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Jean Claude Pennetier, Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Christoph Poppen – Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 21 & No. 24 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:54 minutes | 549 MB | Genre: Classical
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With these two piano concertos, Jean-Claude Pennetier establishes the authenticity of Mozart’s gift. The tenderness and fire of No. 21 mirror the anguish and inner intensity of No. 24. The two pieces are close to perfect and prove, as Mauriac put it, that: “As long as men inhabit the earth, just a few bars of Mozart can remind us of the paradise we lost, a paradise that may still exist as long as we can hear the echoes of its laughter and tears in such divine music.”
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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, James Gaffigan, Ingo Metzmacher, Christoph Poppen, Michael Schonwandt, Markus Stenz, Osmo Vanska – Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphonies Nos. 1-8 (2014)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 03:18:13 minutes | 7,86 GB | Genre: Classical
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Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963) is one of the most significant but least-known symphonic composers of the 20th century. This set of three hybrid SACDs, issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the German composer’s death, features his eight symphonies played by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Chamber Philharmonic Orchestras under the batons of several major conductors, including Christoph Poppen, Osmo Vanska, James Gaffigan and Markus Stenz.
One of the most characteristic features of Hartmann’s work is the way in which he forges contrasting stylistic elements and techniques from various periods of music history into a seamless unit. Moreover, one melody is found in all his symphonies, concealed to varying degrees. This melody is based on the Jewish song “Elijahu hanavi” about the prophet Elijah, whom the Jews anxiously await to bring them redemption. This yearning quality lies at the heart of the composer’s music.
Two types of movement, adagio and scherzo, form the unmistakable axis of Hartmann’s symphonic works, and the result is that the musical discourse continually takes place between expansion and energy, monumental stasis and a dynamic primal force toppling everything in its path. Hartmann’s symphonic legacy most certainly deserves its rightful place in the canon, especially in English-speaking countries where it’s been often overlooked.
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Christoph Poppen, Danish National Symphony Orchestra – Before Heaven, Before Earth – Symphonies 1 & 2 (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:39 minutes | 777 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Danish-German composer Søren Nils Eichberg is the first composer in residence in the history of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. This disc presents the premiere recordings of his Symphony No. 1, the large-scale doomsday vision “Stürzten wir uns ins Feuer” (2006), and of his Symphony No. 2 “Before Heaven, before Earth” (2010), that was first performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and concludes an explosive phase of creativity in the young composer.
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