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Gloire Immortelle !

Hervé Niquet

Classical - Released November 17, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3

The Mozartists

Classical - Released October 6, 2023 | Signum Records

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The Mozartists and their director, Ian Page, have made a career of exploring the music of Mozart in the context of his musical surroundings, and their recordings have been of uniformly high quality. Now, they have turned to the Sturm und Drang ("Storm and Stress") movement of the late 18th century, which featured minor keys, highly dramatic contrasts, and, in general, a subjective intensity that reacted against the balance characteristic of Classical-era music. This movement was more associated with instrumental music than with opera, and it might be asked whether the minor-key operatic arias like those here from Anton Schweitzer and Giovanni Paisiello really qualify as Sturm und Drang; these had different sources from the literary ones, the early writings of Goethe among them, that inspired Sturm und Drang composers of instrumental music. This said, this album has a lot of music that even serious Classicism buffs may not have heard, beautifully performed. In the operatic excerpts (Schweitzer is all but unknown, but these pieces from his opera Alceste will make one wonder why), rising soprano Emily Pogorelc has a fine sense of dramatic involvement with the text. The Symphony in G minor of Leopold Koželuch is another standout, in the same ballpark as, if not Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, at least the so-called "Little" Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183. Mozart himself is present only in the Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, usually played by a string quartet, but taking on an exceptionally dark, agitated quality here with a full string group. The program ends with Haydn's Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob. 1/44, which offers a good example of the general style. The Mozartists' series is projected to reach seven volumes, and one is excited to think about what new finds may emerge in the later ones.© James Manheim /TiVo
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C. Schumann & C. M. Weber: Piano Concertos

Luisa Imorde

Classical - Released May 19, 2023 | Berlin Classics

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Relatively unknown until a short time ago, the Piano Concerto in A minor, composed by Clara Wieck at the age of fourteen, long before she became Frau Schumann, today enjoys immense popularity. The number of recordings multiplied, while her other works dragged on behind. Her career as a composer was shattered by the macho attitudes of the time, which inevitably considered that women belonged in the kitchen or raising children. While living with an extremely depressed husband, she fell pregnant eleven times in just thirteen years. Consequently, Clara Schumann had very little time left to compose...Coming from a family of musicians, the young German pianist, Luisa Imorde, approaches Clara Schumann's Concerto opus 7 from an almost Beethovenian perspective, skipping the pure virtuosity of the writing to better extract gravity, subtle transitions, and permanent reinventions. Her programme is completed by five Lieder (by Robert), written for solo piano by his wife, and four pieces by Carl Maria von Weber, a composer whom the latter played throughout her long career as a pianist after Schumann's death.It is from this historical perspective that this album ends with Weber's Concerto No. 1 in C Major. Luisa Imorde performs it with the Bremen Philharmonic under the direction of the French conductor, Marie Jacquot, who was Kirill Petrenko's assistant before being appointed Music Director of the Royal Danish Orchestra from 2024 and Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Ludwig van Beethoven : The Symphonies (Live from Rotterdam, 2011)

Frans Brüggen

Symphonic Music - Released October 22, 2012 | Glossa

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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - A Dramatic Symphony

Kristjan Järvi

Classical - Released November 13, 2020 | Sony Classical - Sony Music

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Tchaïkovsky: Le Lac des Cygnes (Les Etoiles du Bolchoï)

L'Orchestre National du Bolchoï

Classical - Released November 21, 2005 | Via Classic

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Strauss: Alpine Symphony, Die Frau ohne Schatten & Dance of the Seven Veils

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical - Released June 1, 2018 | London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Vladimir Jurowski's 2018 release on LPO brings together three live performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra of popular works by Richard Strauss: the orchestral excerpts from Die Frau ohne Schatten were recorded in 2012, the Dance of the Seven Veils from Salomé in 2013, and the symphonic poem Eine Alpensinfonie in 2016. These vivid recordings put the listener smack in the center of things, re-creating the enormous sound of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, and the extraordinary effects and rich scoring of Eine Alpensinfonie come across with incredible depth and range. This disc by itself may satisfy Strauss fans in need of a thrilling reading of one of his most dynamic and opulent scores, though the second disc of the provocative Dance of the Seven Veils and the dramatic instrumental pieces from Die Frau ohne Schatten may be of greater interest to newcomers as an introduction to Strauss' music for the stage. LPO's recording approaches audiophile quality, with clear and striking details that are fully audible, even in Strauss' densest textures. Highly recommended. © TiVo
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Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonies - Released January 2, 1980 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 & Overtures (Remastered HD)

Herbert von Karajan

Classical - Released March 24, 2014 | Warner Classics International

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The Karajan Official Remastered Edition is a series of remasterings, from the original master tapes, of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 et 1984 including Karajan's first — and probably most thrilling — recording of the complete Beethoven Symphonies, made in the early 1950s (1951-1955) with London's Philharmonia Orchestra recently founded by Walter Legge. The recording of the Ninth Symphony is available here in stereo for the very first time, taken from original, unreleased tapes.
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Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Céphale et Procris

Reinoud Van Mechelen

Classical - Released February 9, 2024 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Psyché

Christophe Rousset

Classical - Released January 13, 2023 | Château de Versailles Spectacles

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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (Live)

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Classical - Released June 5, 2020 | Ondine

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How intriguing! American conductor Robert Treviño has dedicated his debut release with Ondine to Beethoven’s symphony cycle. This is the first time the Finnish label has visited these landmarks of Western symphonic culture with a traditional Scandinavian orchestra, namely the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, which will celebrate its centenary in 2025. With a rather faded palette of sound-colour and a smooth legato, this is undoubtedly a traditional version of the nine symphonies that transports us back to an era of discographies from Herbert von Karajan and Otto Klemperer. But by no means does it belong in the past…Treviño has worked closely with the likes of Leif Segerstam, David Zinman and Michael Tilson Thomas, the two latter conductors having, incidentally, made many interventions of their own in the Beethovenian symphonies as each attempted to produce worthy reinterpretations. Tilson Thomas drastically reduced the number of musicians in his complete cycle for CBS, whilst David Zinman based his work on Jonathan Del Mar’s Barenreiter edition which restored many of the lost accents and phrases that had been altered from one hundred and fifty years of, at times, rather unscrupulous interpretations. Here, Robert Treviño’s interpretations are lyrical and rich, precise as regards polyphony and mindful of the need to find a balance rather than overstress the text. Treviño ensures that each section finds its proper place and doesn’t get lost in the overall composition, creating dialogues with a chamber-like aesthetic. The unusual “concertato” at the beginning of the last movement of Eroica is the prime example of this. © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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Abbado: Beethoven

Claudio Abbado

Classical - Released February 10, 2023 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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Wanderer Without Words

Juliette Journaux

Classical - Released September 29, 2023 | Alpha Classics

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Italian Capriccio, Waltz

Paavo Järvi

Classical - Released October 8, 2021 | Alpha Classics

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During the golden age of recorded classical music, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich was never on the top rung of world orchestras, but under conductor David Zinman, it took great strides forward, and the process has continued under the experienced hand of Paavo Järvi. The group's cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies has been a pleasure, and perhaps this installment, featuring the Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 ("Winter Dreams"), is the best. This was an early work, but Tchaikovsky esteemed it greatly over his entire life, and it does seem to carry his personality even more than some later pieces do. The key to it is to avoid looking forward to the weightier developments of the later symphonies, and Järvi accomplishes this beautifully, holding the whole thing, to paraphrase John Le Carré, like a thrush's egg in his hand, and he has honed the orchestra to a fine edge. Hear the silky strings at the beginning of the second movement ("Land of gloom, land of mist") or the delicate interplay of the winds in the Allegro scherzando giocoso. "Delicate" might be a good word for the entire performance, even in the heftier Italian Capriccio in A major, Op. 45, and in the excerpt from Eugene Onegin that rings down the curtain. This is a performance that's absorbing without turning on the usual Tchaikovskian emotion, and it's a virtuoso example of the conductor's art. Warm sound from the Tonhalle Maag is another attraction. © TiVo
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TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Swan Lake [Ballet] (Russian National Orchestra, Pletnev)

Russian National Orchestra

Ballets - Released February 23, 2010 | Ondine

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This 2010 recording of Tchaikovsky's eternally popular Swan Lake ballet, with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra might be ideal for dancing, but it is less ideal purely as a listening experience. On the whole, and in most of its parts, theirs is a highly dramatic and very fast-paced performance, filled with plenty of vigor, energy, color, and contrast. The score requires more pathos and bathos than depth and profundity, and Pletnev elicits from the Russian musicians a sweetly soulful and wholly polished performance. But this version misses the lightness and buoyancy of Gennady Rozhdestvensky's classic account of the work, a performance that sacrifices none of the work's drama, and allowing it space to dance. Pletnev's recording has many virtues, though, and the listener may find a place on the shelf for both his and Rozhdestvensky's versions. Ondine's sound is clean and lush, with plenty of detail. © TiVo
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Bernard Haitink

Classical - Released September 12, 2006 | LSO Live

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Beethoven's nine symphonies -- what can one say? The greatest body of orchestral works ever composed? Probably. The most performed body of orchestral works ever composed? Certainly. The most recorded body of orchestral works ever composed? Absolutely. Not only has virtually every conductor recorded a Beethoven cycle, some of them have gotten to record it multiple times: Abbado, Bernstein, Solti, Karajan, and Haitink, among others. What does this proliferation tell us? Usually nothing about the music that hasn't been heard before, but sometimes something about what the conductor thinks about the music. These performances with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in 2005 and 2006 tell what Bernard Haitink thinks about the greatest body of orchestral works ever composed. And what does Haitink think? Pretty much nothing that hasn't been thought before. His tempos are neither too fast nor too slow, but straight down the moderato. His dynamics are neither too loud nor too quiet, but right in the mezzo. His textures are clear and lucid. His colors are blended and smooth. His interpretations are solid and sincere. But what does Haitink tell us about what he thinks about Beethoven's symphonies? Pretty much nothing except that he is an experienced conductor with a superb baton technique who keeps his opinions to himself. The London Symphony's playing is enthusiastic but too often ragged around the edges for comfort. LSO Live's recording is transparent but the perspective seems to shift from work to work -- sometimes the strings are too far away, other times the brass are too close.© TiVo
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Mein Traum. Schubert, Weber, Schumann

Pygmalion

Opera - Released October 7, 2022 | harmonia mundi

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One morning in 1822, Schubert wrote down an enigmatic text in which all his ghosts seem to take shape: wandering, solitude, consolation, disappointed love. Inspired by this dreamlike narrative, Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion and Stéphane Degout have devised a vast Romantic fresco, combining resurrection of unknown treasures with rediscovery of established masterpieces. © harmonia mundi
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 (Live)

Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Opera - Released March 14, 2006 | Orfeo

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Polonaise & Coronation March

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Classical - Released October 8, 2021 | Alpha Classics

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