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Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

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Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 679 Mb | Total time: 79:59+65:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Profil Medien | # PH11029 | Recorded: 1966

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner (1912-96), learning his trade from masters like Walter, Busch, Richter and Karl Muck (as rehearsal pianist at Bayreuth), gained the experience that lead to his being dubbed the "singers' conductor" by all who worked with him during a long and lustrous career marked by his tenure as Zurich Opera music director (1969-84) and some 300 commercial recordings. The 1970s-80s Bayreuth stalwart, bass-baritone Franz Mazura as Tamerlano and famed American lyric soprano Helen Donath as Asteria headline this 1966 Leitner-led performance of Handel’s Tamerlano.

Theresia Orchestra, Alessandro De Marchi, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Angela Schisano - Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (2024)

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Theresia Orchestra, Alessandro De Marchi, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Angela Schisano - Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (2024)

Theresia Orchestra, Alessandro De Marchi, Rocco Cavalluzzi, Angela Schisano - Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 2:38:37 | 816 Mb
Genre: Classical

Theresia Orchestra The international youth orchestra Theresia is devoted specifically to the performance of Classical-era music on period instruments. Ensemble members undergo training from senior musicians but also perform as a group and have made several recordings.

Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)

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Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)

Roberto Zarpellon, Ensemble Lorenzo Da Ponte - Benedetto Marcello: Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 692 Mb | Total time: 122:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Fra Bernardo | FB1503177 | Recorded: 2013

Il pianto e il riso delle quattro stagioni dell'anno per la morte, esultazione e coronazione di Maria Assunta in Cielo, written in 1731, is the second last of the four oratorios by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739). As a member of the Venetian aristocracy he didn‘t have to consider the musical conventions as much as his professional contemporaries. Thanks to his unconventional style he is one of the most interesting Italian baroque composers.

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Verdi: Falstaff (1996)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:08:55 | 558 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 447 686-2

Falstaff was one of Verdi's greatest creations and this set is the finest of all reacordings of the work. Only Toscanini comes close and even then his cast is a shade less accomplished. Gobbi may not have a 'fat' voice, but his keen intelligence and magnificent shading of phrases and text more than compensates.

Ludwig van Beethoven 250 - Complete Edition [90CDs], Vol.5: Stage (2019)

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Ludwig van Beethoven 250 - Complete Edition [90CDs], Vol.5: Stage (2019)

Ludwig van Beethoven 250 - Complete Edition [90CDs], Vol.5: Stage (2019)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,16 Gb | Total time: 09:10:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.500250 | Recorded: 1987-2019

Beethoven’s monumental contribution to Western classical music is celebrated here in this definitive collection marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Surveying the totality of his career and achievement, the Complete Edition spans orchestral, concerto, keyboard, chamber, music for the stage, choral and vocal works, encompassing his most familiar and iconic masterpieces, alongside rarities and recently reconstructed fragments and sketches in world premiere recordings. The roster of artists and ensembles includes some of Beethoven’s greatest contemporary exponents, in performances that have won critical acclaim worldwide.

Hervé Niquet, Orchestre de chambre de Paris - Fromental Halévy: La Reine de Chypre (2018)

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Hervé Niquet, Orchestre de chambre de Paris - Fromental Halévy: La Reine de Chypre (2018)

Hervé Niquet, Orchestre de chambre de Paris - Fromental Halévy: La Reine de Chypre (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 748 Mb | Total time: 73:37+79:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ediciones Singulares | # ES10328RSK | Recorded: 2017

Berlioz wrote of Halévy’s La Reine de Chypre (1841): ‘Its success will at least equal that of La Juive. And Wagner added: ‘It is in La Reine de Chypre that Halévy’s new style has appeared with the most brilliance and success.’ So several voices – and those by no means insignificant – have declared this work, written six years after La Juive, to be its composer’s masterpiece. Premiered on 22 December 1841, Halévy’s opera offered the limelight to Rosine Stoltz in the title role: she was the only woman in the cast, for it had been found preferable to isolate her, following her incessant disputes with the other female singers in the company.

Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra - Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (2006)

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Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra - Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (2006)

Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra - Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (2006)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 140 min | 5,47 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Opus Arte | Sub: English | Recorded: 1984

Francesco Cilea’s most popular work is based on the 1849 play by Eugene Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. Adriana Lecouvreur is a star of the stage who could seemingly have any man she desires, but when she falls hopelessly in love with the Count of Saxony, she discovers he's already been promised to the Princess of Bouillon, leading to a battle of wills between them. Filmed in 1984 at Sydney Opera House.

Il Gardellino - Bach: Passionsoratorium, BWV Anh. 169 (Reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik) (2024)

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Il Gardellino - Bach: Passionsoratorium, BWV Anh. 169 (Reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik) (2024)

Il Gardellino - Bach: Passionsoratorium, BWV Anh. 169 (Reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik) (2024)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:30:06 | 209 Mb
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Passacaille

A once abandoned Passion project by J. S. Bach? Harpsichordist and conductor Alexander Grychtolik, together with the Il Gardellino Orchestra, embarks on a captivating artistic experiment with this presentation of the Passion Oratorio BWV Anh. 169. The starting point for the partial reconstruction attempt and the completion of the work is the surviving libretto by the poet Picander from 1725. This unique endeavor draws the audience into a profound exploration of human empathy with the poignant suffering of Jesus and sheds light on a passion aesthetic we had not seen previously in Bach’s repertoire.

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Christopher Jackson - Mendelssohn & Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2024)

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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Christopher Jackson - Mendelssohn & Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2024)

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Christopher Jackson - Mendelssohn & Bach: Matthäus-Passion (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 465 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 290 Mb | 02:05:19
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Analekta

For nearly 74 years from the death of J.S. Bach in 1750 to Mendelssohn’s fifteenth birthday in 1824 the Matthäus Passion had all but disappeared. Young Mendelssohn’s prized birthday gift - a bespoke a copy of the Passion - was to change music history when five years later he mounted its first performance in the nineteenth century in Berlin. Today it is inconceivable to imagine music without Bach, but in the 1820s his music had been relegated to no more than the exercise-book for students of counterpoint.

Marco Angioloni, Il Groviglio, Christopher Lowrey, Lucía Martín Cartón - Handel: Poro, re delle Indie (2024)

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Marco Angioloni, Il Groviglio, Christopher Lowrey, Lucía Martín Cartón - Handel: Poro, re delle Indie (2024)

Marco Angioloni, Il Groviglio, Christopher Lowrey, Lucía Martín Cartón - Handel: Poro, re delle Indie (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:38:58 | 904 Mb
Genre: Classical

In 1731, at the height of his London fame, Handel created his 28th opera seria: a vocal pyrotechnic about the rivalry, in love and war, between Alexander the Great and the Indian King Porus. Rage and spite, love and glory drive the extraordinary arias that Handel entrusted to two of his favourite singers: the castrato star Senesino for the title role, and the soprano Anna Maria Strada del Pò as the treacherous Cleofide. It was a sign of the work's success and the prestige of its cast. Poro was performed twenty times in 1731, a virtually exceptional figure. The young tenor Marco Angioloni - singing the role of Alexander - brings this opera back to life with his Ensemble Il Groviglio, and a magnificent cast that would have delighted Handel!

Malmo Symphony Orchestra - The Essential Malmo Symphony Orchestra (2024)

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Malmo Symphony Orchestra - The Essential Malmo Symphony Orchestra (2024)

Malmo Symphony Orchestra - The Essential Malmo Symphony Orchestra (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:08:50 | 529 / 295 Mb
Genre: Classical

The Malmö Symphony Orchestra is one of Sweden's major orchestral ensembles. For a regional group, it has an unusually wide musical footprint, featuring an international group of players, conductors, and guest artists.

Les Frivolités Parisiennes - Maurice Yvain: Yes! (2024)

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Les Frivolités Parisiennes - Maurice Yvain: Yes! (2024)

Les Frivolités Parisiennes - Maurice Yvain: Yes! (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 442 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 218 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:34:36
Classical, Operetta | Label: Alpha Classics

Maurice Yvain’s operettas were immensely successful in the 1920s. The fantasy of the ‘swing’ music, the catchy songs and the perfectly oiled rhythms were all the rage in the Paris of the Roaring Twenties. But the success of these comedies, with their caustic humour, also owed much to the fabulous texts by Albert Willemetz, considered as one of the fathers of modern operetta in the twentieth century. Yvain and Willemetz’s numbers were hummed in the streets and charmed all who hear them – and still do, even a century later! Les Frivolités Parisiennes set out to revive this music, which is still as young as ever. Yes! was premiered at the Théâtre des Capucines on 26 January 1928 and was an immediate hit: this story of a complicated marriage, moving between Le Touquet and London, was to remain on the bill for years to come. The version presented here by Les Frivolités Parisiennes is as close as possible to the spirit of the work’s premiere, and includes all available musical material. With the exceptional participation of Clément Rochefort as narrator.

Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)

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Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)

Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.20+5.28 Gb (2xDVD9) | 183 min
Classical | Dynamic | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol

Composed for La Scala in Milan in 1819, Bianca e Falliero is an opera of extraordinary dramatic originality, rich in highly spectacular stage solutions, and a fundamental work for our understanding of the full significance of the authentic revolution that the composer from Pesaro brought about in opera; a revolution that was destined to have a decisive influence on the development of Italian opera in the nineteenth century. The singing cast features Maria Bayo, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli and Carlo Lepore, conducted by Renato Palumbo and directed by Jean-Louis Martinoty.

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)

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Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 774 Mb | Total time: 02:57:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 887654661623 | Recorded: 2013

Sony Classical continues its major Mozart opera project with conductor Teodor Currentzis and his orchestra & choir MusicAeterna. A ‘no-compromise’ studio recording cycle of Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas. Living in a unique artistic community established on the edge of Siberia, the musicians work and record under ideal conditions towards Currentzis’ stated goal “to show what can be achieved if you avoid the factory approach of the classical music mainstream”. The soloists’ vocal technique is also markedly different to modern operatic interpretation, with a focus on intimacy and clarity, a use of vibrato remarkably restrictive even by today’s ‘period practice’ standards as well as an approach to melodic ornamentation derived from historic sources which cannot be heard in other performances of these works.

Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

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Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 6.38+7.77 Gb (2xDVD9) | 198 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano, Nederlands

This hilarious contemporary version of Francesco Cavalli's baroque opera Hercules in Love was commissioned on occasion of the marriage of Louis XIV, the Sun King, to Maria Theresa of Spain. The original production took two years to complete and was at the time the greatest show ever performed in Europe. Directed by David Alden, this surreal production is a triumph of commedia buffa resplendent with decorative and symbolic elements, and complemented by Constance Hoffman's exceptional costumes. Led by Ivor Bolton, a master of baroque music, the chorus of De Nederlandse Opera and Concerto Köln give a sublime performance. With Luca Pisaroni's (Ercole) singing being heroic and melodious in turn, and Veronica Cangemi as a splendid Iole, this is an outstanding production by the DNO.