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NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo & Paavo Jarvi - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2021)

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo & Paavo Jarvi - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 239 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 148 Mb | 01:04:34
Classical | Label: RCA Red Seal

The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a "riot" or "near-riot", though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later. Although designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.
Horst Stein, NHK Symphony Orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 3, 5, 6 & 7 (2012)

Horst Stein, NHK Symphony Orchestra - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 3, 5, 6 & 7 (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 839 Mb | Total time: 6:24+62:03+61:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: King International | # KKC 2053-5 | Recorded: 1985, 1989, 1992

For anyone who is a devotee of Otto Klemperer’s readings of the Beethoven Symphonies, they will not be disappointed with much of what is on offer here. In the main, these are weighty and highly-charged performances, with a certain grandeur…Horst gives us monumental, full-blooded and noble readings of these symphonies.
Paavo Järvi, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo - Mahler - Symphony No.6 'Tragic' (2019)

Paavo Järvi, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo - Mahler - Symphony No.6 'Tragic' (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 354 Mb | Total time: 80:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Music ‎| 19439707242 | Recorded: 2017

Controversy has surrounded Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in A minor, "Tragic," ever since he reversed the order of the inner movements, from what he originally published as Scherzo/Andante, to Andante/Scherzo, which became his actual practice. Whether one favors the former or the latter ordering may be a moot point, with a century of recordings of both versions indicating the general acceptance by audiences in either form. Paavo Järvi and the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo use the originally published sequence, also adopted by the 1963 critical edition, and deliver the symphony with high energy and force, reflecting the driven march of the opening Allegro energico.
Isaac Stern, NHK Symphony Orchestra - Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven: Violin Concertos (2011)

Isaac Stern, Kurt Wöss, Jean Martinon, NHK Symphony Orchestra - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3; Brahms: Violin Concerto Op. 77; Beethoven: Violin Concerto Op. 61 (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 479 Mb | Total time: 66:02+43:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: King International | # KKC 2003/4 | Recorded: 1953

Stern’s well known strengths in Brahms, as evidenced in his studio recordings, are reprised here. He plays with a communicative classicism that embraces romanticised rubati - which elongates but never breaks the line - and which vests the music sometimes with a heartbreaking sense of pathos…The orchestra remains rather bluff…But never mind, it’s Stern’s show and Wöss accompanies admirably.

NHK - Mississippi Revealed (2022)  Movies

Posted by rwdfox at Nov. 4, 2022
NHK - Mississippi Revealed (2022)

NHK - Mississippi Revealed (2022)
HDTV 720p | 49mn | 1280x720 | MKV HEVC@2008Kbps | AAC@66.2Kbps 2CH | 728 MB
Language: English | Genre: Documentary | Subs: English

Journey with Cannon Hersey as he explores parallels between battles over voting rights today and the historic struggles of the 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.
NHK Train Cruise - The Energetic Port Towns of Iwate and Aomori (2022)

NHK Train Cruise - The Energetic Port Towns of Iwate and Aomori (2022)
HDTV 720p | 44mn | 1280x720 | MKV HEVC@2244Kbps | AAC@66.2Kbps 2CH | 728 MB
Language: English | Genre: Documentary | Subs: English (HC)

We travel Japan's northeast on the JR Hachinohe Line and Aoimori Railway, stopping at port towns along the way to experience the energetic culture and nature of Iwate and Aomori Prefectures.
Nelson Goerner, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Tadaaki Otaka  - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2018)

Nelson Goerner, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Tadaaki Otaka - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (2018)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 49:46 | 229 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Alpha | Catalog: ALPHA 395

Nelson Goerner is not especially known for his Brahms, and this 2018 Alpha release of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major marks his first commercial recording of a major Brahms work. While he is widely viewed as a poet at the piano, mostly because of his introspective playing of solo piano music by Chopin and Debussy, Goerner's close-to-the-vest approach may be viewed as a liability in such a heroic and powerful work as this concerto, where assertive playing is required and pianists are expected to demonstrate muscular prowess over poetry.

NHK - Space Phenomena: Series 1 (2020)  Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Jan. 26, 2022
NHK - Space Phenomena: Series 1 (2020)

NHK - Space Phenomena: Series 1 (2020)
HDTV | 1920 x 1080 | .MP4/AVC @ 4569 Kbps | 2x~48mn | 3.16 GB
Audio: English AAC 160 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Our universe reveals itself in ways we’ve never seen before, thanks to new discoveries in astrobiology.
NHK Cycle Around Japan - Tokyo to Chiba: Finding Art Along the Way (2022)

NHK Cycle Around Japan - Tokyo to Chiba: Finding Art Along the Way (2022)
HDTV | 1280 x 720 | .MKV/HEVC @ 2408 Kbps | 49 min 0 s | 868 MB
Audio: English AAC 66.2 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: None
Genre: Documentary

On this winter ride through sun and snow from northern Tokyo into neighboring Chiba Prefecture, our New Zealand cyclist Paul Imperatrice encounters a variety of artists. He meets an artisan with 55 years of experience in traditional Edo embroidery who now creates his own groundbreaking designs, another who uses local rice and seaweed to craft astonishingly complex sushi rolls and in the old castle town of Sakura, he visits a dojo where the martial arts of the samurai are taught in all their original depth.

NHK - Breaking the Silence on Minamata Disease (2022)  Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Oct. 31, 2022
NHK - Breaking the Silence on Minamata Disease (2022)

NHK - Breaking the Silence on Minamata Disease (2022)
HDTV | 1280 x 720 | .MKV/HEVC @ 1675 Kbps | 49 min 0 s | 611 MB
Audio: English AAC 66.2 Kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

It's known worldwide that a factory operated by Chisso Corporation dumped wastewater containing organic mercury into Minamata Bay from the 1950s to the 1960s, causing Minamata disease. In this special episode of Science View, we will reexamine valuable testimonies given by former Chisso engineers and former government officials to uncover what was happening inside Chisso Minamata Factory. Find out exactly why the people working at the factory were unable to stop further spread of the damage.