Alfred Piano

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part I (2008)

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part I (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3,08 Gb | Total time: 11:02:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 93761 | Recorded: 1956-1975

This gargantuan 35-disc set of Alfred Brendel's complete Vox, Turnabout, and Vanguard recordings released in late 2008, concurrent with his retirement from concert life, will be mandatory listening for anyone who reveres the Austrian virtuoso. When these recordings were made between 1955 and 1975, Brendel was at the start of his international career, and his performances here have a fire, energy, and a drama that his later recordings sometimes lack. Brendel devotees, however, may also find his performances lack the intellectual rigor of his middle period recordings and the poetic depths of his later recordings. Compare his demonic account of Mozart's Twentieth Concerto here, for instance, with his more elegant later account. The difference is clear.
Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part I (2008)

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part I (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3,08 Gb | Total time: 11:02:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 93761 | Recorded: 1956-1975

This gargantuan 35-disc set of Alfred Brendel's complete Vox, Turnabout, and Vanguard recordings released in late 2008, concurrent with his retirement from concert life, will be mandatory listening for anyone who reveres the Austrian virtuoso. When these recordings were made between 1955 and 1975, Brendel was at the start of his international career, and his performances here have a fire, energy, and a drama that his later recordings sometimes lack. Brendel devotees, however, may also find his performances lack the intellectual rigor of his middle period recordings and the poetic depths of his later recordings. Compare his demonic account of Mozart's Twentieth Concerto here, for instance, with his more elegant later account. The difference is clear.
Alfred Schnittke - Epilogue, Music for Cello & Piano (2007) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-1427} (Item #23)

Alfred Schnittke - Epilogue, Music for Cello & Piano (2007) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-1427} (Item #23)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 314 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 183 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 34 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2007 BIS Records AB | BIS-CD-1427
Classical / Contemporary Classical / 20th Century

Alfred Schnittke’s use of the elegiac voice of the cello evokes Russian musical tradition and history. His works for the cello were to a large extent inspired by his friendship and close collaboration with the exceptional musicians Mstislav Rostropovich, Alexander Ivashkin and Natalia Gutman, to all of whom he dedicated works. Rostropovich has said about the composer: ‘As far as I am concerned, the most remarkable thing about Schnittke is his all-embracing, all-encompassing genius… he uses everything invented before him. Uses it as his palette, his colours. And it is all so organic: for example, diatonic music goes side by side with complex atonal polyphony.’
Alfred Brendel, ASMF, Nevlle Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016] MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + FLAC

Alfred Brendel, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Sir Nevlle Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,41 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,31 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,17 GB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Pentatone # PTC 5186 236

Anyone who knows the series of piano concertos of Mozart with Brendel and Marriner knows of its importance and significance. Few pairings of conductor and pianist have so successfully navigated Mozart’s supreme masterpieces with such panache and style, and when these were released both critical opinion and public acclaim merged as if one voice to proclaim them the most sensational recorded issuances of these works ever accomplished. They were not entirely complete—and this is a shame. But the greats and almost-greats were, making them mandatory acquisitions. This release, one in Pentatone’s series dedicated to reissues of recordings originally made in four-channel surround sound for quadraphonics, is a real beauty, and self-recommending, one of two the company has released so far.
Alfred Brendel, ASMF, Nevlle Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016] MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + FLAC

Alfred Brendel, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Sir Nevlle Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,41 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,31 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,17 GB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Pentatone # PTC 5186 236

Anyone who knows the series of piano concertos of Mozart with Brendel and Marriner knows of its importance and significance. Few pairings of conductor and pianist have so successfully navigated Mozart’s supreme masterpieces with such panache and style, and when these were released both critical opinion and public acclaim merged as if one voice to proclaim them the most sensational recorded issuances of these works ever accomplished. They were not entirely complete—and this is a shame. But the greats and almost-greats were, making them mandatory acquisitions. This release, one in Pentatone’s series dedicated to reissues of recordings originally made in four-channel surround sound for quadraphonics, is a real beauty, and self-recommending, one of two the company has released so far.
Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part II (2008)

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part II (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,91 Gb | Total time: 12:15:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 93761 | Recorded: 1956-1975

This gargantuan 35-disc set of Alfred Brendel's complete Vox, Turnabout, and Vanguard recordings released in late 2008, concurrent with his retirement from concert life, will be mandatory listening for anyone who reveres the Austrian virtuoso. When these recordings were made between 1955 and 1975, Brendel was at the start of his international career, and his performances here have a fire, energy, and a drama that his later recordings sometimes lack. Brendel devotees, however, may also find his performances lack the intellectual rigor of his middle period recordings and the poetic depths of his later recordings. Compare his demonic account of Mozart's Twentieth Concerto here, for instance, with his more elegant later account. The difference is clear.
Peter Phillips, Ferruccio Busoni, Alfred Cortot - Great Romantic Composers, Vol. 2. Piano Music from the Golden Age (2023)

Peter Phillips, Ferruccio Busoni, Alfred Cortot - Great Romantic Composers, Vol. 2. Piano Music from the Golden Age (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 5:11:20 | 707 Mb / 1,05 Gb
Genre: Classical

Italo-German composer Ferruccio Busoni was a titanic piano virtuoso and an architect of European modernism. Best known for his transcriptions of J.S. Bach and for his Piano Concerto, Fantasia Contrappuntistica, and opera Doktor Faust, Busoni revolutionized piano technique and opened up new harmonic concepts within boundaries of functional harmony. Busoni's idea of junge klassizität (renewed classicality) served as a building block for neo-classicism and his book remains influential.
Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part II (2008)

Alfred Brendel: The Complete Vox, Turnabout and Vanguard Solo Recordings [35CDs], Part II (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,91 Gb | Total time: 12:15:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 93761 | Recorded: 1956-1975

This gargantuan 35-disc set of Alfred Brendel's complete Vox, Turnabout, and Vanguard recordings released in late 2008, concurrent with his retirement from concert life, will be mandatory listening for anyone who reveres the Austrian virtuoso. When these recordings were made between 1955 and 1975, Brendel was at the start of his international career, and his performances here have a fire, energy, and a drama that his later recordings sometimes lack. Brendel devotees, however, may also find his performances lack the intellectual rigor of his middle period recordings and the poetic depths of his later recordings. Compare his demonic account of Mozart's Twentieth Concerto here, for instance, with his more elegant later account. The difference is clear.
Alfred Schnittke - Violin Sonatas (1991) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-527} (Item #11)

Alfred Schnittke - Violin Sonatas (1991) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-527} (Item #11)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 200 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 169 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 32 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1991 Grammofon AB BIS | BIS-CD-527
Classical / Contemporary Classical / Violin / Piano

The violin sonatas by Alfred Schnittke extend over his whole career. The First Sonata is among his earliest major pieces while the Second Sonata typifies the confrontational manner of the works that followed.
Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music: Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (1995) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-697} (Item #20)

Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music: Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (1995) {BIS Schnittke Edition, BIS-697} (Item #20)
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 322 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 188 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 28 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1995 Grammofon AB BIS | BIS-CD-697
Classical / Contemporary Classical / 20th Century

Alfred Schnittke’s work has won wide acceptance in recent years, particularly since political changes in the former Soviet Union. His early studies in Vienna were followed by formal training at the Moscow Conservatory, where he later taught. His musical language is eclectic, combining a number of styles, contemporary and traditional.