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Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 6 & 7 (2024)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 15 Jan 2024 18:17:18
Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 6 & 7 (2024)

Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 6 & 7 (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:24:34 | 683 / 330 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

Combined with the previous recording of Opus III and V, this publication completes the oeuvre of cello sonatas by Emanuel Siprutini. Born in a Jewish family, perhaps in Holland, he ar-rived in England following the "Jewish naturalization act" established in 1753 by King George II of England, and he settled in London as a wine merchant, concert performer and cello teacher, having among his students John Crosdill, the most famous British cellist of the eighteenth century. Leopold Mozart met Siprutini in 1764, during his stay in England. Struck by the cellist's talent, he tried to convince him to con-vert to Catholicism, but Emanuel remained serenely Jewish. Between 1756 and 1775 he published four books of cello sonatas which the Mozarts certainly owned, as one might think by finding fragments and ideas in Wolfgang's most beautiful works.
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Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Lanzetti: Cello Sonatas Op. V & VI (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 5 Sep 2023 12:27:59
Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Lanzetti: Cello Sonatas Op. V & VI (2023)

Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Lanzetti: Cello Sonatas Op. V & VI (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:14:10 | 587 / 307 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

Salvatore Lanzetti was born in Naples around 1710 and died perhaps in Turin around 1780. A pupil of the Conservatory of S. Maria di Loreto in Naples, he was a cellist and composer active first in Lucca, where he played with Francesco M. Veracini, and then at Turin court in 1727/28, and from 1760 to his death. He was in London between 1939 and 1954 or 1956, and also played in Sicily, France and Germany. He is considered one of the first great cello virtuosos. He published five collections of sonatas for cello and Basso Continuo (but op. 2 is nothing more than a London edition with five sonatas taken from the 12 of op. 1 plus an
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Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Jean-Pierre Duport: Cello Sonatas from Op. I, II, III & IV (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 16 Mar 2023 09:35:43
Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Jean-Pierre Duport: Cello Sonatas from Op. I, II, III & IV (2023)

Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - Jean-Pierre Duport: Cello Sonatas from Op. I, II, III & IV (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:50 | 182 / 365 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

A pupil of the Martin Berteau, founder of the French cello school, and older brother of Jean-Louis, the cellist who is credited with initiating the modern cello school, Jean-Pierre Duport is a figure of great importance on the European musical scene of his time. Exceptional virtuoso, after a successful concert career, he lands in Berlin, where he becomes superintendent of royal music, thus meeting the most important musicians of the time, including Mozart, who composed the famous Prussian Quartets for his cello, and Beethoven, who offered his virtuosity the two Sonatas op.5. This recording brings together two sonatas from each of the four books for cello and bass, which are the entire musical production of his life.
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Thomas Schippers - Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 7 Mar 2023 10:35:35
Thomas Schippers - Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (2023)

Thomas Schippers - Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:27:00 | 580 / 335 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

Among the countless studio recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor, this Westminster recording from 1970 is particularly noteworthy.First of all for the conductor, Thomas Schippers, one of the most sensitive interpreters of Italian opera, especially in Verdi. The role of the protagonist is played by the American soprano Beverly Sills, who in this edition restores Lucia's original voice, altered by the dramatic interpretation of Maria Callas twenty years earlier. Carlo Bergonzi, on the other hand, was one of the reference Edgardo of the second half of the twentieth century, and, in addition to this, he recorded another famous Lucia with Anno Moffo, released for RCA in 1966. Finally, the great Italian baritone Piero Cappuccilli, himself to his second incision of the character of Enrico.
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Mark Milhofer, Marco Scolastra - Enrico Caruso: His Songs (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 4 Mar 2023 11:18:55
Mark Milhofer, Marco Scolastra - Enrico Caruso: His Songs (2023)

Mark Milhofer, Marco Scolastra - Enrico Caruso: His Songs (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:20:37 | 524 / 321 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

A symbol of Italianism and bel canto singing, Enrico Caruso moved from provincial Neapolitan stages to the world's most prestigious opera houses, and as naturally as he sang the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, he could return to being the scugnizzo or street urchin of popular songs. But what is less known is that the great tenor himself composed a small number of these songs, and this album brings them together for the first time, along with a wide selection of pieces that were written especially for him by his contemporaries. A little-known repertoire that deserves today, 150 years after Caruso birth, to be rediscovered by a new audience.
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Quartetto Mitja - Donizetti: String Quartets Vol.2 (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 11 Jan 2023 18:08:35
Quartetto Mitja - Donizetti: String Quartets Vol.2 (2023)

Quartetto Mitja - Donizetti: String Quartets Vol.2 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:46:35 | 500 / 242 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania

Volume two of the Mitja Quartets critically acclaimed survey of Donizeti's String Quartets.Saving the imagination. This was one of the secrets of good composition ('sparing the imagination and conducting a piece with a few ideas') according to Donizetti. Indeed, this economy of invention proved especially effective in chamber music, particularly in its noblest formation: the string quartet. This second box marks a further step towards the recording of the complete opera released by the strings of the Mitja Quartet.
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Claudio Ronco & Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 3 & 5 (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 10 Jan 2023 16:26:50
Claudio Ronco & Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 3 & 5 (2023)

Claudio Ronco & Emanuela Vozza - Siprutini: Cello Sonatas, Opp. 3 & 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:31:07 | 342 / 687 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

This disc presents the world premiere recordings of these works by Emanuel Siprutini (c 1730 (Netherlands) -1790 (London)).
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Marius Bartoccini - Classico in Laguna: Anonymous Sonatas from the Late XVIII Century (2023)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 10 Jan 2023 13:05:49
Marius Bartoccini - Classico in Laguna: Anonymous Sonatas from the Late XVIII Century (2023)

Marius Bartoccini - Classico in Laguna: Anonymous Sonatas from the Late XVIII Century (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:07:46 | 307 / 154 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

The personality of an “anonymous” album lies in the centrality of the instrument performing and in its connection with the type of writing that relates all the pieces; light and refined melodic lines, delicate phrasing and a series of dynamic contrasts not only identify what one might refer to as a kind of “Venetian classicism”, but also make the hammer instrument one of the most suitable for their performance.
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Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Falstaff (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 27 Dec 2022 14:10:16
Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Falstaff (2022)

Sir Georg Solti - Verdi: Falstaff (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:54:57 | 486 / 261 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

Despite the importance of Verdi's last Opera, Falstaff does not have a discography comparable to that of La Traviata or Il Trovatore. From 1950 to 2000 the recordings concerning this opera are relatively few, and among these the 1963 version conduced by Georg Solti remains among those memorable.The great Hungarian conductor would then record it once again in the Nineties; however, the vocal cast of 1963 remains unrepeatable, made up of voices that would later become the legend of the Opera, except the protagonist, Geraint Evans, whom some critics have discussed in more than one occasion. Despite this, the vitality of the interpretation, the overwhelming comic charge and the beauty of the Decca sound of those years (it is no coincidence that the production was by John Culshaw) still make this version a milestone in Falstaff 's discography.
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Anna Fei & Musica Colorata - Benedetti: La morte & Cantate morali (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 9 Nov 2022 13:23:46
Anna Fei & Musica Colorata - Benedetti: La morte & Cantate morali (2022)

Anna Fei & Musica Colorata - Benedetti: La morte & Cantate morali (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:13:02 | 296 / 168 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

Trained under the guidance of A. Scorpione, D.A. Giordani and F.A. Urio, Francesco M. Benedetti is Chapel Master in Assisi, friend of G. Tartini and confrere of Father Martini. The complex counterpoint of his music closely recalls Bachian characteristics which, however, give way to galant elements that in some points result in a pre-classical language. Dense and virtuosic ornamentations typical of the performance pratice of the time support the theories on the ornamentation practice of the time.
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Luca Lazzarini & Nicola Reniero - Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 12 Oct 2022 07:44:21
Luca Lazzarini & Nicola Reniero - Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (2022)

Luca Lazzarini & Nicola Reniero - Bach: Sonatas For Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 55:31 | 381 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

The three sonatas by Bach of this album are likely to rank among the most famous and most performed compositions for viola da gamba, and they represent one of the tops of the literature for this instrument. Nevertheless for this recording was used the viola da braccio, according to the practice of the Baroque era which precedes and accompanies the decline of the viola da gamba. These pieces are composed as a trio sonata, a favourite genre by the Maestro. They are mainly based on polyphonic writing, in which no instrument prevails over the other. In some pieces the organ was used in place of the harpsichord, a choice of the performers to explore new varieties of timbre and off er diff erent instrumental colours.
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György Cziffra - Portrait: Cziffra Plays Liszt (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 24 Sep 2022 12:48:21
György Cziffra - Portrait: Cziffra Plays Liszt (2022)

György Cziffra - Portrait: Cziffra Plays Liszt (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 2:10:31 | 492 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

György Cziffra was one of the most celebrated and individual piano virtuosos of the postwar decades in Europe, especially noted for his powers of improvisation and as a Liszt pianist. He was born in a shantytown called Angels Court on the outskirts of Budapest to a family of gypsy musicians. The family was desperately poor, and ultimately both his father and a sister died of starvation. He learned piano by watching an older sister's lessons. By the age of five, he was improvising requests from the audience at a circus. At ten, he was sent to the conservatory in Budapest.
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Paderewski: The 1911/1930 Original 78s (2008)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 30 Aug 2022 10:59:50
Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Paderewski: The 1911/1930 Original 78s (2008)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Paderewski: The 1911/1930 Original 78s (2008)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:50:57 | 426 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Paderewski's career had a Faustian cast. His demonically driven determination to become a concert pianist, his magical audience rapport, his rapture-rife music, his political career as Poland's first prime minister, and his subsequent efforts to rescue Poland from political quagmire wear a legendary aura more often encountered in poetry. Born to a well-off, cultivated family, young Paderewski received piano lessons from an early age, entering the Warsaw Music Institute before he was 12 to study piano, harmony, and counterpoint. Upon graduation in 1878 the Institute engaged him as a piano teacher.
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Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Spourni: 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 4 (2021)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 29 Aug 2022 11:40:50
Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Spourni: 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 4 (2021)

Claudio Ronco, Emanuela Vozza - Spourni: 6 Sonatas for 2 Cellos, Op. 4 (2021)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:16:12 | 337 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

The world premiere recording of Opus IV for two cellos by Venceslaus Joseph Spourni (c.1700 1754) as performed by Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza on period instruments.
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Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - The Early Romantic Cello (2022)

Posted By: ciklon5
Date: 9 Jul 2022 04:47:06
Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - The Early Romantic Cello (2022)

Claudio Ronco and Emanuela Vozza - The Early Romantic Cello (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:18:30 | 337 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Urania Records

This selection of chamber compositions for the cello aims to reveal the gradual birth of the romantic idea of music in the middle of the historical period called Classicism though the works of Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Francois Cupis de Renoussard, Domenico Lanzetti and Jean Bathasar Tricklir.Although still partially formulated on the late eighteenth century model, these works go beyond the usual aesthetic formulas of their time, showing the restlessness and curiosity for the new horizons that revolutionary thought had opened to the eyes of the European minds, in the footsteps of "sentiment" and above all of a new mythology which, as Friedrich von Schlegel wrote: "must be formed by the extreme depth of the spirit ".
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