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Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (2021) [24/48]

Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 62:15 minutes | 639 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Orfeo, Official Digital Download

Alexander Zemlinsky composed his Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 for soprano, baritone and orchestra during his time as musical director of the New German Theatre in Prague, where he had moved in 1911 from Vienna. It was generally regarded as his corresponding equivalent to Mahler’s Lied von der Erde and is based on Nobel Prize laureate and most important representative of modern Indian literature Rabindranath Tagore.
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Sarah Leonard - Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b & Other Works (2022)

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen, Sarah Leonard - Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b & Other Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 58:34 | 225 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Orfeo

5th instalment of the Michael Gielen / ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna series on Orfeo. What makes Olivier Messiaen’s œuvre so special is, to a great extent, his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations, and convictions into a wholly individual and perfectly coherent musical language. This includes the development of the modal harmonies of earlier centuries as much as it does an engagement with rhythms from non-European traditions. The wealth of colors in his works stems, in part, from Messiaen’s synaesthetic ability to perceive chords as various shapes and colors. As an enthusiastic ornithologist, he spent much time in nature, notating birdsong and then working those, in stylized form, into his compositions. But most importantly, Messiaen’s work is governed by his profound faith. Messiaen once said of himself that he didn’t primarily see himself as a composer but as an “ornithologist and rhythmist”. Captured in 1991 and 1996, remastered from original ORF archive tapes.
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg - In Memoriam: Michael Gielen (2019)

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg - In Memoriam: Michael Gielen (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 819 MB | Tracks: 9 | 172:40 min
Style: Classical | Label: SWR Classic

Recorded 42 years apart, these two performances of Mahlers Sixth Symphony are highly contrasted in terms of tempo, sense of structure and interpretation. It is certainly appropriate to commemorate Michael Gielen with these two recordings of the work he performed most often recordings that represent the opposite poles of Gielens Mahler interpretations. For the first time ever on disc, this edition includes the 1971 recording of Mahlers Symphony No. 6 in its original sound quality.
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Mozart Waisenhausmesse & Haydn Nelsonmesse (2025)

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Mozart Waisenhausmesse & Haydn Nelsonmesse (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:13:28 | 357 Mb
Genre: Classical

Mozart’s Mass in C minor was commissioned to mark the consecration of the Orphanage Church (Waisenhauskirche) in Vienna. Aged only twelve, Mozart conducted the first performance in the presence of the court “to the general approbation and admiration of everyone”, as the Viennese press reported.Haydn’s Missa in angustiis was written 30 years later. The nickname ‘Nelson Mass’ was acquired following a performance given in the presence of Admiral Nelson in 1800. Haydn held the position of Kapellmeister at the palace of Prince Esterházy. The prince became obliged to reduce the size of his court orchestra because of financial constraints, but Haydn nevertheless went on to compose six masses, with the ‘Nelson Mass’ widely regarded as his finest setting. Gielen recorded these works with the ORF during concerts in 1991 and 2000.
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Mozart Waisenhausmesse & Haydn Nelsonmesse (2025)

ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Mozart Waisenhausmesse & Haydn Nelsonmesse (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:13:28 | 357 Mb
Genre: Classical

Mozart’s Mass in C minor was commissioned to mark the consecration of the Orphanage Church (Waisenhauskirche) in Vienna. Aged only twelve, Mozart conducted the first performance in the presence of the court “to the general approbation and admiration of everyone”, as the Viennese press reported.Haydn’s Missa in angustiis was written 30 years later. The nickname ‘Nelson Mass’ was acquired following a performance given in the presence of Admiral Nelson in 1800. Haydn held the position of Kapellmeister at the palace of Prince Esterházy. The prince became obliged to reduce the size of his court orchestra because of financial constraints, but Haydn nevertheless went on to compose six masses, with the ‘Nelson Mass’ widely regarded as his finest setting. Gielen recorded these works with the ORF during concerts in 1991 and 2000.
Michael Gielen, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (2021)

Michael Gielen, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:02:16 | 279 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Orfeo

Alexander Zemlinsky composed his Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 for soprano, baritone and orchestra during his time as musical director of the New German Theatre in Prague, where he had moved in 1911 from Vienna. It was generally regarded as his corresponding equivalent to Mahler’s Lied von der Erde and is based on Nobel Prize laureate and most important representative of modern Indian literature Rabindranath Tagore. The work is combined with the befriended and three years older "phantasmogorist" Franz Schreker’s Prelude to a Drama, which is a version of the overture of his Die Gezeichneten. It might be considered symptomatic for the most notable characteristic of Schreker’s music: the dominance of chordal sounds over the melodic element.
Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (2021)

Karan Armstrong, Roland Hermann, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen - Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 (Live) (2021)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Digital booklet | 01:02:15 | 145 Mb
Classical, Vocal | Label: Orfeo

Alexander Zemlinsky composed his Lyric Symphony, Op. 18 for soprano, baritone and orchestra during his time as musical director of the New German Theatre in Prague, where he had moved in 1911 from Vienna. It was generally regarded as his corresponding equivalent to Mahler’s Lied von der Erde and is based on Nobel Prize laureate and most important representative of modern Indian literature Rabindranath Tagore. The work is combined with the befriended and three years older "phantasmogorist" Franz Schreker’s Prelude to a Drama, which is a version of the overture of his Die Gezeichneten. It might be considered symptomatic for the most notable characteristic of Schreker’s music: the dominance of chordal sounds over the melodic element.
Georges Pretre, Hans Rosbaud, Michael Gielen,  SWR Orchestral Treasures - Dynamic Instrumentals (2024)

Georges Pretre, Hans Rosbaud, Michael Gielen, SWR Orchestral Treasures - Dynamic Instrumentals (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:08:28 | 918 Mb
Genre: Classical

A compilation of energetic, dynamic orchestral works, mainly from the romantic and post-romantic era, but also from the first half of the 20th century. Next to known works, there are also lesser known but important constributions to the symphonic repertoire.
Georges Pretre, Hans Rosbaud, Michael Gielen,  SWR Orchestral Treasures - Dynamic Instrumentals (2024)

Georges Pretre, Hans Rosbaud, Michael Gielen, SWR Orchestral Treasures - Dynamic Instrumentals (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:08:28 | 918 Mb
Genre: Classical

A compilation of energetic, dynamic orchestral works, mainly from the romantic and post-romantic era, but also from the first half of the 20th century. Next to known works, there are also lesser known but important constributions to the symphonic repertoire.
Arnold Schoenberg - Uhl, BOB, Blunier - Orchesterwerke (2009) {Hybrid-SACD // ISO & HiRes FLAC}

Arnold Schoenberg - Orchesterwerke
Manuela Uhl / Beethoven Orchester Bonn / Stefan Blunier
SACD ISO: 3,50 GB (Stereo + MCH DSD) | FLAC @ 24bit/88.2kHz: 1,01 GB | Full Artwork | 5% Rec. Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 937 1584-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Early 20th Century

What a program! On his first recording as the conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn, Stefan Blunier offers us a look at four important phases in the life of the composer Arnold Schönberg. The selection ranges from the late-romantic Notturno through the Orchestral Songs op. 8 to the atonal Orchestral Pieces op. 16 and the highly romantic transcription of the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Premiere Performance Schönberg’s Notturno for harp, solo violin, and string orchestra was long regarded as lost…