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Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra - Hindemith, Janáček, Prokofiev (1995)

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Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra - Hindemith, Janáček, Prokofiev (1995)

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra - Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses; Janáček: Sinfonietta; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 364 Mb | Total time: 78:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 448 579-2 | Recorded: 1968, 1969

Abbado’s mature style ‘in embryo’ together with a fairly impressive example of what Decca could achieve at the Kingsway Hall back in February 1968 (the odd conspicuous edit notwithstanding). The Janacek is basically quite similar to Abbado’s 1987 BPO remake, save that the opening Allegretto is slower and rather less assured that it later became and the Moderato has a more incisive attack from the brass, especially at around the central climax.

Leos Janacek - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set

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Leos Janacek - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set

Leos Janáček - Chamber Music, Orchestral Works (2004) 5CD Box Set
Paul Crossley, Christopher Van Kampen, Kenneth Sillito, Thomas Trotter
Gabrieli String Quartet, London Sinfonietta, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Chailly
Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner, David Atherton
Eva Urbanová, Vladimir Bogachov, Marta Benacková, Richard Novák

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.48 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 837 Mb | Scans ~ 20 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | # 475 523-2 DC5 | Time: 06:04:07

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Janáček’s birth, this Decca Collector Edition brings together most of the composer’s chamber works and solo pieces plus his most popular orchestral works and the magnificent Glagolitic Mass in a superb digital recording with Riccardo Chailly and Wiener Philharmoniker. The recordings of the solo works and chamber pieces feature one of the world’s most distinguished ensembles: the London Sinfonietta and David Atherton. Their recordings were originally released as a 5-LP set in 1981 and many of these performances have not been available for several years; many also make their first international appearance on CD. This set provides the listener with all the essential non-operatic Janáček in one convenient collection.

Prazak Quartet - Leos Janacek: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)

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Prazak Quartet - Leos Janacek: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)

Pražák Quartet - Leoš Janáček: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)
with Slávka Pěchočová-Vernerová, piano; Milan Polák, clarinet
Lukáš Kořínek, bassoon; Jan Vobořil, french horn

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 280 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Praga Digitals | # PRD/DSD 250 301 | Time: 00:59:46

In the last 30 years, the relationship between the leading Czech string quartets and Janáček two String Quartets has evolved markedly. The best Czech performers have always produced fine recordings of these extraordinary works, but more recent generations of players have pursued a different level of engagement. While performances such as that of the Talich Quartet (2005) show remarkable insight, recordings by other quartets, such as the Haas and ≤kampa, grapple with the passion and drama, occasionally even sadism in these turbulent works. The Pražák Quartet has an international reputation in Czech repertoire, in particular for their Dvořák their new recording of Janáček’s Quartets shares many of their fellow ensembles’ keen engagement with the composer’s language.

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl - Leos Janacek: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba (1963) Reissue

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl - Leos Janacek: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba (1963) Reissue

Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba (1963) Reissue
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Karel Ančerl, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 268 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 145 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Fidelio | # 1852 | Time: 00:44:24

Karel Ancerl’s incomparable recording of Janácek’s resplendently barbaric Sinfonietta remains not only the finest available version of the work, but also is the best recorded … Although it was captured as long ago as 1961, no other version so effectively conveys the panoramic splendor of the trumpet-led opening across the stereo spectrum, no other offers such clarity in passages such as the finale’s hair-raising wind writing, and no other balances the orchestra against the massed brass of the closing pages so naturally and cleanly. Technically it’s quite an achievement …

Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Leoš Janáček: Kát'a Kabanová (1997)

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Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Leoš Janáček: Kát'a Kabanová (1997)

Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Leoš Janáček: Kát'a Kabanová (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 377 Mb | Total time: 93:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Supraphon | # SU 3291-2 | Recorded: 1997

The Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, recorded at the Rudolfinum hall in Prague Leoš Janáček’s opera Katya Kabanova, starring the world-renowned soprano Gabriela Beňačková in the title role. Released on two CDs in the autumn of 1997, it subsequently won a number of prestigious prizes, including the Cannes Classical Award and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. It also received a nomination for the Grammy Awards.

Lars Vogt - Leoš Janáček: On an Overgrown Path; In the Mists; Sonata 1.X.1905 (2021)

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Lars Vogt - Leoš Janáček: On an Overgrown Path; In the Mists; Sonata 1.X.1905 (2021)

Lars Vogt - Leoš Janáček: On an Overgrown Path; In the Mists; Sonata 1.X.1905 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 184 Mb | Total time: 70:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE 1382-2 | Recorded: 2018, 2019

Lars Vogts new solo piano release is dedicated to the piano works of Leos Janacek (18541928), one of the most original voices among the 20th century composers. This album includes three of the composers most well-known and most extensive solo piano works. These works by Janacek are marked by deep melancholy and passion. They manifest the composer's rich inner world through a musical language that remains to be timeless. Lars Vogt has established himself as one of the leading musicians of his generation. Born in the German town of Düren in 1970, he first came to public attention when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition and has enjoyed a varied career for over twenty-five years.

Schoenberg Quartet - Janáček, Szymanowski: String Quartets (2007)

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Schoenberg Quartet - Janáček, Szymanowski: String Quartets (2007)

Schoenberg Quartet - Janáček, Szymanowski: String Quartets (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 334 Mb | Total time: 78:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos| CHAN 10405 | Recorded: 2005

This is a brilliant idea for a CD. Composed within a time-frame of 11 years (1917-28), at a similar geographical distance from the main cosmopolitan centres of music, and with similar stylistic overlaps between late Romanticism and modernism, these two pairs of quartets make for genuinely illuminating comparison.

Hélène Grimaud - Woodlands and Beyond... (2020/17) [Blu-Ray]

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Hélène Grimaud - Woodlands and Beyond... (2020/17) [Blu-Ray]

Hélène Grimaud - Woodlands and Beyond… (2020/17) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29887 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 59 min | 17,1 Gb
Audio1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3207 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,970 fps | 59 min | 3,89 Gb
Audio: PCM /2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits | DTS / 5ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | C Major

Together with photographer Mat Hennek, French star pianist Hélène Grimaud, comes up with a multimedia concert project at the Grand Hall of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie. Grimaud's virtuous piano performance is accompanied by Hennek's highly praised photo series "Woodlands", which depicts genuine portraits of trees, Grimaud's piano recital includes works by romantic and impressionistic composers. They are connected by seven "Transitions", written exclusively for Grimaud by British composer and DJ Nitin Sawhney. The motives of Hennek's Woodlands series create an extraordinary visual backdrop, which in combination with Grimaud´s pianistic "impeccable clarity and articulation" (Hamburger Abendblatt) and the Elbphilharmonie's splendid acoustics grants a concert experience of a special kind.

Magdalena Kožená, Graham Johnson - Love Songs: Dvořák, Janáček, Martinů (2000)

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Magdalena Kožená, Graham Johnson - Love Songs: Dvořák, Janáček, Martinů (2000)

Magdalena Kožená, Graham Johnson - Love Songs: Dvořák, Janáček, Martinů (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 251 Mb | Total time: 67:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 463 472-2 | Recorded: 1998

Dvorák's Love Songs were drawn from his early composition Cypresses, a set of 18 songs set to the poetry of Gustav Pfleger-Moravsky. The texts are pretty much typical of 19th century love poems, while Dvorák's music is surprisingly commonplace for a composer of such rich melodic gifts. The first few measures of New Miniatures instantly identify them as being written by Martinu, with their spiky harmonies and syncopated rhythms. Indeed, it's these rarely heard songs that take up the majority of this disc, a fortunate thing for us and for this strangely underperformed major 20th-century composer.

Magdalena Kožená, Malcolm Martineau - Songs My Mother Taught Me (2008)

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Magdalena Kožená, Malcolm Martineau - Songs My Mother Taught Me (2008)

Magdalena Kožená, Malcolm Martineau - Songs My Mother Taught Me (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 249 Mb | Total time: 70:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 477 6665 | Recorded: 2007

Magdalena Kozena, one of the most acclaimed recitalists of today, presents a personal collection of songs she has known since childhood and that form some of her earliest musical influences. A haunting collection of songs by Czech composers such as Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu, Schulhoff and Eben, all deeply rooted in the rich Czech folk song tradition. Like Magdalena explains about the songs on the album: They are just the sort a mother would sing to her baby. My mother is not a professional singer, but she loved to sing and knew a lot of songs!

Magdalena Kožená - Enchantment (2006)

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Magdalena Kožená - Enchantment (2006)

Magdalena Kožená - Enchantment (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 563 Mb | Total time: 60:19+76:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 00289 477 6153 | Recorded: 1996-2003

If your ideal vocal recording places the performer next to your seat and your ideal vocal performance has the performer singing directly into your ear, this disc by mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozená will be just about ideal. No matter what the repertoire – and Kozená performs everything from Bach to Gounod to Shostakovich – and no matter what the context – and Kozená takes on everything from song to opera to oratorio – Kozená is right next to the listener, singing straight into his/her ear. Given her exceedingly warm tone, her extremely rich delivery, and her extraordinarily sibilant pronunciation, Kozená's intimate delivery may be too much for those with heart conditions or those all too easily affected by singers. But for those made of sterner stuff, Kozená's performances here will be the stuff dreams are made of.

Soirée: Magdalena Kožená & Friends (2019)

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Soirée: Magdalena Kožená & Friends (2019)

Soirée: Magdalena Kožená & Friends (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 73:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | PTC5186671 | Recorded: 2017

Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir Simon Rattle, who makes his recording debut as a pianist.
The German lied is represented by Brahms (Two Songs, Op. 91 and Five Ophelia Songs, WoO 22) and Strauss (Morgen!), the French chanson by Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle) and Ravel (Chansons madécasses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky’s Three Songs from William Shakespeare.

Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall: Bach, Schumann, Janáček, Beethoven, Bartók (2009)

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Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall: Bach, Schumann, Janáček, Beethoven, Bartók (2009)

Piotr Anderszewski at Carnegie Hall: Bach, Schumann, Janáček, Beethoven, Bartók (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 281 Mb | Total time: 42:48+41:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | 2672912 | Recorded: 2008

Since his first release for Virgin Classics, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations in 2000, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski’s has produced a catalogue which ranges from Bach and Mozart, through more Beethoven to Chopin, Szymanowski and Webern, and which includes several prizewinning recordings.