Sylvain Beuf Quartet Electric Excentric (2012) {harmonia Mundi}

Gloria Cheng, Calder Quartet - Olivier Messiaen, Kaija Saariaho: The Edge Of Light (2012)

Olivier Messiaen, Kaija Saariaho - The Edge Of Light (2012)
Gloria Cheng (piano), Calder Quartet

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 209 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 166 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907578 | Time: 01:07:02

Grammy® Award-winner Gloria Cheng brings an exquisite array of touch to this programme which couples the first mature works of Olivier Messiaen with the darkly radiant music of Kaija Saariaho. The Calder Quartet joins Ms. Cheng for Saariaho's 2003 trio 'Je sens un deuxième coeur' and Messiaen's 'Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes'. Saariaho attended this first recording of her ‘Ballade’ and ‘Prelude’.

Sylvain Beuf - Time Feel (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 19, 2022
Sylvain Beuf - Time Feel (2021)

Sylvain Beuf - Time Feel (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 522 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 213 Mb | Covers included | 01:15:15
Jazz, Post Bop | Label: Bonsaï Music

Après une expérience sur scène de deux ans et une pause de six mois due à la crise sanitaire, le trio de Sylvain Beuf formé en 2018 avec l’organiste Damien Argentieri et le batteur Fabrice Moreau, a reporté l’enregistrement de son album. Cette pause leur a permis de mûrir le projet. Six mois plus tard c’est un quartet qui entre au studio de Meudon avec le pianiste et accordéoniste Tom Olivier-Beuf, fils du saxophoniste. En invité, le jeune guitariste Raphaël Olivier que l'on retrouve sur une revisite de Summertime. "Enregistrer ce nouvel album en studio m’a rappelé que la musique ne meurt jamais, qu’elle renaît perpétuellement en nous et encore plus au moment où une brume silencieuse et masquée commençait à ensevelir" dixit Sylvain Beuf.
Jerusalem Quartet - Bela Bartok: String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 & 6 (2016)

Jerusalem Quartet - Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 & 6 (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 351 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 184 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC902235 | Time: 01:18:50

The string quartets of Béla Bartók punctuate the evolution of his style and the turning points of his existence. From the Second Quartet (1915-17) reflecting the period of World War One and his troubled personal life, through the Fourth whose exploration of rhythm, tonality and timbre produces magnificent and unprecedented sonorities in its ‘night music’, to the unbearable anguish of the Sixth (1939), as his dream of fraternity was shattered against the rise of nationalism and fascism, the Jerusa lem Quartet’s programme brings us the essence of Bartók's genius. Expect reviews in Classical music press for these hm artists with an extensive, acclaimed back catalogue for the label.
Shostakovich - String Quartets - Jerusalem Quartet (2012) {2CD Harmonia Mundi HMG 508392.93}

Shostakovich - String Quartets - Jerusalem Quartet (2012) {2CD Harmonia Mundi HMG 508392.93}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 530 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 299 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 20 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2012 Harmonia Mundi | HMG 508392.93
Classical / Chamber Music

A judicious coupling of Shostakovich recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet who have won BBC Music Magazine Awards no less than three times. “Vivid, profoundly intelligent accounts of six of Shostakovich's Quartets. The Jerusalems prove eloquent exponents of these works' tragic intensity and bittersweet lyricism.” - BBC Music Magazine, February 2013.

The Heath Quartet - Béla Bartók: Complete String Quartets (2017)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at April 25, 2023
The Heath Quartet - Béla Bartók: Complete String Quartets (2017)

The Heath Quartet - Béla Bartók: Complete String Quartets (2017)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:37:34 | 709 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: HMM 907661.62

The six string quartets of Béla Bartók mark a high point in the genre, and even though their myriad technical demands, rhythmic complexity, and bracing dissonances are no longer obstacles to frequent performance, they still present a major challenge for any string quartet. The Heath Quartet has been performing since 2002, and it has considerable experience with repertoire ranging from Beethoven to contemporary music, though this 2017 set on Harmonia Mundi shows that even after 15 years of music-making, these musicians can still be in awe of Bartók's achievement.
Fort Worth SO, Miguel Harth-Bedoya - Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Brahms-Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No.1 (2016)

Witold Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op. 25 (orch. Arnold Schoenberg)
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 313 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 169 Mb | Artwork included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi USA | # HMU807668 | Time: 01:11:40

On his fourth recording for harmonia mundi, GRAMMY-nominated conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya leads the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in an all-orchestral program featuring Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's Piano Quartet No.1. With its use of folk melodies to generate tremendous momentum and dramatic impact, the Concerto for Orchestra established Lutoslawski as Poland's leading contemporary composer. Harth-Bedoya couples this powerful and complex score with Schoenberg's rich and colorful arrangement of one of Brahms's most popular chamber works.
Tokyo String Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (2010)

Tokyo String Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (2010)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 2.34 Gb | 08:25:18
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi

Enjoyable as other digital recordings of Beethoven's first quartets are, this new Tokyo set just about pips all rivals to the post. The reason is primarily one of balance, not only within the group itself but also in terms of overall musical judgement – whether relating to tempo, dynamics or emphases, or simply the way the players combine a sense of classical style with an appreciation of Beethoven's startling originality. If you're after a top-ranking digital set of Op 18, you couldn't do better.
Jerry Hadley, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano - Leonard Bernstein: Mass (2012)

Jerry Hadley, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano - Leonard Bernstein: Mass (2012)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 426 MB | 01:45:41
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi

I am not an automatic fan of composer-led recordings, even when the composer is as great a conductor as Leonard Bernstein. However, after living with this newcomer for a while, I have to confess that it doesn’t quite match that classic version, even though it does a few things even better. On the plus side, there’s Kent Nagano’s swift and perky direction of some of the music-theater numbers, such as “God Said”, “World Without End”, and in general all of the music in and around the Gloria. But this can be a two-edged sword: The mechanized Credo has less impact than it could; a very quick tempo at the opening of the Agnus Dei prevents the chorus from ever sounding really angry and demanding; and the calamitous Dona Nobis Pacem simply lacks the bluesy sleaze that Bernstein himself wrings out of it. A slower tempo also would have allowed the music’s many layers to register with greater clarity.
Kitgut Quartet - Tis too late to be wise (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Kitgut Quartet - Tis too late to be wise (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 53:04 minutes | 994 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Liberty, enthusiasm and sharing: that might well be the motto of the Kitgut Quartet (named for the ‘kitgut’ or catgut strings it uses), which brings together four outstanding soloists, all of them members of the leading period-instrument European ensembles.
Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - Requiem For A Pink Moon (2012)

Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - Requiem For A Pink Moon (2012)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers + Digital Booklet | 65:53 | 312 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: HMC902111

Following the success of his 2011 album Rose of Sharon a celebration of 18th Century American music that landed on Billboard s classical chart and critics year-end lists the latest project by Joel Frederiksen and the Ensemble Phoenix Munich takes them all the way back in time to… 1972. That was the year the late British troubadour and cult favorite Nick Drake released his third and final album, Pink Moon. Initially, the album garnered a small amount of critical attention, but it was not until decades after Drake s death that it received widespread public and critical acclaim. Today, the sparse and unadorned tracks of Pink Moon are regarded by many fans and music critics as the greatest efforts of a tragically short career.