Tags
Language
Tags
July 2025
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
29 30 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
    Attention❗ To save your time, in order to download anything on this site, you must be registered 👉 HERE. If you do not have a registration yet, it is better to do it right away. ✌

    https://sophisticatedspectra.com/article/drosia-serenity-a-modern-oasis-in-the-heart-of-larnaca.2521391.html

    DROSIA SERENITY
    A Premium Residential Project in the Heart of Drosia, Larnaca

    ONLY TWO FLATS REMAIN!

    Modern and impressive architectural design with high-quality finishes Spacious 2-bedroom apartments with two verandas and smart layouts Penthouse units with private rooftop gardens of up to 63 m² Private covered parking for each apartment Exceptionally quiet location just 5–8 minutes from the marina, Finikoudes Beach, Metropolis Mall, and city center Quick access to all major routes and the highway Boutique-style building with only 8 apartments High-spec technical features including A/C provisions, solar water heater, and photovoltaic system setup.
    Drosia Serenity is not only an architectural gem but also a highly attractive investment opportunity. Located in the desirable residential area of Drosia, Larnaca, this modern development offers 5–7% annual rental yield, making it an ideal choice for investors seeking stable and lucrative returns in Cyprus' dynamic real estate market. Feel free to check the location on Google Maps.
    Whether for living or investment, this is a rare opportunity in a strategic and desirable location.

    The Hilliard Ensemble, Dresdner Philharmonie, Dennis Russell Davies - Schnittke: Symphony No.9; Raskatov: Nunc dimittis (2009)

    Posted By: Designol
    The Hilliard Ensemble, Dresdner Philharmonie, Dennis Russell Davies - Schnittke: Symphony No.9; Raskatov: Nunc dimittis (2009)

    Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 9; Alexander Raskatov: Nunc dimittis (2009)
    Elena Vassilieva, mezzo-soprano, The Hilliard Ensemble
    Dresdner Philharmonie, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 213 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 146 Mb | Scans included
    Classical | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 2025, 476 6994 | Time: 00:53:05

    This 2009 ECM disc containing the world premiere of Alfred Schnittke's Ninth Symphony, the composer's final work, will be mandatory listening for fans of post-modernist Russian music, or contemporary music in general. Begun after the premiere of Schnittke's Eighth Symphony in 1994 and unfinished at the composer's death in 1998, the Ninth existed only as three movements of manuscript (and indecipherable manuscript at that: a stroke had paralyzed Schnittke's right side, forcing him to write with his left hand) until composer Alexandr Raskatov deciphered the manuscript and conductor Dennis Russell Davies presented its premiere. As presented in this January 2008 recording, Schnittke's Ninth continues and extends the austere sound world of the Eighth into ever more severe zones. There's no denying this is the authentic voice of Schnittke: the etiolated textures, abrupt gestures, timeless tempos, and haunting themes have clear roots in the composer's preceding works. Davies and the excellent Dresdner Philharmonie appear acutely conscious that the Ninth was the composer's last work, but the tone of leave-taking is inherent in Schnittke's inward music.

    Anna Gourari, Markus Poschner, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana - Paul Hindemith, Alfred Schnittke (2024)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Anna Gourari, Markus Poschner, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana - Paul Hindemith, Alfred Schnittke (2024)

    Anna Gourari, Markus Poschner, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana - Paul Hindemith, Alfred Schnittke (2024)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 352 Mb | Total time: 79:56 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: ECM | ECM 2752 | Recorded: 2021

    After three acclaimed solo piano programmes for the label, here Anna Gourari widens the instrumental spectrum with the Lugano-based Orchestra della Svizzera italiana under Markus Poschner’s direction in striking performances of Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra and Paul Hindemith’s The Four Temperaments. Gourari’s pianistic command is one of “virtuoso polish and with flawless action”, to quote the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, and her holistic, wide-reaching grasp of the instrument is on full display in Schnittke’s shape-bending polystylistic concerto. The orchestra furthermore shines in a powerful interpretation of Hindemith’s Symphony Mathis der Maler.

    Anne Akiko Meyers - Seasons... Dreams... (2010)

    Posted By: Designol
    Anne Akiko Meyers - Seasons... Dreams... (2010)

    Anne Akiko Meyers - Seasons… Dreams… (2010)
    with Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) and Reiko Uchida (piano)
    Claude Debussy - Richard Wagner - Ludwig van Beethoven - Gene Pritsker
    Vernon Duke - Joseph Kosma - Alfred Schnittke - Gabriel Faure

    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 282 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 158 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Evosound Music | # EVSA200 | Time: 01:01:43

    One of the world’s premiere concert violinists, Anne Akiko Meyers has been celebrated throughout her nearly three-decade career for her exceptional musicianship, charismatic presence and creative diversity. On this release, Meyers is joined by long-time collaborator Reiko Uchida on piano and the young harpist of the Paris Opera, Emmanuel Ceysson. Seasons…Dreams is anchored by Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, “Spring.” This sets the stage for a series of lyrical pieces inspired by songs and poems which take us on a journey through the seasons and into reverie. Meyers presents familiar songs in unique arrangements and unexpected melodies mixed with traditional classical works. “I love the interchange of sound, the feeling of being a chameleon,” says Meyers of her constant exploration of different textures and sounds.

    Gidon Kremer & Naoko Yoshino - Insomnia (1999)

    Posted By: Designol
    Gidon Kremer & Naoko Yoshino - Insomnia (1999)

    Gidon Kremer & Naoko Yoshino - Insomnia (1999)
    works by Jean Françaix, John Cage, Arvo Pärt, Richard Strauss, Nino Rota, Alfred Schnittke
    Erik Satie, Toru Takemitsu, Michio Miyagi, Yuji Takahashi, Kaija Saariaho

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 317 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 196 Mb | Scans included
    Classical, Contemporary | Label: Philips | # 289 456 016-2 | Time: 01:18:10

    This is a handsome-looking compact disc release, with strikingly muted graphics in cool purple tones, featuring Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer and Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshina. Here the pretty graphics go a little too far: the buyer finds no listing of compositions on the outside of the package and has no way of knowing what is played aside from a bare mention of the names of the 11 composers featured. That's where the All Classical Guide comes in. The works were all written in the twentieth century. They are: Michio Miyagi's Haru no umi (Ocean in Spring, a calming, melodic piece); Kaija Saariaho's Nocturne for violin solo (a somewhat avant-garde coloristic piece); Toru Takemitsu's Stanza II for harp and tape (also pretty far out and very Japanese-sounding); Yuji Takahashi's Insomnia for violin, voices, and kugo (strange, but oddly soothing); a movement from Satie's Le fils des étoiles as arranged by Takahashi (austere); Jean Françaix's Five Little Duets (100 percent charming); the Étude for violin from Richard Strauss's Daphne (also charming); Six Melodies by John Cage (simple and pleasant); Arvo Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel (even simpler and not startling); Nino Rota's love theme from The Godfather (you know this one); and the final movement from Schnittke's Suite in the Old Style (gently Classical except for one deliberately horrendous dissonance).

    Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordion: J.S.Bach; D. Scarlatti; Mozart; Berio; Schnittke; Nordheim; Takahashi; Piazzolla (2011)

    Posted By: Designol
    Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordion: J.S.Bach; D. Scarlatti; Mozart; Berio; Schnittke; Nordheim; Takahashi; Piazzolla (2011)

    Ksenija Sidorova - Classical Accordion (2011)
    J.S.Bach; D. Scarlatti; Mozart; Berio; Schnittke; Nordheim; Takahashi; Piazzolla

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 313 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 156 Mb | Scans ~ 79 Mb
    Genre: Classical | Label: Champs Hill Records | # CHRCD019 | Time: 01:08:28

    The winner of numerous international competitions, the brilliant young accordion player Ksenija Sidorova here presents her debut recording; a recital for solo classical accordion. A particularly accomplished artist, Ksenija has collaborated with many leading musicians (including the Belcea Quartet, and Valergy Gergiev with the CBSO), and won numerous awards and accolades. Still an underexploited resource in western classical music, the accordion has had a fast-increasing amount of music written for it since the mid-20th Century. Here, Ksenija Sidrova brings a varied recital featuring some of the best contemporary compositions for the classical accordion, alongside transcriptions of well-known works. No composer has been transcribed more often than Bach; but the accordion - heard here in Bachs Overture in the French Style - brings an advantage that few other instruments can offer; its notes do not die away as soon as they are sounded. This allows an array of colouristic possibilities, denied to other musicians.

    Keller Quartett, Alexei Lubimov - Alfred Schnittke, Dmitri Shostakovich: Lento (2003)

    Posted By: Designol
    Keller Quartett, Alexei Lubimov - Alfred Schnittke, Dmitri Shostakovich: Lento (2003)

    Keller Quartett, Alexei Lubimov - Alfred Schnittke, Dmitri Shostakovich: Lento (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 236 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 154 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 1755, 461 815-2 | Time: 01:05:00

    Schnittke's Piano Quintet, a creative response to his mother's death, is an austere, haunting work full of grief and tenderness that marks one of his early ventures into polystylistic writing. The opening piano solo is unique, a spare statement of puzzlement in the face of tragedy. It gives way to a waltz, as if recapturing a lost past, then the graceful dance melody literally disintegrates as the strings venture off into other regions, vainly trying to reassemble the theme and failing. At the end of its touching five movements the music's despair is transformed into serene, hard-won acceptance. Shostakovitch's 15th Quartet, his final statement in that form, premiered just months before his death. It's six slow movements are shot through with contemplative sadness and regret. The music is so rich in texture and substance that attention never flags.

    Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - After Mozart (2001)

    Posted By: Designol
    Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - After Mozart (2001)

    Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica - After Mozart (2001)
    W.A. Mozart - Alexander Raskatov - Valentin Silvestrov - Alfred Schnittke - Leopold Mozart

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 290 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Nonesuch | # 79633-2 | Time: 01:06:25

    After Mozart, the 2001 Grammy winner for Best Small Ensemble Performance, by Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, brings together the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (and his father, Leopold), with three contemporary works inspired by him. The works included, by contemporary Eastern European composers such as Alexander Raskatov, Valentin Silvestrov and Alfred Schnittke, invoke Mozart’s memory in ways direct and more subtle, and the more familiar Mozart pieces sandwiched in serve to bring the listener to a new way of hearing the more familiar pieces. The disc is an attempt, in Kremer’s words, to “set Mozart in the frame of our own time”.

    Kaspars Putniņš, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance; Pärt: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitti (2017)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Kaspars Putniņš, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance; Pärt: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitti (2017)

    Kaspars Putniņš, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance; Pärt: Magnificat & Nunc Dimitti (2017)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 242 Mb | Total time: 59:51 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: BIS | BIS-2292 SACD | Recorded: 2017

    Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt lived through times of remarkable change in the last decades of the Soviet Union. From the 1970s, state restrictions on religion were gradually relaxed and this was reflected in the arts and especially in music. Schnittke’s adoption of Christianity was triggered by the death of his mother in 1972, and culminated in his later conversion to Catholicism. Pärt was from a nominally Lutheran background in Estonia, but embraced the Orthodox faith in the 1970s, following intensive study of liturgical music. Both composers began to incorporate religious themes into their work, moving away from the modernist abstraction that had characterized their early careers.

    Kim Kashkashian, Dennis Russell Davies - Kancheli: Vom Winde Beweint; Schnittke: Konzert Fur Viola Und Orchester (1992)

    Posted By: Designol
    Kim Kashkashian, Dennis Russell Davies - Kancheli: Vom Winde Beweint; Schnittke: Konzert Fur Viola Und Orchester (1992)

    Giya Kancheli: Vom Winde Beweint; Alfred Schnittke: Konzert Für Viola Und Orchester (1992)
    Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn; Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken
    Kim Kashkashian, viola; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 298 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 200 Mb | Scans included
    Classical, Contemporary | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 1471, 437 199-2 | 01:07:28

    This powerful record brings together two of the most seminal works for viola and orchestra of the twentieth century. Although these pieces are as different as they are similar, together they form a distinct balance of sentiment and execution.

    Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 2; Faust Cantata (2008)

    Posted By: Designol
    Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 2; Faust Cantata (2008)

    Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 2; Faust Cantata (2008)
    Erik Kurmangaliev, countertenor; Raisa Kotova, contralto; Anatoli Safiulin, bass
    USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra & State Chamber Choir, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
    Oleg Kagan, violin; Natalia Gutman, cello

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 324 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans ~ 55 Mb
    Genre: Classical | Label: Melodiya | # MEL CD 10 01547 | Time: 01:08:50

    Alfred Schnittke's Second Concerto Grosso is a different creature than his First. While the 1977 Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 2 Violins, Strings and Keyboards is a lithe, vicious, often comical work, the Second, finished five years later, is a weightier affair. The soloists are now violin and cello; the Baroque band is now a full orchestra with electric guitar, drum kit, and brake drum; there are four large movements rather than six smaller ones; the entire work is imbued with an air of sincere tragedy, albeit with mud on its shoes. Schnittke dedicated the work to its premiere soloists, husband-and-wife duo Oleg Kagan (violin) and Natalia Gutman (cello); famed for their flawless ensemble, the couple inspired in Schnittke a musical air of companionship – a single soul in two instruments.

    Irina Schnittke, Viktoria Postnikova, Guennadi Rozhdestvensky - Alfred Schnittke: Concertos for Piano Four Hands (2003)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Irina Schnittke, Viktoria Postnikova, Guennadi Rozhdestvensky - Alfred Schnittke: Concertos for Piano Four Hands (2003)

    Irina Schnittke, Viktoria Postnikova, Guennadi Rozhdestvensky, London Sinfonietta - Alfred Schnittke: Concertos for Piano Four Hands & for Piano and Strings (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 165 Mb | Total time: 47:26 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Apex | # 0927 49811 2 | Recorded: 1991

    This old Erato disc features one of Alfred Schnittke's most popular works in excellent performance along with, as far as I know, the only recording of a late work. Gennady Rozhdestvensky leads the London Sinfonietta, with Viktoria Postnikova as piano soloist, and the composer's widom Irina Schnittke appearing on the piano four-hand work. Note that this disc has been reissued in Warner's budget line Apex, so that's a better place to hear this music.

    Kaspars Putniņš - Schnittke: Choir Concerto, Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons (2021)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Kaspars Putniņš - Schnittke: Choir Concerto, Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons (2021)

    Kaspars Putniņš, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Alfred Schnittke: Choir Concerto, Three Sacred Hymns; Arvo Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons (2021)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 60:22 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2221 | Recorded: 2020

    This is the second album pairing Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. The first, released in 2018, brought the group a Gramophone Award, and the BIS label and conductor Kaspars Putniņš have apparently decided to stick with what works. Both albums are superb. Schnittke and Pärt haven't often appeared together on recordings, Schnittke's stylistically allusive language being miles away from Pärt's minimalism, a fine example of which is provided by the Seven Magnificat Antiphons heard here.

    Marcin Markowicz, Grzegorz Skrobinski - Different Things: Erich Korngold, Nino Rota, Alfred Schnittke, Philip Glass (2017)

    Posted By: Designol
    Marcin Markowicz, Grzegorz Skrobinski - Different Things: Erich Korngold, Nino Rota, Alfred Schnittke, Philip Glass (2017)

    Different Things: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Nino Rota, Alfred Schnittke, Philip Glass (2017)
    Marcin Markowicz (violin), Grzegorz Skrobiński (piano)

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 296 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans ~ 35 Mb
    Genre: Classical | Label: CD Accord / NFM | # ACD 235 / NFM 38 | 01:10:38

    Korngold, Rota, Schnittke, Glass – four different artistic personalities. Each of these composers was active in totally different conditions; and therefore their life circumstances and consequently their artistic choices are incomparable. What may connect Korngold and Nino Rota are their early debuts as composers – both were prodigies. Seeking analogies in the lives of Alfred Schnittke and Philip Glass would come to naught. There is, however, another common denominator for their work – all of them were hugely successful in writing film music. Korngold codified its modern canons ruling to this day. Without Nino Rota it would be difficult to imagine Federico Fellini’s masterpieces. Alfred Schnittke found in the realm of cinema a domain of relative artistic freedom; Philip Glass a platform for his ambitiously non-clichéd art, opposing the musical mainstream of the last decades of the 20th century and the first decades of the 21st century.

    The Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, Alexander Solovyev - Alfred Schnittke: Faust Cantata; Requiem (2014)

    Posted By: Designol
    The Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, Alexander Solovyev - Alfred Schnittke: Faust Cantata; Requiem (2014)

    Alfred Schnittke - Faust Cantata; Requiem (2014)
    The Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, "Studio for New Music" Chamber Ensemble
    conducted by Alexander Solovyev

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 327 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 172 Mb | Scans ~ 63 Mb
    Genre: Classical | Label: Moscow Conservatory Records | # SMC CD 0166 | Time: 01:15:08

    In the brilliant history of the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory a separate chapter is connected with the musical legacy of Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998). Both compositions are united by the subject of faith and contemplation of what Is spiritual and spiritless. Despite the fact that chronologically the Requiem (1975) Is an earlier work than the Cantata (1983), on the CD they are presented in reverse order: fol­lowing Alexander Solovyev's conception, the narrative of Faust’s tragic death, coming as retribution for his sinful earthly life, must be followed by a memorial prayer, the Requiem. The compact disc documented “live” performances: the Requiem was performed on September 17, 2013 at the Small Hall of the Conservatory, while the Cantata sounded out on September 29, 2014 at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory.

    Borodin Quartet - Russian Chamber Music: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Schnittke [8CDs] (2020)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Borodin Quartet - Russian Chamber Music: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Schnittke [8CDs] (2020)

    Borodin Quartet - Russian Chamber Music: Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Schnittke [8CDs] (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,28 Gb | Total time: 08:53:37 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029520463 | Recorded: 1990-1995

    Established in Moscow in 1945, and still performing today, the Borodin Quartet sustains a distinctive tradition in the interpretation of Russian chamber music. Over the decades its members – all trained at the Moscow Conservatory – have inevitably changed, but the ensemble’s identity has remained cohesive, its philosophy and aesthetic embodying an entire musical culture. The quartet’s close association with Dmitri Shostakovich has gone down in history, and his chamber works are central to this 8CD collection which, offering music by a succession of Russian composers from Borodin himself to Schnittke, spans the 19th and 20th centuries.