Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Franz Konwitschny – Wagner: Tannhäuser (1960/2021)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 03:03:03 minutes | 7,34 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): EMI / Tower Records Japan – TDSA-187/89
数あるタンホイザーの録音の中でも抜群の説得力を持つ、コンヴィチュニー最高のオペラ録音のひとつを世界初SACD化!
1960年当時の驚異的な録音を最上の音質で復刻。新規解説・対訳付。
新規で本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから最新復刻。シリアルナンバー付800セット限定盤
充実したキャストによる1960年録音の名盤が見事に蘇りました。ステレオ録音はそれほど多くないコンヴィチュニーのオペラ録音の中でも、同時期の「さまよえるオランダ人」と並んで高い評価を得ている旧EMIレーベルのこの「タンホイザー」は、単なる古き良き時代のドイツを想起させるに留まらない、永遠の名盤ともいえる出来です。当時のマスターテープは現代まで良い状態を維持しており、まるで最新録音であるかのような明瞭な音質に驚きます。演奏・録音ともに素晴らしいアルバムです。本国のオリジナル・アナログ・マスターテープから192kHz/24bitでデジタル化したマスターを用い、SACD層、CD層別々にマスタリング。新規解説・歌詞対訳付。永久保存盤です。800セット限定のシリアル・ナンバー・シール付。
フランツ・コンヴィチュニー(1901-62)の録音は、2020年にBerlin Clasics原盤のステレオ音源を多数復刻し、従来は埋もれていたその類稀な音楽性や資質が、高音質化により詳細に掴めるようになりました。マスターテープに残されていた緻密なまでの彼の指揮が現代に蘇ったことは、音質向上によるところが大きいです。録音時期がステレオ初期までであったため音源自体は多くはありませんが、残された盤はどれも珠玉の逸品ばかりです。さらに少ないオペラ録音の中でも、同時期の「さまよえるオランダ人」と並んで高い評価を得ているのが、この「タンホイザー」であり、キャストの充実振りは現在見ても目を見張るものがあります。そして、今回の復刻での歌唱含め今から60年以上前の収録とは思えないほどの瑞々しい音質には驚きます。ブラインドテストをすれば最新録音と思う方もいるのではないでしょうか。従来のCDではもやもやとした解像度のためいまひとつ真価が伝わって来ませんでしたが、今回の復刻での、霧が晴れたかのような生き生きとした音楽にぜひ刮目いただければと思います。これは、やはりマスターテープの状態によるところが大きく左右しています。(1/2)
Franz Konwitschny – Anton Bruckner Symphonies 8 & 9 conducted by Franz Konwitschny (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:23:50 minutes | 2,31 GB | Genre: Classical
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Franz Konwitschny (* August 14, 1901 in Fulnek, North Moravia; † July 28, 1962 in Belgrade) was a German conductor.
Konvichny came from a Moravian family of musicians. From 1920 to 1923 he first took violin lessons at the Academy of the Musikverein in Brno, before becoming a pupil of Hans Bassermann at the Conservatory of Music in Leipzig from April 1923 to 1925. During this time he was temporarily employed as a violinist and violist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra. in 1925 Konwitschny became a member of the Fitzner Quartet in Vienna as a violist and went to Stuttgart in 1927, first as a accompanist, since 1930 as 1st Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater. At the beginning of the 1933/34 season, he went to Freiburg im Breisgau as musical director of the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was appointed general music director in 1934. In 1938 he became music director and musical director of the Opera in Frankfurt am Main.
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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny – Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 “The Great” (Remastered 2023) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:48 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel
The name “Czech Philharmonic Orchestra” appeared for the first time in 1894, as the title of the orchestra of the Prague National Theatre. It played its first concert under its current name on January 4, 1896 when Antonín Dvořák conducted his own compositions, but it did not become fully independent from the opera until 1901. The first representative concert took place on October 15, 1901 conducted by Ludvík Čelanský, the first artistic director of the orchestra. In 1908, Gustav Mahler led the orchestra in the world premiere of his Symphony No. 7. The orchestra first became internationally known during the principal conductorship of Václav Talich, who held the post from 1919 to 1931, and again from 1933 to 1941. In 1941, Talich and the orchestra made a controversial journey to Germany, where they performed Bedřich Smetana’s My Country in a concert enforced by the German offices.
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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Franz Konwitschny – Beethoven: Sinfonie No. 9 & 1 (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:38:32 minutes | 958 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Eterna
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven’s greatest work and one of the supreme achievements in the history of music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world.
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Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Franz Konwitschny – Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Ouvertüre / Sinfonie No. 2 (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:05 minutes | 383 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Eterna
The Creatures of Prometheus (German: Die Gesch”opfe des Prometheus), Op. 43, is a ballet composed in 1801 by Ludwig van Beethoven following the libretto of Salvatore Vigan`o. The ballet premiered on 28 March 1801 at the Burgtheater in Vienna and was given 28 performances. It was premiered in New York at the Park Theatre on 14 June 1808 being one of the first full length works by Beethoven to be performed in the United States. It is the only full length ballet by Beethoven.
The Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, is a symphony in four movements written by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1801 and 1802. The work is dedicated to Karl Alois, Prince Lichnowsky.
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Franz Konwitschny – Wagner: Ouvertures, Preludes & Orchestral Works (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:26:10 minutes | 906 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jube Classic
Franz Konwitschny (14 August 1901, Fulnek, Moravia – 28 July 1962, Belgrade) was a German conductor and violist of Moravian descent.
He started his career on the viola, playing in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Wilhelm Furtw”angler. In 1925, he moved to Vienna, where he played the viola with the Fitzner Quartet. He also began teaching at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium. He later became a conductor, joining the Stuttgart Opera in 1927. From 1949 until his death he was principal conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 1953 until 1955 he was also principal conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle and from 1955 onward he led the Berlin State Opera.
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