Month Bartók

Vilde Frang, Michail Lifits - Bela Bartok, Edvard Grieg, Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas (2011) Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 4, 2024

One of the leading young soloists to emerge from Scandinavia in recent years, noted particularly for her superb musical expression, as well as her well-developed virtuosity and musicality. Young Norwegian violinist, Vilde Frang brings together a diverse, yet complimentary selection of sonatas for her second EMI Classics release. The youthful, spirited Grieg: Violin Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op. 8 and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18 are paired with Bartók’s technically challenging, musically complex Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117. Frang frequently performs the later, which Bartók composed as an homage to Bach, with the Strauss in concert. Vilde is joined by pianist Michail Lifits for this recording.

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Roman Simovic, LSO String Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C & Bartok: Divertimento (2014) [DSD64 Stereo + Hi-Res FLAC] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at March 14, 2024

Roman Simovic, LSO String Ensemble - Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C & Bartók: Divertimento (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time - 55:50 minutes | 1,34 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 55:50 minutes | 1,22 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The LSO’s magnificent string sound is world renowned and this recording marks the LSO Live debut of the LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO leader Roman Simovic, who directs a performance of the much loved Tchaikovsky "Serenade for Strings", together with Bartók’s "Divertimento". The Serenade has proved to be one of Tchaikovsky’s most enduringly popular works, a piece he described as being “passionately in love with”. Inspired in part by Mozart, its elegant music weaves Russian folk-song, and a fine example of the composer’s beloved Waltz, with an elegiac musical centrepiece. Also featured on this release is Bartók’s "Divertimento", one of the composer’s last works before leaving Europe for exile in the US. The Divertimento is a highly original work in its own unique idiom, contrasting two buoyant and light-hearted movements with a sombre Adagio in four sections.

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James Ehnes - Bartók: Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1 (2012) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at March 24, 2017

James Ehnes - Bartók: Works for Violin & Piano, Vol. 1 (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 83:47 minutes | 1.42 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

This is the second volume in a series devoted to the works for strings by Béla Bartók, with James Ehnes the featured soloist. Earlier this year, Ehnes recorded the Violin and Viola Concertos (CHAN 10690), which was made Disc of the Month in Gramophone magazine.

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Christian Tetzlaff, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu - Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2018) Music

Posted by delpotro at April 12, 2018

Christian Tetzlaff, The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Hannu Lintu - Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | 01:00:25 | 279 Mb
Classical | Label: Ondine

Star violinist Christian Tetzlaff performs Béla Bartók’s (1881–1945) two masterpieces in a new recording with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu. This recording continues both artists’ highly successful series of recordings on Ondine.

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Schumann Quartett - Landscapes: Haydn, Takemitsu, Bartók & Pärt (2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 2, 2020

Schumann Quartett - Landscapes: Haydn, Takemitsu, Bartók & Pärt (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:41 minutes | 1,25 GB
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics, Official Digital Download

“Landscapes” is a journey in sound to the roots of the Schumann Quartet, a foursome made up of the three brothers Erik, Ken and Mark Schumann and the viola player Liisa Randalu. Four very different works contribute their personal stories to form a magical whole. At the album’s hub is Arvo Pärt’s composition “Fratres”, meaning “brothers”. The Schumann Quartet rehearsed the work with Pärt in Viimsi in Estonia and recorded it there. The personal contact with the composer came through Pärt’s Estonian compatriot Liisa Randalu.

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Eric Ericson, Rundfunkchor Stockholm, Stockholmer Kammerchor - European Choral Music (2014) 6CD Box Set Music

Posted by Designol at July 31, 2024

The great recordings of the "Nordic choral marvel": Swedish choral conductor Eric Ericson was one of the true legends in his field. When he died in 2013 at the age of 94, he had spent decades working to place his two Stockholm choirs among the international musical elite. His recordings from the 1970's enjoy real cult status – unique interpretations of a cappella works from the Renaissance to the 20th century, from Gesualdo to Penderecki, released here for the first time in a single box.

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Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Flute Master (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 7, 2022

Jean-Pierre Rampal - The Flute Master (2022)
FLAC tracks | 6:06:39 | 1,76 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Warner Classics

January 7th marks the centenary of Jean-Pierre Rampal, the celebrated flautist who was not only an amazing virtuoso but also and incredible trailblazer of his instrument’s repertoire. This digital collection demonstrates all the artistry of Rampal, at ease in all styles, from the numerous baroque concertos he revitalized to the contemporary pieces he recorded and premiered, and even the Indian music he recorded along with Ravi Shankar. Spanning twenty-five years of his unique career, highlighting chamber music as well as concertos, running from Telemann and Bach to Nielsen and Poulenc, it includes numerous digital premieres and foreshadows a month of January intensely devoted to Rampal’s memory.

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VA - Best of Mercury Living Presence (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 18, 2022

VA - Best of Mercury Living Presence (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.5 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 717 MB
5:11:13 | Classical | Label: UMG

The History of Mercury Living Presence
The year was 1950. The record industry was recovering from the 'battle of the speeds', which pitted RCA Victor, with its 45-rpm disc, against Columbia Records, inventor of the microgroove long-playing record. (The 78-rpm shellac disc had just suffered a swift demise.) In the aftermath of the protracted struggle, the unexpected happened. Both sides won: the 45-rpm became the preferred speed for popular music at the time and the LP was adopted as the industry standard for classics and other 'long-playing' programs.

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Trondheim Solistene - Divertimenti (2008) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by shamanicus at June 18, 2018

Trondheim Solistene - Divertimenti (2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Artwork: d.booklet, front cover | RAR | 1.13 Gb
Classical, Early 20th Century, Contemporary | Label: 2L / 2L-050

The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent: This is a superbly alive performance of the Britten Simple Symphony, making it sound a much more ambitiouswork than usual. A demonstration recording!

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Trondheim Solistene - Divertimenti (2008) {2L} Music

Posted by shamanicus at June 18, 2018

The sound is spectacular in whatever format you choose but the jump to Blu-ray is, as in vision, a leap forward. None of which would matter were the performances not also uniformly excellent: This is a superbly alive performance of the Britten Simple Symphony, making it sound a much more ambitiouswork than usual. A demonstration recording!

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