Jacqueline du Pre, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli – Elgar: Cello Concerto etc (1962-1966/2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:17:41 minutes | 3,12 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Warner Classics / Esoteric – ESSW-90254
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Katia & Marielle Labèque, Chris Richards, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – NAZARENO! Bernstein, Stravinsky, Golijov (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:24 minutes | 740 MB | Genre: Classical
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Celebrating the union of classical and jazz, LSO Live’s latest release encapsulates the very best of the two genres with an irresistible selection of works by Bernstein, Stravinsky and Golijov, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
Argentinian tango and jazz course through Golijov’s vibrant Nazareno. Superstar piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque are flanked by brass, percussion and cello in this special arrangement for two pianos and orchestra by Gonzalo Grau.
LSO Principal Clarinettist Chris Richards steps into the spotlight in Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto. The work is an era-defining amalgamation of jazz and classical, reflecting back the variety of a rapidly changing world, at turns frenetic and agitated, mournful and bluesy. This fluidity extends into Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs—an exuberant display of contrasting musical ideas, harmoniously intertwined together.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Stefan Sanderling & Amy Schwartz Moretti – Christopher Schmitz: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 1 “Land of the Free” (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:13 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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The violin concerto is a challenging setup to write for: it beckons with promises of both might and fragility. Composer Christopher Alan Schmitz is well-versed in both the theoretical and practical aspects of composition: his resulting VIOLIN CONCERTO AND SYMPHONY NO. 1 gets the balance just right.
The tonal language is reminiscent of Bruckner and Mahler, as raw emotion mixes with splendor. The ultimate success of this precarious, heady concoction rests on the shoulders of conductor Stefan Sanderling and particularly, violinist Amy Schwarz Moretti, member of the acclaimed Ehnes Quartet. Stirringly written and performed to perfection, a success it is.
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Soweto Kinch, London Symphony Orchestra, Lee Reynolds – White Juju (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:34 minutes | 860 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra and Serious, White Juju is made up of six new works for jazz quintet and chamber orchestra. Beginning with the deafening silence of quarantine in 2020, it conjures sounds such as a bird call in Central Park, and the statue of a slaver crashing into Bristol’s River Avon, interwoven with Kinch’s barbed lyrics. The piece is deliberately danceable and intentionally seeks to subvert expectations of orchestral music.
Kinch’s music melds his distinct approach to jazz and hip hop with Classical music: drawing broad inspiration from European folklore, the African Diaspora and myth to create a contemporary tone poem.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli – Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (1966-1969/2020)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:02:41 minutes | 2,52 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): EMI / EMI / Tower Records Japan – TDSA-163
没後50年企画。50分を超える演奏ながらも噛みしめるかのような最晩年の名演として名高い「英雄の生涯」を最新復刻!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。藤野俊介氏による新規解説付。世界初SACD化
「英雄の生涯」は最晩年である1969年9月にロンドン響とは最後の収録となった曲で、LPの初出はバルビローリが亡くなってから3ヵ月後のことでした。ゆったりとしたテンポと濃厚なまでの表現は他に追随を許さない個性的な演奏で50分を超えますが、まったく弛緩しない指揮は見事です。今回の復刻ではハレ管との「ばらの騎士」の「ワルツ・シークェンス(バルビローリ編)」をカップリング。2曲とも世界初SACD化音源です。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てSACD層、CD層別々にマスタリングを行いました。新規解説付。永久保存盤です。
亡くなる約1年前の収録である1969年の唯一の「英雄の生涯」は、名盤が多いロンドン交響楽団との最後のセッション録音にもなりました。両者の結びつきは長く、この収録時の模様は解説書にある藤野氏の記述(コンマスであるジョン・ジョージアディスの回想)が興味深いですが、この録音は充実した響きとスケール感で他の演奏を大きく引き離します。しばしばR.シュトラウス作品の演奏時に見られるような外面的な効果は微塵も感じられない、極めて充実度の高い演奏ではないでしょうか。オケの力量も十分で、録音も揃った名盤です。尚、今回のカップリングはバルビローリ自身の編曲である「ばらの騎士」からワルツ・シークェンスとしました。12分ほどの中に、曲の素晴らしいエッセンスが詰まっている演奏で、この曲を聴いただけでもバルビローリの非凡さが十分にわかります。生き生きとした音楽の流れとシュトラウスの醍醐味が十全に堪能できる名演です。
今回、本国にあるオリジナルの2Chのアナログ・マスターテープから、192kHz/24bitでデジタル化を行ったフラットマスターを使用し最新でマスタリングを行っています。マスターは総じて整ったバランスであり、経年変化も少ない状態でした。「英雄の生涯」の充実した響きには驚かされます。制作にあたっては極力オリジナルのバランスを重視し、音楽的な観点でのマスタリングを心掛けました。それにより楽器の距離感や奥行きなど見通しが良くなり、さらに定位が向上したことでストレスなく最上の演奏をお楽しみいただけます。尚、解説書には英国音楽に造詣の深い、藤野竣介氏による新規文章を掲載しました。
このシリーズでは、SACD層では伸びのある高域と柔らかなニュアンスと共に高い解像度と豊かな音場を、CD層はまとまったしっかりとした音と共に押し出される実在感ある音色を目指しています。CD自体のポテンシャルも高く、むしろ両方の良さを堪能できるSACDハイブリッド盤としてもお楽しみください。今回のDefinition Series第31弾は、バルビローリの名盤、計3タイトルを発売いたします。
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London Symphony Orchestra – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41; Overture, Le nozze di Figaro (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:17 minutes | 325 MB | Genre: Classical
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Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.
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London Symphony Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8; Rosamunde Overture (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:26 minutes | 522 MB | Genre: Classical
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Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.
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London Symphony Orchestra – Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Haydn: Symphony No. 92 (1954/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:30 minutes | 441 MB | Genre: Classical
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Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.
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London Symphony Orchestra – Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 31 (1952/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:35 minutes | 366 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Born and raised in Vienna, Josef Krips trained as a choirboy and studied with Felix Weingartner, who then hired him as a repetiteur at the Volksoper. He his debut there in 1921, before graduating to the Vienna State Opera in 1933. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it was Krips above all who reformed and re-trained the State Opera as a world-class ensemble, and in the most difficult conditions. His pragmatism and understated authority made him a model recording conductor, and Decca hired him to work with orchestras in several of their centres of activity.
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Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, André Previn – Schumann, Grieg – Piano Concertos (1973-1979/2020)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:03:24 minutes | 2,55 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Decca / Esoteric – ESSD-90228
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London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra & Claudio Abbado – Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Scythian Suite, Lieutenant Kije (1977-1979/2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:18:51 minutes | 3,17 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Deutsche Grammophon / Esoteric – ESSG-90258
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London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle – Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:31 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Classical
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Celebrating the work of Benjamin Britten, this album combines three of the composer’s enduringly popular, yet vastly distinctive works. Sir Simon Rattle leads us on an unexpected journey through this diverse collection of masterpieces.
Written shortly after the outbreak of World War II, Sinfonia da Requiem meditates in part on the political populism which had, for the second time in just a few decades, plunged the world in to an existential crisis. In this piece, Britten’s rich, yearning harmonies reveal a sombre and dramatic warning of the cost of conflict.From the darkness of war, we move towards the light with Britten’s choral Spring Symphony. With its mysterious reimagining of traditional English folk song and verse, the work depicts the gradual reawakening of the natural world when winter ebbs away, and spring begins to triumph.Britten let his imagination catch fire in The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This brilliantly original showpiece is one of the composer’s best-known pieces, and draws the album to a close.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn – Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos (1970-1971) (2023
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 02:38:15 minutes | Full Scans included | 6,36 GB
Genre: Classical | Publisher (label): Decca / Esoteric – ESSD-90274/75
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Sir John Barbirolli, Jacqueline du Pré, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra – Elgar: Cello Concerto, “Enigma” Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches (2022)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:12:37 minutes | 2,88 GB | Genre: Classical
Source: SACD | Artwork: Front cover | © EMI / Esoteric
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Peter Katin, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens – Schumann: Piano Concerto & Franck: Variations Symphoniques (1959/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 46:46 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Classical
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