Klangforum Wien, Peter Evans, Johannes Kalitzke, Tim Anderson, Ilan Volkov – Lucia Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:41:24 minutes | 1,75 GB | Genre: Classical
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Throughout her life, Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925 – 2000) was overshadowed by great masters of the New York music scene – even though she had been awarded a number of prestigious prizes and – in 1977 – was the first woman ever to receive the Koussevitzky International Recording Award. Today, almost 25 years after her death, the composer, lyric poet, inventor of musical instruments, choreographer and stage director is enjoying a renaissance. Increasingly, Diugoszewski’s compositions are included in programmes presented by festivals, ensembles and orchestras. Klangforum Wien is joining the ranks, re-interpreting these almost forgotten works with their usual virtuosity and precision. The double album includes selected pieces ranging from the 1950s to the 1990s. Compositions such as Abyss and Caress (1975), Each Time You Carry Me This Way (1993) and Avanti (1980) are here recorded for the very first time.
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Steven Osborne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov – Stravinsky: Complete music for piano & orchestra (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:00:15 minutes | 916 MB | Genre: Classical
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A new album from the Gramophone Award-winning team of Steven Osborne, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov. Here they present Stravinsky’s complete music for piano and orchestra as a rare complete set, plus the Concerto in D for string orchestra. The taut rhythmic brilliance of this music is perfectly suited to the particular artistry of these performers. Volkov’s mastery of Stravinsky’s neo-classical idiom is clear from the ecstatic critical response to his recordings of many of the composer’s orchestral works.
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