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Gramophone Essential Recordings - Into the Future II  Music

Posted by Flush at May 10, 2009

Gramophone Essential Recordings - Into the Future II
Gramophone Essential Recordings - Into the Future II
ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS FROM THE GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC GUIDE - INTO THE FUTURE II
Classical | Exact Audio Copy (ape+cue+no log)+scans | 9CDs | RS.com

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Vladimir Sofronitsky - Chopin: Polonaise No.1 / Ballade No.3 / Etudes / Preludes / Waltzes / Mazurkas (2003)

Vladimir Sofronitsky - Chopin
Polonaise No.1 / Ballade No.3 / Etudes / Preludes / Waltzes / Mazurkas
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 241 MB | Full Artwork: 41 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Denon # COCQ-83672 | Country/Year: Japan 2003, 1946-1953
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Piano, Historical Recording

…Although little known in the West, never having toured or recorded there, Sofronitsky was held in the highest regard in his native land. Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels looked up to Sofronitsky as their master, and famously, when Sofronitsky once drunkenly proclaimed that Richter was a genius, in return Richter toasted him and proclaimed him a god. Upon hearing of Sofronitsky's death, Gilels was reputed to have said that "the greatest pianist in the world has died."…
Johannes Brahms - Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Stokowski - Symphonies 1 & 2 (1997)

Johannes Brahms - Symphony 1 & Symphony 2
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
EAC+LOG+CUE | 2xFLAC: 773 MB | Full Artwork: 53 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Sony Classical # SB2K 63287 | Country/Year: Europe 1997
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British conductor of Polish heritage. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed…

Martha Argerich - The Lugano Recordings (2018)  Music

Posted by Rtax at May 6, 2022
Martha Argerich - The Lugano Recordings (2018)

Martha Argerich - The Lugano Recordings (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 6.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 3.5 GB
26:32:43 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

The box comprises all (live) recordings made by Martha Argerich at the Lugano Festival, from 2002 to the last edition in 2016, and released by EMI Classics and Warner Classics. An impressive collection of 22CDs without equivalent. ü It includes a variety of genres: some solo piano music, lots of music for piano duo and among them many arrangements, chamber works and concertos. ü The composers span the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, with Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Brahms and Shostakovich being the most frequently performed. Among the artists appearing with Argerich on these recordings are: Stephen Kovacevich, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Lilya Zilberstein, Mischa Maisky, Lyda Chen, Alexander Mogilevsky, Gabriela Montero, Yefim Bronfman, Maxim Vengerov, Gidon Kremer, Maria Joao Pires, Mauricio Vallina, Mikhail Pletnev, Alexander Vedernikov…
Molinari Quartet - Schnittke: String Quartets, 1-4 (2011) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Molinari Quartet - Schnittke: String Quartets, 1-4 (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 103:33 minutes | 1.72 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

The obvious point of reference here is tile Kronos Quartet's cycle of Schnittke string quartets, released as a complete edition in 1998. But after hearing Quatuor Molinari play the same pieces I don't think I'll be going back. In fact, if anyone wants it …

Markus Hinterhauser - Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonatas (1998)  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 4, 2020
Markus Hinterhauser - Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonatas (1998)

Markus Hinterhäuser - Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonatas (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 239 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 180 Mb | Scans included | 01:13:01
Classical, Modern, Avant-Garde, Contemporary | Label: col legno | # WWE 1CD 20019

They say that Galina Ustvolskaya led a very secluded life, that she was a loner. It is amazing, though, how distinct an image of her emerges from the almost meditative way in which she immersed herself in structures, dynamics and combinations of pitches. And not only that. You can hear the concentration on her work and the contrasts within the scope of an existence, some even say you can hear St. Petersburg. Markus Hinterhäuser plays Ustvolskaya’s sonatas as though it were the music of an intimate friend. The piano is vibrating, the music seems nearly torn apart with the tension. The pieces characterized by extreme dynamics, economy and cluster blocks are interpreted by Hinterhäuser with great intensity.
Sibelius - Four Legends From The Kalevala, Op. 22 (MFSL 1-523) (US 198_, 1979) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Sibelius - Four Legends From The Kalevala, Op. 22
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 871 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 237 MB
Cat#: MFSL 1-523 | Country/Year: US 19__, 1979
Genre: Classical, Romantic | Hoster: Uploaded/Filesonic

Half-speed re-mastering of 1979 EMI/Angel title with Ortofon cutting head. Specially plated and pressed on High Definition Super vinyl by Victor Company of Japan. - Dynamic range up to 17.
Smetana Quartet: Beethoven - String Quartets, Op.18, No.s 1-2-3 [2004, Columbia COCO-70676]

Smetana Quartet: Beethoven - String Quartets, Op.18, No.s 1-2-3
Classical | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Columbia COCO-70676 | ~ 338 or 182 Mb
Scans (JPG) Included | Scans (png, 600dpi) -> 278 Mb

Few chamber music groups have as proud a history as the Smetana Quartet, or a history that evokes as much nationalistic passion. Founded during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, the group's very existence was an anomaly during an era when any manifestation of Czech nationalism was outlawed. They survived into the post-Nazi era, and went on to an acclaimed international performing career, making some of the finest chamber music recordings of the 1950s and 1960s…
Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture (Live) (2017)

Andris Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture (Live) (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image)+cue, log, d. booklet, front & back cover | 295 MB
Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 4797208 | Tracks: 05 | Time: 75:53 min
Classical

Andris Nelsons is Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and is the designated Gewandhauskapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, with the appointment commencing in the 2017/18 season. With these positions, and in leading a pioneering alliance between these two esteemed institutions, two times Grammy Award winning Nelsons is firmly underlined as one of the most renowned and innovative conductors on the international scene today.

Oxford History of Western Music (Five-Volumes Set) (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by enmoys at April 18, 2013
Oxford History of Western Music (Five-Volumes Set) (Repost)

Oxford History of Western Music (Five-Volumes Set) By Richard Taruskin
2009 | 3856 Pages | ISBN: 0195386302 | PDF | 183 MB