Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe – Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (2008)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:31 minutes | Scans included | 4,2 GB
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In the present recordings of Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 1 in C and 3 in E-flat (“Eroica”) with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe shows himself completely in command of all the resources of a large symphony orchestra. And he shows us something else. He knows his Beethoven. Hopefully much more is to come from this fruitful synergy of musical forces. Very highly recommended! The performances are superb.
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Philippe Graffin, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins – Romantic Violin Concerto 18 – Jongen: Violin Concerto; Lazzari: Rapsodie (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:41 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now, but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber works. Jongen studied at the Liège Conservatoire where he heard the great violinist Eugène Ysaÿe and composer-conductors Vincent d’Indy and Richard Strauss.
In this new album Philippe Graffin (a welcome and familiar presence in this series) collaborates with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins in Jongen’s Violin Concerto, one of the composer’s first substantial works. It was described by his contemporary Florent Schmitt as ‘one of the finest violin concertos’; and he admired the ‘outpouring of warm lyricism’ and ‘lush profusion of themes and rhythms’.
Also included are other works for violin and orchestra, and a Rapsodie for the same forces by Italian Romantic Sylvio Lazzari (1857–1944) who was influenced—as was Jongen—by the music of César Franck.
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Alban Gerhardt, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Josep Caballé-Domenech – The Romantic Cello Concerto 6 – Vieuxtemps: Cello Concertos; Ysaÿe: Méditation & Sérénade (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:05:05 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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Hyperion’s blossoming Romantic Cello Concerto series welcomes back German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt for this sixth volume. Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugène Ysaÿe are of course best known for their blistering pyrotechnics on the violin, but each of this eminent teacher-and-pupil pairing also wrote two works—little known today, alas—for cello and orchestra, and what a revelation they are. The two Vieuxtemps Concertos contain all the elements familiar from their famous violin counterparts—long-arched melodies alongside moments of outrageous virtuoso demands. The Ysaÿe works are shorter and make ideal companions.
Gerhardt rises to the formidable challenges presented by these composers. Sympathetic orchestral support comes from the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (compatriots of the two composers) and Josep Caballé-Domenech, making his Hyperion conducting debut.
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