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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - The Devil And Daniel Webster (1994) {Koch International Classics} **[RE-UP]**

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - The Devil And Daniel Webster (1994) {Koch International Classics}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 197 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 136 mb
Genre: classical

The Devil And Daniel Webster is the 1994 album by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. This was released by Koch International Classics.
James Judd, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (2003)

James Judd, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Concerto Grosso (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 245 Mb | Total time: 60:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.555867 | Recorded: 2001

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) may not have begun the trend toward English pastoral music in the early twentieth century, but he was certainly one of the movement’s leading practitioners. Starting as early as 1900 with his aptly named Bucolic Suite, the man continued to produce charming, serene, idyllic tunes for full orchestra, strings, and chorus right up until the time of his death. In this Naxos collection, English conductor James Judd leads the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in some of the composer’s most famous short works.
Sébastien Hurtaud, Benjamin Northey, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Gareth Farr, Edward Elgar: Cello Concertos (2020)

Sébastien Hurtaud, Benjamin Northey, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Gareth Farr, Edward Elgar: Cello Concertos (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 229 Mb | Total time: 59:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Rubicon | # RCD1047 | Recorded: 2019

New Zealand composer Gareth Farr wrote his cello concerto after discovering some family history. His three great uncles left New Zealand to fight in France in World War I. All three were killed within weeks of arrival. Farr’s concerto is instantly accessible and is a dramatic and emotional statement.
James Sedares, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Miklós Rózsa: Viola Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante (1996)

James Sedares, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Miklós Rózsa: Viola Concerto, Sinfonia Concertante (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 277 Mb | Total time: 66:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Koch International Classics | # 3-7304-2H1 | Recorded: 1994

Both works on this the third volume in Koch’s superb series of Rozsa’s orchestral music were inspired by suggestions from the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, the Op. 29 (1966) being a direct commission for a double concerto for himself and Jascha Heifetz. Despite having to juggle with the temperamental demands of his two eminent soloists, both of whom would object if the spotlight seemed to be favouring one instrument more than the other (which probably explains why Rozsa reduced the piece by over ten minutes following its poorly received premiere in Chicago under Jean Martinon), the resulting showcase, with its passionate opening movement and highly rhythmic finale, is further evidence of the composer’s abiding affection for his native Hungary.
Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra - Johann Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol.1 (1995)

Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra - Johann Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol.1 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 314 Mb | Total time: 71:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553194 | Recorded: 1994

The bold opening chords and immediately following crescendo of the D major Symphony, Op.3/2 (from the early 1750s) immediately established its Mannheim credentials, as do the elegantly sophisticated scoring of the Andantino and the effective use of horns in the Minuet and Trio. E flat Symphony, one of the composer’s last, follows a similar pattern, but the three earlier works (from the 1740s), which are actually designated as ‘Mannheim’ Symphonies are altogether simpler, each with only three movements.

New Zealand String Quartet - Janáček: Chamber Works (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 12, 2021
New Zealand String Quartet - Janáček: Chamber Works (2021)

New Zealand String Quartet - Janáček: Chamber Works (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 203 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 113 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:48:10
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Janácek’s final decade saw an almost unprecedented creative renewal during which he wrote some of his greatest works. Among them were his chamber music masterpieces, the two String Quartets. The first was inspired by Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, a torrid tale of adultery and murder to which Janácek responded with music of increasingly frenzied passion. The second was subtitled Intimate Letters, a freely evolving work full of yearning and amorous defiance. Originally cast for four violins, the two youthful Sonnets date from 1875 and balance the archaisms of the first with the lyricism of the second.
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite, Main Title Theme & Other Orchestral Works (2022)

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite, Main Title Theme & Other Orchestral Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 69:55 | 311 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Naxos

Ron Goodwin is famous for several iconic film scores such as the rousing 633 Squadron. He was an instantly recognisable musical voice, combining an innate ability to write both memorable tunes and to evoke the many moods demanded by film directors, qualities that extend into the gloriously evocative Drake 400 and New Zealand Suites. Goodwin’s long and distinguished career earned him multiple Ivor Novello Awards and a Golden Globe Award among many other accolades. Conducted by the composer, this recording represents the best of a true leader in the field of popular music.
The Verlaines - Hallelujah - All The Way Home (1985) {2010 Flying Nun/Warner Music New Zealand)

The Verlaines - Hallelujah - All The Way Home (1985) {2010 Flying Nun/Warner Music New Zealand)
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE | scans | 230 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 90 mb
Genre: indie rock

Hallelujah - All The Way Home is the 1995 album by The Verlaines. This was remastered in 2010 by Flying Nun via Warner Music New Zealand.
Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra - Franz Ignaz Beck: Six Symphonies, Op. 1 (2005)

Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra - Franz Ignaz Beck: Six Symphonies, Op. 1 (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 279 Mb | Total time: 59:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.554071 | Recorded: 2001

Whether he had to leave Germany because of a fatal duel, whether he had to leave Italy because he married his teacher's daughter, whether he settled in France because he wanted to protect his publishing rights, whether any of the many rumors about Franz Ignaz Beck (1734-1809) are true or false, it is good to have his set of Six Symphonies, Op. 1, available on disc. Composed sometime in the 1750s and published in 1758, Beck's three-movement symphonies are strongly imagined and successfully realized essays in a form that had only just come into musical existence.
New Zealand String Quartet - Asian Music for String Quartet (2012)

New Zealand String Quartet - Asian Music for String Quartet (2012)
Zhou Long, Chinary Ung, Gao Ping, Tōru Takemitsu, Tan Dun

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Chamber Music | Label: Naxos | # 8.572488 | Time: 00:58:07

This programme brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. Zhou Long captures the essence of the Chinese plucked ch’in, and Cambodian aesthetics are preserved in Chinary Ung’s expressive Spiral III. Tan Dun’s Eight Colors combines the exotic timbres of Peking Opera with Second Viennese School tonalities. Gao Ping’s Bright Light and Cloud Shadows has been admired for its ‘long-breathed brush strokes’ (Washington Post). Taking its inspiration from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, Toru Takemitsu’s beautifully crafted A Way a Lone evokes a shimmering sound world.