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Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances

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Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances

Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:04:12 | 147 / 281 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pentatone

The Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra and conductor Lawrence Foster present choral-orchestral works by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. They join forces with a remarkable group of soloists – including Luiza Fatyol, Roxana Constantinescu, Marius Vlad, Ioan Hotea and Bogdan Baciu – as well as the Junior VIP children’s choir. The album opens with Kodály’s Budavári Te Deum and Psalmus Hungaricus, followed by Bartók’s Transylvanian Dances and culminating in the composer’s Cantata Profana. The latter work, based on ancient myth, was originally conceived in Romanian, but the piece is usually performed in a Hungarian version. This recording reinstates the Romanian original version, retouched by choir conductor Cornel Groza. In general, this recording by Romanian ensembles of works by Hungarian composers linked to Romanian sources can be seen as an exploration of Romania and Hungary’s shared roots, and of the bicultural nature of Transylvania in particular.

Johannes Moser, Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša - Dvorak & Lalo: Cello Concertos (2015)

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Johannes Moser, Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša - Dvorak & Lalo: Cello Concertos (2015)

Johannes Moser, Prague Philharmonia, Jakub Hrůša - Dvorak & Lalo: Cello Concertos (2015)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 65:33 | 305 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Pentatone | Catalog: PTC 5186 488

Oh, not another Dvořák Cello Concerto recording, you would be justified in asking. Well, yes and no. This is indeed a special one, but not only for the superb performance the German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser gives with the Prague Philharmonia under Jakub Hrůša of this most popular of all cello concertos. What makes this disc practically indispensable is its inclusion of the less frequently heard Lalo concerto in the best account I have heard since Pierre Fournier recorded it many years ago with Jean Martinon and the Lamoureux Orchestra for DG.

Arabella Steinbacher - Bela Bartok: The 2 Violin Concertos (2010)

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Arabella Steinbacher - Bela Bartok: The 2 Violin Concertos (2010)

Arabella Steinbacher - Bela Bartok: The 2 Violin Concertos (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 61:12 | 373 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Pentatone | Catalog: 5186350

Though he was not himself a violinist, Béla Bartók managed to compose two incredible violin concertos, the second of which is considered by some to be the most important violin concerto of the 20th century. The first concerto was written for the unrequited love of his youth, violinist Stefi Geyer, who never performed the work publicly and kept hold of the manuscript until her death in 1956. The two-movement work is filled with references to Bartók's relationship with her; the first movement luxuriously romantic and the second a pyrotechnic display of sheer virtuosity. The Second Concerto came about nearly two decades later from a commission.

Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

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Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:09:58 | 160 / 383 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Countertenor Tim Mead presents Beauteous Softness, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenth-century English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence.

Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

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Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:01:28 | 295 / 141 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

René Jacobs presents Joseph Haydn’s Stabat Mater, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Singakademie and an excellent quartet of vocal soloists (Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim and Christian Immler). With this recording, Jacobs finally returns to a composer that is very dear to him, and offers a first vocal album on Pentatone after acclaimed interpretations of Schubert’s complete symphonies. Setting a text that depicts the most tragic event of Christ’s life, Haydn manages to find a balance between dramatic pathos and expression and a more composed, distanced portrayal, fitting his Classical aesthetic orientation. Initially composed in 1767, this recording employs a 1803 edition with enlarged wind orchestration created with the help of Haydn’s apprentice Sigismund Neukomm, which makes the work even more dramatic and colourful. Jacobs and his players and singers display a great sense of style and drama in this remarkable rendition.

Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)

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Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)

Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:13 | 182 / 343 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The reed players of Calefax go on a musical road trip across the United States on An American Rhapsody. The programme captures several iconic composers from different periods and backgrounds, ranging from Florence Price, Harry Burleigh,
George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Moondog to Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Billie Strayhorn, Stevie Wonder and Kinan Azmeh. Taken together, these pieces reflect America’s kaleidoscopic diversity and its rich yet complex culture and history. The album is a declaration of love to a country that Calefax has frequently visited over the last two decades and continues to fascinate.

Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12

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Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12

Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 62:01 | 312 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

VIVALDI AND LOCATELLI PERFORMED BY A RISING STAR Rising star violinist Chloe Chua makes her recording debut on Pentatone together with the Singapore Symphony, presenting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside Locatelli’s Harmonic Labyrinth. With the Four Seasons, Chua returns to a piece that’s very dear to her, and which she won the joint-first prize at the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists with. Despite her young age, Chua performs regularly with several world-class ensembles and enjoys a huge following on social media thanks to her breathtaking technique and charismatic stage personality. This album, recorded as Artist-in-Residence of the Singapore Symphony, launches her international recording career.

Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (2011)

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Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (2011)

Philippe Herreweghe, Royal Flemish Philharmonic - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 05:36:49 | 1,6 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Pentatone | Catalog: PTC 5186 312

Philippe Herreweghe’s Beethoven symphonies cycle with the Royal Flemish Orchestra, recorded between 2004 and 2009, belongs to PENTATONE’s most renowned and successful releases. Herreweghe and his orchestra have been widely praised for their lively interpretation, full of clarity. Together, they achieve a historically informed performance while using modern instruments, expanded with natural horns and historical timpani. The excellent sound quality of this recording adds to the extraordinary acoustic sensation. This boxset is now presented in a new, convenient clamshell design.

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)

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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:08:00 | 155 / 299 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare make their Pentatone debut with Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The album is also the first recording under Payare’s tenure, and the beginning of a longer recording relationship with the label. For Payare, the Fifth is the last symphony that shows Mahler still looking forward to what the future might bring, unlike his subsequent, much darker and existential works. Despite that optimism, there is enough tragedy and struggle along the way, resonating with Mahler’s life at the time of creation. Payare’s proficiency in late-Romantic repertoire coupled with the matured, distinctive sound of the Montréal players make this a collaboration to look out for.

Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra

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Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 68:52 | 157 / 339 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Arabella Steinbacher is a multiple award-winner with an extensive Pentatone discography, including Mozart’s complete violin concertos (2014 and 2021), Four Seasons (Vivaldi & Piazzolla, 2020), Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos (2015) and many others. Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester make their Pentatone debut.

Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)

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Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)

Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:22:00 | 324 / 667 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein has appeared with leading orchestras all over the U.S. and Europe and has played chamber music with her parents, both well-known performers, in the Weilerstein Trio. Her repertory is wide but has been marked by a focus on contemporary music. Weilerstein was born in Rochester, New York, on April 14, 1982. Her parents are Donald Weilerstein, first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet, and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein; violinist and conductor Joshua Weilerstein is her brother.

Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)

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Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)

Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:09:24 | 241 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Ian Bostridge Avec sa belle prestance et sa suprême élégance, il a tout d’un Lord anglais. Ténor atypique pas sa voix et par son parcours, Ian Bostridge est un brillant intellectuel formé aux prestigieux collèges d’Oxford et de Cambridge. Cet érudit a publié plusieurs ouvrages, dont sa thèse de doctorat en philosophie consacrée à l’importance de la sorcellerie dans la vie publique anglaise entre 1650 et 1750. Son livre consacré à la Winterreise de Schubert a été édité en une douzaine de langues et devrait bientôt paraître en français sous le titre : «Le Voyage d’hiver de Schubert : Anatomie d’une obsession ».

Gustavo Núñez, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos (2015)

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Gustavo Núñez, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos (2015)

Gustavo Núñez, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Vivaldi: Bassoon Concertos (2015)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers + Digital Booklet | 59:35 | 310 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Pentatone Music | Catalog: PTC 5186 539

It would be no exaggeration to name Antonio Vivaldi as the “pioneer of the bassoon concerto”. The first milestone in the emancipation of the bassoon, until the beginning of the 17 century exclusively used as a basso continuo instrument, for which the part wasn’t even written out, was a series of nine virtuoso bassoon sonatas published by Giovanni Antonio Bertoli in 1645.