Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham – Handel, Beecham: The Gods Go a’Begging (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham - Handel, Beecham: The Gods Go a'Begging (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz] Download

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham – Handel, Beecham: The Gods Go a’Begging (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 18:38 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

This album is a late recording by the legendary Thomas Beecham. Much like some of his contemporaries (such as John Barbirolli), Beecham enjoyed composing witty pastiches and transcribing the old masters. In particular, the Beecham-Handel suites after excerpts from operas and instrumental music remain very famous. In 1928, Serge Diaghilev commissioned Beecham to produce music for his ravishing ballet The Gods Go A’Begging after Handel, and whose choreography designed by Balanchine was inspired by 18th-century pastorales. Here is the version conducted by the composer himself, remastered from the original tapes and made available for the first time on digital platforms.
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Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Sir Thomas Beecham – Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (1960/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Sir Thomas Beecham - Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (1960/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Sir Thomas Beecham – Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 (1960/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:41:48 minutes | 3,21 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Warner Classics

De los Angeles’s portrayal of Carmen is absolutely bewitching…Naturally the other singers are not nearly as dominant as this, but they make admirable foils…Beecham adds his own special touch to the orchestral interludes. – Penguin Guide – 2010 edition
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Orchestre National De France, Sir Thomas Beecham – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Orchestre National De France, Sir Thomas Beecham – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:32 minutes | 981 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel

L’Orchestre National de France, de par son h’eritage et le dynamisme de son projet, est le garant de l’interpr’etation de la musique francaise. Par ses tourn’ees internationales, il assure le rayonnement de l’exception culturelle francaise dans le monde entier. Soucieux de la proximit’e avec les publics, il est l’acteur d’un Grand Tour qui innerve l’ensemble du territoire francais, et m`ene par ailleurs une action p’edagogique particuli`erement active.

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Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham – Sibelius: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham - Sibelius: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham – Sibelius: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:32:37 minutes | 797 MBGenre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Archipel

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic coun-tries (1882), has been operating without a break for 130 years. During this time it has grown from a band of 36 play-ers to an orchestra of 102 regular members giving concerts attended by a total audience of a good 100,000 a year.
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