Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev – Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tugan Sokhiev – Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:09:54 minutes | 643 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Sony Classical

The first recording of the Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 by DSO Berlin directed by Tugan Sokhiev captured international attention (5 stars from Fono Forum). Now a new recording is being released of Prokofiev’s Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7 as well as the “Lieutenant Kij” Suite. The First Symphony is easily the most famous orchestral work by the Russian composer. The work is marked by joyfulness, vitality, and refined rhythm. At the same time, Prokofiev surprises listeners with a compositional style reminiscent of the music of Joseph Haydn. Prokofiev’s Seventh and final symphony also features the compositional style of Haydn, thus creating a link between his first and final symphony. The work is captivating because of its Oriental tonal landscape, expressive instrumentation full of striking effects and overwhelming, sumptuous orchestral splendour. The program is rounded off by an exceptional recording of the Lieutenant Kij Suite. Initially composed as a film score, today this work still fascinates concert-goers all over the world. The fourth movement in particular will be familiar to most listeners as a well-known Christmas theme.
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Fumiaki Miura, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannu Lintu – Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Fumiaki Miura, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannu Lintu – Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:47 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Avex Classics

It was quite by chance, or happy coincidence, that I came across the name of Fumiaki Miura. Browsing performances of the Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso on YouTube, I stumbled on a version with an unnamed orchestra accompanying a dazzling performance by a young violinist, who seemed to take the concert by storm. It was pretty evident that here was an exceptional talent.

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Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Paavo Järvi – Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorák: Silent Woods (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Paavo Järvi – Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorák: Silent Woods (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:46 minutes | 578 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ondine

This album by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Paavo Järvi, is dedicated in the memory of their longtime artistic partner, pianist Lars Vogt (1970–2022). At the heart of this album is Brahms, one of Lars Vogt’s favourite composers, and his late orchestral masterpiece, the Double Concerto. Brahms himself had admired one of Viotti’s violin concertos so much that he included material from the Violin Concerto no.22 into his work. With Christian Tetzlaff’s recording of the Violin Concerto, this album finally brings these two works together. Also included is Dvořák’s beautiful Silent Woods for cello and orchestra, a work by another composer that was very close to Lars Vogt’s heart.

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Martin Helmchen, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Andrew Manze – Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Martin Helmchen, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Andrew Manze – Beethoven: Pianos concertos 1 & 4 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:36 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

As the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethovens birth approaches, and following a much-admired version of the Diabelli Variations (Alpha 386 Gramophone Editors Choice), Martin Helmchen has decided to record his complete piano concertos in the company of musical partners with whom he has a special affinity, Andrew Manze and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. They devote this first volume to the Concertos nos. 2 and 5, giving lovingly polished performances of these two masterpieces of the piano repertory. Composed even before Concerto no. 1, the Second Concerto was premiered in Vienna in 1795, when Beethoven was only twenty-five years old, but underwent several revisions before being published in its final version in 1801. Concerto no. 5 is the last that Beethoven composed. Though completed in 1808, it was not premiered until 1811. Beethoven normally gave the first performance of his concertos himself, but this time his increasing deafness meant he was unable to do so.

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Mari Kodama, Kent Nagano & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin – Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-5 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Mari Kodama, Kent Nagano & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin – Beethoven: Piano Concertos 0-5 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 04:30:04 minutes | 3,92 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics

Together with the Berlin-based Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester (DSO) Mari Kodama and her husband Kent Nagano have now completed the recording of all of Beethoven’s piano concertos by jumping, as it were, back in time twice: the last element of this recording series that has spanned more than 13 years was Beethoven’s concerto “number nought” (WoO 4) – personally edited by Mari Kodama from the autograph score.

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Alban Gerhardt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Blunier – Fitzenhagen: Cello Concertos (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Alban Gerhardt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Blunier – Fitzenhagen: Cello Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:59 minutes | 727 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

The music of Wilhelm Fitzenhagen bursts into the Hyperion catalogue with two triumphant cello concertos, a couple of other original works, and his (in)famous version of the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. Ace cellist Alban Gerhardt presides.

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Christian Poltéra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard – Dvořák & Martinů: Cello Concertos (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Christian Poltéra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard – Dvořák & Martinů: Cello Concertos (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:18 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BIS

Since 2007, cellist Christian Poltéra has recorded a number of acclaimed discs for BIS, of less often heard concertos by composers such as Othmar Schoeck, Frank Martin and Samuel Barber, as well as contemporary classics including Henri Dutilleux’s ‘Toute un monde lointain…’. Across the world, reviewers have been bowled over by Poltéra’s effortless technique, but even more so by his communicative skills and beautiful sound, typically using adjectives such as ‘glowing’, ‘lyrical’, ‘ripe’ and ‘singing’. These are of course qualities that will enhance any repertoire, and here, on his latest disc, Poltéra has occasion to apply them to one of the truly great Romantic concertos. Dvořák once famously expressed as his opinion that the cello was unsuitable as a solo instrument, going on to compose what was to become one of the most beautiful, as well as popular, concertos in the repertoire. Although the solo part is demanding, the work is by no means a bravura showpiece. Instead, the orchestra and soloist form an integral whole, something which is admirably brought out in the interaction between Poltéra and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Thomas Dausgaard. When he composed his First Cello Concerto, in 1930, Dvořák’s compatriot Bohuslav Martinů also wanted to create a work involving dialogue between soloist and orchestra. Inspired by the concerto grosso form of the baroque era, he wrote a first version for cello and chamber orchestra, which he revisited in 1939, expanding it for large orchestra. In 1955 he returned to the concerto once again to create a third and final version, which has become one of his most popular works.

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Daniel Müller-Schott, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Alexandre Bloch – Four Visions of France (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Daniel Müller-Schott, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Alexandre Bloch – Four Visions of France (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:48 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orfeo

It is not by chance that luminous textures and sensual orchestral colors are considered essential features of French music. Its history features great names renowned for their art of instrumentation and sensitive use of timbres, who include the composers of the cello concertos on this recording: Camille Saint-Sa”ens, whose instrumentation technique always combines color with transparency, ‘Edouard Lalo, who was highly esteemed by Claude Debussy for the wealth of color in his works, and Arthur Honegger, who painted striking soundscapes not only in his Cello Concerto but in his works without a large orchestra as well. Often it is the fine shadings and delicate transitions that characterize the tone colors of French music and are responsible for its delightful charm. Daniel M”uller-Schott – Opus Klassik award winner 2019 – appealingly combines five works from the French sound kaleidoscope on his newest album with the DSO Berlin and Alexandre Bloch ‘Four Visions of France’.

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Christian Tetzlaff, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Robin Ticciati – Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Berg: Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Angel (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Christian Tetzlaff, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Robin Ticciati – Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Berg: Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Angel (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:25 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ondine

In this new concerto album one of the greatest violinist of his generation, Christian Tetzlaff, offers profound interpretations of two deeply dramatic and lyrical concertos – those of Brahms and Berg – together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Robin Ticciati.

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Yutaka Sado – Beethoven 5, Schubert 7 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Yutaka Sado – Beethoven 5, Schubert 7 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:40 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Avex Classics

佐渡 裕、ついに『運命』に挑む!
最高の録音環境を得て、西洋音楽の伝統の頂上を目指す意欲作の誕生!
佐渡 裕が満を持して挑んだ究極の『運命』『未完成』!
重厚なドイツのサウンドを現代に受け継ぐ名門ベルリン・ドイツ交響楽団をベルリン、イエス・キリスト教会で指揮し、名だたる過去の名盤に正攻法で挑んだ話題盤!
圧倒的な興奮と感動、そして天上的な美しさを併せ持つ新たなる名盤の誕生!
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Anna Tsybuleva, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Ruth Reinhardt – Anna Tsybuleva: Brahms (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Anna Tsybuleva, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Ruth Reinhardt – Anna Tsybuleva: Brahms (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:40 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records

Signum Records present an exciting new collaboration and a debut recording with Leeds International Piano Competition Winner (2015), Anna Tsybuleva, of music by Johannes Brahms together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt.

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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Lukasz Borowicz – Alfvén: Symphonic Works, Vol. 3 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Lukasz Borowicz – Alfvén: Symphonic Works, Vol. 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:16:43 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CPO

During his lifetime, Hugo Alfvén became known as one of Sweden’s principal composers of his time, with works that struck a chord with a wide audience. As a result of his popularity, a nationwide collection was held in celebration of his 70th birthday in 1942, with the proceeds used to build Alfvéngården, the composer’s home during his final years. Now, 80 years later, Elin Rombo and Peter Friis Johansson are releasing their tribute to Alfvén’s 150th anniversary, recorded at Alfvéngården using the composer’s own piano. Alfvén is primarily known for his orchestral music – including the ubiquitous Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 – and as a composer of choral music. As befits the setting, the focus of the present disc is on more intimate works, however – namely songs and piano pieces. Some of the pieces are closely related to the venue – Fyra låtar från Leksand (Four Tunes from Leksand) is a piano version of folk tunes collected from a local fiddler and Så tag mit hjerte (‘So take my heart’), Alfvén’s most frequently performed song, was composed there in 1946 as a present to his wife.

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