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Glenn Gould: The Complete Bach Collection [38CDs & 6DVDs] (2012) Music

Posted by ArlegZ at June 23, 2019

Although Glenn Gould embraced a wider repertoire than most music lovers realize, his reputation primarily rests with Bach, and in particular, the 1955 and 1981 Goldberg Variations recordings that essentially demarcate his international recording career. To honor what would have been Gould’s 80th birthday in 2012, along with the 30th anniversary of his untimely death in 1982 at age 50, Sony/BMG releases its most comprehensive Gould/Bach collection to date. Its 38 CDs and six DVDs include just about every studio or live Bach recording by Gould previously issued under the Sony Classical banner.

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Grigory Sokolov - Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations; Partita No.2; English Suite No.2 (2014) 2CDs Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 20, 2022

Firma Melodiya presents concert recordings of J.S. Bach's compositions performed by Grigory Sokolov, arguably the most intellectual of all modern Russian pianists. At the age of 16, he became a winner of the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition and has been an active concert performer for more than forty years. There are just few musicians now who are described as "He lives for the sake of music. Only music". Sokolov's biography is not rich in external events as he is not a public figure. However, those who have heard him in concert or on records will never be able to forget his play. Sokolov prefers deeply considered "music of mind" to virtuosic lustre. He is mostly known as an interpreter of Bach's works, late Beethoven and Brahms. "He is often compared with Gould. But Sokolov has a Bach of his own. He is more of a philosopher", a critic wrote about his performance in the Literaturnaya Gazeta. But unlike the Canadian intellectual genius of pianism, Sokolov has preferred concerts to recordings. "The biggest gap is the one between the microphone and a man", the musician believes. The Goldberg Variations, Bach's most complicated cycle from the performing point of view, was recorded by Grigory Sokolov in concert in 1982. The album also includes Partita in C minor and English Suite in A minor recorded in various years.

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The Art of Violin Movies

Posted by at March 14, 2024

The Art of Violin (2000)
A film written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. Drawing on archival performance footage and interviews, The Art of Violin evokes the vast panorama of the world of the violin in the 20th century and its most outstanding performers. It is hard to express the explosions of joy occasioned by the discovery of long sought-out but undreamed-of archives, such as some silent - and later resynchronised - film footage, or the few brief moments of Chausson's Poeme played by Ginette Neveu, the silent yet moving (in every sense of the word)images of Kreisler and Ysaye, the awe of a young Menuhin, the superb single camera shot of David Oistrakh performing the cadenza from Shostakovich's First Concerto. Contributions from Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Hilary Hahn, Laurent Korcia, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, and Mstislav Rostropovich, Produced by Pierre-Olivier Bardet & Stephen Wright.

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Maurizio Pollini - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2016) (55 CDs Box Set) Part 01 Music

Posted by murena at Nov. 25, 2018

Maurizio Pollini - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2016) (55 CDs Box Set) Part 01
EAC Rip | APE (Image+.cue, log) | CDs 01-35 | Scans included | 6,05 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Deutsche Grammophon

In anticipation of his 75th birthday in 2017, this luxurious 55-CD set presents Pollini's complete recordings on DG with their original covers, including the first ever release of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich (recorded in 1974). Also included are a 200-page booklet and 3 bonus DVDs: concerto recordings with Böhm and Abbado as well as Bruno Monsaingeon's documentary film De main de maître (2015).

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Maurizio Pollini - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2016) (55 CDs Box Set) Part 02 Music

Posted by murena at Nov. 27, 2018

Maurizio Pollini - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2016) (55 CDs Box Set) Part 02
EAC Rip | APE (Image+.cue, log) | CDs 36-55 | Scans included | 3,5 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Deutsche Grammophon

In anticipation of his 75th birthday in 2017, this luxurious 55-CD set presents Pollini's complete recordings on DG with their original covers, including the first ever release of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich (recorded in 1974). Also included are a 200-page booklet and 3 bonus DVDs: concerto recordings with Böhm and Abbado as well as Bruno Monsaingeon's documentary film De main de maître (2015).

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Glenn Gould: The Alchemist Movies

Posted by at Sept. 19, 2022

Glenn Gould: The Alchemist (1974)
Filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon visits piano virtuoso Glenn Gould more than ten years after his self-imposed exile from the stage, which results in a mixture of interview and performance.

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Quatuor Arod - Debussy, Attahir, Ravel (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Dec. 1, 2024

Quatuor Arod - Debussy, Attahir, Ravel (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:18:12 minutes | 1,32 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Composed a decade apart, Debussy and Ravel's string quartets make a very natural pair.

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Sviatoslav Richter - The 100 Anniversary: Essential (2015) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Feb. 28, 2020

Sviatoslav Richter – The 100 Anniversary: Essential (2015)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) – 1.4 Gb | 05:52:58
Genre: Classical | Label: Melodiya

For the 100th anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter, Firma Melodiya presents its arguably biggest project in its semicentennial history. The name of Sviatoslav Richter is inscribed in gold in the history of music. He was not just “more than a pianist,” he was even more than a musician. An owner of composing, conducting, artistic, directing and acting gifts, a connoisseur of literature, arts and philosophy, with a will of iron he made all his gifts serve the art of pianism.

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Quatuor Arod - Debussy, Ravel & Attahir: String Quartets (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 26, 2023

Quatuor Arod - Debussy, Ravel & Attahir: String Quartets (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 348 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 181 Mb | 01:18:18
Classical | Label: Erato Records, Warner Classics

The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel, composed within a decade of each other, make a natural pairing. The Arod Quartet, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2023, sets these two belle époque masterpieces in a present-day context with a third work: Al Asr, by the young French composer Benjamin Attahir. The scope of this Erato release is further expanded with a DVD documentary about the Arod Quartet, entitled Ménage à quatre and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.

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