Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music): noviembre 2010

Hovhaness | Mysterious Mountain · Prokofiev | Liutenant Kije Suite · Stravinsky | The Fairy's Kiss: Divertimento

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) · Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Fritz Reiner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

MP3 HQ · 117 MB

The Romantic Chopin

A Celebration of Chopin's most romantic music

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Idil Biret piano

MP3 HQ · 120 MB

Bach | Works for Oboe, Orchestra & Choir

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Albrecht Mayer
The English Concert
Trinity Baroque

MP3 HQ · 111 MB

Kozeluch | Piano Concertos 1, 4 & 5

Leopold Kozeluch (1747-1818)

Tomas Dratva piano
Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina
Oliver von Dohnanyi

MP3 HQ · 135 MB

Graun | Concertos & Chamber Music

Johann Gottlieb Graun (1701/02-1771)
Carl Heinrich Graun (1703/04-1759)

Sofia Chamber Soloists
Emil Tabakov

MP3 HQ · 100 MB

Beethoven | Piano Trios · Volumes 1 & 2 [Re-Up] [Fixed]

Vladimir Ashkenazy piano · Itzhak Perlman violin · Lynn Harrell violoncello
4 CD

The players are Vladimir Ashkenazy on piano, Itzhak Perlman on violin and Lynn Harrell on cello. The first two are big names from the 1980s, and Harrell is a first class player, if much less well known. So you would expect a first class performance, and that's what you get. Ashkenazy leads but never dominates, the performace is light and airy, precise, often delicate, and joyful. It's the best "Archduke" I have heard, and that is the one you will come back to time

Vol. 1 | Vol. 2

Fantasy · A Night at the Opera

Emmanuel Pahud
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Juliette Hurel
Yannick Nézet Séguin

MP3 HQ · 114 MB

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Truls Mørk
The London Philharmonic
Mariss Jansons

MP3 HQ · 105 MB

Dvořák | String Quartet op.96 »American« · Borodin | String Quartet No.2 · Shostakovich | String Quartet No.8 op.110

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) · Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Janáček Quartet
Borodin Quartet

MP3 HQ · 122 MB

Ravel | Daphnis et Chloé · La Valse

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Pierre Boulez

MP3 HQ · 114 MB

Ravel | Ma Mère l'Oye · Une Barque sur l'Ocean · Alborada del Gracioso · Rapsodie espagnole · Boléro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Berliner Philharmoniker
Pierre Boulez

MP3 HQ · 121 MB

Pops Caviar · Russian Orchestral Fireworks

Borodin · Rimsky-Korsakov · Khachaturian · Tchaikovsky

Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops

MP3 HQ · 126 MB

Baroque Adagios

All the best loved tracks from the baroque period inc. PACHELBEL Canon, ALBINONI Adagio, BACH Sleepers Awake, HANDEL Ombra Mai Fu, VIVALDI Four Seasons hts, PURCELL Dido's Lament. Artists inc Scholl, Kirkby, Bonney, Lloyd Webber, Bake

2 CD

MP3 HQ · 249 MB

Rachmaninov · Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Krystian Zimerman
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

MP3 HQ · 105 MB

Between Heaven & Earth · Handel

George Friderich Handel (1685-1759)

Sandrine Piau soprano
Accademia Bizantina · Stefano Montanari

MP3 HQ · 125 MB

J.S. Bach · Klavierkonzerte

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Martin Stadtfeld piano
Festival Strings Lucerne
Achim Fiedler

MP3 HQ · 125 MB

Schumann · Works for Oboe and Piano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Heinz Holliger oboe d'amore
Alfred Brendel piano

MP3 320 · 112 MB

Haydn · Danzi · Rosetti · Horn Concertos

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) · Franz Danzi (1763-1826)
Antonio Rosetti (c1750-1792)

Hermann Baumann horn
Concerto Amsterdam
Jaap Schröder

MP3 HQ · 91 MB

Grieg · Violin Sonatas

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Augustin Dumay violin
Maria Joao Pires piano

MP3 HQ · 112 MB

Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No.3 · Respighi Concerto gregoriano

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) · Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Pierre Amoyal
Orchestre National de France
Charles Dutoit

MP3 HQ · 112 MB

Shostakovich · The Symphonies

Mariss Jansons' EMI Shostakovich symphony cycle took nearly two decades to complete, yet it was mere weeks after the release of the final installment (Symphonies 3 & 14) that this new boxed set appeared, providing an opportunity for collectors to get all 15 symphonies at a bargain price. But don't let the packaging's diminutive dimensions fool you: there's nothing small-scaled about the music making.

Jansons maintains a high standard of excellence from the first recording (Symphony No. 7) to the last with his lean, taut approach that emphasizes musical values as well as emotional impact. This is the middle ground between the sheer hysteria evoked by Kondrashin and Mravinsky and the dark warmth found in Haitink's Concertgebouw Orchestra recordings. But Jansons' readings are compelling in their own right, reaching a level of intensity that is often gripping. You can hear this in pretty much all the symphonies, though Nos. 4, 8, 10, 13, & 14 are particular standouts. Rudolf Barshai's cycle (type Q4581 in Search Reviews) employed one excellent orchestra that he developed into a mean Shostakovich machine. Jansons uses no fewer than eight different ensembles, and it's remarkable how he maintains interpretive consistency.