Rene Jacobs Edition

René Jacobs, Concerto Vocale - Francesco Cavalli: Giasone (2000)

René Jacobs, Concerto Vocale - Francesco Cavalli: Giasone (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.02 Gb | Total time: 79:20+76:06+78:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMX 901282.84 | Recorded: 1988

Cavalli's Giasone debuted in 1649 in Vienna, and quickly became the most frequently performed of all 17th Century Italian operas. In addition to being highly acclaimed in its day, it was revived no fewer than twenty times over the following forty years throughout Italy. Almost Wagnerian in its length and scope, the work recreates the tale of Jason and the capture of the Golden Fleece. This edition features Rene Jacobs leading Concerto Vocale.

Italian Baroque Music Edition [10CDs] (2011)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Sept. 21, 2019
Italian Baroque Music Edition [10CDs] (2011)

Italian Baroque Music Edition [10CDs] (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,40 Gb | Total time: 09:47:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 88697974502 | Recorded: 1984-2001

The recordings are typical DHM with superb clarity and dynamic range. The mastering to digital is excellent, and the booklet accompanying the series, while brief, is informative. The only unifying these here is baroque Italian composers, but it's extremely easy to fill a collection ten times this size with material from that category. What we end up with in these ten discs is a lovely mix of known and unknown, each pleasant to listen to and discover, and there's no listener fatigue at all working through these discs.
René Jacobs - J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion (Édition 5.1) (2013) [Official Digital Download MCH 24/96]

René Jacobs - J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion (Édition 5.1) (2013)
FLAC 5.1 (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 158:30 minutes | 6,61 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

It has haunted René Jacobs since childhood: first as a boy soprano in Ghent, then as a countertenor, he has constantly frequented the supreme masterpiece that is the 'St Matthew Passion'. Jacobs uses the layout of the Good Friday Vesper service from Bach's time, with choirs front and back, rather than side-by-side. He also gives us extra soloists to complete the bi-choral effect. For Bach, the two halves were 28 metres apart. At that distance, coordination difficulties begin to appear between the speed of light, and the speed of sound, and we cannot determine how Bach dealt with this problem.
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & René Jacobs - Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & René Jacobs - Pergolesi: Septem verba a Christo (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 80:19 minutes | 1.35 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Now attributed to Pergolesi on the basis of recent research, the ‘Seven Words of Christ’ has been regarded as ‘one of the most heartfelt works of art, full of profound tenderness and an all-conquering sense of beauty’ [Hermann Scherchen, on its discovery in 1930]. However, his judgment has remained unheeded and only the discovery of two more manuscripts in the abbeys of Kremsmünster and Aldersbach, by the musicologist Reinhard Fehling, prompted the firm of Breitkopf & Härtel to publish a critical edition.

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.1 (2014)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at July 13, 2020
Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.1 (2014)

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.1 (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 4,84 Gb | Total time: 77:26:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony | # 88843089382 | Recorded: 1970-1984

SEON (Studio Erichson) is a period music label by the legendary producer Wolf Erichson. Erichson founded the label in 1969 as one of the first labels dedicated only to authentic music. The recordings were made with the best available recording techniques of the time and still deliver a high quality product in line with today's standards. This special boxset offers all SEON CD reissues from the late 90s on 85 CDs in a limited edition boxset.
Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:01:28 | 295 / 141 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

René Jacobs presents Joseph Haydn’s Stabat Mater, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Singakademie and an excellent quartet of vocal soloists (Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim and Christian Immler). With this recording, Jacobs finally returns to a composer that is very dear to him, and offers a first vocal album on Pentatone after acclaimed interpretations of Schubert’s complete symphonies. Setting a text that depicts the most tragic event of Christ’s life, Haydn manages to find a balance between dramatic pathos and expression and a more composed, distanced portrayal, fitting his Classical aesthetic orientation. Initially composed in 1767, this recording employs a 1803 edition with enlarged wind orchestration created with the help of Haydn’s apprentice Sigismund Neukomm, which makes the work even more dramatic and colourful. Jacobs and his players and singers display a great sense of style and drama in this remarkable rendition.

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.2 (2014)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at July 13, 2020
Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.2 (2014)

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.2 (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 6,16 Gb | Total time: 77:26:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony | # 88843089382 | Recorded: 1970-1984

SEON (Studio Erichson) is a period music label by the legendary producer Wolf Erichson. Erichson founded the label in 1969 as one of the first labels dedicated only to authentic music. The recordings were made with the best available recording techniques of the time and still deliver a high quality product in line with today's standards. This special boxset offers all SEON CD reissues from the late 90s on 85 CDs in a limited edition boxset.
V.A. - Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007) Part 1

V.A. - Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007) Part 1
EAC Rip | APE (*image+.cue+.log,scans) | Run Time: 09:34:22 | 3,17 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi

To celebrate its 50th Anniversay, harmonia mundi presents 50 masterworks in the development of Western classical music, performed by undisputed masters in their field. This set features over 36 hours of music (all complete works, no excerpts) of music in audiophile-quality sound, elequently packaged in a deluxe boxed set and offered at a very low price. Whether you are an inquisitive novice or a discerning connoisseur, you will be thrilled to experience the sonic triumphs of the world's most innovative independent label.
Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007) Re-up

Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007)
Classical | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 4,87 Gb | Covers 2,25 Mb
Label: Harmonia Mundi | Release Year: 2007

To celebrate its 50th Anniversay, harmonia mundi presents 50 masterworks in the development of Western classical music, performed by undisputed masters in their field. This set features over 36 hours of music (all complete works, no excerpts) of music in audiophile-quality sound, elequently packaged in a deluxe boxed set and offered at a very low price. Whether you are an inquisitive novice or a discerning connoisseur, you will be thrilled to experience the sonic triumphs of the world's most innovative independent label.
V.A. - Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007) Part 2

V.A. - Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years Of Musical Exploration: Limited Edition Box Set 30CDs (2007) Part 2
EAC Rip | APE (*image+.cue+.log,scans) | Run Time: 10:43:29 | 3,38 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi

To celebrate its 50th Anniversay, harmonia mundi presents 50 masterworks in the development of Western classical music, performed by undisputed masters in their field. This set features over 36 hours of music (all complete works, no excerpts) of music in audiophile-quality sound, elequently packaged in a deluxe boxed set and offered at a very low price. Whether you are an inquisitive novice or a discerning connoisseur, you will be thrilled to experience the sonic triumphs of the world's most innovative independent label.