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VA - Bedrich Smetana - The Moldau & Other Masterpieces (2024)

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VA - Bedrich Smetana - The Moldau & Other Masterpieces (2024)

VA - Bedrich Smetana - The Moldau & Other Masterpieces (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.06 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 636 MB
4:18:23 | Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Bedřich Smetana (born March 2, 1824, Leitomischl, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Litomyšl, Czech Republic]—died May 12, 1884, Prague) Bohemian composer of operas and symphonic poems, founder of the Czech national school of music. He was the first truly important Bohemian nationalist composer. Smetana studied music under his father, an amateur violinist. He early took up piano under a professional teacher and performed in public at the age of six. He continued his studies and later became music teacher to the family of Leopold, Count von Thun. Encouraged by Franz Liszt he opened a piano school in Prague in 1848 and the next year married the pianist Kateřina Kolářová. In 1856 he wrote his first symphonic poems and in the same year was appointed conductor of the philharmonic society of Gothenburg (Sweden), where he remained until 1861. He then returned to Prague, where he played the leading part in the establishment of the national opera house.

Christoph Eschenbach, Wiener Philharmoniker, Renée Fleming - Sommernachtskonzert 2017 [Blu-Ray]

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Christoph Eschenbach, Wiener Philharmoniker, Renée Fleming - Sommernachtskonzert 2017 [Blu-Ray]

Christoph Eschenbach, Wiener Philharmoniker, Renée Fleming - Sommernachtskonzert 2017 [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24983 kbps / 1080p / 29.970 fps | 93 min | 21,8 Gb
Audio1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3548 kbps / 24-bit
Classical | Sony Classical

Jedes Jahr begeistert die traumhafte Kulisse des Sommernachtskonzertes im Park von Schloss Schönbrunn nicht nur die über 100.000 Besucher im Park, sondern auch die Fernsehzuschauer in aller Welt. Die Wiener Philharmoniker und der Dirigent Christoph Eschenbach präsentierten ein farbenprächtiges, stimmungsvolles Programm zum Thema "Märchen und Mythen": von Dvorák erklingt die Konzertouvertüre "Karneval", Stargast Renée Fleming singt eine Arie aus der Oper "Armida" und das berühmte Lied an den Mond aus "Rusalka"; dann folgen von Tschaikowsky Stücke aus der "Dornröschen-Suite" und von Rachmaninow die orchestrierten Lieder Sumerki (Twilight), Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne ((Sing not to me, beautiful maiden) und Vesenniye vodi (Spring waters), von Humperdinck das Vorspiel aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel".

Jana Semerádová, Collegium Marianum - Rorate Cœli: Music for Advent and Christmas in Baroque Prague (2009)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Jana Semerádová, Collegium Marianum - Rorate Cœli: Music for Advent and Christmas in Baroque Prague (2009)

Jana Semerádová, Collegium Marianum - Rorate Cœli: Music for Advent and Christmas in Baroque Prague (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 59:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Supraphon | # SU 4002-2 | Recorded: 2003, 2005, 2009

In the rich musical life of early 18th century Prague, the Advent and Christmas seasons formed a chapter unto themselves. Their specific repertoire consisted not only of the themes of this liturgical season (including a strong element of the Marian cult), but also of special liturgical and musical forms. In both songs and figural music Czech suddenly appeared side by side with Latin, along with elements of folk religion and culture.

Lukáš Vasilek & Prague Philharmonic Choir - Village Stories: Stravinsky, Janáček, Bartók (2023)

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Lukáš Vasilek & Prague Philharmonic Choir - Village Stories: Stravinsky, Janáček, Bartók (2023)

Lukáš Vasilek & Prague Philharmonic Choir - Village Stories: Stravinsky, Janáček, Bartók (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 204 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 124 Mb | 00:53:25
Classical, Choral | Label: Supraphon

Leoš Janáček and the generation younger Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky were major 20th-century composers markedly influenced by folk music, bringing it to bear in their own creations. Their works feature on the remarkable new album Village Stories of the world-renowned Prague Philharmonic Choir, led by Lukáš Vasilek. Stravinsky’s Les noces, Janáček’s Nursery Rhymes and Bartók’s Village Scenes are brought back to life on new recordings. Vasilek invited to the studio superb soloists, including the soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, the mezzo-soprano Jana Hrochová, the tenor Boris Stepanov and the baritone Jiří Brückler, as well as the outstanding pianists Zoltán Fejérvári and Kirill Gerstein, the Zemlinsky Quartet and the Belfiato Quintet. Supraphon will release the album on 27 October 2023 on CD and in digital formats.

Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic - Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; The Fiddler’s Child (2018)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic - Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; The Fiddler’s Child (2018)

Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic - Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; The Fiddler’s Child (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 490 Mb | Total time: 100:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | 4834080 | Recorded: 2013-2017

Jiří Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic present Leoš Janáček’s most notable works. This release continues the series of Jiří Bělohlávek’s last recordings of Czech masterworks for Decca Classics before he sadly passed away last year. August 2018 marks 90 years since Janáček’s death in 1928. This album commemorates the great Czech composer with these informed recordings by the Czech conductor and orchestra.

Anna Prohaska, Eric Schneider - Sirène (2010)

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Anna Prohaska, Eric Schneider - Sirène (2010)

Anna Prohaska, Eric Schneider - Sirène (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 281 Mb | Total time: 69:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 477 9463 | Recorded: 2010

In a scene where the recordings of young sopranos tend toward an extreme sameness, Austria's Anna Prohaska would deserve kudos simply for the ambition of this release of soldiers' songs. The idea, especially for a female singer, is original, and the music draws on a great variety of sources, from Scottish song to Wolfgang Rihm. Better still is the execution, which shows Prohaska's extreme versatility.

Bohemia - Zrnko Písku (1978) [Reissue 2008]

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Bohemia - Zrnko Písku (1978) [Reissue 2008]

Bohemia - Zrnko Pisku (1978) [Reissue 2008]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 375 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 142 MB | Covers - 223 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Supraphon Music (SU 5905-2)

In its time, Bohemia was to Czechoslovakia what UK was to the international prog scene - a supergroup formed by the cream of the crop Czech prog and fusion musicians. These included keyboardist Lesek Semelka (ex-Blue Effect), saxophonist Jan Kubik (ex-Flamengo), bassist Vladimir Kulhanek (ex-Flamengo) drummer Pavel Trnavsky (Jazz Q) and the 20 year old guitar prodigy Michal Pavlicek (ex-Expanze, later Prazsky Vyber & Stromboli). They grouped together in 1975. The leading figures in the band and the two main writers were Semelka and Kubik. There was something of a personality clash between them, as Semelka wanted the band to go in a pop direction (they also sometimes played as a backup band for pop acts), while Kubik had a more prog-oriented vision. Perhaps this is the reason for their ephemeral existence, yet in their measly three years they released a classic of Czech prog rock: "Zrnko Písku"…

Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw - Leos Janacek: Choral Works (1995)

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Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schoenberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw - Leos Janacek: Choral Works (1995)

Leoš Janáček: Choral Works (1995)
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schönberg Ensemble, conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 198 Mb | Scans ~ 77 Mb
Classical, Choral | Label: Philips Digital Classics | # 442 534-2 | 00:59:54

Some of Janacek's most characteristic invention is to be found in the many choruses he wrote for local choirs who were moved by both a love of singing together and a demonstration of their national identity. There is a good selection here. Even the earliest, a touching little lament for a duck, has a quirkiness which saves it from sentimentality; the latest, the Nursery Rhymes, are marvellous little inventions from the dazzling evening of Janacek's life. One must resist any temptation to say that they take Stravinsky on at his own game: Janacek is his own man. In between comes a varied diet here. Schoolmaster Halfar (or Cantor Halfar) is set with a dazzling range of little musical ironies as the story unfolds of the teacher who ruined his life by insisting on speaking Czech. The Elegy on the death of his daughter Olga goes some way toward dignifying a conventional text with some heartfelt music, but the pressure of grief has not drawn the greatest of his music from him: perhaps more time was needed, and indeed the piano pieces he entitled Along an Overgrown Path re-enter ancient griefs more expressively.

Leos Janacek - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set

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Leos Janacek - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set

Leos Janáček - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set
Paul Crossley, Christopher Van Kampen, Kenneth Sillito, Thomas Trotter
Gabrieli String Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Chailly
Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner, David Atherton
Eva Urbanová, Vladimir Bogachov, Marta Benacková, Richard Novák

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.48 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 837 Mb | Scans ~ 20 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | # 475 523-2 DC5 | Time: 06:04:07

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Janáček’s birth, this Decca Collector Edition brings together most of the composer’s chamber works and solo pieces plus his most popular orchestral works and the magnificent Glagolitic Mass in a superb digital recording with Riccardo Chailly and Wiener Philharmoniker. The recordings of the solo works and chamber pieces feature one of the world’s most distinguished ensembles: the London Sinfonietta and David Atherton. Their recordings were originally released as a 5-LP set in 1981 and many of these performances have not been available for several years; many also make their first international appearance on CD. This set provides the listener with all the essential non-operatic Janáček in one convenient collection.

Flamengo - Kuře v Hodinkách (1972) [Reissue 2012]

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Flamengo - Kuře v Hodinkách (1972) [Reissue 2012]

Flamengo - Kure v Hodinkach (1972) [Reissue 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 325 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 119 MB | Covers - 65 MB
Genre: Progressive/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Supraphon (SU 6069-2)

Along with The Matadors, Flamengo were one of the earliest Czech groups that started out in the mid-60's as beat bands and recorded a bunch of singles on legal state apparatchik label. Their then-leader Frantisek Francl was a well regarded fuzzed-up guitarist and wrote most of their track (even if they did a cover of John Mayall's No Reply), but with time, the group changed line-up and with the arrival of the now-legendary vocalist Vladimir Misik and woodwind player Jan Kubik, the group's sound was dramatically affected and started sounding like a brass rock band, with a slightly more jazz twist than the better know US groups. They might be compared best with Colosseum and sometimes Traffic. Their sole album was set to be released in 72 on the state label Supraphon, but apparently was quickly banned by the regime.

Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Greatest Moments at the Met (2022)

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Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Greatest Moments at the Met (2022)

Renée Fleming, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Greatest Moments at the Met (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 589 Mb | Total time: 02:23:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 485 3569 | Recorded: 1994-2015

This first-ever, specially remastered collection compiles highlights chosen by Renée of her “most magical experiences”, captured live on stage in this pinnacle of opera houses. Produced by GRAMMY-winning David Frost, the collection features duets with Cecilia Bartoli, Susan Graham, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel & more. Since her 1991 debut when she stepped in for Felicity Lott, Renée has performed on the MET stage over 250 times and describes the MET as “my musical home, the theater where I feel welcome amongst friends – backstage, onstage, and in the audience.” Renée will return to the MET on 22 November for the world premiere work by Kevin Puts, The Hours, with Joyce DiDonato & Kelli O’Hara.

Charles Mackerras - Janácek: From the House of the Dead (1991)

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Charles Mackerras - Janácek: From the House of the Dead (1991)

Charles Mackerras - Janácek: From the House of the Dead (1991)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:02:40 | 714 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Decca | Catalog: 430 375-2

The series of Janacek's operas conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras for Decca has become one of the most exciting gramophone projects of the day, with each issue a major event. The new digital recording of the last opera he composed, From the House of the Dead, is no exception: indeed, for reasons that lie beyond the excellence of performance and recording, and also lie apart from the fact that here is the first version to appear for nearly eight years, this is an historic occasion, a significant contribution to musical knowledge.

Cristian Măcelaru - Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Dance Suite (2023)

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Cristian Măcelaru - Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Dance Suite (2023)

Cristian Măcelaru - Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Dance Suite (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 289 MB | Cover | 01:14:31 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 172 MB
Classical | Label: Linn Records

Following their first album for Linn (Dvořák: Legends Op. 59, Czech Suite Op. 39), the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Cristian Măcelaru pursue the same folk vein with two orchestral works by Béla Bartók. Based on a rather childish tale (prince, princess, fairies, and of course a happy ending!), the music of the ballet The Wooden Prince – recorded in full here – has all the ingredients of a masterpiece: masterful scoring for large forces, use of musical themes, an effortless amalgam of folk and late-Romantic elements. Composed in 1923 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the merging of the towns of Buda and Pest – alongside commissions by Ernö Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály – the century-old Dance Suite is a six-movement work that has become one of Bartók’s best known compositions. Born in Timișoara, a short distance from Hungaria, Măcelaru can boast an unparalleled understanding of Bartók, as evident here.

Ana Maria Martinez, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek - Dvorak: Rusalka (2010)

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Ana Maria Martinez, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek - Dvorak: Rusalka (2010)

Ana Maria Martinez, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek - Dvorak: Rusalka (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 149:23 | 657 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Glyndebourne | Catalog: GFOCD 007-09

Glyndebourne has wisely preserved the best of Melly Still's literal,cluttered and ugly 2009 staging; its world-class soundtrack;.Dvorak's operatic masterpiece is in Belohlavek's bones, and he gets a thrilling and luminous account of the ravishing score from the LPO on virtually flawless form. It is the most central European of london's symphonic bands, and certainly equals, if not surpasses, the idiomatic Czech Philharmonic on rival sets conducted by Vaclav Neumann (supraphon) and Charles Mackerras (Decca). Ana Maria Martinez's Rusalka-more warm -blooded than Gabriela Benackova , less self-indulgent then Renee Fleming-gives one of the most ecstatic acounts of the famous Song to the Moon on disc.

Richard Müller - Čierna Labuť Biela Vrana (2022)

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Richard Müller - Čierna Labuť Biela Vrana (2022)

Richard Müller - Čierna Labuť Biela Vrana (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 307 MB | Cover | 51:50 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 119 MB
Pop | Label: Universal Music s.r.o.

Láska, samota, svetlo, krása… Richard Müller na novom albume s poetickým názvom Čierna labuť biela vrana opisuje veľké spektrum citov a očarenia svetom. Je na ňom 13 piesní, ktoré predstavujú hudobnú legendu v jej celom speváckom rozsahu. Od pomalých a hlbokých tónov cez orchestrálne aranžmány až po ľahkú dynamickú polohu, ako napríklad v skladbe „ Zmeškaný hovor“.