William Shatner, Ben Folds, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Steven Reineke – So Fragile, So Blue (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

William Shatner, Ben Folds, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Steven Reineke – So Fragile, So Blue (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:25 minutes | 724 MB | Genre: Classical, Spoken Word
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

This album is about something we all have in common; this beautiful planet Earth that we all call home.

Ben Folds brought new friends to the project, the wonderful composer and orchestrator Jherek Bischoff and bluegrass violin virtuoso and composer Gabe Witcher. They wrote original underscoring for our lyrics to create these new orchestral works. All of these friends together with conductor Steven Reineke and the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra made this project a reality.

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National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:18 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

“Noseda’s Third [Beethoven Symphony] was a charm, deferential to the symphony’s deliberate designs but deliberate enough to enhance its details in high resolution, polish its surface, restore its gleam.”

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will release the first installment of their complete Beethoven symphony cycle, a recording of Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.

In the 2021–2022 season,Music Director Gianandrea Noseda led the National Symphony Orchestra in performances of Beethoven’s symphonies 1, 3, 4, and 5. Next season, the NSO will complete its Beethoven cycle with performances of the remainder of Beethoven’s nine symphonies in May and June 2023. This initial release of the NSO’s performances of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 was recorded live in January 2022 at the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall.
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Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Camilla Tilling, Kelley O’Connor, Issachah Savage, Ryan McKinny, The Washington Chorus – Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Camilla Tilling, Kelley O’Connor, Issachah Savage, Ryan McKinny, The Washington Chorus – Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:38:09 minutes | 10,88 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

The culmination of five digital releases, the National Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda conclude their journey through Beethoven’s complete symphonies, releasing the complete set.

“Beethoven’s voice is as fresh and powerful today as it was when he created those masterpieces,” said Noseda. “To approach Beethoven is a journey. You know you are starting the journey, but you never know where the journey will take you. With Beethoven, any moment is a discovery.”

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National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:11:05 minutes | 2,18 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda will release Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 on December 1, 2023, available for pre-order on November 17. The release is the penultimate installment of a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies on the National Symphony Orchestra label.

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Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:06:25 minutes | 2,16 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

The National Symphony Orchestra looks forward to releasing Beethoven’s remaining symphonies over the course of 2023 and 2024. The cover designs for this cycle feature the work of Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems. Inspired by the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven, Willems created a series of large-scale abstractions influenced by each of the composer’s nine symphonies.

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National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – George Walker: Five Sinfonias (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – George Walker: Five Sinfonias (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:05:15 minutes | 2,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) will release an album of George Walker’s five sinfonias, conducted by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda, on September 8, 2023. The recording project celebrates NSO’s connection to Walker—the first African American composer to receive a Pulitzer Prize and a D.C. native—and honors his centennial, which was in 2022.

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National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:02:23 minutes | 2,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © National Symphony Orchestra

Two symphonies from Beethoven’s so-called ‘Heroic’ period—No 4 completed in 1806 and the supremely defiant No 5 begun in the same year and completed two years later.

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