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Aki Takase - Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima (2019) Music

Posted by Pisulik at April 26, 2019

Aki Takase - Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 251 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 MB | 00:46:54
Jazz | Label: BMC Records

Having feted a number of significant composers in the past - from Fats Waller, W.C. Handy and Duke Ellington to Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy - this recent collaboration of Takase's with DJ Illvibe reveals a culmination of the pianist's fascination and influence of a non-jazz composer this time around in Conlon Nancarrow, who arguably was best known for his works for player pianos that went well beyond human capacity and capabilities. I have been working with DJ Illvibe for a long time and I think it relates to my inspiration of and approach to Nancarrow… (so) I thought I could compose in a similar way, explains Takase regarding this new project.

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Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Adriano - Fritz Brun: Complete Orchestral Works (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 27, 2019

Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Adriano - Fritz Brun: Complete Orchestral Works (2019)
FLAC (tracks +booklet) | 11:37:50 | 2,8 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Brilliant Classics

Brun grew up in Lucerne and his time active as a composer coincided with a period of high creative output of Swiss music. Brun’s repertoire sits alongside other native composers such as Honegger, Schoeck and Bloch. The crowded market, combined with the struggle to find a publisher (only three out of his ten symphonies were published in his lifetime) offers one indication as to why Brun’s works failed to reach the mainstream public. While not a household name, Brun is often touted as the Swiss answer to Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar. Brun’s works have a nostalgic touch; they draw on the Romantic and Classical eras in their emotional sincerity and defined forms, but always with a modern flavour.

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Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom - Variations2 (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 15, 2019

Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom - Variations2 (2019)
FLAC tracks | 01:20:51 | 284 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Odradek Records

Following the success of their Liszt album on Odradek, Duo Tsuyuki & Rosenboom marks its 10th anniversary as a partnership with 'Variations2', sets of variations for two pianos by Brahms, Saint-Saens and Lutoslawski. All the composers featured on this release were inspired by the music of others when writing their sets of variations. Brahms paid a very personal tribute to his late friend, Robert Schumann, when he chose Schumann's final work, the 'Ghost Variations', as the basis for his own Variations, Op. 23. We also hear Brahms' magnificent 'St Anthony' Variations inspired by Haydn, which culminate in a passacaglia (a set of variations within the variations): a masterful achievement through which Brahms elevates the form into music of real depth and sophistication.

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Rudolf Serkin - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Haendel Variations (2002) Music

Posted by tirexiss at Oct. 11, 2019

Rudulf Serkin, in the company of Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra shine a wonderful light on Brahm's First Piano Concerto. Serkin brings the same radiance he delivers to Beethoven's "Emperor". Self-effacing, Serkin noted, "We are nothing next to the immense pieces we play… nothing, we are mere dwarfs". A challenging piece by any measure, Serkin's performance is well balanced with that of the orchestra, which play in harmony to produce elegant sound on this well-recorded Sony edition. The Handel Variations are a delightful change of pace as a makeweight.

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Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi - The Art of Variation (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 21, 2019

Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi - The Art of Variation (2019)
FLAC tracks | 01:26:48 | 316 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Universal Music Italia Srl

Il nuovo album del pianista Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi conferma la sua straordinaria originalità nel ricercare e proporre “concept” di particolare interesse. In “The Art of Variation” Bianchi esplora la forma musicale della variazione attraverso la quale un compositore si rivolge per coniugare movimento e stasi, aspirando a trovare un asse di convergenza tra il dinamismo della creazione continua e il senso di riposo che emana dalla forma compiuta.

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Johannes Obermeier - Brilliants (2024) Music

Posted by delpotro at June 6, 2024

Johannes Obermeier - Brilliants (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 250 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 174 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:15:10
Classical | Label: Genuin

Where do piano music and the noblest of all diamonds meet? Nobility, technical finesse, and the beauty of reflection can only explain a part of our fascination for diamonds – there remains a mystery, an inexplicable depth. It's the same with the musical works that pianist Johannes Obermeier has brought together in his GENUIN album "Brilliants". Schumann's radiant "Carnaval", Ravel's sparkling "Valses nobles et sentimentales", Chopin's and Godowsky's dazzling etudes, and Obermeier's own variations on a Schumann motif are mirrors and reflections of each other. This CD production is part of the Carl Bechstein Special Prize of the ARD Music Competition 2022 – one of numerous awards the young exceptional musician has earned in the past two years. A promising debut album!

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Thérèse Malengreau - Apostel: Kubiniana, 60 Schemen & 10 Variationen (2019) Music

Posted by varrock at Jan. 3, 2019

Thérèse Malengreau - Apostel: Kubiniana, 60 Schemen & 10 Variationen (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | Tracks: 30 | 71:18 min | 213 MB
Style: Classical | Label: BIS

The Belgian pianist Thérèse Malengreau has a particular interest in the relationship between music and the visual arts. With her first disc on BIS she offers us a rare opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the music of Hans Erich Apostel, banned as ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis in 1938, and a rarity in performance ever since. At the same time, her disc allows us insight into the interplay between composers and artists in other disciplines during the first decades of the twentieth century, in the context of movements such as Der Blaue Reiter, the arts magazine Der Sturm or the Vienna Workshop.

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WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Reznicek: Chamisso-Variationen (2007) Music

Posted by varrock at May 8, 2019

WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Reznicek: Chamisso-Variationen (2007)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 266 MB | Tracks: 22 | 65:19 min
Style: Classical | Label: CPO

“… Michail Jurowski, who has conducted several of cpo's earlier Reznicek discs, has a good ear for the music's color and structure. These performances are vivid, convincing and nicely played, and the conductor resists the temptation to present the music too "winkingly." Bass Alexander Vassiliev makes a small but positive contribution in the Chamisso Variations. The engineering is bright and full too. If Korngold and Strauss are your "thing," you'll probably like this CD.”

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MDR Sinfonieorchester, MDR Kammerphilharmoni, Heinz Rögner - Beethoven, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 9, 2022

MDR Sinfonieorchester, MDR Kammerphilharmoni, Heinz Rögner - Beethoven, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022)
FLAC tracks | 04:22:08 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical / Label: Genuin

As a servant to his craft, Heinz Rögner was influenced by the musical traditions of his hometown of Leipzig. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his death, Genuin together with MDR, is dedicating a significant box set to the great conductor, featuring concert recordings from the Gewandhaus from 1994 to 2001. Originally from a humble background, the musician worked predominantly in Berlin and Leipzig but was also exceptionally well-known and popular in Japan. This box provides us with superb recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Schubert and Anton Bruckner, as well as Reger's Mozart Variations and Gershwin's An American in Paris. The MDR Symphony Orchestra and the MDR Chamber Philharmonic perform at their best!

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Renaud Capucon, Kit Armstrong - Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin (2023) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at June 22, 2023

Mit dieser Box mit 16 Sonaten für Klavier und Violine präsentieren Renaud Capuçon und Kit Armstrong die Brillanz von Mozarts Kammermusik. Gemeinsam erwecken sie die unglaubliche Vielfalt und die verschiedenen Facetten von Mozarts Genie zum Leben. Renaud Capuçon beschreibt die musikalische Beziehung mit Kit Armstrong als "wirklich inspirierend. Alles funktioniert auf völlig unkomplizierte und natürliche Weise. Und nachdem wir diese Sonaten in Salzburg gespielt hatten, wussten wir sofort, dass wir sie aufnehmen wollten. Diese Stücke mit Kit aufzuführen, bedeutet, sich auf eine wunderbare musikalische Reise zu begeben.

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