Nicolas Alexander

Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)

Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Lawrence Power, Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich - Veress: String Trio & Bartók: Piano Quintet (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 259 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 145 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:36
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

The Lockenhaus International Chamber Music Festival is regarded as one of Austria’s most prestigious festivals: it was created by the violinist Gidon Kremer to offer a new vision of chamber music and the opportunity to create musical exchanges in an intimate setting. The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer in 2012 and now continues the spirit of the festival. For this first recording in partnership with Lockenhaus, he is joined by experienced partners, including the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang, the Hungarian violinist Barnabás Kelemen, the German pianist Alexander Lonquich – whose Schubert double album was recently released on Alpha (Alpha 433) – and the British violist Lawrence Power. Together they have selected two works, the Piano Quintet of Béla Bartók, a demanding composition, rarely performed even though it is considered an intensely personal work, and the String Trio of Sándor Veress, a former student of Bartók.
Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich - Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020)

Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich - Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 527 Mb | Total time: 145:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 577 | Recorded: 2019

Beethoven’s output for forte piano and violoncello is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language. For this complete set, which includes the variations on themes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Nicolas Altstaedt was keen to record on an instrument with gut strings, a Guadagnini from Piacenza dated 1749, and using a Classical bow. Alexander Lonquich, his faithful recital partner – they been inseparable companions since the day Altstaedt replaced his teacher Boris Pergamenschikow for a concert of Beethoven sonatas with Lonquich at the Beethovenfest in Bonn in 2004 – here plays a Graf fortepiano of 1826.
Nicolas Bearde - I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole (2019)

Nicolas Bearde - I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 239 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 98 MB | 00:41:55
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Right Groove Records

In 2019, Cole is king. Feted on record by John Pizzarelli, celebrated with a new seven CD set of his early work from Resonance Records, and praised and reappraised from numerous journalistic angles, Nathaniel Adams Coles better known as Nat "King" Cole is receiving the posthumous plaudits he so richly deserves in this, his centennial year. Now, adding to the chorus, comes this easy-going charmer of a tribute from one of the West Coast's most underrated vocal talents.
Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich - Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020)

Nicolas Altstaedt & Alexander Lonquich - Beethoven: Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 533 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 335 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:24:23
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

Beethoven’s output for cello and piano is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language. For this complete set, which includes the variations on themes from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus and Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Nicolas Altstaedt was keen to record on an instrument with gut strings, a Guadagnini from Piacenza dated 1749, and using a Classical bow.
Alexander Kobrin, Frédéric D’Oria-Nicolas - Rachmaninov: Héritage (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Alexander Kobrin, Frédéric D’Oria-Nicolas - Rachmaninov: Héritage (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Time - 83:50 minutes | 1.32 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

- Rachmaninov's Two Suite's and the Symphonic Dances are crucial works in his oeuvre and major works in the two piano literature. - Pianist Frederic D'Oria-Nicolas, noted for his sonorous piano sound and assured manner, has recorded several critcally acclaimed albums for Fondamenta. - Pianist Alexander Kobrin concertizes internationally and recently joined the Artist Faculty of Steinhardt School for Piano Studies at New York University. - Booklet notes in French and English.
Nicolas Altstaedt - Beethoven - Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Nicolas Altstaedt - Beethoven - Complete Works for Fortepiano and Violoncello (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 02:24:25 minutes | 2,35 GB
Classical | Label: Alpha, Official Digital Download

Beethoven’s output for fortepiano and violoncello is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern musical language.

Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at March 8, 2020
Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"

Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"
Tallandier | 2014 | ISBN: 2847347283 | Français | EPUB | 273 pages | 5.5 MB

Le 10 août 1941, les armées allemandes lancent l’offensive finale sur Leningrad. Moins d’un mois plus tard, la ville est encerclée. Pendant 872 jours – le siège le plus long de l’histoire moderne –, seule la « route de la vie », passant par le lac Ladoga gelé, permet l’approvisionnement, du reste très insuffisant, des Léningradois, qui souffrent de la faim et du froid. …

Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by TimMa at Oct. 26, 2016
Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"

Alexander Werth, "Leningrad, 1943"
Tallandier | 2014 | ISBN: 2847347283 | French | EPUB | 273 pages | 2.6 MB

Le 10 août 1941, les armées allemandes lancent l’offensive finale sur Leningrad. Moins d’un mois plus tard, la ville est encerclée. Pendant 872 jours – le siège le plus long de l’histoire moderne –, seule la « route de la vie », passant par le lac Ladoga gelé, permet l’approvisionnement, du reste très insuffisant, des Léningradois, qui souffrent de la faim et du froid. …
Alexander Lonquich - Schubert 1828 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Alexander Lonquich - Schubert 1828 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 154:32 minutes | 2.13 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Alexander Lonquich has his own special place in the world of the piano: this German pianist, who made his home in Italy, has enjoyed an untypical career. A disciple of Paul Badura-Skoda, he is highly respected by many conductors and instrumental artists, such as Philippe Herreweghe, Nicolas Altstaedt and Christian Tetzlaff, with all of who he collaborates on a regular basis. Navigating his way between the modern and the early piano, he takes the time needed to allow programmes to properly mature, working on them and thinking them over for several years. Such was also the case for this recording, carefully made on a modern Steinway piano, and we have genuinely fallen in love with it. As Alexander Lonquich’s accompanying notes to the CD testify, the artist has intensively reflected on and lived with the music of Schubert before recording it.

Alexander Lonquich - Schubert 1828 (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 20, 2018
Alexander Lonquich - Schubert 1828 (2018)

Alexander Lonquich - Schubert 1828 (2018)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Digital booklet | 02:34:41 | 356 Mb
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

Alexander Lonquich has his own special place in the world of the piano: this German pianist, who made his home in Italy, has enjoyed an untypical career. A disciple of Paul Badura-Skoda, he is highly respected by many conductors and instrumental artists, such as Philippe Herreweghe, Nicolas Altstaedt and Christian Tetzlaff, with all of who he collaborates on a regular basis. Navigating his way between the modern and the early piano, he takes the time needed to allow programmes to properly mature, working on them and thinking them over for several years. Such was also the case for this recording, carefully made on a modern Steinway piano, and we have genuinely fallen in love with it. As Alexander Lonquich’s accompanying notes to the CD testify, the artist has intensively reflected on and lived with the music of Schubert before recording it.