Gramophone 2010

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Salve Regina, Messa di S. Emidio (2010)

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Fabio Biondi - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Salve Regina, Messa di S. Emidio; A.Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, Messa per il Santissimo Natale; Leo: Salve Regina (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 884 Mb | Total time: 79:39+58:39+58:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP 30507 | Recorded: 1995, 1998, 2008

The legendary Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was born 300 years ago, in 1710. To mark the anniversary, Naïve re-issues three renowned recordings to feature his choral music, in a specially-priced box set, headed by the Gramophone award-winning version of his Stabat Mater by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano, considered one of the best ever recorded.
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.

Magdalena Kožená Singt Bach (2010)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at June 20, 2020
Magdalena Kožená Singt Bach (2010)

Magdalena Kožená Singt Bach (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 303 Mb | Total time: 72:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 480 3614 | Recorded: 1997-2005

Kožená's first recording was of Bach arias, recorded in the Czech Republic. Upon hearing the recording, Deutsche Grammophon (DG) signed her to a recording contract. Later recordings include Handel’s Roman Motets and Italian Cantatas and Messiah with Marc Minkowski for DG/Archiv, and her first solo recital disc (Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů with Graham Johnson – Gramophone Solo Vocal Award, 2001) for Deutsche Grammophon. Further recordings include recitals of arias of Mozart, Gluck and Mysliveček (with the Prague Philharmonia and Michel Swierczewski), of French arias with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Minkowski, Gluck’s Paride ed Elena under Paul McCreesh, a recital disc with Malcolm Martineau and an acclaimed disc of cantatas by members of the Bach family (“Lamento”) with Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel. She is the 2004 Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year.
Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players, Andrew Manze, La Stravaganza Köln - Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Stravaganza (2010)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players, Andrew Manze, La Stravaganza Köln - Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Stravaganza (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 344 Gb | Total time: 64:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Dal Segno | # DSPRCD058 | Recorded: 1983, 1991

'Andrew Parrott's interpretation of these concertos is an imaginative one & ….effective. John Holloway is the solo violinist in each work and he gives stylish performances.’ –Gramophone
‘Manze’s feeling for detail, his lightly articulated bowing, in a word his sensibility, bring out the charm of Vivaldi’s music; and in this set, with its many affecting slow movements….. the charm is considerable’ –Gramophone
VA - To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul (2010)

VA - To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 436 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 247 MB
1:46:49 | Ottoman Classical, Folk | Label: Honest Jon's Records

"From the first three decades of the twentieth century, the music here is so transfixing, intensely devotional and sublimely beautiful, that some contemporary listeners thought they were levitating. Drawn from recordings made in Istanbul by the Gramophone Company and HMV, amidst the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, To Scratch Your Heart crosses and mixes the folk and classical heritage of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Gypsies, Muslims, Christians and Jews, urbanites and country-people, and the demands of tradition and modernity, musical improvisation, composition and system.
Christoph Eschenbach - Chopin: Preludes [2010, Universal Music UCCG-9983]

Christoph Eschenbach (piano) - Chopin: Preludes
Classical | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Universal Music UCCG-9983 | ~ 168 or 126 Mb | Scans

24 Preludes, op.28; Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45; Prelude in A flat major, op.post.(no.26)

Open Road - Windy Daze (1971) {2010, Reissue}  Music

Posted by popsakov at Sept. 21, 2022
Open Road - Windy  Daze (1971) {2010, Reissue}

Open Road - Windy Daze (1971) {2010, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 319 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 145 Mb
Full Scans | 00:46:12 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock | Mandala #Mandala 282 | Unofficial Release

This short-lived quartet took their name from a 1970 album by singer-songwriter Donovan. When the group left Donovan for an independent career. Windy Daze continued the direction already pursued with their erstwhile mentor. Produced by legendary rock producer, Tony Reeves (ex-Colosseum bassist), Open Road were the very first progressive group to be signed to the Greenwich Gramophone Company (a subsidiary of Chapter One Records) in 1971. Their music reflects feelings of anti-establishment prevalent amongst the young at that time, and was quite visionary in its approach. The members of the band consist of 'Candy' John Carr - Drums, Percussion and Vocals. Barry Husband - Acoustic and Lead Guitar, Bass and Vocals. Simon Lanzon - Keyboards, Piano, Accordion and Vocals and Mike Thomson - Bass, 12 String Guitar and Vocals.
Simone Kermes, Claudio Osele, Le Musiche Nove - Colori d'Amore (2010)

Simone Kermes, Claudio Osele, Le Musiche Nove - Colori d'Amore (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 342 Mb | Total time: 73:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88697789202 | Recorded: 2010

Simone Kermes, crowned “The Queen of Baroque” by Opera News, presents her eagerly awaited follow-up album to her multi-award-winning album Lava, which was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone and Disc of the Month in BBC Music Magazine. Colori d'Amore (The Colours Of Love) is a selection of virtuosic baroque arias bound together by the theme of love, almost all of which are world premiere recordings, having been unjustly neglected for centuries.

Tobias Horn - George Frideric Handel: Oreste, HWV A 11 (2010)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Jan. 13, 2022
Tobias Horn - George Frideric Handel: Oreste, HWV A 11 (2010)

Tobias Horn - George Frideric Handel: Oreste, HWV A 11 (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 802 Mb | Total time: 79:12+78:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Animato | # ACD6123 | Recorded: 2010

Weltersteinspielung einer unbekannten Händel-Oper. Bei ANIMATO erscheint nun als Weltersteinspielung Händels selten gespielte Oper ORESTE, das den bekannten Iphigenie-Stoff vertont. Gezielt setzt das Ludwigsburger Label auf ein junges Instrumental-Ensemble unter der Leitung von Tobias Horn, der Besigheimer Bezirkskantor, Dirigent der Kantorei der Karlshöhe Ludwigsburg und international tätiger Konzertorganist ist. Seine Sänger besetzt er mit jungen Ensemblemitgliedern u.a. der Stuttgarter Staatsoper und des Opernstudios des Staatstheaters Stuttgart.
Ferrara Ensemble, Crawford Young - Corps Femenin: L'Avant-garde de Jean Duc de Berry (2010)

Ferrara Ensemble, Crawford Young - Corps Femenin: L'Avant-garde de Jean Duc de Berry (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 67:46 | 410 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Arcana | Catalog: A 355

A long-awaited new release of one of the world’s most respected medieval music ensembles, Crawford Young’s Ferrara Ensemble continues its interpretation of late Gothic composers, in the first recording ever of what has been called the Mt. Everest of music notation puzzles - Angelorum psalat of the Codex Chantilly, recently published in a new edition by Crawford Young. A pinnacle of complexity, the Codex Chantilly, c1400, reflects the taste of popes and secular rulers such as Jean, Duc de Berry.