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
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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)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:18 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
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“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)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:38:09 minutes | 10,88 GB | Genre: Classical
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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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Gianandrea Noseda, National Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:04:14 minutes | 2,11 GB | Genre: Classical
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The National Symphony Orchestra is concluding its Beethoven symphony cycle this month. As with the first half of this series, music director Gianandrea Noseda is pairing these familiar works with others in the genre by African-American composers George Walker and William Grant Still. The first program was anchored on Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony Friday night in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
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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)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:06:25 minutes | 2,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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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 – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 11: Piero Coppola, George Enescu (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:21 minutes | 630 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.
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National Symphony Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 15: Sir Malcolm Sargent, Eduard van Beinum (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:08:03 minutes | 600 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.
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National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 5: Albert Coates (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:17:23 minutes | 540 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.
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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, Howard Mitchell – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (1959)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:07 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Classical
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1959 Record with ‘New Orthophonic’ recording. Howard Mitchell, Conductor National Symphony Orchestra So many composers seem to hit their stride with a 5th symphony that is considered outstanding. This is true of Shostakovich. The art work on the front has a very interesting painting by Joseph Hirsch, a well known painter from the 30s and 40s. A close up version of Shostakovich’s face composed of jewel-like facets echoing the artistic complexity of the music.
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National Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda – Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 – Copland: Billy the Kid (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:29 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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For the first recording on its own label, the Washington, D.C.-based National Symphony Orchestra turns to two heroes of American music. While in New York at the start of the 20th century, Czech composer Dvořák fell in love with indigenous folk tunes, incorporating them into arguably America’s first symphony. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda revels in its dances and brings a delicious richness to the spiritual-inspired Largo. In the work of Copland—a composer who carved out a more permanent identity for US music—those traditional folk tunes are on the surface. In his 1938 ballet, Billy the Kid, he proves a master at conjuring the open spaces of the American Wild West, bustling street scenes, and gun fights. The NSO is alive to every thrilling moment.
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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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