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Jimmie Rodgers - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2019)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 4, 2020
Jimmie Rodgers - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2019)

Jimmie Rodgers - The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (2019)
FLAC tracks | 7:18:56| 1,12 Gb
Genre: Country, Blues / Label: RCA/Legacy

James Charles Rodgers was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "The Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmic yodeling. Unusual for a music star, Rodgers rose to prominence based upon his recordings, among country music's earliest, rather than concert performances – which followed to similar public acclaim.He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists and inductees into various halls of fame across both country music and the blues, in which he was also a pioneer. Among his other popular nicknames were "The Singing Brakeman" and "The Blue Yodeler".
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Derde Boek der Psalmen Davids (2010)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck – Derde Boek der Psalmen Davids (2010)
Classical/Renaissance/Baroque | FLAC lossless/3cd | cuesheets+logs | covers+book | 3h21m27s | 924mb
Label: GLOSSA | cat. no. GES 922404-NL

Queen - Days Of Our Lives (Documentary) [2011] {Blu-Ray}  Music

Posted by jclane at Jan. 12, 2012
Queen - Days Of Our Lives (Documentary) [2011] {Blu-Ray}

Queen - Days Of Our Lives (Documentary) [2011]
Full Blu-Ray 1:1 | BDMV | Aspect Ratio: 16:9 | Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English > LPCM, 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitle: German, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish | Extras | 221 minutes | 43.8 GB
Genre: Rock, Documentary | RAR 5% Recovery

The life and times of the rock band Queen - told in two parts covering in part one the 1970's and in part two the 1980's and beyond. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
V.A. - Rudolf Serkin - The Complete Columbia Album Collection (75CD Box Set, 2017)

V.A. - Rudolf Serkin - The Complete Columbia Album Collection (75CD Box Set, 2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image + .cue, log) | Run Time: 3785 minutes | 15,21 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.

This is the first-ever collection of Rudolf Serkin's complete recordings for Columbia Masterworks on 75 discs: Concertos, sonatas, chamber music and vocal performances, all recorded between 1941 and 1985. An all-embracing survey of Rudolf Serkin's recorded achievements, spanning over 44 years. Some collaborations include Adolf Busch, Pablo Casals, Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo, Frtiz Reiner, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, and Arturo Toscanini.

Ivan Moravec - Portrait (2020)  Music

Posted by Rtax at June 24, 2024
Ivan Moravec - Portrait (2020)

Ivan Moravec - Portrait (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 2.7 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.9 GB
14:31:44 | Classical, Romantic | Label: Supraphon

When a double volume featuring Ivan Moravec was included in the 1999 Great pianists of the 20th Century box set (Philips Records), many a music lover was taken aback. Although Americans knew the Czech artist, owing mainly to the Connoisseur Society, a lot of European listeners and critics had overlooked him yet the recordings contained in the edition certainly attested to Moravec being a pianist of global calibre. Repertoire magazine referred to him as the most closely guarded secret of the classical music world. The 90th anniversary of Ivan Moravecs birth is a very good reason to for come up with a special project. The most complete collection of his recordings to date, the present Supraphon release encompasses 11 albums and a documentary and unique, previously unseen footage from the Czech Television archives. Moravec recorded his core repertoire for the Connoisseur Society, Supraphon, Dorian, Nonesuch and Vox labels. Some of his recordings are now being released on album for the first time. A number of older recordings have been remastered from the original analogue tapes. The set includes the complete Moravec repertoire of Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, solo Franck, Janácek and Chopins Mazurkas. The booklet provides an exhaustive account of one of the greatest 20th-century pianists artistic development, from the early 1960s to the end of the millennium. Most significantly, the release affords the listener the opportunity to revel in the music that due to its sheer profundity, myriad colour shades and irresistibly personal delivery touches ones very heart. A portrait of a great artist.
Gautier Capucon & Gabriela Montero - Rhapsody: Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninov & Prokofiev (2008)

Gautier Capuçon & Gabriela Montero - Rhapsody (2008)
Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninov & Prokofiev

XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 324 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 00946 385786 2 8 | 01:15:07

The nearly uninterrupted string of strong, successful albums produced by cellist Gautier Capuçon (and indeed his violinist brother, Renaud) demonstrates that the CD debut Face à Face was not just a fluke produced by child prodigies. Rather, Face à Face was a springboard for what has proven to be an enduring career and ever-improving musicianship. On this latest album without his brother, Gautier collaborates with pianist Gabriela Montero on the cello sonatas of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Fans of Capuçon's playing will recall that he had previously released a recording of the Rachmaninov sonata with pianist Lilya Zilberstein on the EMI label in 2003. While it may seem questionable to make duplicate recordings when he has recorded so little of the cello repertoire, it offers listeners an opportunity to see how his playing continues to mature even over a short span of five years. While some of the tempos are a little different than the 2003 recording, the most notable difference is that of sound, which has developed impressively with the help of his magnificent 1701 Gofriller cello. His command of sound is most obvious in the solo opening of the Prokofiev sonata.

Modo Antiquo - Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings (2019)  Music

Posted by varrock at Nov. 2, 2019
Modo Antiquo - Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings (2019)

Modo Antiquo - Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 294 MB | Tracks: 35 | 57:42 min
Style: Classical | Label: Tactus

The German patrician von Uffenbach, during a visit to Venice in 1715, met with Vivaldi and ordered from him '10 concerti grossi'. Three days later, the composer reappeared with all of the requested music, assuring his patron that it had been expressly composed for him. Vivaldi was unquestionably a very quick composer, but he was also a barefaced and extremely capable promoter of his own talents. The collection of twelve concertos for strings, now preserved in Paris, also has all the earmarks of having been a rapidly and cleverly assembled series of previously composed works, with very little new music added. This same modus operandi would mark the genesis of op. 10 and many other collections by Vivaldi. But Vivaldi is an excellent composer, and like a great actor, he succeeds in taking on the appearance of a character by merely donning a hat or imitating a gesture.
Duo Artdeco Wien - Ropartz, Schoeck & Poulenc: Violin Sonatas (2020)

Duo Artdeco Wien - Ropartz, Schoeck & Poulenc: Violin Sonatas (2020)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 275 MB | Cover | 59:26 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 136 MB
Classical | Label: Austrian Gramophone

The Duo Artdeco Vienna presents violin sonatas by Ropartz, Schoeck and Poulenc for its third recording for the Austrian Gramophone label.
Franziska Pietsch & Josu de Solaun - Fantasque - French Violin Sonatas by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel & Poulenc (2020)

Franziska Pietsch & Josu de Solaun - Fantasque - French Violin Sonatas by Fauré, Debussy, Ravel & Poulenc (2020)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:22:34 | 317 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: audite Musikproduktion

The second album by Franziska Pietsch and her Spanish piano partner Josu De Solaun is dedicated to the multifaceted world of French violin sonatas. With their usual aplomb and artistic intensity, the duo explore emotional landscapes complementing those of their previous album. Moving on from the exuberant revelry, serious tragedy and brutal reality of the sonatas by Strauss and Shostakovich, the musicians are now roving between the poles of dream and reality.
Real experiences and emotions are reflected in a visionary dream world, external reality is mirrored internally. Inner emotions and images become reality via the music, triggering new emotions: dream and reality mirror each other. Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc create this “mirror world” in diverse ways. The common theme is the fantastical, the magic of imagination, the poetic distance to reality and the intensive engagement with inner emotions. Thus the dream world becomes a retreat – for listeners and artists alike.
Noemi Gyori, Gergely Maderas - Doppler and Kuhlau: Romantic and Virtuoso Music for Flutes and Piano (2022) [24/96]

Noemi Gyori, Gergely Maderas & Alexander Ullman - Doppler and Kuhlau: Romantic and Virtuoso Music for Flutes and Piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 79:42 minutes | 1,44 GB
Classical | Label: Rubicon Classics, Official Digital Download

The Doppler brothers and Friedrich Kulhau have yet to attract the public recognition that they already enjoy from the worldwide community of flautists. They certainly deserve to be better known and it is not unreasonable to think that the recognition that Paganini, Ysaye and Sarasate enjoy as famous composers for their instrument will one day be enjoyed by these neglected composers of romantic and virtuosic music for the flute.