Nicole Cabell, Seattle Symphony, Asher Fisch, Roderick Cox – Walker & Dawson: Orchestral Works (Live) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:26 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Seattle Symphony Media
The Seattle Symphony releases powerful, live performances of works by two brilliant American composers, William L. Dawson and Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker. These deeply expressive scores — recorded in the stunning acoustics of Benaroya Hall — take inspiration from a variety of sources, including Negro spirituals, jazz harmonies and modernist traditions.
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Chineke! Orchestra & Roderick Cox – Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 30; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:24:37 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
The Chineke! Orchestra return to Signum in a new live orchestral recording from the Royal Festival Hall, London. Drawn from exceptional musicians from across the continent, the orchestra is part of the Chineke! Foundation – a non-profit organization that provides career opportunities to young Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians in the UK and Europe. Their motto is ‘Championing Change and Celebrating Diversity in Classical Music’. The Chineke! Orchestra is the brainchild of Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, FRAM, who says: “My aim is to create a space where BME musicians can walk on stage and know that they belong, in every sense of the word. If even one BME child feels that their color is getting in the way of their musical ambitions, then I hope to inspire them, give them a platform, and show them that music, of whatever kind, is for all people.” In this live concert recording under conductor Roderick Cox they perform Sibelius’s 2nd Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.3, featuring multi-award-winning pianist Gerard Aimontche.
Read moreBriana Hunter, Kenneth Kellogg, Roderick Cox, Washington National Opera Orchestra – Jeanine Tesori: Blue (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:01:41 minutes | 4,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone
Washington National Opera presents Blue, a contemporary opera about racism in the United States today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson and music by Jeanine Tesori. Blue tells the tragic story of an African-American police officer whose son is killed by a fellow officer during a demonstration. The play, which strongly alludes to the Black Lives Matter movement, is equally groundbreaking on the opera stage thanks to its intimate and multi-layered portrayal of African American family life
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