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Ernie Hammes Group, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 3 (2024)

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Ernie Hammes Group, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 3 (2024)

Ernie Hammes Group, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 3 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 346 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 171 Mb | 01:13:50
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

As both previous volumes in this series have shown, Luxembourg has a wealth of composers writing vibrant new orchestral scores. Featured on this third volume, Luc Grethen's Upswing is a crescendo of energy, while Ernie Hammes' Concertino No. I fuses jazz modes with classical patterns, and his West End Avenue evokes the atmosphere of an afternoon in New York. Catherine Kontz explores feminist ideas in The Waves, while Gast Waltzing allows his music to 'speak for itself'. Volume 1 (8.579059) was acclaimed as 'an outstanding disc by Fanfare, and Volume 2 (8.579116) showcases the music of Marco Pütz.

Christoph König, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2003)

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Christoph König, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2003)

Christoph König, Orchester der Oper Zürich - Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2003)
PAL 16:9 (720x576) | Deutsch | LinearPCM, 2 ch | Dolby AC3, 6 ch | DTS, 5 ch | 7,55 Gb (DVD9) | 143 min
Classical | Bel Air Classiques | Sub: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol

Nous ne sommes pas certains que les spectateurs de l’Opéra de Zurich aient éprouvé tout à fait le même plaisir que nous à la vue de cette production de Jonathan Miller. Car la réussite de cette captation doit beaucoup au travail de la réalisatrice vidéo Chloé Perlemuter qui, avec un dispositif volontairement réduit, a décidé d’épouser le regard du spectateur, furtif, parfois inquisiteur et parfois distrait. Quelques regards sur les chanteurs en coulisses, des cadrages audacieux, rompent la monotonie d’un spectacle assez statique où l’investissement se lit presque exclusivement sur les visages, ce que soulignent parfaitement de pertinents gros plans. La captation offre donc au travail minimaliste et pudique de Jonathan Miller une profondeur supplémentaire, comme elle offre d’autres perspectives au décor d’une sobriété monacale d’Isabella Bywater, également signataires de costumes chatoyants qui nous renvoient directement au siècle des Lumières.

Jonathan Plowright, Christoph König - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 44: Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski: Piano Concertos (2008)

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Jonathan Plowright, Christoph König - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 44: Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski: Piano Concertos (2008)

Jonathan Plowright, Christoph König, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 44: Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski: Piano Concertos (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 267 Mb | Total time: 66:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67630 | Recorded: 2007

Hyperion’s celebrated Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches volume 44. This disc includes two prize-winning concertos written in the 1890s by the Polish composer-pianist Henryk Melcer.

Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphony No.1; Overtures (2020)

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Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphony No.1; Overtures (2020)

Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphony No.1; Overtures (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 252 Mb | Total time: 58:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.574094 | Recorded: 2017, 2018

Louise Farrenc was renowned in her lifetime as a pianist, composer and teacher, but it is only recently that her compositions have emerged from many years of neglect. Symphony No. 1 in C minor—cast in the German tradition—is an exceptionally accomplished work, finely orchestrated, lyrical and fiery, and a substantial contribution to the canon. The Grand Variations on a Theme by Count Gallenberg is a showcase for virtuosic elegance, and the two overtures demonstrate real theatrical drama—Overture No. 2 was admired by no less a figure than Hector Berlioz.

Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 1 (2021)

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Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 1 (2021)

Solistes Europeens, Luxembourg & Christoph König - Luxembourg Contemporary Music, Vol. 1 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 292 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 162 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:10:13
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

In the last decade Luxembourgian composers have written a vivid body of orchestral music that takes in a wide range of inspirations. Ivan Boumans explores the field of biology in Meiosis where the music undergoes transformations, whereas for Roland Wiltgen it is celestial mechanics that drives Orbital Resonances. The idea of transformation is also important to Marco Pütz as he generates exciting chordal clusters. Inspired by a fresco, Jeannot Sanavias Hélice is a study in agitation, while Tatsiana Zelianko charts the death and rebirth of a butterfly in music of passionate drama.

Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2018)

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Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2018)

Christoph König, Solistes Européens, Luxembourg - Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 313 Mb | Total time: 67:06 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | 8.573706 | Recorded: 2016, 2017

Pursuing a musical career was no easy matter for women in the 19th century, but Louise Farrenc’s character and determination resulted in her becoming a respected part of the European scene, and the first ever female senior professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. Farrenc’s Second Symphony owes something to Mozartian models, with imaginative writing for winds and hints of Beethoven. The Third Symphony is notable for a richness of harmonic writing which, in its colour and lyricism, is reminiscent of Mendelssohn and Schumann.