Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Gerard Schwarz – The Shining (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:45:14 minutes | 3,98 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PENTATONE
Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents the world-premiere recording of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s opera The Shining (2016). Based on the novel by Stephen King, this opera “elevates the tale from horror story to a human drama” (Wall Street Journal) thanks to Moravec’s atmospheric, electrifying score and Campbell’s deft libretto. While staged performances have received critical and public acclaim, this engaging masterpiece can now be enjoyed as a recording for the first time.
The Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus are led by the eminent conductor Gerard Schwarz and join forces with an excellent cast of soloists. The main role of Jack Torrance is interpreted by Edward Parks, who was part of the Grammy-winning recording of Mason Bate’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, released on Pentatone in 2018.
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Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Gerard Schwarz – The Shining (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:45:14 minutes | 3,98 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PENTATONE
Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents the world-premiere recording of Paul Moravec and Mark Campbell’s opera The Shining (2016). Based on the novel by Stephen King, this opera “elevates the tale from horror story to a human drama” (Wall Street Journal) thanks to Moravec’s atmospheric, electrifying score and Campbell’s deft libretto. While staged performances have received critical and public acclaim, this engaging masterpiece can now be enjoyed as a recording for the first time.
The Kansas City Symphony and Lyric Opera of Kansas City Chorus are led by the eminent conductor Gerard Schwarz and join forces with an excellent cast of soloists. The main role of Jack Torrance is interpreted by Edward Parks, who was part of the Grammy-winning recording of Mason Bate’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, released on Pentatone in 2018.
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Frost Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz – Michael Dellaira: The Leopard (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:00:44 minutes | 4,28 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Naxos
Michael Dellaira has earned a considerable reputation for his series of operas, of which the latest to be recorded is The Leopard. The libretto, by the distinguished poet J.D. McClatchy, is drawn from the 1958 novel written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. It charts social and political upheavals during the Italian Risorgimento and, as the young idealist Tancredi tells his uncle, the Prince of Salina, ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.’ The opera’s premiere, conducted by Gerard Schwarz, was exceptionally well received and described by Opera Magazine as ‘superbly crafted.’
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Eugene Istomin, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24 (1996/2009)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 00:59:41 minutes | 2,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Booklet, Front Cover | © Reference Recordings
A legendary pianist! Inspired performances by one of America’s greatest musicians, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Eugene Istomin’s illustrious career spanned some fifty years with over 4,000 orchestral concerts and recitals around the world. His performances of Mozart have been called “vigorous and full-bodied” by The Washington Post. He has collaborated with Gerard Schwarz on these concertos many times in the past. The Seattle Symphony has won two Grammy® awards and is often called “the most recorded orchestra in America”.
“Prof.” Keith Johnson’s recording wizardry pays large dividends in natural, high-resolution string textures and huge, three-dimensional soundstage.
The original CD is on The Absolute Sound “Super Disc List” and “RECORDING OF THE MONTH” –Stereophile, May 1996
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Elmar Oliveira, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (1980) [Reissue 2005]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:28 minutes | Scans included | 607 MB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/44,1 kHz | Scans included | 422 MB
Delos / Top Music International # TM-SACD8003.2
Violinist Elmar Oliveira joins the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as conducted by Gerard Schwarz. Recorded in May 1980 in California.
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