Vassily Sinaisky – Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2 & Concert Overture (1996) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Vassily Sinaisky – Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto No. 2 & Concert Overture (1996)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:28 minutes | 493 MB | Genre: Classical
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Like the diner at an international buffet, in his or her everyday life the twentieth-century composer is faced with a bewildering variety of cultural traditions. And just as the buffet diner faces the problem of creating a meal which is not simply a collection of interesting but incompatible tastes, so the modern composer has to siphon diverse musical, historical and cultural influences to form a cogent and personal style.

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Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – Glinka: Orchestral Works (2000) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Vassily Sinaisky, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra – Glinka: Orchestral Works (2000)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:14 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Михаил Иванович Глинка, tr. Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə] (listen); 1 June [O.S. 20 May] 1804 – 15 February [O.S. 3 February] 1857) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music. His compositions were an important influence on Russian composers, notably the members of The Five, who produced a distinctive Russian style of music…

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