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Antonio Fogliani, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scalla - Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (2008) Music

Posted by Vilboa at April 19, 2020

Two queens on one island. A recipe for disaster. Especially as both have a legitimate claim to the other’s throne. They are, after all, related… So the power politics are the name of the game. And, for reasons of state, one of the heads that wears a crown has to roll. Maria Stuarda was laid to rest for more than a hundred years, finally being revived in 1958 in Bergamo under conductor Oliviero de Fabritiis. However the real breakthrough for the opera fi nally came with Giorgio de Lullo’s Florentine production for the Maggio Musicale in 1967 (with set design and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi, director, set designer and costume designer at La Scala in 2008).

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Marina Viotti, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset - A Tribute to Pauline Viardot (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 14, 2022

Marina Viotti, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset - A Tribute to Pauline Viardot (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 78:08 minutes | 1,48 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Aparté, Official Digital Download

Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques make a foray into the Romantic repertoire with this tribute to Pauline Viardot, who was not only the most influential singer of the nineteenth century, but also a pedagogue and composer, whose gifts, personality and incomparable aura made her one of the leading figures of French Romanticism. Together the mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti and Christophe Rousset retrace Pauline Viardot’s versatile career and, taking up her great roles, present a musical portrait of a unique performer, who was unanimously acclaimed by the audiences of her time.

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Mathieu Lussier - Paris 1847 - La musique d'Eugène Jancourt (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Jan. 14, 2022

Mathieu Lussier - Paris 1847 - La musique d'Eugène Jancourt (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 96:39 minutes | 1,76 GB
Classical | Label: Les Disques ATMA Inc., Official Digital Download

Paris 1847, The Music of Eugène Jancourt is the first recording entirely devoted to this 19th century French composer. Recognized as a bassoon virtuoso and a great teacher, Jancourt is the author of method books and repertoire that have contributed to the development of the instrument.

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Pene Pati - Nessun dorma (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Sept. 19, 2024

Pene Pati - Nessun dorma (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:24:57 minutes | 1,43 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

The second album by Samoan tenor Pene Pati, entitled "Nessun Dorma" after Puccini's famous tune, features famous opera arias but also rarities, including two world premieres. Pene Pati performs works by Italian composers such as Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni and Mercadante, as well as from the French school with Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Halévy and Guiraud.

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Celil Refik Kaya - Rodrigo: Guitar Works, Vol. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 30, 2024

Celil Refik Kaya - Rodrigo: Guitar Works, Vol. 3 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 65:21 minutes | 1,1 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download

Joaquín Rodrigo, composer of the renowned Concierto de Aranjuez(Naxos 8.579053), is acknowledged as one of the great Spanish composers of the 20th century. His music extends the Romantic Impressionist tradition of Albéniz, Granados and Falla, and is inspired by the French style and color Rodrigo experienced during his studies in Paris.

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Opera Fuoco & David Stern - Mayr: L'amor conjugale (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 31, 2024

Opera Fuoco & David Stern - Mayr: L'amor conjugale (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 103:03 minutes | 1,85 GB
Classical, Opera | Label: Aparté, Official Digital Download

A daring wife disguises herself in order to be hired as a prison guard and thus rescue her unjustly detained husband: the story of Leonora, taken from the French novel by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, is familiar to us through Beethoven’s only opera.

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Lidia Fridman, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Il Segreto di Sus (2024) [24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Nov. 12, 2024

Lidia Fridman, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Il Segreto di Sus [24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 46:09 minutes | 795 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Since its foundation in 2013, the Berlin opera group has made a name for itself with Berlin premieres such as Donizetti’s Deux Hommes et une Femme and Betly and other operatic rarities.

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Nikita Magaloff - Fryderyk Chopin (Remastered) (1991/2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at March 23, 2023

Nikita Magaloff - Fryderyk Chopin (Remastered) (1991/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 96:29 minutes | 893 MB
Classical | Label: fonè Records, Official Digital Download

Nikita Magaloff was one of the first pianists to play after the end of the Second World War in Paris and in 1947 to give concerts in the United States. Among the numerous accomplishments of his career are: the first performance of Prokofiev’s Sonata n.7, the performance of Stravinsky’s Capriccio and the complete piano work of Fryderik Chopin.

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Marianne Lambert - Canzone di notte (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Feb. 18, 2022

Marianne Lambert - Canzone di notte (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/176.4 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 60:07 minutes | 1,7 GB
Classical | Label: Fidelio Musique, Official Digital Download

The pandemic was a sudden shutdown, but also an opportunity. The newly found free time made it possible to devote oneself to certain projects left fallow.

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Pene Pati - Pene Pati (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at March 24, 2022

Pene Pati - Pene Pati (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 78:58 minutes | 1,34 GB
Classical | Label: Warner Classics, Official Digital Download

Samoan tenor Pene Pati is a graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Adler Program where, under Music Director Nicola Luisotti, he made an acclaimed 2017 debut as Il Duca di Mantova in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and has subsequently been hailed ‘the most exceptional tenor discovery of the last decade’ (Opéra-Online) following his first performances as Percy in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at Opéra national de Bordeaux in the 2018/2019 season.

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