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Ian Venables - On the Wings of Love, Venetian Songs (English Song, Vol. 21) (A. Kennedy, Burnside)

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Ian Venables - On the Wings of Love, Venetian Songs (English Song, Vol. 21) (A. Kennedy, Burnside)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 254 Mb
Date: 2010

“Ian Venables is one of Britain’s foremost composers of art-song, and has a significant catalogue of vocal and chamber music to his credit. Writing tonal music in a warm lyric vein, he has a rare gift of being able to ‘locate’ himself, believably, in a different period and absorb from it, both musically and poetically, all its fundamental beauty, while also producing works of astonishing freshness, naturalness and originality. On the Wings of Love are settings by non-English poets, while Love’s Voice sets Venetian poetry by J.A. Symonds...... ”
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Giorgio Ghedini - Concerto detto L'olmoneta, Litanie della Vergine, Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (orch. G.F. Ghedini)

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Giorgio Federico Ghedini - Concerto detto L'olmoneta, Litanie della Vergine, Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (orch. G.F. Ghedini)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 362 Mb
Date: 2009

“One of the finest Italian composers of the 20th century, Giorgio Federico Ghedini was almost 35 when his Litanie alla Vergine received what he described as a ‘warm welcome from the public, unreserved praise from all the critics and musicians’. Ghedini’s very individual orchestration of J. S. Bach’s Musical Offering is notable for its use of a variety of small, usually homogeneous groups from within an orchestra including two pianos but no horns. L’Olmeneta (The Elm Grove) of 1951 is a fascinating concerto for orchestra and two concertante cellos ........”
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Heggie: Dead Man Walking - Summers, Bruggergosman, Didonato, Von Stade (2012)

Posted By : peotuvave | Date : 21 May 2013 01:11:55 | Comments : 0

Heggie: Dead Man Walking - Summers, Bruggergosman, Didonato, Von Stade (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 2 CDs | Full Scans | 733 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | Catalog Number: 02463

““Cathartic, uplifting and humanizing” wrote the Houston Chronicle, reporting on this Houston Grand Opera production of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking. Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean, who becomes a counsellor to murderer on death row in Louisiana, shares the stage with her idol, veteran mezzo Frederica von Stade, here making her farewell to opera.”
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Rolando Villazon Sings Verdi (2013)

Posted By : peotuvave | Date : 21 May 2013 01:11:35 | Comments : 0

Rolando Villazon Sings Verdi (2013)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 180 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | Catalog Number: 357112

“Whether glowing with lyric charm or smouldering with dark and dangerous passion, Rolando Villazon proves irresistible in his vocal and dramatic intensity. From such popular favourites as Rigoletto and La traviata to the epic tragedy of Don Carlo and the soaring spirituality of the Requiem, he brings each of these glorious Verdi scenes and arias grippingly to life.”
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Walther- Plantier - Hortulus Chelicus Mainz, 1688 (2006) [Repost]

Posted By : luckburz | Date : 20 May 2013 09:54:56 | Comments : 0

Johann Jakob Walther - Hortulus Chelicus Mainz, 1688
Les Plaisirs du Parnasse - David Plantier
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 382 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Zig Zag # ZZT060902 | Country/Year: France 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque

“...It will, of course, be of strong interest to lovers of the Baroque violin, however, and Plantier is a superbly agile player capable of producing the large variety of tone colors this music needs. The bright sound, recorded in a large public hall in Basel, Switzerland, is attractive and brings out small details in Plantier's performances.”
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Handel - Rodelinda (William Christie, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andreas Scholl) [1998]

Posted By : Sowulo | Date : 20 May 2013 05:46:35 | Comments : 2

Handel - Rodelinda (William Christie, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andreas Scholl) [1998]
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 7.15 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: NVC ARTS | Sub: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Portugues | +3% Recovery | 202 min

“ More than many opera seria, Handel's 1725 Italian opera, "Rodelinda", provides such a palpable story of jealousy, revenge and undying devotion that it is no wonder the opera itself has been given such widely diverse translations over the years. I was fortunate to experience two wonderful productions of "Rodelinda" just this past year. The first was Stephen Wadsworth's elaborate Metropolitan Opera production set on a beautiful 18th-century country estate, starring superstar soprano Renée Fleming in the title role and the extraordinary countertenor David Daniels as her husband Bertarido. The second also starred Daniels but with rising soprano Catherine Naglestad in David Alden's expressionistic film noir adaptation at the San Francisco Opera (first staged by Munich's Bavarian State Opera)... By Ed Uyeshima ”
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Roderik de Man – Ecoute, écoute! (2002)

Posted By : d'Avignon | Date : 19 May 2013 23:42:08 | Comments : 3

Roderik de Man – Ecoute, écoute! (2002)
Classical/Contemporary | FLAC lossless | cuesheets+log | covers+booklet | 1h12m22s | 346mb
Label: Emergo | cat. no. EC 3905-2
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Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol 3 - Gardner, Watkins, BBC Symphony (2012)

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Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol 3 - Gardner, Watkins, BBC Symphony (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 271 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog Number: 5106

“This is the fourth volume in Chandos’ series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, described by Gramophone as a ‘veritable dream team’ in a review for Vol. 1, are joined on this recording by the cellist and exclusive Chandos artist Paul Watkins.”
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Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle - Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2013)

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Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle - Pappano, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2013)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 2 CDs | Full Scans | 397 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Emi Classics | Catalog Number: 167422

“Following the success of two recent Rossini recordings, the sacred Stabat Mater and the opera William Tell, Antonio Pappano and his Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia have taken on the composer’s late masterpiece, the Petite Messe solennelle. The soloists are Marina Rebeka, Sara Mingardo, Francesco Meli and Alex Esposito. Like the earlier-mentioned Rossini titles, the Petite Messe solennelle was recorded in the Orchestra’s acoustically fine home, the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.”
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George Rochberg - Caprice Variations, Violin Sonata (Skaerved, Shorr)

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George Rochberg - Caprice Variations, Violin Sonata (Skaerved, Shorr)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 2 Cd, Covers | 549 Mb
Date: 2011

“An immense and magnificent set of variations by American composer George Rochberg, not just, as the title may suggest, on Paganini's famous 24th Caprice, but incorporating styles and forms "borrowed" from many other ocmposers, such as Mahler, Brahms, Busoni, Schubert and Beethoven! The work is played on the renowned "Habeneck" Stradivarius violin of 1734. Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved is a virtuoso of the first order and a regular Metier recording artist. Aaron Shorr joins in for the world premiere recording of Rochberg's Violin Sonata in a stunning live performance.”
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Hans Gal, Robert Schumann - Gal: Symphony No. 4, Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (Orchestra of the Swan, Woods)

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Hans Gal, Robert Schumann - Gal: Symphony No. 4, Schumann: Symphony No. 2 (Orchestra of the Swan, Woods)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 1 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 366 Mb
Date: 2012

“Woods and OOTS continue their cycle which pairs these two composers, with the world-premiere of Gál’s Fourth and Schumann’s Second. Written in his ninth decade and premiered in 1975, Gál’s Fourth and final Symphony is scored for chamber orchestra and akin to a concerto grosso. The music exhibits Gál’s trademark pastoral and lyrical style, yet inwardly this is music of intense rigor and deep concentration. While Gál’s compositional pedigree is strongly linked to the Austro-German tradition of the Viennese classical masters, Schumann’s Second looks to an earlier era, taking much inspiration from the spirit of J.S. Bach with its contrapuntal textures and chorale themes.”
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Frederic Chopin - Evgeni Koroliov - Mazurkas [Tacet TACET 183] {Germany 2009}

Posted By : luckburz | Date : 19 May 2013 08:33:18 | Comments : 1

Frederic Chopin - Evgeni Koroliov - Mazurkas
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 457 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Tacet # TACET 183 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

“...It was a pleasure to listen to all 25 at one sitting. (...) For warm-hearted performances that are more nostalgic than jaunty and more introspective than aggressive, Evgeni Koroliov is highly recommended. He is helped by a flattering acoustic in Tacet’s recording.”
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Handel - Serse (Brian Priestman, Maureen Forrester, Lucia Popp) [2009] RE-UPLOAD

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Handel - Serse (Brian Priestman, Maureen Forrester, Lucia Popp) [2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Scans | 881.08 MB
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog Number: 4778339

“ This is, quite simply, one of the most splendid Handel opera recordings ever made. We owe a debt of gratitude to DG/Universal for reissuing this much-admired Westminster recording from 1965. The opera itself is one of Handel's finest; a late work magically integrating farce and pathos, and filled with an abundance of brilliant invention remarkable even for Handel. Priestman does full justice to the kaleidoscopic shifts of mood, affect, idiom and orchestration that makes this work a viable musical entertainment today no less than in 1738. Though Priestman's Viennese forces play modern instruments, the conductor obviously has a solid understanding of Baroque performance practice (according to the musicological priorities of his day)... ”
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Hindemith: Complete Viola Music Vol. 3 - Concertos / Lawrence Power (2011)

Posted By : peotuvave | Date : 19 May 2013 07:11:32 | Comments : 1

Hindemith: Complete Viola Music Vol. 3 - Concertos / Lawrence Power (2011)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 305 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog Number: 67774

“Lawrence Power’s revelationary series of Hindemith’s complete works for the viola continues into a third and final volume with the music for viola and orchestra. Hindemith was an internationally renowned viola player himself, and his legacy for the instrument is an inestimably important body of work. Throughout this series, Power’s searingly vivid and eloquent performances have left critics and the listening public in no doubt that the somewhat ‘difficult’ reputation of the composer is ill-deserved; that this is music full of striking melodic ideas, deep lyrical feeling and high drama.”
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Heidi Louise Williams - Drive American (2011)

Posted By : peotuvave | Date : 19 May 2013 07:10:05 | Comments : 1

Heidi Louise Williams - Drive American (2011)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 265 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Albany Records | Catalog Number: 1298

“A superlative program of piano music by American composers is offered by pianist Heidi Williams. The oldest work on the program dates from 1988 (William Bolcom) and the most recent was written in 2009 (Daniel Crozier), giving us a snapshot of what American composers have been writing for piano in the past 25 years. Praised by New York critic Harris Goldsmith for her 'dazzling performances' and 'impeccable solistic authority,' American pianist Heidi Louise Williams has appeared in performances across the United States and internationally.”
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