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Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson - John Adams: Violin Concerto (2018)

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Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson - John Adams: Violin Concerto (2018)

Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson - John Adams: Violin Concerto (2018)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 33:08 | 194 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Nonesuch Records | Catalog: 7559-79351-O

Composed in 1993, the John Adams Violin Concerto is already a contemporary classic. Some reviewers say it is the best violin concerto written in the past 50 years. This new recording by Leila Josefowicz is the last word on what are now many recordings by some of the world's finest players. She first recorded the Violin Concerto in 2002 with John Adams, the composer, conducting. What makes this new recording the best? Josefowicz "owns" the piece having performed it in concert over 100 times since the premiere!

Brad Mehldau, Renee Fleming - Love Sublime (2006)

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Brad Mehldau, Renee Fleming - Love Sublime (2006)

Brad Mehldau & Renee Fleming - Love Sublime (2006)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 48:27 | 184 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Nonesuch Records | Catalog: 75559-79952-2

Composer and pianist Brad Mehldau is admired by jazz aficionados for his work with his eponymous trio, and soprano Renée Fleming is internationally renowned for her operatic performances and recitals of classical art songs. Knowing this, one might think that Love Sublime, Mehldau's and Fleming's 2006 release on Nonesuch, is a crossover album; yet while they are meant to appeal to a broad audience, Mehldau's original settings of poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke, Louise Bogan, and Fleurine are serious modern art songs, and not the easy hybrids of jazz and classical they may appear to be.

Brad Mehldau Trio - Live (2008)

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Brad Mehldau Trio - Live (2008)

Brad Mehldau Trio - Live (2008)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:36:06 | 1 Gb
Genre: Jazz | Label: Nonesuch Records | Catalog: 7559799565

Three years passed between the release of the Brad Mehldau's Day Is Done and this live outing. What's so significant about this is simply that the former record marked the debut of drummer Jeff Ballard, who had replaced longtime kitman Jorge Rossy. Ballard is a more physical, busier, and more energetic drummer, allowing for Mehldau and bassist Larry Grenadier to up the ante in terms of dynamic and rhythmic options. Day Is Done offered a number of wonderfully contrasting moments where Mehldau, a big pop music fan from all eras, wove a tapestry from Burt Bacharach and John Lennon to Nick Drake and Colin Greenwood, from Paul Simon to Chris Cheek, as well as inserting a few of his own compositions.