 1999 MDG | MDG 316 0951-2
Classical / 20th Century / Organ

Marcel Dupré was the foremost French organ virtuoso of his time, an heir to the great tradition of Romantic French organ playing and composing. Dupré was famed for his ability to improvise; he also composed substantial works and was a widely traveled recitalist and an influential teacher.

Marcel Dupre - Organ Works, Volume 2 - Ben van Oosten (2001) {MDG 316 0952-2}
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© 2001 MDG | MDG 316 0952-2
Classical / 20th Century / Organ

Marcel Dupré was the foremost French organ virtuoso of his time, an heir to the great tradition of Romantic French organ playing and composing. Dupré was famed for his ability to improvise; he also composed substantial works and was a widely traveled recitalist and an influential teacher.

Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet op. 81 & String Quintet op. 97
Leipziger Streichquartett & Christian Zacharias
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 302 MB | Full Artwork: 120 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 307 1249-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2004
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Quintet

"…MDG provides typically fine sonics, with the strings well balanced against a piano that turns a bit glassy in its upper register at higher dynamic levels. The real question is whether or not, with such fine versions already available from various Czech groups on Supraphon (Panocha Quartet) and Praga (Klánský/Prazák Quartet), you will want to spend premium price to acquire this newcomer, even if the coupling of these two particular works is somewhat unique. This is a decision you must make for yourself; if you ultimately opt to go for it, you won’t be sorry." ~classicstoday

Johann Sebastian Bach - Passio Secundum Johannem (Johannes-Passion) BWV 245, Version II (1725)
Holton / Bartosz - Kölner Kammerchor - Collegium Cartusianum - Peter Neumann
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 500 MB | Artwork: 166 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 332 0983-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2000
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Style: Baroque, Oratorio

"…clear diction and outstandingly responsive singing throughout is the biggest single asset of the performance. Superbly dynamic the set is obligatory for all committed Bachians." ~Fanfare

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Beethoven Orchester Bonn / Stefan Blunier
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,25 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 984 MB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 937 1756-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2012 | 5% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Orchestral

"…Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm produced this gold SACD with its customary unprocessed digital sound, so the reproduction is as faithful to the actual performances as can be managed, and the presence of the orchestra is truly something to behold. While purists may still take issue with the use of modern instruments, the large size of the orchestra, and a few minor issues, even they will recognize that Blunier has learned a great deal from the early music camp and that his interpretations are intelligent and insightful. They also have an appealing warmth that is sometimes lacking in versions with original instruments, and the vigorous playing certainly keeps the music from seeming fussy or sterile." ~allmusicguide

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Beethoven Orchester Bonn / Stefan Blunier
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 241 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 937 1756-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Orchestral

"…Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm produced this gold SACD with its customary unprocessed digital sound, so the reproduction is as faithful to the actual performances as can be managed, and the presence of the orchestra is truly something to behold. While purists may still take issue with the use of modern instruments, the large size of the orchestra, and a few minor issues, even they will recognize that Blunier has learned a great deal from the early music camp and that his interpretations are intelligent and insightful. They also have an appealing warmth that is sometimes lacking in versions with original instruments, and the vigorous playing certainly keeps the music from seeming fussy or sterile." ~allmusicguide

Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore (Version 1806, aka 'Fidelio')
Pamela Coburn / Kölner Rundfunkchor / Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn / Marc Soustrot
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Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 337 0826-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1998
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Period, Opera

"The work we cherish as Fidelio was Beethoven’s final rewrite, after an eight-year gap, of an opera he’d first composed in 1805 and revised the following year. The two first attempts, collectively known as Leonore, are hugely instructive glimpses into Beethoven’s workshop. The 1806 version has generally been ignored in favour of occasional performances of the 1805 score, as notably recorded in 1997 by John Eliot Gardiner. This premiere recording of the 1806 version is therefore of exceptional interest…" ~classical-music.com

Woldemar Bargiel - Trio Parnassus - Complete Piano Trios Vol. 1
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Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 303 0805-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1998
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Trio

"The Trio Parnassus has maintained a reputation as one of the finest piano trios in Germany from the latter-twentieth and early-twenty first centuries despite a fair number of personnel changes. The ensemble has developed a reputation for straddling two rather distinctive worlds in its repertory choices: while it plays standards from the Classical and Romantic periods, as well as many twentieth century and contemporary works, it has also devoted much time to the rediscovery of forgotten compositions by nineteenth century composers like Woldemar Bargiel, Joseph Rheinberger, Philipp Scharwenka, and several others…" ~allmusic