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Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach - Johannes Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesange Op.121; Lieder Und Gesange Op.32 (2016)

Johannes Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge Op.121; Lieder Und Gesänge Op.32 (2016)
Matthias Goerne, baritone; Christoph Eschenbach, piano

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 205 Mb | Artwork included | 00:55:47
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 902174

It's the late Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121, that get the big print on the cover of this release by the awe-inspiring baritone Matthias Goerne, but actually the music on the album falls into a neat early-middle-late classification scheme. The group of middle-period settings of poetry by Heinrich Heine doesn't even get graphics on the cover, but these are fascinating. Brahms wrote a lot of songs, but you couldn't do better than the selection and performances here for a cornerstone collection item. Beyond the sheer beauty of Goerne's voice is an ability to shift gears to match how Brahms' style evolved. If you want to hear his real slashing, operatic high notes, check out the Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32, settings of poems by the minor poets Georg Friedrich Daumer and Karl August Graf von Platen. These rather overwrought texts add up to a kind of slimmed-down Winterreise, and they catch the spirit of the still-young Brahms with his strong passions, elegantly controlled. The Heine settings, which come from several different sets of lieder, are not that often heard and are in some ways the most compelling of the group here.
Matthias Höfs & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto & Pieces (2022)

Matthias Höfs & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto & Pieces (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 186 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 129 Mb | 00:56:02
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics

The tragic fate of composer Oskar Böhme long went unresearched. His music suffered a similar fate. On his new album “Oskar Böhme – Trumpet Concerto & Pieces” the trumpeter Matthias Höfs is joined by The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a performance of his most ambitious works that aims to win a hearing both for his striking and sensitive music and for the story of his life. The album will be released by Berlin Classics on September 30.
Matthias Goerne - Lieder (Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms) (2022)

Matthias Goerne - Lieder (Berg, Schumann, Wolf, Shostakovich, Brahms) (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 274 MB | Cover | 01:20:02 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 185 MB
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Bereits die ersten zwei Alben von Matthias Goerne für die Deutsche Grammophon, aufgenommen mit den Pianisten Jan Lisiecki sowie Seong-Jin Cho, wurden von der Presse hochgelobt. Der renommierte deutsche Bariton bringt nun in Zusammenarbeit mit Daniil Trifonov seine geplante Trilogie zum Abschluss. Das Programm des neuen Albums LIEDER enthält visionäre Betrachtungen über den Sinn von Leben und Tod, ausgedrückt in Liedern von Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Berg und Schostakowitsch.
London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert - Franz Krommer: Symphonies Op.40 & Op.102 (1994)

Franz Krommer: Symphonies Op.40 & Op.102 (1994)
London Mozart Players; Matthias Bamert, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 228 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 132 Mb | Scans ~ 57 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 9275 | Time: 00:57:39

Franz Krommer (1759-1831) was a prolific and very good composer, whose music is now being resuscitated with great and deserved success. It was difficult to be a composer in Vienna at the same time as Beethoven and Schubert, and most of their contemporaries have not survived the pressure. But Krommer managed to retain his personality and originality, becoming the last official director of chamber music and court composer to the Habsburg court under the conservative Emperor Francis I. The first of the two symphonies was published in 1803. Among its many interesting features is a haunting litde trio in the form of a waltz. The second work is much later, with four horns and three trombones, and is in C minor, but ending in the major. In both works, Krommer's knowledge of, and predilection for, the wind instruments is notable. The two works were well worth recording, especially with such felicitous performances and bright, pleasing recorded sound.
Matthias Höfs & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto & Pieces (2022) [24/48]

Matthias Höfs & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Oskar Böhme: Trumpet Concerto & Pieces (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 56:02 minutes | 492 MB
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics, Official Digital Download

The tragic fate of composer Oskar Böhme long went unresearched. His music suffered a similar fate. On his new album “Oskar Böhme – Trumpet Concerto & Pieces” the trumpeter Matthias Höfs is joined by The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a performance of his most ambitious works that aims to win a hearing both for his striking and sensitive music and for the story of his life. The album will be released by Berlin Classics on September 30.
Matthias Grünert, Dresdner Barockorchester, Kammerchor der Frauenkirche - George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (2009)

Matthias Grünert, Dresdner Barockorchester, Kammerchor der Frauenkirche - George Frideric Handel: Jephtha (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 769 Mb | Total time: 61:15+60:25+39:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # 83.422 | Recorded: 2008

Handel’s work on Jeptha in 1751 was repeatedly delayed as a result of his steadily progressing blindness. Even so, with Jeptha Handel created a musical masterpiece of baroque oratorio, with its great choruses, emotionally expressive arias and gripping ensembles. A fine line up of soloists with the Kammerchor of the Dresden Frauenkirche and the Dresden Barockorchester, conducted by Matthias Grünert, make this another excellent release from Carus, presented as part of their Handel anniversary year celebrations.

Matthias Rácz - Mozart, Hummel, Weber: Basson Concertos (2013)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Nov. 28, 2023
Matthias Rácz - Mozart, Hummel, Weber: Basson Concertos (2013)

Matthias Rácz - Mozart, Hummel, Weber: Basson Concertos (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:11:23 | 313 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: ARS Produktion | Catalog: ARS38124

This recording combines all the major works of bassoon repertoire written between 1770 and 1830 with Mozart's magnificent concerto as the undisputed masterpiece. He was able to bring the full range of bassoon's possibilities into play, making use of its entire tonal range in the opening movement. Matthias Rácz, probably one of the best bassoon players of our generation, presents this work as well as the two concertos of Hummel and Weber with the greatest of ease.
Matthias Kuntzsch, Philharmoniker der Staatsoper Hamburg - Menotti: Help, Help, the Globolinks! (2008)

Matthias Kuntzsch, Philharmoniker der Staatsoper Hamburg - Menotti: Help, Help, the Globolinks! (2008)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 71 min | 4,03 Gb (DVD5)
Classical | Label: Arthaus Musik | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano | Recorded: 1968

''Attention, attention! Unknown flying objects from another planet and creatures identified so far only as Globolinks have landed on Planet Earth. All citizens are asked to remain calm. Be on your guard. Stay tuned for further broadcasts. THE GLOBOLINKS ARE HERE!'' A scene from a science fiction movie? It certainly could have been; the admonition is so familiar but, no, this is the opening spoken narrative that follows some evocative night skies, space-sweeping and reminiscent-of- schooldays orchestral music in Menotti's space-age opera for children of all ages, “Help, Help, The Globolinks”. Composed in 1968 and first performed in Hamburg, Menotti's music for “Globolinks” is appealing and accessible and often very amusing.
Matthias Bamert, London Mozart Players - Krommer, Stamitz, Pleyel, Kozeluch, Wranitzky: Symphonies [5CDs] (2010)

Matthias Bamert, London Mozart Players - Krommer, Stamitz, Pleyel, Kozeluch, Wranitzky: Symphonies (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.32 Gb | Total time: 317:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # 10628(5) | Recorded: 1993-1995,1997,2001

Matthias Bamert’s Contemporaries of Mozart project is one of Chandos’ longest-running and most successful recording series. Mozart’s unquestionable genius has tended to eclipse the work of many otherwise excellent composers who were writing at the same time as he. Often successful in their day, many of these composers fell into neglect over subsequent decades and were in some cases almost forgotten. Matthias Bamert has shown just how rich this area of the repertoire is, and each of his CDs received superb critical acclaim.
Geoffrey Tozer, BBC SO, Matthias Bamert - Roberto Gerhard: Symphony No.3; Epithalamion; Piano Concerto (1997)

Roberto Gerhard: Symphony No.3; Epithalamion; Piano Concerto (1997)
Geoffrey Tozer, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Matthias Bamert, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 260 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 9556 | Time: 01:05:09

At a time when Schoenberg and Stravinsky were thought of as opposite poles, Roberto Gerhard was combining the density of the one with the dynamism of the other in a wholly personal synthesis. You can hear this in the Piano Concerto's mood swings from the dark and brooding to, in the finale, a Spanish take-off that Chabrier would have thought off the wall. Gerhard's 1960s music is in-your-face modernism that holds you in its grasp, embracing sound with an enthusiasm that remains inspirational today. Listen to the tape part of the Third Symphony–a cut-and-paste job that trounces most of the computer-music generation in its imagination and feeling for what's possible. Epithalamion features material originally intended for, of all things, Lindsay Anderson's film This Sporting Life. Not that its impact is any less than coherent; the percussion writing alone has a fantasy that will keep you entranced. Well prepared performances, superbly recorded. This is still music of the future.