Zemlinsky Eschenbach

Konzerthausorchester Berlin & Christoph Eschenbach - Brahms: The Symphonies (2021)

Konzerthausorchester Berlin & Christoph Eschenbach - Brahms: The Symphonies (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 728 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 398 Mb | 02:53:52
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics

Christoph Eschenbach goes into raptures when he speaks about recording Brahms with his Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin:” They were the ideal partner for the Brahms cycle! A lot of ideas, which I was happy to incorporate into my overall concept, derived from the musicians themselves. And they in turn were interested in my approach.” Eschenbach sees the musicians of the orchestra as the perfect counterpart to his love of Brahms. “The Konzerthaus Orchestra has fabulous soloists, especially in the woodwinds and the horn department. Furthermore, their string sound is very ‘Brahmsian’. We very quickly came to an agreement as to how Brahms should sound.”

Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at June 7, 2024
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)

Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Digital Booklet) 299 MB | Cover | 01:06:19 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 156 MB
Classical, Chamber, Romanticism | Label: Evil Penguin Classic

The album presents two quintets for piano and string quartet by two distinguished Hungarian composers from the 20th century: Béla Bartók and Ernst von Dohnányi. While Bartók’s Piano Quintet is an outstanding juvenilia, Dohnányi’s sophisticated work represents its author at its best.

Riccardo Chailly - Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy (1997)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 10, 2020
Riccardo Chailly - Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy (1997)

Riccardo Chailly - Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:10:27 | 352 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | Catalog: 455112

Zemlinsky’s Florentine Tragedy is a disturbing, shocking piece, but to make its fullest impact it also needs to sound ravishingly beautiful. As the wealthy merchant Simone shows Count Bardi (his wife’s lover, as he already suspects) a robe of silver damask so exquisitely wrought with roses “that they lack perfume only to cheat the wanton sense” or, later, describes to him another of Venetian cut velvet patterned with pomegranates each seed of which is a pearl, we should almost be able to see these marvels. Zemlinsky’s sumptuous scoring at these points urgently needs, in short, an orchestra of the Royal Concertgebouw’s stature, and in this reading they sound quite magnificent.
Susanna Mälkki, Gerd Albrecht - Alexander Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Maeterlinck-Songs, Der König Kandaules (2020)

Susanna Mälkki, Gerd Albrecht, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Alexander Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Maeterlinck-Songs, Der König Kandaules (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 198 Mb | Total time: 49:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Capriccio | # C5377 | Recorded: 1992, 2019

“I just heard your wonderful Sinfonietta: hope this is the beginning of your American success,” wrote Arnold Schönberg to Zemlinsky. But Zemlinsky was already suffering from the effects of a stroke and died alone in New York just a few days later. In his Sinfonietta, Op. 24 (1934) he reused a short theme from the last of his Maeterlinck-Songs, Op. 13 (1913), “Wohin gehst Du?” (Where are you going?), a theme of “self-doubts” and “farewell” from a time when Zemlinsky was beginning to observe growing anti-Jewish sentiments in Vienna. The Maeterlinck-Songs were praised as “the center of his output” by Theodor Adorno, and transport the listener to a mystic world concerned with life, evanescence and death.

Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at June 7, 2024
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)

Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti - Piano Quintets (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Digital Booklet) 299 MB | Cover | 01:06:19 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 156 MB
Classical, Chamber, Romanticism | Label: Evil Penguin Classic

The album presents two quintets for piano and string quartet by two distinguished Hungarian composers from the 20th century: Béla Bartók and Ernst von Dohnányi. While Bartók’s Piano Quintet is an outstanding juvenilia, Dohnányi’s sophisticated work represents its author at its best.
Vasily Petrenko, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau; Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin (2021)

Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau; Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 305 Mb | Total time: 78:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Onyx Classics | # ONYX 4197 | Recorded: 2019, 2020

Following on from their critically acclaimed albums of Stravinsky, Elgar and Tchaikovsky, the award winning team of Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra turn to Zemlinsky and Schreker. Premiered in 1905, Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau (after Hans Christian Andersen) was almost ignored by the reviewers. Considered too conservative for the progressives, and too progressive for the conservatives, Zemlinsky struggled to overcome the negative reviews of this masterpiece and withdrew it in the immediate aftermath of the premiere. Vasily Petrenko for this recording uses the original version of the score which restores the "bei der Meerhexe" episode to the 2nd movement. One of the most progressive of the Viennese composers of this period, Schreker's dance pantomime Der Guburtstag der Infantine (story by Oscar Wilde) was given it's premiere in 1908 and was his first big success.
Zemlinsky Quartet & Paolo Giacometti - Bartók & Dohnányi: Piano Quintets (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Zemlinsky Quartet & Paolo Giacometti - Bartók & Dohnányi: Piano Quintets (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 66:18 minutes | 1,13 GB
Classical | Label: Evil Penguin Classic, Official Digital Download

The disc presents two quintets for piano and string quartet by two distinguished Hungarian composers from the 20th century: Bela Bartok and Ernst von Dohnanyi. While Bartok's Piano Quintet is an outstanding juvenilia, Dohnanyi's sophisticated work represents its author at its best.
Claudio Bohórquez & Christoph Eschenbach - On the Shoulders of Giants (2023)

Claudio Bohórquez & Christoph Eschenbach - On the Shoulders of Giants (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 179 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 Mb | 00:47:43
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics

This album is a journey on the shoulders of musical giants, both in the compositions and in the interpretations. Accompanied by the legendary conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach, Bohorquez delivers an extraordinary performance that is a treat for the ears and soul. With his exceptional skill and technique, he explores the depths of the cello's sound, bringing out the unique beauty and emotion of each piece. The album features Schumann's Adagio & Allegro op. 70, a powerful and expressive work that showcases Bohorquez's impeccable bowing and phrasing. The 2 Pieces for Cello and Piano by A. v. Webern are a masterclass in modernist composition, with Bohorquez and Eschenbach expertly navigating the intricate and complex melodies. Schubert's Sonata (Arpeggione) is a true gem of the cello repertoire and finally, O. Messiaen's Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus is a beautiful and moving work that showcases the cello's ability to convey deep spiritual emotions.
Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach, Martin Helmchen & Anna Prohaska - Weber (2021)

Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach, Martin Helmchen & Anna Prohaska - Weber (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 220 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 123 Mb | 00:53:31
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

200 years ago, on May 26th 1821, today's Berlin Concert Hall was inaugurated as “Königliches Schauspielhaus”. Destroyed as “Preußisches Staatstheater” during World War II, the building, located in eastern Berlin, was rebuilt during GDR times and reopened as “Konzerthaus” in 1984. The premiere of Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz on June 18th 1821 was a highlight of the opening year. The work became his most popular opera and one of the key works of the 19th century. A few days later, the composer (who died at the age of only 40 in 1826), had another piece premiered at the “Königliches Schauspielhaus”: his brilliant “Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra op.79”. This year the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, with its principal conductor Christoph Eschenbach, will be celebrating these historic events. Weber holds a special place in the life of the great German conductor and pianist, as Der Freischütz was the first opera he saw at the age of ten. Eschenbach is being joined in this program, which combines overtures, arias and the famous concert piece, by two artists who reside at the Konzerthaus Berlin and are also Alpha artists: soprano Anna Prohaska and pianist Martin Helmchen.
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach - Paul Hindemith: Symphonie ‘Mathis der Maler’; Symphonie in Es (2015)

Paul Hindemith: Symphonie ‘Mathis der Maler’; Symphonie in Es (2015)
NDR Sinfonieorchester, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 280 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1275-2 | Time: 01:07:32

Ondine's successful Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) recordings with the NDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Christoph Eschenbach continue with another release featuring two major symphonic works by the composer: Symphonie ‘Mathis der Maler' and Symphonie in E-flat. The orchestra's and Christoph Eschenbach's previous Hindemith release together with Midori won a Grammy Award in 2014. The ‘Mathis der Maler' Symphony is based on an opera that treats the life of the Renaissance painter Mathias Grünewald. Hindemith started to work on the symphony already prior to the completion of the opera. The symphony was premiered with great success by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Wilhelm Furtwängler on 12 March 1934. Hindemith wrote his Symphonie in E-flat during his exile in the United States in 1940. The Symphony is absolute music in the tradition of the four-movement symphony of Beethoven and the romantic period.