Tags
Language
Tags
March 2024
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
25 26 27 28 29 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 1 2 3 4 5 6

Neville Marriner - Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Noches in los Jardines de España (1994)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Neville Marriner - Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Noches in los Jardines de España (1994)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Manuel de Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Noches in los Jardines de España (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 234 Mb | Total time: 62:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # CDC 5 55049 2 | Recorded: 1992, 1993

The sultry warm atmosphere of an Andalusian night is almost palpable in Falla’s spellbinding Noches en los jardines de España. With its shimmering, sensuous harmonies, exquisite orchestral colours and exuberant melodies and rhythms, it’s perhaps Falla’s most impressionistic work. Using a large orchestral canvas on which he paints with deft, luminous strokes, Falla skilfully integrates a virtuoso piano part to create lovingly evocative music, full of captivating beauty.

Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146 & Magnificat, H. 74 (1991/2024)

Posted By: delpotro
Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146 & Magnificat, H. 74 (1991/2024)

Kurt Moll, Ann Murray, Dawn Upshaw, Ethna Robinson, John Aler, Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146 & Magnificat, H. 74 (1991/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 172 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 99 Mb | 00:40:52
Classical, Choral, Vocal, Sacred | Label: Warner Classics

This recording of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s two sacred masterpieces is one of the only forays Neville Marriner ever made into French baroque. Full of elegance and refinement, this rendition features great vocal soloists such as Ann Murray, Daw Upshaw or John Aler.

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Gioacchino Rossini: Messa di Gloria (1992)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Gioacchino Rossini: Messa di Gloria (1992)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Gioacchino Rossini: Messa di Gloria (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 261 Mb | Total time: 58:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips | # 434 132-2 | Recorded: 1992

Gioachino Rossini's Messa di Gloria of 1821, right in the middle of the years when he ruled the operatic scene, has been less often recorded than the free-spirited and personal Stabat Mater of his old age. Various reasons could be advanced for this comparative neglect. Stacked up against Rossini's operas of the period it's something of a mixed bag. Some of it is intensely operatic, but it also looks back to the past with its giant contrapuntal "Cum sancto spiritu" (the mass consists of a Kyrie and Gloria). From the point of view of the cult of individual Romantic genius, a major problem is that Rossini may have had a collaborator on the work, one Pietro Raimondi, who honed some of the more polyphonic passages.

Robert King, King's Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music [11CDs] (2005)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Robert King,  King's Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music  [11CDs] (2005)

Robert King, King's Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music [11CDs] (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3.40 Gb | Total time: 12 h 53 mins | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDS 44171/81 | Recorded: 1994-2003

What can anyone add to the praise that has deservedly been heaped on Robert King and the King's Consort's 11 discs of the complete sacred music of Vivaldi? Can one add that every single performance is first class – wonderfully musical, deeply dedicated, and profoundly spiritual? Can one add that every single performer is first class – absolutely in-tune, entirely in-sync, and totally committed? Can one add that every single recording is first class – amazingly clean, astoundingly clear, and astonishingly warm? One can because it's all true and it's all been said before by critics and listeners across the globe.

Riccardo Muti, Orchestra e Coro Teatro alla Scala - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2007/1987)

Posted By: Vilboa
Riccardo Muti, Orchestra e Coro Teatro alla Scala - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2007/1987)

Riccardo Muti, Orchestra e Coro Teatro alla Scala - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2007/1987)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 179 min | 7,41 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English

This acclaimed La Scala performance of "Don Giovanni" instantly took its place among the most important Mozart productions. Thomas Allen, hailed as one of the best British baritones ever, gives an engaging and seductive performance as the famous lover. Under the baton of Riccardo Muti, this La Scala production highlights all of the tragic grandeur of this masterpiece without sacrificing its lighthearted moments. Director Giorgio Strehler's staging has been lauded for its subtle psychological treatment of the characters.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (2006/1986)

Posted By: Vilboa
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (2006/1986)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (2006/1986)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.5 Gb (DVD9) | 124 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

Filmed and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle in the unique interiors of Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico in 1986, this DVD offers an intimate glimpse of Mozart's first major opera, written when the precocious composer was just fourteen. Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads a stellar cast in portraying the inner circle of the Roman Empire's fiercest enemy: Mithridates, king of Pontus.

Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis (2004)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis (2004)

Leonard Slatkin, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, The London Oratory School Schola - Leonard Bernstein: Kaddish; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 268 Mb | Total time: 71:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 10172 | Recorded: 2003

Jamie Bernstein has reworked the narration written by her father, adding to the works frenetic complexity, which registers powerfully in this recording. Fans of heart-on-sleeve Berntsein will enjoy bold versions of his Chichester Psalms and Missa Brevis.

Stephen Cleobury, The King's College Choir of Cambridge - Mozart: Coronation Mass, K.317, Missa Solemnis, K.337 (1984)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Stephen Cleobury, The King's College Choir of Cambridge - Mozart: Coronation Mass, K.317, Missa Solemnis, K.337 (1984)

Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, The King's College Choir of Cambridge - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Coronation Mass, K.317, Missa Solemnis, K.337 (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 212 Mb | Total time: 49:25 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Argo | # 411 904-2 | Recorded: 1983

The Masses in C, K317 and 337, which date from 1779 and 1780 respectively, are the last of Mozart's 15 Salzburg Masses, ten of which are in this key. Both are short (26 minutes and 23 minutes, respectively), in compliance with the Archbishop of Salzburg's rule that no Mass, including the Epistle Sonata and the Offertory or Motet, should last longer than three quarters of an hour. The earlier of the two, K317, is well known (perhaps because it has a convenient nickname, probably referring to its use at an annual service held since 1751 in commemoration of the miraculous crowning of an image of the Virgin in the pilgrimage church of Maria-Plain near Salzburg) and has been recorded many times, whereas K337 is virtually unknown, though musically no less interesting.

Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2012)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2012)

Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 931 Mb | Total time: 169:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Farao | # B108090 | Recorded: 2002

Giulio Cesare, Händels aufwändigste Oper aus dem Jahre 1724, markierte im März 1994 den Beginn der Münchner Händelrenaissance. Mit einer spektakulären Premiere sorgte Intendant Sir Peter Jonas international für Furore. Weit über 100 Aufführungen von 1994 bis 2006 spielten vor ausverkauftem Haus.

Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (2000)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (2000)

Ivor Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 944 Mb | Total time: 63:27+63.33+53:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Farao | # B108030 | Recorded: 2000

Für Opernproduktionen mit einer grandiosen szenischen Umsetzung ist das der Härtetest: Funktionieren sie auch ohne Optik? Teilt sich ihre Magie auch ohne die bilderwelt, den Erfindungsreichtum des Regisseurs und die Präsenz der Sänger mit?
Kein Problem im Falle des Münchner 'Ariodante'. Der CD-Mitschnitt, quasi der "Soundtrack" aus der Aufführungsserie im Januar 2000, ist ein Glücksfall fürs Händel-Repertoire. Zumal auch die Tontechniker die Live-Atmosphäre eingefangen und eine nahezu perfekte Balance zwischen Bühne und Graben hergestellt haben. …

Ann Murray - Handel: Delirio Amoroso - Italian Secular Cantatas (2005)

Posted By: tirexiss
Ann Murray - Handel: Delirio Amoroso - Italian Secular Cantatas (2005)

Ann Murray - Handel: Delirio Amoroso - Italian Secular Cantatas (2005)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:06:17 | 335 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Coro | Catalog: COR16030

Ann Murray is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos on the international scene. (She is not related to the famous Canadian popular music singer with a similar name.) The Irish-born singer was educated at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where she studied with Frederic Cox. She bases her career in London, where she sings regularly at the English National Opera and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. With the former she has sung Charlotte, Rosina, Beatrice, Xerxes, and Ariodante.

Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in E flat major; Te Deum; Quod in orbe (2004)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in E flat major; Te Deum; Quod in orbe (2004)

Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in E flat major; Te Deum; Quod in orbe (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 61:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0712 | Recorded: 2003

As with the previous disc in this series, Richard Hickox and his expert forces bring their usual mix of freshness, rhythmic élan and sensitivity to this attractive, often impressive work. Choir and orchestra respond eagerly to the conductor's enthusiastic direction. And the soloists, led by the ever-eloquent Susan Gritton, interact and blend with true chamber musical finesse.

James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2005)

Posted By: ArlegZ
James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2005)

James Levine, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2005)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 189 min | 4,24+7,00 Gb (DVD5+DVD9)
Classical | Label: TDK | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano | Recorded: 1982

This production of Mozart’s Zauberflöte received enormous and unanimous approval, when it was premiered in Salzburg. The Theatre wizard Jean-Pierre Ponnellecreated a staging which became part and parcel of the festival programme for over nine years and soon acquired the status of a legend. Of course, none of that would have had the same appeal if it had not been in accord with Mozart’s music, performed with perfect blend of lightness and pathos, humour and profundity, by James Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; nor would it all have worked without a truly Festival-worthy cast of singers: the Finnish bass Martti Talvela, who departed way too soon in 1989, in his famous role as Sarastro, the incomparable Edita Gruberová as “the best-ever Queen of the Night” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), the legendary Tamino Peter Schreier as well as the petite, lyrical soprano Ileana Cotrubas˛ as Pamina. Further, Christian Boesch, who sang the role of his life with Papageno, was credited most for his performance in this legendary Zauberflöte.

Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2006)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2006)

Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2006)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 188 min | 5,89+6,55 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: TDK | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Italiano | Recorded: 1983

Così fan tutte is the third most-frequently performed work at the festival after Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte. This DVD provides a closer look at a classical staging from the Salzburg Festival in the series of important opera productions seen at the festival in the last decades. Riccardo Muti had made a sensational Salzburg début in 1971 and this Così fan tutte was his first Mozart opera at the festival. It was acclaimed by both the general public and international critics, who were virtually unanimous in their praise of the aesthetic quality of the production. Muti was praised for his authoritative approach to Mozart’s music, while the remarkably homogeneous team of international soloists was equally applauded. The singers form an admirably cohesive ensemble and all of them are outstanding Mozart singers.

Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2002)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2002)

Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Da Ponte Operas: Le nozze di Figaro (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 647 Mb | Total time: 58:39+58:01+49:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 75535 2 | Recorded: 1986

Mozarts "Le nozze di Figaro" ist nicht nur eine der populärsten Opern überhaupt, sondern auch eine der besonders häufig eingespielten. Die Gesamtaufnahme unter Muti aus dem Jahre 1986 mit den Wiener Philharmonikern gehört nach wie vor zu den allerbesten. Auch wenn der Orchesterklang natürlich nicht die Frische und Durchsichtigkeit der von der historischen Aufführungspraxis geprägten Einspielungen besitzt, geht es hier höchst lebendig zu. Die Wiener Philharmoniker erweisen sich auch in diesem Fall als wunderbar mozart-erfahren, und für den mit ihnen bestens vertrauten Riccardo Muti gilt das ebenso. Vor allem aber ist das Solistenensemble von einer Qualität, dass es einfach eine Freude ist.