Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque, Modestas Pitrenas – Bach: Goldberg Variations Reimagined (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque, Modestas Pitrenas – Bach: Goldberg Variations Reimagined (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:21:23 minutes | 2,77 GB | Genre: Classical
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Imagining how Bach himself might have transformed the Goldbergs Variations for a chamber group, Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque present a pioneering new arrangement of the Goldberg Variations by Chad Kelly. Employing a variety of instrumental combinations from a typical Bach ensemble of single strings, oboe, flute, bassoon and harpsichord, these newly-crafted Goldbergs illuminate exquisite responses to the various historical genres inherent in Bach’s scores. This beloved masterpiece was composed through a period of personal tumult for Bach; two unsuccessful job applications, the premature death of his son Gottfried, and criticism of his music in a prominent Hamburg publication. Bach’s outpouring of beauty in the Goldberg Variations has long captured audience’s imaginations – Chad Kelly, Rachel Podger and her fleet Brecon Baroque preserve the work’s exquisite intricacy whilst adding breadth, texture and colour to its emotional backdrop. This revisioning of Bach’s Goldberg Variations is a perfect transformation of the work for the modern era.

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Simon Callaghan, Modestas Pitrėnas, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen – Reinecke: Piano Concertos (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Simon Callaghan, Modestas Pitrėnas, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen – Reinecke: Piano Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:01 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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A prolific composer, respected and influential in his lifetime—the Romantic Piano Concerto again turns up trumps with three concertos by Carl Reinecke.

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Anna Fedorova, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen & Modestas Pitrenas – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Youth Symphony – Silvestrov: The Messenger (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Anna Fedorova, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen & Modestas Pitrenas – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Youth Symphony – Silvestrov: The Messenger (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:08:48 minutes | 2,15 GB | Genre: Classical
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Anna Fedorova and the Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen under Modestas Pitrėnas complete their critically acclaimed cycle of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos with this recording of his Third Piano Concerto. Anna Fedorova considers Rachmaninoff’s Third one of the grandest concertos ever written, stating “it has incredible compelling power and demands mobilization of all the physical, creative and emotional abilities from both soloist and orchestra. At the same time this composition is very romantic by its nature, sort of a lyrical confession of the composer”. BBC Music Magazine has given 5-star reviews to all previous Fedorova/Rachmaninoff recordings, noting that “Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is a remarkable artist. The clear thinking and feeling behind these Rachmaninoff concerto interpretations are refreshing indeed”.

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Anna Fedorova, Modestas Pitrenas, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Anna Fedorova, Modestas Pitrenas, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:45 minutes | 999 MB | Genre: Classical
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Mit über 35 Millionen Aufrufen ist Anna Fedorovas Live-Aufführung von Rachmaninoffs zweitem Klavierkonzert das meistgesehene klassische Konzertvideo auf YouTube. Wir sind stolz darauf, die lang erwartete Studioaufnahme dieses beliebten Konzerts zusammen mit Rachmaninoffs viertem Klavierkonzert zu veröffentlichen.
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