Philharmonia Orchestra And Pablo Heras-Casado – Debussy: La Mer, Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:02 minutes | 510 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © harmonia mundi
2018 marks the centenary of the death of Claude Debussy. Considered by some to be the father of modern music, Debussy’s highly original system of harmony and musical structure expressed in many respects the ideals to which the Impressionist and Symbolist movements of his time aspired. Alongside two shimmering masterpieces, La Mer and the celebrated Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, the Symphonic Fragments from Le Martyre de saint Sébastien receive loving attention from the distinguished musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra – making their harmonia mundi label début – conducted by Maestro Pablo Heras-Casado.
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Philharmonia Orchestra & David Zinman – Fabian Müller: Works with Orchestra (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:26 minutes | 552 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Ars Produktion
Fabian Müller’s (1964) works have been performed by great musicians of our time such as David Zinman, Andris Nelsons, Sir Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood or Steven Isserlis and have been heard in the world’s renowned halls such as Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Teatro Colón, St. Petersburg Philharmonie or Tonhalle Zurich.
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Charlie Siem, Philharmonia Orchestra & Oleg Caetani – Beethoven: Violin Concerto and Romances (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:06 minutes | 1,93 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
When he was just three years old, violinist Charlie Siem heard something that would change his life: a concerto by Beethoven, which inspired him to pursue a career in music. Now one of classical music’s biggest stars, the virtuoso is paying homage to the master with his new album, performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Oleg Caetani. Featuring five tracks of Beethoven’s greatest pieces, the album is one of Siem’s most ambitious and challenging works yet, which he accomplishes with the trained ear, technical prowess, intuition and charisma that have become his hallmark.
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer – Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (1961/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:57 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Erato – Warner Classics
Otto Klemperer was one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century and built a renowned reputation for his monumental performances. Leading the Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Klemperer delivers one of the greatest recordings of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. At the height of their powers, the ensemble was able to combine the rugged spirituality and lyrical aspects of this score. Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau were in peak form adding stunning solo contributions. This audiophile download is essential for any music lover’s collection.
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Ben Goldscheider, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lee Reynolds – Arnold, Schönberger & Gipps: Horn Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:40 minutes | 1,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Willowhayne Records
This recording not only celebrates multiple centenaries of Malcolm Arnold, Ruth Gipps and Dennis Brain (the dedicatee of the Arnold concerto) who were all born in 1921 – but also three composers whose musical language and worlds bear striking similarities. Both Arnold and Gipps were writing at a time when the grain of musical fashion was going against them. It was composers such as Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono and Karlheinz Stockhausen from the Darmstadt school who were the intellectual fashion of the time, the music much more experimental, serialist and philosophical in its makeup.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1-9 & Overtures (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 07:14:23 minutes | 4,78 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics International
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) – hailed early in his career as ‘Das Wunder Karajan’ (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as ‘the music director of Europe’ – remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor’s death in July 1989 at the age of 81.
He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI’s legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became ‘conductor for life’ in 1955), the forces of La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition will feature primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition will comprise recordings remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios, the world’s most renowned recording studio.
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Michelle DeYoung, John Tomlinson, Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen – Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:39 minutes | 567 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Signum Records
Sir John Tomlinson’s world-weary enactment of the tortured Bluebeard is variously available under the batons of James Levine (Munich Philharmonic), Jukka-Pekka Saraste (BBC SO), Richard Fames (Orchestra of Opera North, in English) and Bernard Haitink with the Berlin Philharmonic (1996), Some little while ago I recommended the Haitink version as vocally superior, Levine as the most compelling interpretation and the BBC SO Prom as a valuable memento of an occasion that many will doubtless want to revisit. Salonen’s memorable reading was recorded live at tile Vienna Konzerthaus on November 8, 2011, and for those who care about broken spells, I’m happy to report that there is no spell-breaking applause at the end of the performance. I wasn’t sure about Juliet Stevenson’s Listen with Mother-style delivery of the spoken Prologue – too polite by half – but as soon as Salonen cues the score’s reptilian first bars, just after the one-minute mark, you can sense both a tightening of tension and Salonen’s natural grasp of Bartok’s richly suggestive tone-poetry. Tomlinson himself tends to favour a dry, ‘lowing’ delivery, at times suspending vibrato. Try 3’11” into track 1, where he invites Judith to answer his request to join him; and when he repeats his invitation, he seems almost desperate – needlessly, as it happens, because Michelle DeYoung sounds more than willing. Thereafter, Salonen pushes for some fierce accents while keeping the undulating Prologue restlessly on the move. Tomlinson suggests real menace when he asks Judith why she made the visit (track 1, 8’54”); and when she hammers on the first door three minutes later, the Philharmonia Voices do their bit with a ghostly sigh. As the subsequent doors open, Salonen and his players take centre stage, the instruments of torture sounding almost graphic in their impact, before the pace dips and the sunrise temporarily breaks through. DeYoung is at her best as she glides effortlessly among the flora and fauna of Bluebeard’s garden, while her lacerating C as the fifth door flies open to reveal Bluebeard’s vast and beautiful kingdom is breathtaking. There’s a very audible organ, too. The final climax is overwhelming because Salonen understands so well how the music must simultaneously rise to greet her and express Judith’s tragedy. Sound-wise, the score’s vast dynamic curve is truthfully reproduced and while I would unhesitatingly recommend this recording for the sake of Michelle DeYoung, Salonen and the Philharmonia, Sir John’s post-prime Bluebeard, although rich in drama and theatrical presence, can’t compare with the best of his former selves, most notably under Bernard Haitink, with Anne Sofie von Otter and the Berlin Philharmonic on EMI. For opera-in-English fans, the Farnes recording is pretty impressive, too. ~~ Gramophone, Rob Cowan, July 2014
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Ballet Music from the Operas (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:19 minutes | 934 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics International
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
For many, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) – hailed early in his career as ‘Das Wunder Karajan’ (The Karajan Miracle) and known in the early 1960s as ‘the music director of Europe’ – remains the ultimate embodiment of the maestro. The release of the Karajan Official Remastered Edition over the first half of 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the conductor’s death in July 1989 at the age of 81.
He was closely associated with EMI for the majority of his recording career (specifically from 1946 to 1960 and then again from 1969 to 1984). EMI’s legendary producer Walter Legge sought him out in Vienna just after World War II and the long relationship that ensued embraced recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia (the orchestra founded by Legge), the Berlin Philharmonic (of which Karajan became ‘conductor for life’ in 1955), the forces of La Scala, Milan, and the Orchestre de Paris.
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition will feature primarily symphonic and choral music. The entire edition will comprise recordings remastered from the original sources in 24-bit/96kHz at Abbey Road Studios, the world’s most renowned recording studio.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C major (1949/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:31 minutes | 360 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan – Operatic Intermezzi (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:22 minutes | 1020 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics International
The Karajan Official Remastered Edition comprises 13 box sets containing official remasterings of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 and 1984, and which are now a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue.
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Anne Akiko Meyers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi – Fantasia (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:09 minutes | 917 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Avie Records
Superstar violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is one of today’s most in-demand classical performers. Beloved by audiences around the world, with a reputation for groundbreaking recital programs and important commissions, Fantasia marks her 35th studio album and is one of her most important projects to date.
Meyers has been Billboard’s Top Selling Classical Instrumentalist of the year and has had numerous albums reach the Number 1 spot on Billboard’s Traditional Classical Chart. Her latest album captures the rare combination of incredible virtuosity and poetic color with iconic works by Ravel, Einojuhani Rautavaara’s last major work, written for Meyers, and Karol Szymanowski’s sensuous Violin Concerto No. 1.
The title track, Fantasia is legendary Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s premiere posthumous recording and last major work for violin and orchestra. Ms. Meyers traveled to Finland and worked with the composer on it shortly before he died. Karol Szymanowski’s sensuous Violin Concerto No. 1, dedicated to Polish virtuoso violinist, Paul Kochanski, is a dazzling display of exotic melodies, and Ravel’s iconic Tzigane is a virtuoso showpiece that conjures Hungarian gypsy music, and premiered almost a century ago.
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Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1961) [Japan 2011]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:42 minutes | Basic Covers | 1,95 GB
or FLAC Tracks 2.0 Stereo (Official Digital Download) 24bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | 957 MB
EMI Remaster – Warner Music Japan # WPGS-50103
Otto Klemperer was very much a man of the theatre. “Here, opera and drama were truly united”, he said of his time at Berlin’s Kroll Theatre, a progressive and influential force in the heady years of the Weimar Republic. He was also a man with a sharp sense of humour: this performance of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream both glows with enchantment and sparkles with wit.
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Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Klemperer conducts Wagner (2012)
3x SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 138:59 minutes | Artwork included | 5,61 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Artwork included | 2,67 GB
Klemperer’s early 1960s Wagner recordings have long held a treasured place in the catalogue. “Klemperer conducts Wagner”, Volume 1 – 3, performed by the Philharmonmia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer – these recordings were recorded in 1960-61 & were originally issued on the Columbia label. Now it was remastered by EMI and reissued on SACD in Japan.
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Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Mendelssohn & Schumann: Symphony No.3 (1960/69) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 80:39 min | Basic Scans incl. | 3,23 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Basic Scans included | 1,67 GB
Japanese SACD Reissue 2017 | Warner Classsics / Esoteric Company, Japan # ESSW-90159
Otto Klemperer conducts the Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras in Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, recorded in 1960 & 1969. This reissue series of classical music masterpieces by Esoteric has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections that have been mainstays of the catalog since their initial release.
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Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra – Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Schumann: Symphony 4 (2012)
PS3 Rip | 2x SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 107:57 minutes | Scans included | 4,35 GB
or FLAC Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 2,29 GB
Otto Klemperer conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture “The Hebrides” & Symphonies 3 & 4 and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4, originally recorded in 1960. This reissue is a part of the Signature Collection from EMI Classics featuring the finest catalog recordings released for the first time ever in high resolution format. The expert engineers at Abbey Road Studios who remastered the original EMI recordings on Hybrid Super Audio CDs have breathed new life into these iconic catalog recordings.
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