Jonas Kaufmann, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan – Wagner: Parsifal (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:02:10 minutes | 3,90 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
Die großen CD-Firmen veröffentlichen kaum noch Opern, schon gar keine mehr von Richard Wagner. Zu aufwändig scheint das geworden, man überlässt die Dokumentation von Sängern und Inszenierungen ganz den ebenfalls schwindsüchtigen DVD-Distributoren.
Doch drei Jahre nach seiner Aufzeichnung fand jetzt – dank eine Luxusbesetzung mit Jonas Kaufmann, Georg Zeppenfeld und erstmals Elīna Garanča – ein Wiener Live-„Parsifal“ unter Philippe Jordan seinen Weg in den Sony-Katalog.
Der Tenor Jonas Kaufmann: Mann mit grau meliertem Haar sitzt mit gefalteten Händen auf einem Stuhl und schaut in die Kamera.
Der Tenor Jonas Kaufmann: Mann mit grau meliertem Haar sitzt mit gefalteten Händen auf einem Stuhl und schaut in die Kamera.
Zum Raum wurde bei dieser Live-Aufnahme die Zeit in einem sehr speziellen Maß – ganz anders als sie sich Richard Wagner für sein letztes Opernopus, das Bühnenweihfestspiel „Parsifal“ hätte erdenken können.
Knapp 139 Jahre nach seiner Uraufführung hatte das eigentlich dem Bayreuther Festspieltempel vorbehaltene Werk eine denkwürdige Premiere an der Wiener Staatsoper.
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Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris & Philippe Jordan – Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 “Classical” (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:36 minutes | 778 MB | Genre: Classical
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Philippe Jordan conducts the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris in much-loved works by Russian composers: Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel’s famous orchestration.
Directly before the recording sessions, a concert featuring both works prompted this response from ResMusica: “Philippe Jordan, known for his precision in interpreting a score, exhibited superb authority in a programme that showed off the orchestra to great effect and astonished the ear with its profusion of colours … Pictures at an Exhibition was marvellous from beginning to end.”
Commenting on his life as a conductor in the French newspaper Les Échos, Jordan said: “My feeling is that activity both in the orchestral pit and on the concert podium is necessary for a full appreciation of what a conductor’s life has to offer.”
The Swiss-born maestro is much admired for the refinement he draws from orchestras; as Gramophone observed of his Erato release of Ravel’s complete Daphnis et Chloé, recorded with the orchestra of the Paris Opéra: “He graces the rhythms and dynamics with natural, malleable inflection and crafts the textures with such care.”
For all that, Jordan believes that “Sheer beauty of sound is not enough … you have to find the particular soundworld of each work, of each composer.”
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Wiener Symphoniker, Philippe Jordan – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:16 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Wiener Symphoniker
In March 2019, the penultimate part of the Wiener Symphoniker’s first recorded Beethoven cycle will appear with Symphonies No. 6 and 8. This CD is the continuation of the orchestra’s Road to Beethoven project, an undertaking in preparation of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Viennese by choice and patriarch of classical music in 2020. Following the huge success of the respective releases of the cycle so far, the expectations are high indeed. The third part featuring Symphonies No. 2 and 7 received numerous accolades and ranked high in the annual best lists of international critics.
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Wiener Symphoniker & Philippe Jordan – Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:44:11 minutes | 2,75 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Wiener Symphoniker
Philippe Jordan, whose set of the complete Beethoven symphonies with this same orchestra was the hot firecracker last year, here moves on to the symphonies of Brahms before leaving his post as director of the Wiener Philharmoniker (heretofore referred to simply as WP).
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Philippe Jordan, Cyrille Dubois, Wiener Symphoniker – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & Lélio (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:52:08 minutes | 1,79 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Wiener Symphoniker
It’s from Vienna, not Paris, that this new recording of the Symphonie fantastique is brought to us under the direction of Philippe Jordan. The Swiss conductor wears several hats, since he is the musical director of the Paris Opera and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, with whom he conducted this Berliozian recording at the Musikverein in Vienna.
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Title: Ludwig van Beethoven – Complete Symphonies
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Artist: Orchestre de l Opéra National de Paris, Ricarda Merbeth, Robert Dean-Smith
Production/Label: Arthaus Musik
Duration: 07:34:11
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 13999 kbps / 1920*1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3871 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: PCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 80.22 GB
Beethoven is the alpha and omega of the symphonic repertoire: a repertoire crucial to any orchestra’s quality. However my orchestra at the Paris Opera had never played the Beethoven symphonies before.“ (Philippe Jordan) This Edition contains all Beethoven Symphonies with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris conducted by Philippe Jordan. A brand new production filmed in the highest quality known on the market today made by the creators oft he successful Shostakovich cycle. Philippe Jordan presents a young but traditionalist interpretation in the spirit of historical performance practice, setting a new course in Beethoven interpretation. Includes a documentary film „Philippe Jordan – Born to Conduct“ by Reiner E. Moritz. Reiner E. Moritz sketches his astonishing career and in his film uses exciting excerpts of his most important conducting performances, allowing Jordan to recount not only his childhood memories, but also his own career. (more…)
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