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Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 - 1012 (2024)

Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007 - 1012 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:55:24 | 425 / 265 Mb
Genre: Classical

After the war, when musical activities resumed, Starker became principal cellist of the Budapest Opera and the Budapest Philharmonic orchestras. Soviet Red Army forces had occupied the country, and the Communist Party was gaining dominance. Starker left the country in 1946 when relatively free travel was still possible. He gave a successful concert in Vienna, then remained there to prepare for the Geneva Cello Competition, held in October 1946. He won only a bronze medal. "I played like a blind man," he said. "What happens to the bird who sings and doesn't know how it sings? That's what happens to child prodigies." Starker set out to rebuild his technique. He analyzed all aspects of playing, from breathing to the physics of applying muscular force to the bow and the instrument, to phrasing, bowing, and fingering. By October of the following year he had regained his confidence. He decided to stay in the West due to the deteriorating political situation in Hungary, and headed for the United States, where Hungarian musicians had important positions.
Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Solo Cello (Complete), Sonatas in G & D Major for Cello & Piano (1963/1965/1991/2004)

Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Solo Cello (Complete), Sonatas in G & D Major for Cello & Piano (1963/1965/1991/2004)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time - 140:43 minutes | 4,94 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 140:43 minutes | 3,07 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Janos Starker was one of the 20th century's best cellists, known for his warmth and expression, as well as a thorough knowledge of the instrument. On these historic recordings, Starker delivers Bach’s six suites for solo cello and sonatas with technical expertise and authenticity. Accompanied by pianist György Sebök, this re-release is captured with the pristine sound associated with the Mercury Living Presence series.

Janos Starker - J.S. Bach: 6 Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 (2011)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at May 12, 2024
Janos Starker - J.S. Bach: 6 Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 (2011)

Janos Starker - J.S. Bach: 6 Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 (2011)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 704 MB | 02:23:07
Genre: Classical | Label: RCA Red Seal

Le grand Janos Starker a enregistré les Suites de Bach à plusieurs reprises. Rien d'étonnant à cela puisqu'elles sont le bréviaire de tout violoncelliste. A chaque fois son engagement est total et sa réalisation à l'image de son art sobre, à la limite de l'ascétisme. Nul débordement romantique sous son archet, mais une lecture littérale avec beaucoup de respect voire de distance. Une option radicale qui peut étonner mais que nous trouvons tout à fait fascinante.
Bach - Sonates & Partitas Pour Violon Seul,Le Petit Livre D'anna-Magdalena Bach,Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul (1996) (5CD)

Bach - Sonates & Partitas Pour Violon Seul, Le Petit Livre D'anna-Magdalena Bach, Suites Pour Violoncelle Seul (1996) (5CD Box set)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Artwork | 1402 mb | MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 783 mb
Classical, Cello, Violin | Label: EMI Classical - 7243 4 89179 2 8

This set includes two of the rarest and hardest to find of all recordings: the 1958-59 version of the Bach Cello Suites by Janos Starker – the one everyone says his later recordings cannot match – and the extremely beautiful performance of Bach's unaccompanied violin sonatas and partitas – the one that Japanese collectors pay 3-digit dollar prices for – in outstanding EMI Digital Re-Masterings.
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 13 [3CDs] (2002)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 13 [3CDs] (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 795 Gb | Total time: 03:04:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72213 | Recorded: 2000

The present set is the debut of Ton Koopman on the Challenge Classics label and the re-start of the series of complete cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Volume 13 in this CD presentation contains the third series of chorale cantatas from the second annual cycle Bach composed for Leipzig. Music criticism in the modern sense did not exist in the eighteenth century, so we do not really know anything about how the public responded to Bach's music. One of the few comments we have is in a newspaper report of Bach's first appearance in the capacity of Cantor of St Thomas's, presenting a cantata on 30 May 1723,but we learn only that it was received with approbation, even applause.
Baroque Christmas: George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach (2011)

Baroque Christmas: George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach (2011)
Lucia Popp, soprano; Brigitte Fassbaender, contralto; Robert Gambill, tenor; Robert Holl, bass
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor; Sudfunkchor
Dame Janet Baker, contralto; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Choir of King’s College
Cambridge Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Sir Philip Ledger, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 360 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 182 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Choral, Oratorio | Label: EMI | # 50999 6 78165 2 1 | Time: 01:14:56

The peal of church bells, the scent of Christmas trees and gleaming lights in every window: now all that's missing to complete the Yuletide mood is Christmas by great Baroque composers. This CD contains the most moving arias and resplendent choruses from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Handel's Messiah - the perfect music to celebrate Christmas with.

János Starker & Gerald Moore - A Cello Recital (2024)  Music

Posted by delpotro at July 12, 2024
János Starker & Gerald Moore - A Cello Recital (2024)

János Starker & Gerald Moore - A Cello Recital (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 434 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 247 Mb | 01:44:56
Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Starker’s complete recordings with pianist Gerald Moore. This recording's first half has been released in the past as an LP in 1959, the second half had laid dormant in the Warner Classics archive for decades then finally had been digitized and revealed in 2014! Including virtuoso pieces for cello by Popper, Saint-Saëns or Cassadó and beautiful transcriptions of Bach, Chopin or Schumann.
Gundula Janowitz - Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Remastered) (1965/2016) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Franz Crass, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter - Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Remastered) (1965/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192.0 kHz | Time - 02:43:32 | 6.10 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover+digital booklet

The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until 17 December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Eduard Grell. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. The author of the text is unknown, although a likely collaborator was Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander).
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5 [4CDs] (1997)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5 [4CDs] (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 1,13 Mb | Total time: 03:59:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-17578-2 | Recorded: 1996

The fifth volume of our complete recording of Bach’s cantatas completes the series of secular cantatas from the composer’s years in Leipzig. Seven works are involved here, spanning a period from 1725 to 1742, the year of Bach’s final secular cantata, BWV 212. Of Bach’s occasional compositions, some fifty secular pieces have survived, yet these represent no more than a fraction of what must once have existed. Indeed, there is no other group of works by the composer that has suffered such great – and regrettable – losses. In the case of more than half of the works that are known to have existed, only the words, but not the music, survived. Quite how many pieces may have disappeared without leaving any trace whatsoever is impossible to say.
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 [3CDs] (1999)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 [3CDs] (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 923 Mb | Total time: 03:26:05 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 3984-27315-2 | Recorded: 1998

The ninth volume of this complete recording of Bach’s cantatas continues the series of cantatas from the first Leipzig cycle. Cantata 173a is the sole exception: a secular cantata composed by Bach at Cöthen, it was reworked as a church cantata (BWV 173) for the first Leipzig cycle and is included in Volume 7 (CD 3). BWV 66 is also based on an original work from Bach’s Cöthen period.