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Augustin Hadelich, Cristian Măcelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Recuerdos: Sarasate, Prokofiev, Britten, Tarrega (2022)

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Augustin Hadelich, Cristian Măcelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Recuerdos: Sarasate, Prokofiev, Britten, Tarrega (2022)

Augustin Hadelich, Cristian Măcelaru, WDR Sinfonieorchester - Recuerdos: Prokofiev, Britten: Violin Concertos; Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy; Tarrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 338 Mb | Total time: 79:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190296310768 | Recorded: 2021

A subtle and profound Spanish theme runs through Recuerdos – ‘Memories’. Violinist Augustin Hadelich has conceived an album that unites three works for violin and orchestra and a piece originally written for solo guitar. For Britten’s Violin Concerto, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No 2 and Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy he is joined by the WDR Sinfonieorchester and its Chief Conductor, Cristian Măcelaru; he remains alone for Ruggero Ricci’s arrangement of Tárrega’s shimmering Recuerdos de la Alhambra.

Joshua Bell, Tsung Yeh, Singapore Chinese Orchestra - Butterfly Lovers (2023)

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Joshua Bell, Tsung Yeh, Singapore Chinese Orchestra - Butterfly Lovers (2023)

Joshua Bell, Tsung Yeh, Singapore Chinese Orchestra - Butterfly Lovers (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 248 Mb | Total time: 51:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19658810972 | Recorded: 2018

It is not clear what took Sony Classical five years to issue these performances, recorded by violinist Joshua Bell and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in 2018. Having had it in the can, it would have made ideal pandemic-era listening. However, better is certainly late than never, and the recording is a real find. It made classical best-seller lists in the summer of 2023. Most musical fusions have one tradition or the other at the core, but in this one, the trips between Western and Chinese are so numerous that one loses track.

Akiko Suwanai, Ivan Fischer, BFO - Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Mazurek; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Carmen Fantasy (2001)

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Akiko Suwanai, Ivan Fischer, BFO - Dvorak: Violin Concerto, Mazurek; Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Carmen Fantasy (2001)

Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto; Mazurek, Op.49
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen; Carmen Fantasy (2001)
Akiko Suwanai, violin; Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Iván Fischer

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 252 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 141 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips Classics | # 464 531-2 | Time: 00:55:27

Dvorák’s Violin Concerto has been undergoing a renaissance of sorts on disc, one that it entirely deserves. Its critics (starting with Joachim and Brahms) dismissed it for not adopting the usual sonata-form first movement structure, instead welding the truncated opening to the gorgeous slow movement. But really, how many violin concertos are there where you can really say that the best, most characterful and highly developed movement is the finale? And what could possibly be bad about that? Clearly Fischer and Suwanai understand where the music’s going: the performance gathers steam as it proceeds, and really cuts loose in that marvelous last movement. Suwani displays a characteristically polished technique and fine intonational ear (lending a lovely purity of utterance to the slow movement), but she’s not afraid to indulge in some “down and dirty” gypsy fiddling in the finale, or in the two Sarasate items that open the program.

Arthur Grumiaux, István Hajdu - Favourite Violin Encores (1995)

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Arthur Grumiaux, István Hajdu - Favourite Violin Encores (1995)

Arthur Grumiaux, István Hajdu - Favourite Violin Encores (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 765 Mb | Total time: 76:45+75:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Philips Classics | # 446 560-2 | Recorded: 1962, 1973

Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) was never a technical daredevil and his playing has been described as being "for conoisseurs only." Indeed, his style was quite refined and his repertoire tended towards pieces that which suited his musical gifts. His Beethoven Concerto and Sonata recordings and performances are most definitely among the best ever done of those works. This large set of 30+ smaller pieces (with a couple larger ones thrown in) focuses on Grumiaux's ability to touch the listener and indeed there is a thread of imperturbable calmness that runs through this recording upon a casual listening. This discing on Philips came out around 1996, presumably to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death. I'll just touch on a few of the highlights of this 2 CD set. In all of them, we hear Grumiaux at his best - polished and radiant, with Istvan Hajdu as the competent piano partner for all of the numbers.

Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Eclipse: Dvořák, Ginastera, Sarasate (2022)

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Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Eclipse: Dvořák, Ginastera, Sarasate (2022)

Hilary Hahn, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Eclipse: Dvořák, Ginastera, Sarasate (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 351 Mb | Total time: 77:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 486 2383 | Recorded: 2021

Hilary Hahn's latest album, Eclipse, celebrates the power of authenticity. Recorded with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and its Music Director (2014-2021), Andres Orozco-Estrada, it sees the triple Grammy-winning violinist deliver interpretations of three works charged with universal emotions yet rooted in their composers' musical heritage: Dvor k's Violin Concerto, Ginastera's Violin Concerto, a strikingly original 20th-century gem, and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1997 (2015) [Blu-Ray]

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Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1997 (2015) [Blu-Ray]

Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker - New Year's Eve Concert 1997 (2015) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | VC-1 Video / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 92 min | 20,7 Gb
Audio: Français / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip1 | MKV 1920x1080 / 5000 kbps / 29,970 fps | 92 min | 4,70 Gb
BluRay-rip2 | MKV 1280x720 / 2000 kbps / 29,970 fps | 92 min | 2,77 Gb
Audio: Français / PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | EuroArts

New Year’s Eve Concert 1997 – A Tribute to Carmen The program of the Berlin Philharmonic bore the title «Dances of Life, Love, and Death», and it was hardly coincidental that it was meant as an homage to Carmen. The recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s traditional New Year’s Eve Concert, conducted by Claudio Abbado, offers not only a cross section of worldfamous melodies from George Bizet’s opera, but also famous dance music that was intensely or subtly influenced by it. With: Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev.

Gergiev, Takacs-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [BDRip] (2019)

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Gergiev, Takacs-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [BDRip] (2019)

Valery Gergiev, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [BDRip] (2019)
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 131 min | 7,87 Gb
Audio: PCM / 2ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | Naxos

The Verbier Festival is one of classical musics greatest events. In celebration of the festivals 25th anniversary, this unique concert brings together 36 classical stars in an unprecedented evening of ingenious programming and captivating performances. The line-up includes the worlds greatest violinists, violists, cellists and pianists as well as other leading performers conducted by Valery Gergiev and Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Founder and director Martin T:son Engstroem writes: We started this incredible adventure in 1994, and 25 years on, our Festival has become one of the worlds most important cultural events. But it is not just another festival; our vision right from the beginning was to build something which combined important musicians with a very visible youth and learning element. This is what we set out to do and this is what we achieved.

Gergiev, Takács-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [Blu-Ray] (2019)

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Gergiev, Takács-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [Blu-Ray] (2019)

Gergiev, Takács-Nagy, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, RIAS Chamber Chorus - Verbier Festival: The 25th Anniversary Concert [Blu-Ray] (2019)
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30015 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 131 min | 31,2 Gb
Audio: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Classical | Naxos

The Verbier Festival is one of classical musics greatest events. In celebration of the festivals 25th anniversary, this unique concert brings together 36 classical stars in an unprecedented evening of ingenious programming and captivating performances. The line-up includes the worlds greatest violinists, violists, cellists and pianists as well as other leading performers conducted by Valery Gergiev and Gabor Takacs-Nagy. Founder and director Martin T:son Engstroem writes: We started this incredible adventure in 1994, and 25 years on, our Festival has become one of the worlds most important cultural events. But it is not just another festival; our vision right from the beginning was to build something which combined important musicians with a very visible youth and learning element. This is what we set out to do and this is what we achieved.

VA - Great Virtuosi Of The Golden Age, Vol. 1 (1988} {Pearl}

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VA - Great Virtuosi Of The Golden Age, Vol. 1 (1988} {Pearl}

VA - Great Virtuosi Of The Golden Age, Vol. 1 (1988} {Pearl}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 167 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 91 mb
Genre: classical, baroque, romantic

Great Virtuosi Of The Golden Age, Vol. 1 is a commpilation CD released in 1988 on Pearl Records. Originally released on vinyl, these recordings were originally done in the early 20th century.