I would like to request Shostakovich's 7th, if possible. Thanks in advance.

Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 conducted by Kiril Kodrashin, Year: 1975

http://rapidshare.com/files/76689876/Shostakovich-Symphony7-1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76704401/Shostakovich-Symphony7-2.rar

Thanks a lot. Is there any composer you are particularly interested in?

If anyone needs anything by Bach, let me know. I've every single work of him :)

well Auric_Goldfinger, I am most interested in the great Russian composers, Nikolai Miaskovsky, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Vasily Kalinnikov are all great (but Kabalevsky's music is quite hard to come by)

Its too bad I don't like Bach though...

EDIT: Heres a little interesting bit for all:

Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 arranged for piano and orchestra and "appropriately" entitled "Rach 5"



http://www.mediafire.com/?shm0jtjmq2d
http://www.mediafire.com/?b4fcwgmmtwb

That's too bad, because, although I come from Russia, the only thing I could find of any of those three was Myaskovsky's 27th symphony, which everyone must already have :/

Although somehow rarities, anybody have these Stokowski CDs?

http://www.amazon.com/Stokowski-Encore-Leopold/dp/B001DKBKD2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1232177037&sr=1-3

http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572050

If anyone needs anything by Bach, let me know. I've every single work of him :)

I'd like to have Bach's Organ Concerto BWV 596 (after Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso No. 11) please!

Here you go:
http://www.megaupload.com/ru/?d=S1XDT7BX
http://www.megaupload.com/ru/?d=ZH5TGGOM
http://www.megaupload.com/ru/?d=OXRO1GWH
http://www.megaupload.com/ru/?d=ORSJF9BW
Total size-15.3 MB
I don't know why the links are to the Russian megaupload, hope you can still download it...
PS. Does anyone have the Blue Danube Waltz alone, without anything else by Strauss II?

uploading the blue danube via rapidshare now...

EDIT: http://rapidshare.com/files/185482554/05._Johann_Strauss__On_The_Beautiful_Blue_Danube_W altz__Op._314.mp3.html

Remember to download it now because of the retarded rapishare 10 downloads only rule...

Anybody have a decent version of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture without cannons and Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture?

I have Mahlers 2nd (Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Solti) and 8th (though it might be incomplete its a bit of a werid recording)

So If anyone wants them to be upped then Please let me know
I also have 1812 Overture (Without chorus cinn orchestra doing it with Church bells and real cannons Digital Recording Louder than hell)

as well as Mozart Requiem

And Respighi Pines of rome, Fountains of Rome and Roman Festivals

again if you want any of these upped please let me know and i shall do it

I was looking for an 1812 without cannons, but I would appreciate an upload of that one as it is probably better than the one I have.

Looking for anything by Ludovico Einaudi...

Is it your birthday today ? No ? Anyway I have a great gift for you.

Karajan Herbert (von) : Master Recordings : Berliner Philharmoniker / Wiener Symphoniker - Box-Set : 10CDs - (1959 - 1979) 2008.
http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2008/06/karajan-herbert-von-master-recordings.html

Alternative version :

Strauss Richard : Ein Heldenleben, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme - Sir Simon Rattle - Berliner Philharmoniker - 2005.
http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/search/label/Strauss%20Richard

Links at the bottom.

Pass: iceshoweronfire

Happy listening!

Click on the text Reach Master Recordings to be taken to a rapidshare link. It is after all the tracklistings and scans.

awesome thanks for the fast response

I was looking for an 1812 without cannons, but I would appreciate an upload of that one as it is probably better than the one I have.

Uploading Now, will Edit with link

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6ok1v4

There you go

Thanks!

Could someone please post the first movement of Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 "Italian"?

Uploading Mendelssohn's 4th 1st movement now via rapidshit will edit post

EDIT: http://rapidshare.com/files/187481034/01_Symphony_No._4_in_A_major__Op._90__Italian___I. _Allegro_vivace.mp3.html

Thank you, you're a lifesaver! I was assigned to do an essay on the first movement and I've never even heard of it before.

Does anyone have anything by Leroy Anderson? preferably his popular little pieces such as "the typewriter" and "The Syncopated Clock".

Just to bump this, does anyone have anything by Chopin? :P I'm very into him now...

Hey Guys... I hope I'm not annoying but I really want any "Music Minus One" CD. Specially the Piano Concertos. I couldn't find them anywhere and it would be very useful to me. They are the musical accompaniments for the piano concertos with metronome.

http://www.musicminusone.com/MainPages/Instrument.asp?catID=1

Please, if anyone has them...

Gentlemen, this fine thread must not be allowed to fizzle out!

Streichorchester - are you still there, my friend? This one - a real rare one, is for you.

Dmitry Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Kirill Karabits
Steven Isserlis, cello.

Recorded live at the Poole Lighthouse, England, February 2009

This comes to you directly from BBC Radio 3. The MP3 is 192kbps, which is the bitrate at which they transmit.

[URL deleted - file broken, reuploading later today - sorry folks!]

Enjoy :)

I would like to request Shostakovich's Symphony # 5, please

Shosty No. 5 coming up in about half an hour. :)

EDIT:
Shostakovich - Symphony No 5
The London Symphony Orchestra / Rostropovich

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=iyk4xcnorg

Enjoy :)

Found this blog: http://haloofthesun.blogspot.com/

Lots of links added what seems like daily. The top says it isn't CD quality, but it's pretty good, and I've even gotten a few FLAC, so it's obviously a lie. There is no composer or performer information, so if you really care about that, steer clear. If you're looking for just any recording or for new composers to get into, then this is for you.

Bizarre...I know I requested...something here a little while ago. Do posts dissapear often here? I'm seriously freaked out.

Bizarre...I know I requested...something here a little while ago. Do posts dissapear often here? I'm seriously freaked out.
There was a problem with the server and some posts were lost. You aren't losing your mind.

On another note would anyone be interested in some classical music by film composers? I found the following online (only have mp3s)
Elmer Bernstein 3cd orchestral works

and

John Williams Cello Concertos played by Yo-Yo-Ma (very strange modern classical sound)

Streichorchester - are you still there, my friend? This one - a real rare one, is for you.

I'm still around but haven't had a chance to download much, or well, anything because my internet connection where I am now sucks and likes to cut out in the middle of downloading/uploading. Is there some kind of program I can use for rapidshare so if my internet cuts out I can resume downloading/uploading? Here's hoping...

Also I got Sonar 8 and Kontakt 3 a few weeks ago so I've been scrambling to learn it and update as many compositions as I can. There are just not enough hours in the day.

Hey big guy, it's been a while. Good to see you back. Hope you'll stick around more often there.

If you have some links for your new/enhanced compositions, post them in my thread or here, I'd be curious to hear them. I especially hope for a remake of "The Crusader", your most impressive and inspired oeuvre IMHO.

Awesome recording of Wagner's Tannhauser for you guys!!
See the link for more info on the recording.
http://www.amazon.com/Wagners-Tannh%C3%A4user-Complete-Richard-Wagner/dp/B00005UW19/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1238026069&sr=8-1
Disc 1
http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=tghtn5yxqn
Disc 2
http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=lnr7ppisvy
Disc 3
http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=nb2mhwfc0c

FLAC version to come later but these high quality VBR mp3 should satisfy some.

As the review on amazon says (not a user review)
This vividly recorded new Tannh�user has much to recommend it. Daniel Barenboim's leadership not only keeps things moving so that the somewhat stilted drama actually takes wing, he elicits some of the most beautiful playing ever from the Berlin State Opera forces: lush strings; pointed, crisp brass; reedy, articulate winds. Thomas Hampson's Wolfram is sensitive and handsomely sung, if on a slightly small scale; Rene Pape is by far the most impressive Landgraf on disc; and the supporting cast is topnotch. Peter Seiffert sings the title role as well as anyone alive today could, but the natural youth and brightness of his voice do not particularly suit the character and his torment. Jane Eaglen's Elisabeth is correctly pure and simple, and equally well sung. Waltraud Meier uses her unimpressive voice well as Venus, underscoring the character's incredible sensuality with her intelligent use of the text. While this set has its excitements, better still is the one led by Sinopoli (with Domingo and Cheryl Studer) or the even older Solti recording (out of print) with Christa Ludwig as the finest Venus available and a very strong cast. --Robert Levine

Wow, this thread is very helpful thank you everyone... grabbed some things here and there...most of the links stopped working.

Id like some Bach, anything in the Baroque era...and some more organ is muchly apriciated. Thank you!

I'm looking for the Rite of Spring and Firebird Suite. I downloaded something by that name a long time ago from this very thread, but it only contained the Scytian suite. Could someone kindly upload.

Please and thank you.

I'm looking for the Rite of Spring and Firebird Suite. I downloaded something by that name a long time ago from this very thread, but it only contained the Scytian suite. Could someone kindly upload.

Please and thank you.

http://classic4everyone.blogspot.com/2009/03/stravinsky-bernstein-rite-of-spring.html

As promised, here are the 10 albums of the Instruments Of Classical Music. I point out that I didn't upload them, but only repost them here by request. Credits go to loko29.






Album: The Instruments Of Classical Music Vol 1: The Flute


J.S. Bach / Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite No. 2)
Gluck / Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from “Orpheus and Eurydice”
J.S. Bach / Polonaise (from Orchestral Suite No. 2)
J.S. Bach / Menuet (from Orchestral Suite No. 2)
Mozart / Allegro aperto (from Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K314)
Buffardin / Andante (from Flute Concerto in E minor)
C.P.E. Bach / Allegro (from Flute Sonata in D, Wq 129)
C.P.E. Bach / Allegro (from Flute Concerto in B flat, Wq 167)
Mozart / Rondeau. Allegretto (from Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K314)
Mercadante / Largo (from Flute Concerto in E minor)
Vivaldi / Concerto for two recorders in D minor, RV 566
Mozart / Adagio non troppo (from Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, K314)
Mercadante / Rondo (from Flute Concerto in E minor)

http://rapidshare.com/files/151456145/01_The_Flute.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 2: The Oboe


Mozart/Rondo, Allegretto (from Oboe Concerto in C, K314)
Bach/Adagio (from Oboe Concerto in D minor)
Handel/Sinfonia “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba” (from Solomon)
C.P.E. Bach/Allegro moderato (from Oboe Concerto in B flat, Wq164)
Handel/Adagio e staccato (from Water Music, Suite No 1 in F)
Tchaikovsky/Dance of the Swans (from Swan Lake)
Kalliwoda/Vivace (from Concertino Op. 110)
Beethoven/Marcia funebre (from Symphony No. 3)
Vivaldi/Allegro (from Oboe Concerto in F, RV 455)
Vivaldi/Minuet (from Oboe Concerto in C, RV 447)
Ferlendis/Rondo (from Oboe Concerto in F)
Handel/Hornpipe (from Water Music, Suite No 1 in F)
Tchaivkovsky/Scene (from Swan Lake)
Dvorak/Largo (from Symphony No 9, “From the New World”
Pasculli/Allegretto - Allegro velocissimio (from Concerto La Favorita)


http://rapidshare.com/files/151465724/02_The_Oboe.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music vol 3: The Trumpet


Charpentier - Te Deum Prelude
Telemann - Concerto in D Adagio
Bach - Brandenburg No 2 - Allegro Assai
Bach-Gounod Ave Maria
Handel - Water Music Allegro
Handel - Water Music Alla Hornpipe
Loeillet - Sonata in C Largo cantabile
L Mozart - Concerto in D Allegro Moderato
Tchaikovsky - Danse Napolitaine
Bizet - Canson du Toreador
Bizet - La Garde Montante
Suppe - Light calvary Overture
Verdi - Macbeth Ballet Music
Tchaikovsky - Divertissement from Nutcracker
Purcell - Trumpet Tune and Air
Sperger - Concerto in D Tempo di Minuetto
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Trumpets Allegro
Loeillet - Sonata in G Lengo dolce
Hayden - Concerto in Eflat Allegro
Bach - Orchestral Suite no. 4 Rejouissance


http://rapidshare.com/files/151477925/03_Trompet.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 4: The Horn - Corno Da Caccia


Handel: Allegro (from Water Music, Suite No. 1)
Handel: Moderato (from Water Music, Suite No. 1)
Handel: Minuet for the French horn (from Water Music, Suite No. 1)
Mozart: Romance. Larghetto (from Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K447)
Mozart: Allegro (from Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat, K447)
Mendelssohn: Notturno (from “A midsummer Night’s Dream”
Mozart: Rondo. Allegro (from Horn Concerto No. 1 in D, K412)
Krebs: Sleepers, wake, the voice is calling
Heinichen: Andante (from Concerto for two Cornos da caccia in F)
Bach: Third movenent (from Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Leipzig version)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations (from Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34)
Wagner: Siegried’s Rhine Journey (from ‘The Twilight of the Gods”
Tchaikovsky: Second movement (Excerpt from Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64)
Weber: Der Freischutz, Overture


http://rapidshare.com/files/151498845/04_Horn.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 5: The Violin


Ludwig Van Beethoven / Romance For Violin No. 2 In F, Op. 50
Jules Massenet / Meditation From “Thais”
Pablo de Sarasate / Zapateado
Johan Svendsen / Romance In G, Op. 26
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Valse: Scherzo In C, Op. 34
Antonin Dvorak / Romance In F minor, Op.11
Henryk Wieniawski / Romance (From Violin Concerto No. 2 In D minor)
Ludwig Von Beethoven / Romance For Violin No. 1 In G, Op. 40
Henryk Wieniawski / Legende In G Minor, Op.17


http://rapidshare.com/files/151508638/05_Violin.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 6: The Cello


Rubenstein: Melody in F, Op. 3 No. 1
Schubert: Ave Maria
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight Of The Bumblebee
Schumann: Traumerei
Dvorak: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Saint-Seans: The Swan (from “Carnival of the Animals”
Godard: Berceuse
Verdi: I Masnadieri - Prelude
Beethoven: Finale - Introduction (From Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
Haydn: Allegro Molto (from Cello Concerto No. 1 in C)
Mendelssohn: Song Without Words
Telemann: Overture (from Suite in D)
Graun: Vivace (from Concerto in D)


http://rapidshare.com/files/151518107/06_Cello.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol7: The Piano


Sinding: Rustle of Spring
Beethoven: Fur Elise
Mozart: Andante (from Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K 467 “Elvira Madigan”
Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op 9 No. 3
Mozart: Allegretto (from Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K 453)
Schumann: “Aufschwung” (No. 2 from Fantasiestucke, Op. 12)
Tchaikovsky: Allegro non troppo (Excerpt from Piano Concerto No. 1)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt)
Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca (From Piano Sonata in A, K 331)
Schubert: Impromptu in A flat, D899 No. 4
Beethoven: Adagio sostenuto (from Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”
Grieg: Allegro molto e marcato (Third Movement from Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16)


http://rapidshare.com/files/151599009/07_The_Piano.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol8: The Organ


HannesKastner,Germany~organ / ToccataInDm(JSBach,Germany;1990,HannesKastner,Germ any~organ)
GaborLehotka~organ,BudapestStrings,condKarolyBotva y / OrganConcertoInF,Op4{#5,AllaSiciliana~Presto}(GFHa ndel,Halle,Germany;1990,GaborLehotka~organ,Budapes tStrings,condKarolyBotvay
HansJurgenScholze,Germany~organ / Sleepers,Wake,TheVoiceIsCalling,BWV645(JSBach,Eise nach,Germany;1990,HansJurgenScholze,Germany~organ
ChristineSchornscheim,Germany~organ / OrganConcertoInDm[Reconstruction]{#1,Allegro}(JSBach,Eisenach,Germany;1990,Christin eSchornscheim,Germany~organ
ChristineSchornscheim,Germany~organ / OrganConcertoInDm[Reconstruction]{#2,Adagio}(JSBach,Eisenach,Germany;1990,Christine Schornscheim,Germany~organ
ChristineSchornscheim,Germany~organ / OrganConcertoInDm[Reconstruction]{#3,Allegro}(JSBach,Eisenach,Germany;1990,Christin eSchornscheim,Germany~organ
TonKoopman~organ / VoluntaryInE,Op7,#6(Stanley;1990,TonKoopman~organ)
ChristophKrummacher,Germany~organ / PreludeInC,BuxWV188(Buxtehude;1990,ChristophKrumma cher,Germany~organ)
JoachimDalitz,Germany~organ / PreludeAndFugeOnB-A-C-H(FranzLiszt,Raiding,Hungary;1990,JoachimDalitz,Ge rmany~organ)
SymphonyNo3,’Organ’{Allegro}(CamilleSant-Saens,France;1990,Francois-HenriHoubart~organ;PhilharmonicOrchestraOftheLoire Region,condMarcSoustrot


http://rapidshare.com/files/161634226/08_Organ.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol9: The Harpsichord


Johann Sebastian Bach / Allegro (from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5)
Domenico Scarlatti / Sonata in E, KK 380
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Largo (from Harpsichord Concerto in G minor)
Johann Sebastian Bach / Minuet I & II in G major / minor
Peter Philips / Galiarda dolorosa
Johann Sebastian Bach / Minuet in G, MWV Anh. 116
Johann Sebastian Bach / Affettuoso (from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5)
Domenico Scarlatti / Sonata in C, KK 153
Johann Sebastian Bach / Adagio (from Harpsichord Concerto in D, BWV 1054)
Johann Sebastian Bach / Six Little Preludes
Johann Sebastian Bach / Vivace (from Concerto for two Harpsichords)


http://rapidshare.com/files/161609632/09_El_Clavicordio.rar





Album: The Instruments of Classical Music Vol 10: Guitar & Lute


J. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Allegro con spirito
J. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio
A. Sor: Allegro from Sonata Op. 22
J.S. Bach: Allemande from Suite in E minor (BWV 996)
J.S. Bach: Prelude in C minor (BWV 999)
J.S. Bach: Fuge in G minor (BWV 1000)
J. Dowland: A Piper’s Pavan
J. Dowland: Dowland’s Galliard
J. Dowland: John Dowland’s Galliard
J. Dowland: Semi Dolens
J. Dowland: Welcome Home
J. Dowland: Gagliarde
A. Sor: L’encouragement Op. 34 - Cantabile
A. Sor: L’encouragement Op. 34 - Andantino (theme and variations)
A. Sor: L’encouragement Op. 34 - Valse
M. Falla: Spanish Dance


http://rapidshare.com/files/161628859/10_Guitar___Lute.rar


PASS: loko29


Thanks a lot to loko29

I'm looking for this song but I can't find it. I would also like to ask for all and any of his albums. Does anyone have them?

RACHMANINOV - PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2, RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI



MP3-V0
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/LLA2XACF/Rach2.rar

Enjoy! :)

That's right, I want Tuba Music. I do mean any solo works. Can't seem to find much but would like to hear any rare recordings and pieces.

Thanks in advance.

^

I have John Williams Tuba Concerto, here (http://www.mahawa.jw-music.net/classical/tuba.htm).
Would you want me to upload it?

Sure, go ahead. Haven't heard that yet. Thanks

John Williams - Tuba Concerto
Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/224884193/John_Williams_-_Tuba_Concerto.zip)

Hey guys, I don't suppose anyone has Holmboe's 'Requiem for Nietzsche'?

Dannyfrench, near the beginning of this thread you mention you have Hanson's symphonies.. Where would you recommend I begin with these (or Hanson in general)? I've never listened to any as I always associated him with the deprivation of Jerry's sublime end title for Alien. Silly I know..

does anybody have the Spring Song by Mendelssohn? i really want a orchestrated version of it. i will be very please.

Here you go:
http://rapidshare.com/files/114937450/03_-_1841_Mendelssohn_-Spring_Song.mp3

THANKS A BUNCH DUDE!!!!!

do u have a cd where you got that song from. i really want it. its relaxing.

No unfortunately not. It's just a link I found. I could post my own compliation of relaxing stuff if you like.

W-O-W !!!!!!!!

I will love this thread :)

Guys, after having listened to the gorgeous "Beauty and the Beast (in the style of Rachmaninov)" in the Heigh-Ho! Mozart album, HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1235681&postcount=1909), I'd very much like to request something from Rachmaninov, preferably in the same style: grand and romantic.

Thanks in advance.

Arthierr, have you seen the Rach 2 I posted?




http://rapidshare.com/files/221940541/Rachmaninov__Piano_Concerto_No.2__Rhapsody_On_A_Th eme_Of_Paganini.rar
320kbps


Just let me know if you want anything more and I'll have it up in the next few days.

Oops, missed this one. Should have done a search before asking. :p

Thanks, Lens. I'll try it. I'll try to look for some of his symphonies too.

The 2nd symphony is a good place to start, but all three are good. The Symphonic Dances are great too.

Thx for the suggestions. They're probably downloadable from somewhere in the wonderful land of the WWW. If not, I'll do a request here.

RACHMANINOV: SYMPHONIC DANCES / ISLE OF THE DEAD

FLAC / 280MB
http://rapidshare.com/files/216442122/Lappy_BatizRach.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/216472882/Lappy_BatizRach.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/216485197/Lappy_BatizRach.part3.rar

Amazing! Great find, Lens. Thx a lot.

RACHMANINOV: SYMPHONY NO. 2 / THE ROCK

APE
http://rapidshare.com/files/218369509/Rachm_Sym_2_T_R_RNO_Plet.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/218376725/Rachm_Sym_2_T_R_RNO_Plet.part2.rar
MP3
http://rapidshare.com/files/218382597/Rachm_Sym_2_t_Rock_RNO_Plet_MPT.rar

Haven't heard this recording myself yet, but it apparently won Gramophone's 'Editor's Choice' :)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 The Rock RNO Mikhail Pletnev

APE+CUE 264 MB | MP3 HQ (tracks) 113 MB | Booklet | EASY CD-DA 12 | NoLog | 1994

Russian National Orchestra Mikhail Pletnev





APE normal 3.99

rapidshare.com/files/218369509/Rachm_Sym_2_T_R_RNO_Plet.part1.rar

rapidshare.com/files/218376725/Rachm_Sym_2_T_R_RNO_Plet.part2.rar


MP3 HQ LAME 3.98 VBR -V0 Stereo

rapidshare.com/files/218382597/Rachm_Sym_2_t_Rock_RNO_Plet_MPT.rar



There are dangers in getting to know a score through the work of a single orchestra and conductor whether on disc or in the concert-hall. The more powerful the interpretation, the more it can spoil you for subsequent readings. Not that Andre Previn’s celebrated, early-1970s recording of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony is in any sense idiosyncratic. It is simply that, in the catalogue and out, its distinctive turns of phrase (and above all Jack Brymer’s magical way with the slow movement’s clarinet theme) have tended to monopolize mental maps of a once marginalized work. In putting over a quite different conception with similar conviction, Mikhail Pletnev’s achievement is to make us hear the music afresh. It isn’t simply a matter of timbral ‘authenticity’. His is a leaner, lither, more Tchaikovskian view which the sometimes muddling resonance of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory cannot disguiseeven if one might wish for a more forward woodwind placement or a cleaner bass. Where an all-Russian recording like Valery Gergiev’s (Philipsto be reviewed next month) sounds solidly familiar in general outline (despite a first movement exposition repeat), Pletnev’s performance is characterized by relatively discreet emotionalism, stronger forward momentum and a fanatical preoccupation with clarity of articulation. When there is no Slavic wobble, it scarcely matters that his winds display an individuality which once or twice fails to transcend mere rawnessso much the better in this music! The strings, forceful and husky (with separated violin desks) are beyond reproach.

In the early stages, I did miss Previn’s dark, rhapsodic manner. Pletnev’s introduction is cooler, the line less obviously inflected. On the other hand, the extraordinary delicacy of the strings skittering into play at the start of the exposition proper is a miracle of control, and, after that comparatively unassuming opening, the development is as passionate and driven as anyone could wish. Again, the relatively backward balance of the horns in the second movement may bring some feeling of disappointment, but there are amends in the wonderfully natural, unselfconscious phrasing of the big tuneno over-indulgence there. Nor is there any risk of stagnation in the now famous Adagio. Taken controversially fast, this is perfectly effective in context without quite effacing memories of Ashkenazy’s warmer ebb and flow or Previn’s slow-building catharsis. Pletnev’s flowing tempo takes the spotlight off the non-occidentalized clarinet and is certainly in keeping with the taut ardour of his reading as a whole. The most remarkable playing comes in the finale, often bringing to mind the orchestra’s staggering display in the third movement of Tchaikovsky’s Pathtique on its dbut release (Virgin Classics, 1/92). The lyrical effusions are superbly characterized without undermining the sense of inexorability, the climaxes not just powerful but affecting too. The closing pages bring a rush of adrenalin of the kind rarely experienced live, let alone in the studio. This is great music-making, the rubato always there when required, the long phrases immaculately tailored yet always sounding spontaneous.

DG’s unexpected coupling is The Rock, an early, rather bitty piece which is however very deftly scored and intriguingly Scriabinesque in places. There are few alternative recordings in the current catalogue: Previn’s (RCA, 1/68) has recently gone though Lorin Maazel’s retains its place. In Pletnev’s hands, the central climax is surprisingly powerful, with just a hint of the buzz-saw in the brass playing. The fabulous delicacy elsewhere is alone worth the price of admission. What with Mariss Jansons’s outstanding accounts of the Third Symphony and Symphonic Dances (EMI, 12/93), Rachmaninov’s admirers have been well served of late. Don’t expect the new disc to rival EMI’s for Previn in terms of technical refinement and you won’t be disappointed: these are performances of even greater temperament and fire. Perhaps DG could now give us Pletnev’s uniquely dark and cogent readings of Prokofiev’s Sixth or Shostakovich’s Fifteenth, great Russian symphonies by no means so well represented in the lists.

Gramophone Magazine ”

Great minds, hey.. ;)

LOL :D

We had the same idea!

Well, I'm downloading it now! Not listened to any Rachmaninov in a while, and from my experience of his other recordings, Mikhail Pletnev always gives a fresh, passionate sound to familiar repertoire.

I have more rachmaninov symphonies.
EDIT: I have a 3cd set of complete symphonies so I will post each one in APE format. It is the direct image of the disc with a cue file because that is how I got it. I am not sure the exact details of the set either.

Rachmaninov Complete Symphonies (APE)
Disc 1: http://tinyurl.com/dy8vh9
MP3: http://tinyurl.com/csmt5v
Disc 2: http://tinyurl.com/dhodcx
MP3: http://tinyurl.com/cor7j6
Disc 3: http://tinyurl.com/d9v8wz
MP3: http://tinyurl.com/ddq443
I would post covers but I don't know which ones this is exactly. I think its the same as this
http://www.amazon.com/Rachmaninov-Symphonies-Tom-Krause/dp/B0000042HY

Hey Sirusjr, thanks for these. I haven't heard Ashkenazy's set (assuming that's what they are). He's actually a pretty solid conductor - he's done some wonderful Sibleius and Dvorak recordings too.

That recording of Rachmaninov's 2nd is gorgeous. My own personal favourite is Andre Previn's 1970s (1972? 1973? I'm only 25 and my memory is failing) recording with the LSO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbZYzoidkYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKdPDiBZTI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g-NFOID4mA

Here he is conducting the symphony with the NHK Symphony Orchestra live in concert in 2007. Not quite as lovely as the London studio recording, but still well worth watching. The whole symphony doesn't appear to be available - only twenty minutes or so, but it does include the sumptuous third movement.

:)

My own personal favourite is Andre Previn's 1970s (1972? 1973? I'm only 25 and my memory is failing) recording with the LSO.

This was also a much cherished cd of mine. I seem to have lost it tho :( I may have lent in to a friend and completely forgotten - this happens to me a lot!

Sirusjr: Thank you so much for these symphonies. It's really appreciated.

May I please request (if you have time, of course) a Lame -V0 version?

Sure arthierr, give me a few days.

Thanks, take your time. ;)

This one is rare. It's not really a request - well, Streich sort-of requested it about six months ago and I forgot about it... And it just sort-of resurfaced in my mind and I thought now was a good time to do it so, here is...

HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No 9
performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Myer Fredman

Now, here's the deal. This is one of those rare 1970s booties taken from radio broadcasts. A record label called Aries got hold of transcriptions of recordings made by the BBC - in most cases, of world premiere performances - and turned them into LPs. Then they promptly disappeared. The recordings have never been legitimately released.

In order to elude capture, the record company used fake orchestra and performer details on their sleeve notes so the original rights holders would hopefully not notice that their recordings were being pilfered.

This particular recording - in reality from the 1971 performance by the RPO under Fredman, was attributed to the world-renowned Wales Symphony Orchestra, conducted by highly respected musicologist Colin Wilson. They also gave us such fine fake performers as the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra!

So, here you go.

A note about sound quality:

This is a bootleg of a radio recording made in the 1970s. Don't expect auditory miracles. There isn't a great deal of high frequencies present, and there are some horrific noises caused by a mixture of poor quality vinyl, poor quality source tapes, and broadcast noise. The occasional buzzing/scraping noise on the right channel is regrettable but you soon get used to it. All the above notwithstanding, it's extremely listenable if only for the curiosity value - this is a fine performance of one of Brian's greatest symphonies and it's a miracle the recording survived at all.

I had the incredible good fortune to come across about a dozen of these Aries bootlegs - all sealed and untouched - a couple of years ago and I snapped them up quickly. I am slowly getting around to transferring them all and doing audio cleanup work. Though it has to be said, very little was required given that these records - whilst nearly fourty years old - are in mint condition and haven't even been exposed to air any time since their manufacture.

So - enjoy! And I'd love to hear comments as well; any other Brian fanatics here?

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=a1myeqmlep

Arthierr i edited my post with mp3 links. I left them as one big file but included the cue so you can split it yourself. Otherwise I might have taken twice as long and gotten frustrated along the way. Hope you don't mind.

Do you have the JS Bach French Suites BWV 812-817 or the English Suites BWV 806-811? Preferibly on harpsichord?

Found the French Suites:

MP3 320kbps
http://rapidshare.com/files/164529233/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_MP3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164534194/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_MP3.part2.rar
FLAC
http://rapidshare.com/files/164479700/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164489860/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164499454/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164508754/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164517334/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164521452/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part6.rarhttp ://rapidshare.com/files/164479700/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164489860/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164499454/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164508754/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164517334/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/164521452/Bach__Fr_Suites_Jaccottet_Vol_8_FLAC.part6.rar

Password: parol

This one is rare. It's not really a request - well, Streich sort-of requested it about six months ago and I forgot about it... And it just sort-of resurfaced in my mind and I thought now was a good time to do it so, here is...

HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No 9
performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Myer Fredman


Danny, Brian is totally new to me! I'm enjoying it so far. Will have to give it a more concentrated listen soon. In a similar area, I've only ventured as far as Robert Simpson (who impresses me a lot). I'll definately dip into the Marco Polo series. Classicstoday recommend 11&15 very strongly.. what would you say?

Glad you're enjoying the Brian!

I have less Simpson than I should; only one disc on my shelf at the moment - the ninth symphony, which I love. As a matter of fact, I think I'll fish it out and give it a spin now.

I discovered Brian when I was 13 - whilst browsing in HMV; there was a dusty cracked CD case mixed in with Mahler and it was something like �3. I'd heard the name and I was feeling adventurous so I spent my lunch money and picked it up; it was the third symphony which is still my favourite Brian work.

Since then I've developed something of an obsession; obviously the Gothic symphony (posted earlier in this thread) is essential listening but it's all worth attention. Symphonies 3, 4, 10, the Violin Concerto... All stunning.

I don't have 10 any more as far as I can remember; I used to have the old Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra recording by Lyrita on vinyl but it completely vanished a few years ago. Great pity. I still keep on the prowl around eBay...

Sorry for the double post, but...

HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No 12
performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Norman Del Mar
(attributed to Colin Wilson and the Wales Symphony Orchestra again!)

The recording...

So, here's another one of those wonderful bootlegs - again from a live radio transcription from 1966. There is a commercial recording of this piece (coupled with the 4th Symphony - I think it's already in this thread) but I prefer this performance despite the less-than-stellar sound quality - there's a certain excitement about it as you would expect from a live world premiere performance. The sound on this recording - though made some five years before the 9th Symphony - fares considerably better; as before, eminently listenable and surprisingly clear. Once again this is my own transfer from a mint condition LP; I have performed the barest minimal remastering - slight crackle removal and slight surface noise removal; both carefully applied so as to not compromise the original signal.

The symphony...

You never know what you're going to get with a Brian symphony; this is about as far away from the Gothic as you can get; very short (only eleven minutes for the entire work) and very concise. Reviewers have described these works like this as being written in a very specific Brianic shorthand; almost like when you listen to them your mind is supposed to expand them out fully inside your head. The sheer number of ideas he pours into such a short symphony is absolutely staggering; you certainly feel like a great deal is being left unsaid - and there's an unshakeable feeling that the composer is thinking of things too quickly to write them down.

Many passages have a certain feeling of going somewhere and then suddenly Brian says, "Ok, I've had enough of that now!" and then suddenly - in the space of one bar or even less, you're in a completely different world entirely. Based on those descriptions, the piece should be fragmented and incoherent; but strangely enough it isn't once you listen to the whole symphony - Brian never dwells longer than necessary and makes every single note count: As I say, very concise, and in its own way, incredibly eloquent.

The link...

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=ybzqf5wafl

Enjoy - more to come tomorrow!

Thanks danny! Just finished listening. I loved this one even more - something clicked. The string section beginning at about the 6 minute mark is incredibly beautiiful. The ending floored me too! I'll be eagerly awaiting further installments :)

Arthierr i edited my post with mp3 links. I left them as one big file but included the cue so you can split it yourself. Otherwise I might have taken twice as long and gotten frustrated along the way. Hope you don't mind.

That's ok, thank you. There must be a cue splitter program I could use.

I decided to post these four albums thanks to the Angels and Demons soundtrack reminding me how awesome Joshua Bell is. These four albums consist of classical pieces played by Bell with as the main attraction with some accompaniment.

Joshua Bell - The Essential Joshua Bell

http://tinyurl.com/deea75
Joshua Bell - The Kreisler Album

http://tinyurl.com/r4zrpr
Joshua Bell - Romance of the Violin
http://a2.vox.com/6a00f48ceb1256000300fae8defd42000b-500pi
http://tinyurl.com/q7xc8b
Joshua Bell - Vivaldi the Four Seasons

http://tinyurl.com/otzwpw

Thanks Sirusjr!! I love good violin music (always something great to relax to!)

More Joshua Bell for you guys! I found a torrent with these four right after I posted the others.

Joshua Bell - Prokofiev _ Violin Sonatas 1 & 2 ,5 Melo

http://tinyurl.com/pchdtx
Joshua Bell - Prokofiev Violin Concertos; Shostakovich

http://tinyurl.com/q4gn7k
Joshua Bell - Tchaikovsky_ Concerto in D Major for Violin

http://tinyurl.com/ogk6n7
Joshua Bell - Voice Of The Violin

http://tinyurl.com/o2mlbg
With the initial 4 thats all I've been able to find.
These are not my rips but they are solid quality. I really like the Prokofiev stuff having not heard anything by him before. Enjoy guys!

Does anyone have anything by Leroy Anderson? preferably his popular little pieces such as "the typewriter" and "The Syncopated Clock".

I'm not sure if you still want this, but here is The Typewriter by Anderson. I don't have anything else by him though, sorry.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S050Y5JS

ARTHUR BLISS: A COLOUR SYMPHONY

FLAC
http://rapidshare.com/files/165631396/artrbls-orchmsic.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/165635497/artrbls-orchmsic.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/165640824/artrbls-orchmsic.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/165627608/artrbls-orchmsic.part4.rar

ARTHUR BLISS: A COLOUR SYMPHONY
can someone upload in mp3 thanks

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=25qg71oiqu

Sir Arthur Bliss - A Colour Symphony
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Barry Wordsworth
MP3 / LAME -V0

thanks Dannyfrench

Interesting article on the symphony by Paul Serotsky at MusicWeb:


Studies under Stanford gave Bliss a solid grounding in the English tradition, setting him fair to follow in Elgar’s footsteps. However, the Great War changed the things to come: home he came from France brandishing a bright trophy - a consuming passion for the brittle rhythms and iridescent textures of the likes of Stravinsky, Poulenc and Auric. This garnish of “French mustard” would spice up Bliss’s “roast beef” to a degree that would be unchallenged, even by the emergent enfant terrible, William Walton.

The first real fruit of this union, which paved the way for the brilliant film and ballet scores that were to follow, was A Colour Symphony. Our immediate reaction to the movement titles - Purple, Red, Blue, and Green - is to suppose that Bliss was trying to actually portray these colours in sound. Is such a thing even possible? That argument rages on. We can all distinguish music that is “colourful” from, well, music that isn’t! However, that’s not the same as telling what actual “colours” the sounds make. Some people claim they can - Messiaen was pretty hot on this - and there’s even a drug, peyotl, the effect of which is to bend your brain into translating sounds heard into apparent colours.

However, before I start getting myself “high” on this, I should say that Bliss was moved not by “colours” as in “of the rainbow”, but by “Colour” as in “Trooping the”! He had been invited by Elgar to write a new work for the 1922 Gloucester Festival. Completely stuck for an opener, one day in a friend’s library he stumbled across a book about heraldry. The heraldic connotations of colours, and especially the emotionally-loaded symbolism that makes much the easiest meat for music’s mincing-machine, instantly uncorked his creative juices. In next to no time, he’d served up four juicy courses of “spicy beef”. Sadly, at the premi�re most of the audience - including Elgar - found the dish too hard to swallow. Happily, tastes have changed since then!

Bliss turned a very neat trick, because composers usually express their own emotions. However,in selecting these heraldic colours, he effectively pulled clusters of predetermined “emotions” out of a hat, setting himself the challenge not only of expressing things that are at best only loosely related, but also of combining them into coherent musical statements. When you think about it, that’s a pretty tough test - and moreover one he passes with (dare I say?) flying colours!

1. Purple (andante maestoso) = Amethysts, representing Royalty, Pageantry and Death. It’s hard to imagine Elgar gagging on this! Taking two coiling melodies - a funereal processional and an ornate lament - Bliss forges a union of those three aspects. Over a consistent thread of nobility, Pageantry surges briefly in fanfares and Death surfaces in dark spasms.

2. Red (allegro vivace) = Rubies, representing Wine, Revelry, Courage, Furnaces and Magic. Can you see Wine and Revelry in the electrifying, spiky “scherzo” subject, and Courage in the emergent flowing “trio”? If so, you’ll appreciate the use of the jagged, vaulting music, that intrudes half-way through and then more pungently at the end, for the signature tune of the televised “Royal Institution Christmas Lectures”!

3. Blue (gently flowing) = Sapphires, representing Deep Water, Skies, Loyalty and Melancholy. I’d associate Skies and Loyalty with “light”, and Deep Water and Melancholy with “dark”. Bliss’s burbling arabesques of liquid flute (Skies) are spliced to long-breathed descending phrases on oboe then horn (Loyalty, which later borders on exultant). A third theme on cor anglais twists and turns on itself (what else for Melancholy?!). The recurrent jagged, rhythmic string accompaniment Bliss felt to be “like water lapping”. Near the movement’s end, this acquires a “big band” inflection - deep brass for Deep Water?

4. Green (moderato) = Emeralds, representing Hope, Youth, Spring, Joy and Victory. The two pairs of related elements - Hope and Youth, and Joy and Victory - are linked by Spring with its implications of both rebirth and optimism. Curiously these, the brightest, simplest sentiments of all, emerge through the most complex musical mechanism: double fugue. Then again, maybe it’s not so curious: didn’t Mozart do something similar to end his Jupiter Symphony? Hope springs eternal on strings, initially subdued but steadily blossoming. Midway, woodwind double the tempo of the materials, and the buttons of stiff collars are joyously loosened. Victory? Well, that’s assured!

My God, what an... over-exhuberant, banal piece of writing that is! In addition to his "trophy" the most important things Bliss brought back from France were undoubtedly terrifying, first-hand experience of bloody war, coupled with the kind of psychological baggage that's something of an inevitability. Bliss's failure to musically embrace the Elgarian ideal is hardly surprising considering his experiences - I believe he himself admitted that he suffered night terrors for years after and the composition of his symphony "Morning Heroes" (a tribute to his fellow servicemen) helped him accept the horrors he had witnessed. And besides, Bliss was never going to be another Elgar, or another Stanford for that matter; his career was beginning just as Stanford's and Elgar's were drawing to an end and surely nobody expected a carbon copy...

There's more to the man than "Roast beef with French spice" - how charming that the author choses to reduce the life experience of a venerable artist to a trite, poor quality attempt at humour courtesy of an old stereotype about British-French culinary rivalry; and then compromise the integrity of his essay still further with constant attempts at food-related puns - "spicy beef", "mincing machine", "creative juices", "four juicy courses" and "the dish too hard to swallow" - and he can't resist another joke at the expense of the work's title.

What a great pity as if you look beyond the childish, ridiculously shallow style, there's a very interesting analysis of the piece going on there - it's such a shame it's couched in bull**** and obviously written by a frustrated wannabe-comedian-cum-musicologist who probably got booed off the stage at his local pub's open mic night!

Speaking of Elgar, please, could any of you upload Organ Sonata in G Major, Op. 28? Thank you for your attention!

Here's the orchestrated version of the Organ Sonata. The whole cd is beautiful, and performed by my local orchestra - The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (not to sound provincial;))!



ELGAR - ORGAN SONATA, THE WAND OF YOUTH
http://rapidshare.com/files/233413803/Elgar_OW.rar
MP3 V0 / 98MB / 17 tracks / 1hr 2mins

I'll upload the original version soon too!

My God, what an...
Haha, yes sorry about that. Just thought the breakdown of the movements and some of the heraldic symbolism behind it might be useful to those new to the work. You do have to filter out all that 'personality' though.. :)

Organ Sonata Op.28:

http://rapidshare.com/files/233444671/Organ_Sonata.rar

Carl Nielsen � An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5nruwu
PSW: smile

Carl Nielsen � Choral Works

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mv0iww
PSW: smile

Oh my gosh, stunning!! Thanks Sirusjr. It's an embarassment of riches on this forum at the moment!

Oh my gosh, stunning!! Thanks Sirusjr. It's an embarassment of riches on this forum at the moment!
Its all thanks to you anyway for sharing me the wonders of Nielsen! More to come from Nielsen. Gotta re-rip them and upload though because they came in one single flac with cue so its easier to burn and re-rip. Before that some Richard Schumann symphonies :)

I'd be a Brian fanatic if I heard more by him. I downloaded symphonies 4 and 12 off of emusic and thought they were great. Thanks for Symphony No. 9, by the way, dannyfrench.

Speaking of Bliss, has anyone heard "The Sea" (from Caesar and Cleopatra) by him? I've been trying to track that one down. I liked Checkmate and have been searching for his film music for a while now too.

Bliss Film Music (Gamba) coming up! :)

Robert Schumann – The Four Symphonies

CD1 – http://www.sendspace.com/file/qj4q8x
PSW: smile
CD2 – http://www.sendspace.com/file/83d7hq
PSW: smile
Nielsen Symphonies coming up!

Carl Nielsen � The Symphonies

CD1 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/bspypp
CD2 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/e3x0nh
CD3 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/dgtphc
PSW for all: smile

ARTHUR BLISS: FILM MUSIC
320kbps / 175MB / 26 tracks / 1hr 13mins
http://rapidshare.com/files/233869672/Bliss_Film_Music.rar

1 Welcome the Queen 6:47
March
Moderato ma con brio - Andante maestoso

premiere recording
Things to Come: Concert Music from the Film 31:58
arranged and reconstructed by Philip Lane
2 1 Prologue. Maestoso 2:31
3 2 Ballet for Children. Allegro moderato 3:38
4 3 March. Alla marcia 3:37
5 4 Attack. Allgro con fuoco 1:53
6 5 The World in Ruins. Lento doloroso 2:40
7 6 Pestilence. Molto sostenuto 2:52
8 7 Excavation. Moderaqto e pesante 1:53
9 8 The Building of the World. Allegro moderato molto deciso 2:15
10 9 Machines. Moderato 1:26
11 10 Attack on the Moon Gun. Molto allegro fuoco 1:18
12 11 Epilogue. Maestoso 7:33

premiere recording of the original version
The Royal Palaces Suite 15:09
13 I Queen Victoria's Call to the Throne 3:03
14 II The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace 3:59
15 III Joust of the Knights in Armour (George IV's reign) 1:35
16 IV Melodrama: The Murder of Rizzo in Holyrood House 2:39
17 V The Royal Palace. Theme 3:38

premiere recording
Caesar and Cleopatra 17:00
Suite from the incidental film music
edited and arranged by Giles Easterbrook and Malcolm Binney
18 1 Overture. Allegro marcia 3:17
19 2 The Sea. Lento 2:47
20 3 Dance Interlude I. Allegretto giocoso 2:03
21 4 Dance Interlude II. Allegro molto 1:12
22 5 Dance Interlude III. Waltz time 1:18
23 6 Barcarolle. Allegretto piacevole 2:57
24 7 Memphis at Night. Andantino 1:38
25 8 Supply Sequence. [Allegro] 1:29

premiere recording
26 Theme from 'War in the Air' 1:44
Moderato maestoso

BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba

From Gramophone:

Chandos continues its most enjoyable film music series with a disc devoted to Sir Arthur Bliss, whose score for Things To Come (1934-5) was the first important contribution to cinema by an established composer. It remains one of the medium’s finest scores. Bliss’s screen work also embraced both more functional cinematic fare such as the weekly Pathe Pictorial newsreel (featured here a Welcome March marking the return of the Queen from a Commonwealth tour in 1954) and television documentary – represented on this disc by War in the Air and 1966’s The Royal Palaces Suite. In all this music, played with fervour and flair by the well-proven Rumon Gamba- BBC Philharmonic partnership, the vigour and vitality of the composer’s musical invention shines through.

Listen out for the unbuttoned start to Welcome the Queen and, at the other end of the scale, the piquantly scored wind interlude in the brief War in the Air. The picturesque tuneful waltz, ‘The Ballroom in Buckingham Palace’ from The Royal Palaces Suite, reminds us of the composer’s earlier credits for the ballet and Bliss, the conjurer of magical orchestral effects, runs through the spooky dark alleyways of Holyrood House, where Rizzio the confidante of Mary Queen of Scots was murdered, to evocative effect.

Things to Come, with its compelling warning for mankind’s future, has lost none of its power to enthrall. In an opening maestoso modal theme interrupted by call signs indicating an outside presence, Bliss powerfully captures the potent compound of HG Wells’s hopes and fears. ‘The Ballet for Children’, a gem of fleet-footed scoring and counterpoint with a trumpet tune foreshadowing to uncanny effect the one in Copland’s Billy The Kid, is followed by a series of bleak landscapes rent asunder by war-like noises. The optimistic note sounded in ‘Building of the New World’ is affirmed by the surging tune in the ‘Epilogue’. Congratulations are due to Philip Lane who arranged and reconstructed this concert music from the film, a story told in detail by Giles Easterbrook in his booklet-notes.

Given its first recording here, Caesar and Cleopatra was an unhappy experience for Bliss. He walked out on the project after meeting the Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal, who by most accounts was as mad as a hatter, a fact recorded by Alan Jay Lerner during his acquisition of the musical rights to Pygmalion. At the time Bliss had completed over 80 pages of fully scored music including some enchanting, luminously conceived dance episodes. Studio 7 in New Broadcasting House, Manchester makes an ideal recording venue for this kind of music with a dry acoustic that is able to absorb the large battery of percussion evident in Things to Come, as well as offering an appropriately wide view of the sound stage.

Organ Sonata Op.28:

http://rapidshare.com/files/233444671/Organ_Sonata.rar

Thanks alot!

Organ Sonata Op.28:

http://rapidshare.com/files/233444671/Organ_Sonata.rar

Thank you for this very pleasant gift, Lens of Truth!

This gift also include the orchestrated version, of course! Don't worry, even if you sounded provincial (and you didn't), I'd forgive you :) given the beauty of this Elgar's score!

Does anyone have any good recommendations of Sergei Prokofiev? I've been listening to Battle on the Ice, and it is absolutely stunning.

I have been informed that Wojciech Kilar, one of my very favorite composers, has written a symphony called September Symphony.

Does any of you happen to have the CD?



In case you do, would you kindly upload it in LOSSLESS format?

If anyone can direct me in the direction of Brian's Symphony number 16 (the only recording I know of is the one by Myer Fredman) I'd be thrilled!

-A.

Zuneo - you can get the September Symphony here in mp3 if that's any use:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115043938/wk-2003-ss_192.rar
Unfortunately I don't have the cd myself, so I can't help you with a lossless version.

AussieGuy - I'm not sure if dannyfrench or Streichorchester have this one, but if they don't upload it I might be able to in a week or two, as I've been intending to buy a few Brian cds and the Lyrita recording of 2 and 16 is one of them! There's a very tantalising review on musicweb:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2008/Mar08/Brian_Cooke_SRCD295.htm

Zuneo - you can get the September Symphony here in mp3 if that's any use:
http://rapidshare.com/files/115043938/wk-2003-ss_192.rar
Unfortunately I don't have the cd myself, so I can't help you with a lossless version.

AussieGuy - I'm not sure if dannyfrench or Streichorchester have this one, but if they don't upload it I might be able to in a week or two, as I've been intending to buy a few Brian cds and the Lyrita recording of 2 and 16 is one of them! There's a very tantalising review on musicweb:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2008/Mar08/Brian_Cooke_SRCD295.htm

Dear Lens of Truth

Great!!

Thanks very much for the information.

I will go ahead and download the file.

AussieGuy - I'm not sure if dannyfrench or Streichorchester have this one, but if they don't upload it I might be able to in a week or two, as I've been intending to buy a few Brian cds and the Lyrita recording of 2 and 16 is one of them! There's a very tantalising review on musicweb:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2008/Mar08/Brian_Cooke_SRCD295.htm

That would be great! I can't even buy the mp3s here in Australia - none of the online stores which stock it will sell to an Australian address. I s'pose I could buy the CD though...

Thanks,
-A.

Some truly awesome shares in this thread, my thanks to all of the contributors. http://i41.tinypic.com/2v809x4.gif

Guys, lately I'm very much in a romantic mood, and I react a lot to romantic music (I mean romantism as a mood, not as a musical period).

Can someone recommend me, or even post, some good romantic classical music?

Thank you for The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
Once again, a movie that I forgot I liked the music from.
JonC

Um, I have Brian's 16th. It's the LPO recording by Fredman.

Hang on, I'll up it.

^ I should have waited! I've just bought CD of Brian's 6th and 16th (Myer Fredman; re-issue of a 1973 recording) with the 3rd symphony of Arnold Cooke. I could upload mp3s of these myself, if anybody could give me some pointers how to do it...

-A.

That's a good disc. Cooke's symphony is superb - if a little emotionally detached in my opinion.

Arthierr, some Janacek for you:

http://rowanduk.googlepages.com/SU3739_2_xl.gif
http://rapidshare.com/files/237227030/Janacek_CD1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/237231198/Janacek_CD2.rar

^ I should have waited! I've just bought CD of Brian's 6th and 16th (Myer Fredman; re-issue of a 1973 recording) with the 3rd symphony of Arnold Cooke. I could upload mp3s of these myself, if anybody could give me some pointers how to do it...

-A.

It's much better to have the disc! Gonna order this one myself soon. And thanks again danny for introducing me to a great British composer :)

Lens of Truth: Wonderful! Another great symphonist I get to know better thanks to you (and of Danny, of course, who posted some of Janacek's works in the Orchestral thread).

Again, many kudos to you. :) :) :)

Wonderful Lens! I will certainly listen to the Janacek carefully!

Review of the Mackerras Janacek set from classicstoday.com:


Charles Mackerras speaks of this set as his last series of Jan�cek recordings, which is understandable--but let's fervently hope that he hangs around to make many more discs for Supraphon (and other labels). Some of this material has appeared previously in the opera sets: the overtures and interludes to K�t'a Kabanov� and S�rka. The rest of the items are new and wonderful. Most interesting for Jan�cek collectors may be this superb Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen that follows the outline of Talich's arrangement (that is, Act 1 minus the voices) but restores the composer's original orchestration. It's wonderful. Equally wonderful is the performance of Schluck und Jau, certainly its finest on disc, and the same holds true of the Jealousy Overture (a bit messy in the earlier Decca recording).


This performance of the Sinfonietta is thrilling: swifter than the somewhat staid Decca recordings and even more exciting than Mackerras' famous first effort with the Pro Arte Orchestra (now on Testament). He whips up the excitement at such points as the third movement's central climax with uninhibited abandon, and the Czech Philharmonic responds with explosive enthusiasm. The same qualities characterize the second two movements of Taras Bulba; the first is a touch relaxed, not as violent in the battle scene as some others I could name (Ancerl, for example), but it's never slack or self-consciously smooth. The recordings--both live and studio efforts from a variety of venues--sound consistently excellent. Mackerras did more for Jan�cek than any other conductor living or dead, and it's fitting that he should leave his final thoughts on this music with the Czech Philharmonic and Supraphon. A set not to be missed! 10/10


Incidentally, this is a pretty good site for classical reviews. They're mostly reliable and they cover a lot of stuff from the smaller labels that gramophone etc tend to ignore.

Hi, I just found this awesome thread yesterday, I was just wondering if anybody could reupload the Stokowski orchestrations.... I'm so very curious how they sound.

Guys, lately I'm very much in a romantic mood, and I react a lot to romantic music (I mean romantism as a mood, not as a musical period).

Can someone recommend me, or even post, some good romantic classical music?



CLASSICAL ROMANCE
16 tracks / 1:43
http://rapidshare.com/files/238275612/Romance1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/238284729/Romance2.rar

1. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" - Adagio un poco mosso
2. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne
3. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - I. Allegro
4. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - II. Larghetto
5. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - III. Allegro
6. Debussy - Nocturnes - Sirens
7. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 - Romanza: Lento
8. Purcell - "If Music be the Food of Love"
9. Holst - The Planets - Venus, the Bringer of Peace
10. Elgar - Salut d'amour (version for violin and piano)
11. Mozart - Horn Concerto No.3 - II. Romance - Larghetto
12. Mozart - Fragment in D major
13. Dvorak - Cello Concerto - Adagio ma non troppo
14. Liszt - Un sospiro (Trois �tudes de concert)
15. Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade - The Young Prince and the Young Princess
16. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Pas de deux: Intrada

Apologies for the inherent cheesiness of such a compliation - some obvious choices here, and a few that, for various reasons, have romantic associations for me :)


:love: :swoon: :love:

Here it is:

Havergal Brian - Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/fczxee

I tried a different compression, so let me know how it sounds.

THE LINK IS DEAD.

I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO CHECK THIS OUT.

THANKS!

Oh, I'd very much like to hear "The Gothic" as well...

Thanks x]

CLASSICAL ROMANCE
16 tracks / 1:43
http://rapidshare.com/files/238275612/Romance1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/238284729/Romance2.rar

1. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" - Adagio un poco mosso
2. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne
3. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - I. Allegro
4. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - II. Larghetto
5. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - III. Allegro
6. Debussy - Nocturnes - Sirens
7. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 - Romanza: Lento
8. Purcell - "If Music be the Food of Love"
9. Holst - The Planets - Venus, the Bringer of Peace
10. Elgar - Salut d'amour (version for violin and piano)
11. Mozart - Horn Concerto No.3 - II. Romance - Larghetto
12. Mozart - Fragment in D major
13. Dvorak - Cello Concerto - Adagio ma non troppo
14. Liszt - Un sospiro (Trois �tudes de concert)
15. Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade - The Young Prince and the Young Princess
16. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Pas de deux: Intrada

Apologies for the inherent cheesiness of such a compliation - some obvious choices here, and a few that, for various reasons, have romantic associations for me :)


:love: :swoon: :love:

Just passing by in the board very quickly to say a HUGE thanks for this superb compilation. I haven't tried it yet due to lack of time (need... more...sleep...), but I'll plainly enjoy it this weekend, and then post some comments. Thanks again (a lot), Lens. :)

Ps: usually, I avoid quoting with pics, but this custom cover is so beautiful that I do an exception this time.

Chopin Complete Piano Works - Idil Biret (15cd)


CD1: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=huypvt4qm7
CD2: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=qttvzqb3tl
CD3: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=uwlhtq1ipi
CD4: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=dormnxfzu8
CD5: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=rukvwhtnv8
CD6: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=ez3j9dct2q
CD7: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=hsiuxptftf
CD8: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=28ulbrs40q
CD9: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=lzgqrdqgrn
CD10: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=mqvvfyjp0j
CD11: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=6t2teimlhb
CD12: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=ocynswxjjn
CD13: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=expqgsnacy
CD14: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=1auads7omj
CD15: http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=8dcnizkxyo


All these files are WMA format (sorry that is the format I downloaded them in) and most of the cds are lossless but a few of them are 192 kbps. Still this is a fantastic collection of amazing piano music. I will slowly upload them in parts as it is quite large. I don't have scans or cue files because that is not how they came.

Hey Sirus,
Did you DL that 15CD set from a torrent?
This one xD
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Fryderyk Chopin
Chopin- Complete Piano Music- by Idil Biret (15 CD Box Set)

Disc 01
01 - Ballade No.1 - Op.23 - in Gm.mp3
02 - Ballade No.2 - Op.22 - in F.mp3
03 - Ballade No.3 - Op.47 - in Ab.mp3
04 - Ballade No.4 - Op.52 - in Fm.mp3
05 - Berceuse - Op.57 - in Db.mp3
06 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.1 - Op.S2 No.3a - in Fm.mp3
07 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.2 - Op.S2 No.3b - in Ab.mp3
08 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.3 - Op.S2 No.3c - in Db.mp3
09 - Fantaisie - Op.49 - in Fm.mp3
10 - Galop Marquis - Op.P2 No.13 - in Ab.mp3
11 - Largo (Klavierst�ck) - Op.P2 No.5 - in Eb (BI 109).mp3
12 - Marche fun�bre - Op.posth.72 No.2 - in Cm.mp3
13 - Cantabile - Op.P2 No.6 - in Bb (BI 84).mp3
-----------------------

1.42 GiB...

Just wanna make sure, coz if it is, then i already have it x]

Hey Sirus,
Did you DL that 15CD set from a torrent?
This one xD
-------------

Fryderyk Chopin
Chopin- Complete Piano Music- by Idil Biret (15 CD Box Set)

Disc 01
01 - Ballade No.1 - Op.23 - in Gm.mp3
02 - Ballade No.2 - Op.22 - in F.mp3
03 - Ballade No.3 - Op.47 - in Ab.mp3
04 - Ballade No.4 - Op.52 - in Fm.mp3
05 - Berceuse - Op.57 - in Db.mp3
06 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.1 - Op.S2 No.3a - in Fm.mp3
07 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.2 - Op.S2 No.3b - in Ab.mp3
08 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.3 - Op.S2 No.3c - in Db.mp3
09 - Fantaisie - Op.49 - in Fm.mp3
10 - Galop Marquis - Op.P2 No.13 - in Ab.mp3
11 - Largo (Klavierst�ck) - Op.P2 No.5 - in Eb (BI 109).mp3
12 - Marche fun�bre - Op.posth.72 No.2 - in Cm.mp3
13 - Cantabile - Op.P2 No.6 - in Bb (BI 84).mp3
-----------------------

1.42 GiB...

Just wanna make sure, coz if it is, then i already have it x]
no, this is WMA and totals 2.31 gigs but it is the same music, just different quality.

Thanks Sirusjr - it'll take a while to listen to all these! I only have a 'favourites' collection taken from her recordings for Naxos. I like Biret's natural, undemonstrative way with the music (a refreshing change in Chopin!) and the mellow sound.

Fascinating article on Biret's own website about the making of this set:
http://www.idilbiret.org/ENG/IBe13.htm

Thanks Sirusjr - it'll take a while to listen to all these! I only have a 'favourites' collection taken from her recordings for Naxos. I like Biret's natural, undemonstrative way with the music (a refreshing change in Chopin!) and the mellow sound.

Fascinating article on Biret's own website about the making of this set:
http://www.idilbiret.org/ENG/IBe13.htm
Oh yes that is indeed a great read, despite its length. I will of course update with the rest of the cds as I get them uploaded. Interestingly enough I got into the beauty of Chopin through the video game Eternal Sonata because it has portions about the life of Chopin and the circumstances surrounding various pieces he wrote. Each of those scenes, while boring because they were presented with really slowly appearing text of the stories, were accentuated by the beautiful music of Chopin and so I instantly found the best version of his music I could. I highly recommend that everyone at least download one of the cds and give it a listen because Chopin music is wonderful.

Another one for all you lovers out there :)



TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Prelude and Transfiguration
http://rapidshare.com/files/239294957/Tristan_Isolde.rar
FLAC / 70MB / 18:20
http://rapidshare.com/files/241992611/Tristan_and_Isolde.rar
MP3-320 / 40MB / 18:20

This is the first and last music heard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Somehow by themselves these pieces imply almost the entire emotional and formal compass of this great opera. The last section - usually referred to as the 'Liebestod' ('love-death') - is performed here in its concert version, without the soprano vocal of the expiring heroine. Also the Prelude has a special ending to link the two together. It's one of the most inspiring moving pieces I know, and in a way all the more powerful for being presented as gloriously abstract and transcendent, divorced from explicit theatrical context (though I also adore the whole opera).

Wagner described his conception of Tristan and Isolde as "a tale of endless yearning, longing, the bliss and wretchedness of love; world, power, fame, honour, chivalry, loyalty, and friendship all blown away like an insubstantial dream". The music generates this sense of longing through a linkage of swelling suspensions that appear to constantly turn back upon themselves, withholding traditional harmonic resolution until the very end. Bernard Herrmann must have been profoundly affected by this music. Of course Herrmann transforms this influence into something else entirely and its a testament to his genius that he can reference Wagner so directly in Vertigo and yet create something totally original, and equally moving.

This really isn't the type of thing for a casual listen on the ipod. It's music to close your eyes and be absorbed in. I hope you like it as much as I do.

..And apologies to all classical cognoscenti, who probably find this post insufferably obvious. I just felt in the mood to share :)

Interestingly enough I got into the beauty of Chopin through the video game Eternal Sonata because it has portions about the life of Chopin and the circumstances surrounding various pieces he wrote.

I haven't played Eternal Sonata, as I don't have a 360, but the concept sounds very odd for a japanese rpg! I can't really imagine it working as a story premise. It's obviously doing a good job though if it encourages people to seek out more Chopin!!

I haven't played Eternal Sonata, as I don't have a 360, but the concept sounds very odd for a japanese rpg! I can't really imagine it working as a story premise. It's obviously doing a good job though if it encourages people to seek out more Chopin!!
Oh yes I didn't mention the actual story premise. Interestingly enough the company who developed the game is made up of musicians (thus the name Tri Crescendo). The game revolves around a story where Chopin is in a coma in the "real world" and is dreaming about his adventures through the "fantasy world" of the game. Occasionally the game switches from fantasy to show the people around Chopin in the real world as they sit by his bedside. Right around these times we get to see the short snippets of the beautiful music and information about his life. The game often questions whether the reality he experiences in his dream can be considered reality because he is living and interacting with people in the dream world as if they were their own alternate reality. Of course the wonderful Motoi Sakuraba weaves in beautiful piano melodies in his own music and, I believe, based on the game evolved musically to include more piano in his work and thus later release his piano album Forrest of Glass.

CLASSICAL ROMANCE
16 tracks / 1:43
http://rapidshare.com/files/238275612/Romance1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/238284729/Romance2.rar

1. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" - Adagio un poco mosso
2. Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne
3. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - I. Allegro
4. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - II. Larghetto
5. Bach - Oboe Concerto in A - III. Allegro
6. Debussy - Nocturnes - Sirens
7. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 - Romanza: Lento
8. Purcell - "If Music be the Food of Love"
9. Holst - The Planets - Venus, the Bringer of Peace
10. Elgar - Salut d'amour (version for violin and piano)
11. Mozart - Horn Concerto No.3 - II. Romance - Larghetto
12. Mozart - Fragment in D major
13. Dvorak - Cello Concerto - Adagio ma non troppo
14. Liszt - Un sospiro (Trois �tudes de concert)
15. Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade - The Young Prince and the Young Princess
16. Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Pas de deux: Intrada

Apologies for the inherent cheesiness of such a compliation - some obvious choices here, and a few that, for various reasons, have romantic associations for me :)


:love: :swoon: :love:

This compilation is amazing! Even though I was looking for music more passionate, more furiously romantic, your selections are sometimes truly exceptional. Here are some of my favorites:

"Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' - Adagio un poco mosso" is one of my favorite "tender" classical pieces since years. It has a special emotional value to me because I consider it as incredibly inspired. It's a wonderful choice indeed.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne" features a truly gorgeous melody, very relaxing and noble at the same time. Superb.

A very special mention for "Nocturnes pour l'orchestre - III. Sirenes", it's just one of the most beautiful classical piece I've heard, thanks to you! Haunting, mysterious, otherworldly, and spellbinding, it fascinates you at very high level. Sometimes it reminds me of Horner (ethereal choirs) and sometimes of Alien and Poltergeist for some reason (maybe the revolving horns motif in the BG, among other aspects). I'd appreciate A LOT the posting of the full Nocturnes, if you could, thanks.

"Un sospiro (Trois �tudes de concert)": as often with Liszt, we reach a rare level of sublimity. I usually don't listen much to piano solos (sounds too "hollow" to me - I need the rich and full sound of an orchestra), but this piece, due to the incredible richness of the waving layers of notes, is extremely enjoyable.

A very special mention for "Nocturnes pour l'orchestre - III. Sirenes", it's just one of the most beautiful classical piece I've heard, thanks to you! Haunting, mysterious, otherwordly, and spellbinding, it fascinates you at very high level. Sometimes it reminds me of Horner (ethereal choirs) and sometimes of Alien and Poltergeist for some reason (maybe the revolving horns motif in the BG, among other aspects). I'd appreciate A LOT the posting of the full Nocturnes, if you could, thanks.

Sure! They are among my favourite pieces (only three sadly). You've got a good point about Horner/Goldsmith - Horner's earlier scores and Goldsmith's in the 80s very often bear the influence of composers like Debussy and Ravel. Secret of Nimh has some gorgeous ethereal moments with the choir too, as does Legend (this is one score where I just wish Jerry had ditched the synths). You're very astute in pointing to Alien and Poltergeist - both of these, particularly the former, have a lot of 'whole tone' stuff going on, as does Debussy. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_tone_scale


I usually don't listen much to piano solos (sounds too "hollow" to me - I need the rich and full sound of an orchestra), but this piece, due to the incredible richness of the waving layers of notes, is extremely enjoyable.

:puppydog: I'm shocked! To my mind the piano is one of the richest and most expressive instruments of all. [though of course, it can't, on its own, compare to the meta-instrument of the orchestra in power and range, but what can?] Its essentially percussive nature (wires hit with hammers) means it can be as violent and abrasive as you like, but also it can be incredibly lyrical and flowing - I guess this is why, for me, its such an ideal instrument for Beethoven, who moves from masculine bravura and tumult to the most fragile kind of pathos. I know what you mean about hollowness sometimes being a problem - particularly perhaps in fairly simple use anime/game scores? But if you like Un Sospiro there are many others that you'd love. Perhaps at some point I'll post a compilation.

:puppydog: I'm shocked! To my mind the piano is one of the richest and most expressive instruments of all. [though of course, it can't, on its own, compare to the meta-instrument of the orchestra in power and range, but what can?] Its essentially percussive nature (wires hit with hammers) means it can be as violent and abrasive as you like, but also it can be incredibly lyrical and flowing - I guess this is why, for me, its such an ideal instrument for Beethoven, who moves from masculine bravura and tumult to the most fragile kind of pathos. I know what you mean about hollowness sometimes being a problem - particularly perhaps in fairly simple use anime/game scores? But if you like Un Sospiro there are many others that you'd love. Perhaps at some point I'll post a compilation.

Yes, I mostly listened to piano solos in anime / movies, and they can be quite simple in that context. But I agree on the fact that the piano is one of the richest sounding instruments (with which intrument a player can make dozens of notes playing at the same time? - including dying notes). But what I meant is that I need the multi-textural quality of an orchestra: many different timbres mixed together.

I was looking for music more passionate, more furiously romantic...

Have you tried Mahler? The last movement of his 3rd Symphony is incredible, but almost beyond passion, a force of nature. Or indeed, the Wagner I posted above. The only word for the Liebestod is 'orgasmic'!!

I'm thinking of putting up Berlioz 'Symphonie Fantastique' soon. It's basically about passionate love - but also disillusionment, humiliation and death - like so much great art ;) It has some astoundingly imaginative orchestrations.

Thanks for these recommendations. I'll try them ASAP (probably next weekend, now... *sigh*).

Arthierr, if your aversion to piano is keeping you from listening to the Chopin collection, I suggest that you download one CD of it and give it a listen! It is absolutely beautiful.

Hello, I recently stumbled upon this:http://www.viktoriamullova.com/images/shostakovich.jpgand downloaded it but can't find the link. If there's any interest, I can upload it ASAP. Lossless, BTW.

Arthierr, if your aversion to piano is keeping you from listening to the Chopin collection, I suggest that you download one CD of it and give it a listen! It is absolutely beautiful.

Hey, it's not aversion! Just something I like less than other forms of music. But I'll certainly try one of your CDs. Any suggestion about which one? Clue: I prefer upbeat and lively pieces, I tend to avoid slow / sad music.

Hey, it's not aversion! Just something I like less than other forms of music. But I'll certainly try one of your CDs. Any suggestion about which one? Clue: I prefer upbeat and lively pieces, I tend to avoid slow / sad music.
Well considering they aren't tagged properly and I can't find the right tags I hardly pay attention to which CD I am listening to at any given moment. Although the pieces tend to be a little on the slow side I wouldn't consider it sad, only relaxing.

Hallo! Do you have any Berg or Arvo Part?

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Does anybody have this album?

The Nocturnes (Rubinstein) - Fryderyk Chopin

Does anybody have Haydn symphonies - individually? I don't want to have to download immense files containing multiple symphonies, but one at a time (if possible). I'm interested in numbers 90 and up.

Thanks!

^^Yes!! The various Haydn symphonies I have are some of my most listened-to cds! He's amazing - it's a case of incredible skill, poise and complexity concealed within spontanious, jocular high-spirits. Just a wonderful composer to make you feel good about life!

How would you like them? Is mp3 ok? Will prob start with the Oxford Symph (Jacobs).. :D

bobbyboulders and arthurgolden: Some Arvo Part coming up.

THE LINK IS DEAD.

I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO CHECK THIS OUT.

THANKS!

In FLAC:

http://rapidshare.com/files/188436420/BrianTheGothic.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188456300/BrianTheGothic.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188454051/BrianTheGothic.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188567816/BrianTheGothic.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188573764/BrianTheGothic.part5.rar

The Rubinstein recording of Chopin's Nocturnes can be had here in 320kbps:
http://rapidshare.com/files/20493220/Arthur_Rubinstein_-_Chopin_The_Nocturnes__1965___mp3-320_-CD1.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/20481684/Arthur_Rubinstein_-_Chopin_The_Nocturnes__1965___mp3-320_-CD1.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/20504691/Arthur_Rubinstein_-_Chopin_The_Nocturnes__1965___mp3-320_-CD2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/20509025/Arthur_Rubinstein_-_Chopin_The_Nocturnes__1965___mp3-320_-CD2.part2.rar

Thanks ^^

Yeah, thanks, dunno what i'm to expect, but if YOU recommended it, well... Nuff said ;D

CLAUDE DEBUSSY - NOCTUNRES
(Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.com/files/240389133/Debussy_Nocturnes.rar

ARVO PART - FRATRES
MP3-320 / 174MB
http://rapidshare.com/files/240490509/Arvo_Part_Fratres.rar

1. Fratres for violin and piano
2. Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten
3. Summa for choir
4. Summa for string orchestra
5. The Beatitudes
6. Spiegel im Spiegel
7. Festina lente
8. Tabula rasa - Ludus (with movement)
9. Tabula Rasa - Silentium (without movement)

Gramophone:

Fratres comes bounding in on a breathless, arpeggiated violin crescendo that stops suddenly in mid-air, revealing—in its immediate aftermath, and beyond a masterful piano chord—music that is both harmonically powerful and profoundly peaceful. Tasmin Little is as adept at realizing the score's ecstatic sense of ritual as either Gidon Kremer (on ECM) or Maria Bachmann (Catalyst), although Kremer's febrile, attenuated tone particularly suits the music's rarefied atmosphere. Yet Little's zealous projection of the more passionate aspects of Fratres is no less convincing, while her skill in sustaining Spiegel im Spiegel (where the solo line seems more prayer than song) underlines Part's telling use of the 'home' note, A. It is here especially that Part expresses the idea of 'return', with the violin line constantly oscillating either side of a soothing tonal mean, set to a simple piano accompaniment.

The Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten and Festina lente are two sublime inhabitants of the one world, both of which operate at three simultaneous speeds: the one, a weeping veil of cascading A minor scales, the other a simple shared melody where individual strands entwine around each other. The Cantus is prompted by a distantly chiming bell, then falls across the ear like a tonal shroud, gradually gaining in intensity before settling, at length, on a single chord. Summa, on the other hand, is a sonorous and largely effective transcription of Part's Creed for four voices, although I still retain a preference for the more cleanly delineated original. Lastly, there is Tabula Rasa, ''the most extended of the composer's purely instrumental works to date'', to quote annotator Philip Borg-Wheeler, and certainly one of Part's most striking creations—especially the second movement ''Silentium'', where the presiding chimes of a prepared piano set the atmosphere, and the whole gradually descends to a static duet for cello and bass. It's the perfect ''Stressbuster'' (to quote the title of a recent compilation album), although the first movement (''Ludus'') is one of Part's most consistently motoric creations.

EMI Eminence's admirable programme was taped in Abbey Church, Milton Abbey School, at Blandford Forum in Dorset, and Part's bell-like creations are allowed to resonate freely within the church's generous acoustic. The sum effect is one of immediate spirituality, and although Gidon Kremer's ECM recordings have a moving (and appropriate) sense of the ethereal, Studt and Little convey a feeling of presence, of excited discovery that will surely win this fine composer many new friends.


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ARVO PART - A TRIBUTE
APE / 254MB / Password: Sankerib
http://rapidshare.com/files/48043031/APATHM.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/48106307/APATHM.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/48110667/APATHM.part3.rar

1. Dopo La Vittoria
2. The Woman With The Alabaster Box
3. Kyrie
4. Gloria
5. First Alleluia Verse
6. Second Alleluia Verse
7. Veni Sancte Spiritus
8. Credo
9. Sanctus
10. Agnus Dei
11. Solfeggio
12. Magnificat
13. Bogoroditse Djevo
14. I Am The True Vine
15. Which Was The Son Of...

classicstoday:

Anyone who has followed choral music during the past 30 years--and especially the last couple of decades--knows at least some of the works of Estonian composer Arvo P�rt. This compilation features a fair selection of his more recent (primarily a cappella) pieces from the 1990s--but if you already own the earlier recordings from which these are drawn, you'll find a nice bonus here: the newly recorded Dopo la vittoria (Following the victory). This substantial (11-minute) "picola cantata", premiered in 1997, tells of St. Ambrose and his famous hymn Te Deum. No doubt this lively (some parts sound like folk-dance) and dramatically varied work--another masterpiece of text-explication and expressive use of vocal color and texture--will gain many performances and enthusiastic audiences, joining P�rt favorites such as Bogoroditse Djevo, Magnificat, and the Berliner Messe.

Although it's these latter two works that perhaps are most closely identified with P�rt's unique "tintinnabuli" style--the endlessly resonating triads and undulating, register-shifting consonances and dissonances--The woman with the alabaster box and I am the true vine may be his most purely, fundamentally beautiful compositions, melodically, harmonically, and from the standpoint of choral sound and texture. Whatever your preference, this is important and profoundly moving music in which almost anyone can find meaning, even spiritual resonance. The performances are uniformly excellent, even essential, and the recordings couldn't be better. This tribute to P�rt on his 70th birthday is an absolute joy.

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Don't spose i could hassle you for;

ARVO PART - A TRIBUTE
APE / 254MB / Password: Sankerib

and

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Prelude and Transfiguration
http://rapidshare.com/files/23929495...tan_Isolde.rar
FLAC / 70MB / 18:20

In.... >< MP3? ^^;

Thanks

http://rowanduk.googlepages.com/hmc9018491.JPG
JOSEPH HAYDN - SYMPHONIES 91 & 92 "OXFORD"
MP3-320 / 159MB
http://rapidshare.com/files/240533223/Haydn_Symphonies_Nos._91___92.rar

Symphony No.91 in E-flat major
1. I. Largo-Allegro assai
2. II. Andante
3. III. Menuet (Un poco allegretto)
4. IV. Finale (Vivace)

5. Scena di Berenice (Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano)

Symphony No. 92 in G major "Oxford"
6. I. Adagio-Allegro spiritoso
7. II. Adagio
8. III. Menuet (Allegretto)
9. IV. Finale (Presto)

classicstoday:

Ren� Jacobs turned in a sensational recording of Haydn's The Seasons for Harmonia Mundi last year, and now he's back with what I hope will mark the beginning of many forays into this composer's inexhaustibly entertaining output. I loved this disc. Symphony No. 91 never gets played, but it's a wonderful piece nonetheless, a svelte and sophisticated romp with a particularly wonderful variation second movement that becomes steadily more eccentric as it progresses, particularly in this performance. Jacobs and his crew then go absolutely crazy in the "Oxford" Symphony, particularly its finale, taken faster than even the excellent Freiburgers can comfortably play it, and if some of the rhythmic definition and textural clarity fall by the wayside, well, who cares? Haydn's wig would have hit the floor if he could have heard it, that's for sure.


In between the two symphonies, Jacobs and the superb Bernarda Fink give us the fabulous and far too little known (especially in its version for full orchestra) Scena di Berenice, a concert aria worthy to rank with Mozart's best, and the piece on which Beethoven modeled his own far less interesting Ah, perfido! Containing two dramatic recitatives followed by two moving arias, it runs the gamut of primarily sorrowful emotions and Fink simply nails it (the ending will make your hair stand on end), enhanced immeasurably by Jacobs' incisive leadership. All of these pieces were either written for or played at Haydn's London concerts, and this stunningly recorded disc is probably the closest you'll ever get to a front-row balcony seat in the Hanover Square Rooms more than two centuries ago. There's just got to be more where this came from. Please? 10/10



Do give the "Oxford" a listen. It's a stunning symphony. The slow introduction begins like a misty morning among the dreaming spires, and then the allegro kicks in with all the bustle and bluster you'd expect on High St - stressed academics and overeager tourists elbowing each other out of the way perhaps... [hehe - in actual fact the piece isn't related to the city more than incidentally - performed at the ceremony when Haydn received his honorary doctorate from the uni, but was premiered in Paris] This is a *very* spirited period instrument performance but one of my favourite little details is the pianoforte 'continuo' that you hear giving cheeky little reflections every so often. The Finale is one of those infectious campy tunes that Haydn loves so much, and it gets whipped up into a storm here. Listen to the strings at 4:19 and 6:40 in the rapid approach to the coda - they sound like they are catching their breath from all the excitement!! :)

Don't spose i could hassle you for;

ARVO PART - A TRIBUTE
APE / 254MB / Password: Sankerib

and

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Prelude and Transfiguration
http://rapidshare.com/files/23929495...tan_Isolde.rar
FLAC / 70MB / 18:20

In.... >< MP3? ^^;

Thanks

I could, but it would probably be quicker for you to just download them yourself and convert to mp3. My connection is rather slow when it comes to uploading. Do you not have the means to play flac and ape files?? Let me know - I can't have anyone going without Tristan and Isolde!! ;)

Those Haydn symphonies are terrific! - d'you have any more?

I could, but it would probably be quicker for you to just download them yourself and convert to mp3. My connection is rather slow when it comes to uploading. Do you not have the means to play flac and ape files?? Let me know - I can't have anyone going without Tristan and Isolde!! ;)

Oh, ^^ hahaa, well... It's not that at all...

You see, i have unlimited broadband, which means i can DL an unlimited amount of FILES ��, not unlimited DATA, so... 9999 files of 1kb size is fine... but i can't DL more than 30gig a month T_T and i DL a lottttt of music from here, and i'm in a family house, so i'm given 12gig a month of DL -_- so, 12/30... 400meg a day i can DL... how sad is that...

So i have things in MP3, coz i simply can't afford to be downloading lossless, the filesize'n'all... u have no idea how much i wish i didn't have this "Fair usage policy" �� ughh...

Thanks ><

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I just stumbled upon some amazing piano music *-*
Whilst playing a little flash game called "Music Catcher"
This is the genius behind the music


Isaac Shepard enjoys composing music across diverse genres, including classical, jazz, pop, rock, techno, electronica, and trance. He is probably best known for “Before Dawn”, a soothing track on his 2005 solo piano album, “Swept Away”. In 2008, Isaac released “Deep Joy”, his second solo piano album. Isaac’s music and orchestrations can also be found in several casual games, including “Airport Mania: First Flight” and “Build in Time.”

Here's both solo piano albums, best quality i could find ><
100kbps ish on "Deep Joy" ._. but it sounds lovely ;D
If anyone can find better quality, lemme know anyway...

DEEP JOY:

http://rapidshare.com/files/228094718/CANCER_--_Isaac_Shepard.rar

SWEPT AWAY:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5S2045RU
Password: auf.taringa

Hope i've done this right -_- my first time doing anything like this...
ahhh, pressure ><'

Okay, I feel like I very much want to listen to some Wagner. Will you kind folk be willing to shoot some links my way? :)

Okay, I feel like I very much want to listen to some Wagner. Will you kind folk be willing to shoot some links my way? :)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1216768&postcount=284
The links may still work, if not I can upload again. Great tannhauser recording for sure.

Okay, I feel like I very much want to listen to some Wagner. Will you kind folk be willing to shoot some links my way? :)

I'm now uploading this album for you.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00150VWX8/ref=mu_dm_alb_dp

Lucidolph, I will do them in mp3 as soon as I can. And thanks for your post!


http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1216768&postcount=284

I second this recommendation - a really lush account of the opera! You can't go wrong with Barenboim in Wagner.

Also did you see I posted some music from Tristan and Isolde on the prevous page? One of his most inspired creations.

Sanico, I look forward to giving that selection a listen. The Ring has a special resonance for me. I first heard the Prelude to Das Rheingold at the age of 8, in awe that a human being could've composed something so sublime. The music felt completely beyond me and still does. It's hard to say what so special about Wagner (particularly in his late operas - Lohengrin, Tristan, The Ring, Parsifal), to put it into words, or even to directly understand its effect.. he creates a feeling of another world, a magical feeling, that's so complete unto itself, so comforting and terrifying.. not many 'dramatic' composers come close for me. I have the complete Ring cycle conducted by Solti (superb) and a cd of highlights from Bohm's set (good for the singers, terrible for the orchestra).

I'm so glad to see the contributions here! Belioz and more Haydn coming soon :)

I believe I had those pieces already on another album I grabbed from a torrent that included other snippets from his works. Great stuff though to be sure! While I agree its not good for casual ipod listening, it is instead simply marvelous for reading a good book!

The Ring Without Words
Composed by Richard Wagner & conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.


1. Das Rheingold: Thus, We Begin In The "Greenish Twilight" Of The Rhine
2. Das Rheingold: Float Up To The Home Of The Gods, (Entrance Of The Gods Into Valhalla)
3. Das Rheingold: Fall Amongst Hammering Dwarfs "Smithying" Away
4. Das Rheingold: Ride Donner's Thunderbolt, Crawl With The Thirst-Crazed Siegmund To The Haven (Temporary) Of Sieglinde's Hearth And Solace
5. Die Walk�re: From Act I: In The Sound Code, We "See" His Loving Gaze
6. Die Walk�re: From Act I: Their Flight
7. Die Walk�re: From Act II: Wotan's Rage
8. Die Walk�re: From Act III: The Cavalcade Of Brunnhilde's Sisters (Ride Of The Valkyries)
9. Die Walk�re: From Act III: Wotan's Farewell To His Favorite Daughter (Wotan's Farewell And Magic Fire Music)
10. Siegfried: From Act I: Mime's Fright
11. Siegfried: From Act I: Siegfried's Forging Of The Magic Sword
12. Siegfried: From Act I: His Wanderings Through The Forest
13. Siegfried: From Act II: His Slaying Of The Dragon
14. Siegfried: From Act II: The Dragon's Lament
15. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act I: Day Breaking 'Round Siegfried's And Brunnhilde's Passion
16. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act I: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, (Dawn And Siegfried's Rhine Journey)
17. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act II: Hagen's Call To His Clan
18. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act II: Siegfried And The Rhinemaidens
19. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act III: His Death And The Funeral Music, (Siegfried's Death And Funeral Music)
20. Die G�tterd�mmerung: From Act III: Immolation (Immolation Scene)


Link (http://rapidshare.com/files/241320300/The_Ring_Without_Words.zip)

Many thanks for your wonderful post Sanico!

I have the complete Ring cycle conducted by Solti (superb) and a cd of highlights from Bohm's set (good for the singers, terrible for the orchestra).

I'm so glad to see the contributions here! Belioz and more Haydn coming soon :)

I have that Solti recording too, in digital format, but i have never listened to it entirely.
The orchestral parts are fantastic, but when those tenors start chanting i need to move on for to the next orchestra part, because i don't undertand a single word in German. I suppose to fully understand an Opera you must watch and listen to it live within the context of the story, and that's not what you can get in front of your computer or hifi stereo equipment.
That's a reason i don't have a complete Ring Cycle on CD, and this Georg Solti set is way to expensive for me to buy.

Wasn't the Solti considered by the classical music scholars "the pinnacle of all the 20th century music recordings" and the definitive perfomance of the Ring cycle on CD, or something like that?

Yes, you have to hear Wagner in the theatre really, to get to grips with it fully. When I first saw Tristan and Isolde performed we'd been allocated less-than-ideal (necessarily cheap) seats and we couldn't read the surtitles - I don't have a word of German either, so this meant concentrating on it purely as music (the stage action and sets were pretty minimal too). In Tristan, for the first time, Wagner composed the whole orchestral score first, as a kind of metaphysical 'working-out', and added the vocal parts after - strange as that might seem - so it absolutely rewards this kind of listening.

Solti's Ring cycle is generally considered the best all-rounder: the orchestra, singers, and recorded sound are all good; there is even the odd stage effect to add a sense of theatre (though it was recorded in the studio, hence the clearer sound). But it doesn't have everything perfect. No one recording can do justice to such a mammoth work of art.

In truth, I've only listened to the whole thing once, and I rarely go through the rest of my Wagner recordings. In the theatre though they transport you to another place, and are more moving than words can describe - Parsifal (his last) in particular knocked me out on just about every level possible!! :)

Lens of Truth: Thx a million for making this great thread shine again. It really deserves much more attention and activity. (And I like the idea that it exists a bit thanks to my own thread... ;))



CLAUDE DEBUSSY - NOCTUNRES
(Bernard Haitink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)
http://rapidshare.com/files/240389133/Debussy_Nocturnes.rar

Thanks also for the Nocturnes (and not NOCTUNRES ;)). Your romantic piece was exceptional, so let's hope the others are at the same level.


Sanico: Excellent! The full Ring cycle is way too big to listen to for me, but I'm interested a lot in these orchestral selections. The music of Wagner has something profoundly grandiose, majestic and almost transcendent I appreciate immensely.

Hi guys - just checking in to let you know I'm still here; family problems - have been spending a lot time going back and forth to the hospital and not had much time to devote this thread (and Arthierr's orchestral thread) the attention it deserves.

I have some more Janacek coming up in a day or so - an absolutely STONKING live recording of the Glagolitic Mass. Stand by. :)

So sorry to hear about that Danny. And thank you for your dedication. I love Janacek and look forward to hearing that recording.

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE
Prelude and Transfiguration
http://rapidshare.com/files/241992611/Tristan_and_Isolde.rar
MP3-320 / 40MB / 18:20


Mp3 added as requested.

Everyone I just feel the need to say thank you on so many different levels for taking the time to upload these massive scores. I am currently listening to Wagner's Tannh�user, and it is...well, it is quite a listen, to put it simply. :)

Now moving beyond Wagner, what do you guys suggest to a newcomer to the world of Classical Music?

Mp3 added as requested.

Thanks ;D

Did somebody say "Glagolitic Mass"? Oh yes please!

-A.

I was looking for Marschner's "Der Vampyr" in 320.

Please.

Before John Williams there was...



...one of the last great symphonists. Though not as long as Mahler's or Shostakovich's, Hanson's seven symphonies are each spectacularly thematic, powerful, beautiful, and an orchestrator's dream. If you love film music, especially the film music of John Williams, you will most certainly like this guy's work. Start off with Symphonies 1 and 2, you won't regret it. Look for the awesome parts for timpani and piccolo, as well as the stunning brass fanfares and chorales. For those familiar with Hanson's work, it is no secret that this guy was one of Williams's biggest inspirations.

Disc 1 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244271872/hanson1.rar
Symphony No. 1 "Nordic"
Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" (final movement remind you of anything?)

Disc 2 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244314962/hanson2.rar
Symphony No. 3
Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
Symphony No. 6 (the final movement of this one is to be played at max volume)

Disc 3 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244362261/hanson3.rar
Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"
Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings
Lament for Beowulf
Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings
Suite from Merry Mount (Hanson's opera)

Disc 4 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244341687/hanson4.rar
Mosaics
Piano Concerto in G major
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7 "Sea Symphony" (for orchestra and chorus)

I ripped and compressed these mp3s myself on my girlfriend's mac so let me know if there are any sound artifacts or other errors and I'll redo them.

That's exactly the kind of classical stuff I'm interested in. Hanson is new to me, but if he's one of Williams' biggest inspirations (with Stravinsky, of course :D) it's really worth trying these symphonies.

Thanks for posting, more comments after listening.

Streich, thanks very much for these. Wanted to give Hanson a proper go for ages. From that pic he even looks a little like JW :)

Excellent Hanson. Thank you. Looking forward to Disc 3

Did somebody say "Glagolitic Mass"? Oh yes please!

-A.

Sorry - I know some people have been waiting for this. It's coming - I promise. It'll be worth the wait. :)

Man this must be classical week for me. I've just downloaded a Torrent full of Mozart symphonies. Now I'm downloading Hanson. :D

Sweet, very interested in giving this hanson a listen!!

Hey Sirus,
Did you DL that 15CD set from a torrent?
This one xD
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Fryderyk Chopin
Chopin- Complete Piano Music- by Idil Biret (15 CD Box Set)

Disc 01
01 - Ballade No.1 - Op.23 - in Gm.mp3
02 - Ballade No.2 - Op.22 - in F.mp3
03 - Ballade No.3 - Op.47 - in Ab.mp3
04 - Ballade No.4 - Op.52 - in Fm.mp3
05 - Berceuse - Op.57 - in Db.mp3
06 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.1 - Op.S2 No.3a - in Fm.mp3
07 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.2 - Op.S2 No.3b - in Ab.mp3
08 - Trois Nouvelles �tudes No.3 - Op.S2 No.3c - in Db.mp3
09 - Fantaisie - Op.49 - in Fm.mp3
10 - Galop Marquis - Op.P2 No.13 - in Ab.mp3
11 - Largo (Klavierst�ck) - Op.P2 No.5 - in Eb (BI 109).mp3
12 - Marche fun�bre - Op.posth.72 No.2 - in Cm.mp3
13 - Cantabile - Op.P2 No.6 - in Bb (BI 84).mp3
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1.42 GiB...

Just wanna make sure, coz if it is, then i already have it x]

I would love a link to this torrent. Need to get some piano music onto my HD.

I would love a link to this torrent. Need to get some piano music onto my HD.
Well i posted that full 15 cd thing a few pgs back if you look for Chopin.

Yeah, but I don't like .WMA... nor do I like clicking on 15 links. :)

Yes I am a lazy bastard. Sue me.

Yeah, but I don't like .WMA... nor do I like clicking on 15 links. :)

Yes I am a lazy bastard. Sue me.
Ah then
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/90844181/chopin+idil+biret?tab=summary :3

Hello!

I am new here and I was delighted to discover this thread. After reading through a few pages of posts, I've become tired. Now, I don't know if you've previously posted/discussed/etc. about this, but I'll ask any way:

Do you have any recordings of the Complete Ballet to Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet"?

I'll take anything you have. I recently acquired the FULL score to this, and would naturally like some audio accompaniment. I have the suites, but that won't cut it for obvious reasons.

Hope you can help me out and I look forward to spending many happy hours here in the future!

Thank you!:)

Hello!

I am new here and I was delighted to discover this thread. After reading through a few pages of posts, I've become tired. Now, I don't know if you've previously posted/discussed/etc. about this, but I'll ask any way:

Do you have any recordings of the Complete Ballet to Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet"?

I'll take anything you have. I recently acquired the FULL score to this, and would naturally like some audio accompaniment. I have the suites, but that won't cut it for obvious reasons.

Hope you can help me out and I look forward to spending many happy hours here in the future!

Thank you!:)

The complete ballet conducted by Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra:



http://rapidshare.com/files/185404871/Prokofiev_-_Romeo___juliet_mp3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185431280/Prokofiev_-_Romeo___juliet_mp3.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185458259/Prokofiev_-_Romeo___juliet_mp3.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/185461151/Prokofiev_-_Romeo___juliet_mp3.part4.rar

Does someone happen to have the following music?

http://www.screenarchives.com/gifs/large/10963.gif

CINEMA SYMPHONY
Composed by: Andrew Pearce

The symphony was composed in the style of cinema scores, I was informed.

Quite intriguing...

You can buy it on iTunes or from the record company at http://moviescoremedia.com/

;1260180']I was looking for Marschner's "Der Vampyr" in 320.

Please.
No one? :(

UNSUK CHIN - VIOLIN CONCERTO
BBC Philharmonic conducted by James MacMillan
Hae-Sun Kung, Violin
MP3-V0 / 40MB / 24:40
http://rapidshare.com/files/246348864/Unsuk_Chin_-_Violin_Concerto.mp3

"My music is a reflection of my dreams. I try to render into music the visions of immense light and of an incredible magnificence of colours that I see in all my dreams, a play of light and colours floating through the room and at the same time forming a fluid sound sculpture. Its beauty is very abstract and remote, but it is for these very qualities that it addresses the emotions and can communicate joy and warmth."

This is a stunning, imaginaive piece by contemporary Korean composer Usuk Chin. See what you think :)

From the Boosey & Hawkes website:

The Violin Concerto is cast in four movements, resembling the classical sequence of extended first movement, slow movement, scherzo and finale, but also weaves in cyclical material, recast and reinterpreted to bind the concerto into an impressive 27-minute span. If the structure is readily familiar, there is nothing conventional about the music itself, which revels in Chin’s fantasy-filled orchestral soundworld with its percussion-rich colourings and chamber-like clarity. The ear is constantly beguiled, then surprised by Chin’s keen aural imagination, while the concerto also employs a greater degree of drama and conflict than in many of her other works.

Chin’s music possesses something very rare: an attractive sound that proves accessible to a large audience without fawning. The gentle, seemingly directionless suspension of time that marks much of Chin’s music also leads to fractures and abruptness; however detailed and preciously polished in appearance, the sounds are not of unvarying smoothness. Moments of hard, elemental emotion flare up from this malleable medium and constitute the propulsive source of this music.

"Chin’s Violin Concerto lets the solo instrument sing by playfully employing open strings and their overtones in all conceivable combinations of harmonics in a way that is as harmonically simple as it is rhythmically complex. The orchestration is large-scale... however one of the piece’s strengths is that Chin does not aspire to constant orchestral occupation but consistently pursues the idea of fanning out and of transformation of the very basic sound whose essence is derived from the solo instrument… The violin part presents the soloist with an adventurous challenge with its frequent and speedily alternating harmonics as well as with the incredibly fast pizzicatos of the third movement."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

OK, here we go, folks: The most WONDERFUL THING OF ALL TIME. This recording is the one thing I would retrieve from my burning house. It is a recording of a concert that took place nine years ago at the BBC Proms, on July 14th 2000 - one which I had the honour of attending in person. It lliterally changed my life. I have spent three weeks rescuing it from VHS tape, and present it proudly to you all today:


Leoš Jan�ček
Glagolitic Mass

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
The BBC Singers
Christine Brewer, soprano
Louise Winter, mezzo soprano
David Kuebler, tenor
Nikolai Putilin, bass

conducted by
Sir Andrew Davis



The reason it took so long is this: I spent a considerable time transferring and restoring the (EXCELLENT) quality sound from my VHS tape - and was all set to upload that some weeks back. Then I realised that the performance was visually electrifying as well as aurally - and so I set about restoring the video as well. The end result speaks for itself.

It's on Youtube - but don't panic. The sound and picture are both excellent. I have spent quite some time on making it so.

I have more comments coming up later, but for now - enjoy.

I have arranged the whole piece into a continuous Youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54FF0CF594AE4B53

WOW!!! That is EXCELLENT!!! Quality is amazing! Many thanks Danny!

Thank you, 1337!

Your a quintessential lifesaver.

;1254627']In FLAC:

http://rapidshare.com/files/188436420/BrianTheGothic.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188456300/BrianTheGothic.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188454051/BrianTheGothic.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188567816/BrianTheGothic.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/188573764/BrianTheGothic.part5.rar

I JUST SAW THIS TODAY! THANKYOU!
AND IN FLAC!

ONCE YOU GO FLAC YOU DON'T GO BACK.

OK, here we go, folks: The most WONDERFUL THING OF ALL TIME. This recording is the one thing I would retrieve from my burning house. It is a recording of a concert that took place nine years ago at the BBC Proms, on July 14th 2000 - one which I had the honour of attending in person. It lliterally changed my life. I have spent three weeks rescuing it from VHS tape, and present it proudly to you all today:


Leo� Jan�ček
Glagolitic Mass

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
The BBC Singers
Christine Brewer, soprano
Louise Winter, mezzo soprano
David Kuebler, tenor
Nikolai Putilin, bass

conducted by
Sir Andrew Davis



The reason it took so long is this: I spent a considerable time transferring and restoring the (EXCELLENT) quality sound from my VHS tape - and was all set to upload that some weeks back. Then I realised that the performance was visually electrifying as well as aurally - and so I set about restoring the video as well. The end result speaks for itself.

It's on Youtube - but don't panic. The sound and picture are both excellent. I have spent quite some time on making it so.

I have more comments coming up later, but for now - enjoy.

I have arranged the whole piece into a continuous Youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54FF0CF594AE4B53



Mr French, what am I going to have to do to get this in mp3? Rip it from .flv myself? I dare hope it won't have to come to that! :)

ONCE YOU GO FLAC YOU DON'T GO BACK.

I went FLAC, and went back to MP3 instantly...
So.... Ha ;D

I went FLAC, and went back to MP3 instantly...
So.... Ha ;D

Same here. FLAC is overrated.

In fact, I can hear no difference between FLAC and MP3.

Leoš Jan�ček
Glagolitic Mass

Many thanks!! I ADORE this piece! Wasn't into Janacek at the time of this performance, so wasn't aware of its greatness. In fact, Janacek is a fairly recent occurrence on my radar (heard Jenufa back in about 2002 but it didn't wow me, still being enamoured of Wagner).


Mr French, what am I going to have to do to get this in mp3? Rip it from .flv myself? I dare hope it won't have to come to that! :)

This was obviously a labour of love of dannyfrench's part! There are more polite ways to ask...

Sheesh, some people are never satisfied.

I JUST SAW THIS TODAY! THANKYOU!
AND IN FLAC!

ONCE YOU GO FLAC YOU DON'T GO BACK.
;)

Woo hoo - thanks; I'll get onto youtube for the Glogolitic Mass when I have some time to listen to it. Will you be uploading the music alone (in MP3 or other format) as well?

Here's one more request - the piano concerto by Carlos Surinach, which was recorded by Alicia De Larrocha back in the 1970's, I think. I've drawn a complete blank finding this piece in digital form - does anybody here have any clues?

Thanks!

Don't worry folks - an MP3 upload (sounding quite a bit better than the Youtube 128kbps audio) is coming. ;)

Don't you go ripping the audio from the FLV... The Elders Of Digital Audio will never forgive you. The Youtube sound is very good, but compared to -V0 LAME encoded directly from the lossless source, well, there's no contest. ;)

I just uploaded the video first because it's a really exciting performance to watch as well as listen to - but obviously some people will want to burn CDs, listen in the car, etc.

Lens: Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto! I'm SO SORRY I threw in my Janacek right after your post and went banging on about how great it was; on reflection it sounded like I was saying "Never mind that crap, listen to THIS!!!" and that wasn't intended.

The piece is absolutely stunning - it won't be to everybody's taste, but I'm absolutely loving it. Thank you. (As ever, more detailed comments later!)

Don't worry folks - an MP3 upload (sounding quite a bit better than the Youtube 128kbps audio) is coming. ;)

Most appreciative Dan. That is some superb music there. :)

Lens: Unsuk Chin's Violin Concerto! I'm SO SORRY I threw in my Janacek right after your post and went banging on about how great it was; on reflection it sounded like I was saying "Never mind that crap, listen to THIS!!!" and that wasn't intended.

The piece is absolutely stunning - it won't be to everybody's taste, but I'm absolutely loving it. Thank you. (As ever, more detailed comments later!)

Ha, no probs, I was thrilled with your post! Glad you like the Chin. Once you get past the harmonics obsessing of the first movemnt there's some really beautiful stuff.

Can I ask what contemporary stuff you're into? What do you think of George Benjamin? I find the ultra virtuosity of a lot of modern music can lead to a sort of chaos of great technique and devolve into purposeless 'soundscapes'. But when its done well it can be thrilling (.. this is obviously highly subjective anyway). Would be interested to know your thoughts and if you have any recommendations.

Here's the reupload and repost of streichorchester's HARDCORE BALLET, as requested.



HARDCORE BALLET

Thanks to streichorchester

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G00UA1SB





streichorchester's notes:

Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin: It's not an easy listen - no standout themes or tonal center. It kind of bridges the gap between Bartok's colourful folk-like compositions and his forays into the avant-garde.

Bartok - The Wooden Prince: Ah yes, much more thematically connected and down to earth. It's very reminiscent of Prokofievian ballet music or symphonies, which is why Horner used a bit of it in The Land Before Time.

Borodin - Prince Igor: Folk dances and choirs and beautiful chomaticism in the themes. It's full of popular tunes, but lots of people don't actually realize they came from an opera written by a chemist in his spare time. The Polovetsian Dances make up the most spectacular segment of this opera, and can easily be considered ballet music.

Copland - Rodeo: Speaking of popular tunes, everyone knows this one. Since Copland's music is so schizophrenic it's hard to find pieces that are through and through "action-oriented" so I went with the easy selection here you may remember from beef commercials. James Horner borrowed this sound for his score to An American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West.

Khachaturian - Gayane: pronounced "guy-nuh". The most famous part from this is the Sabre Dance, but everyone's heard that a million times so I went with a more obscure selection. Also, you might recall Gayane's Adagio was used in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, and subsequently Horner's score to Aliens.

Khachaturian - Spartacus: Does Khachaturian's genius know no bounds? He's perhaps one of the most underrated composers if you look at his more unpopular works such as this two-hour ballet. While the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia is everyone's favourite selection, for this I chose the Orgy at Crassus's Villa which was used to great effect in the movie The Hudsucker Proxy along with the Adagio.

Khachaturian - The Valencian Widow: Another relatively unknown Khachaturian ballet that takes place during the Spanish Renaissance. It's a comedy, so it carries that patented Khachaturian snare ostinato in full force.

Nielsen - Aladdin: The composer who will always be overshadowed by Sibelius was probably a better colourist than Sibelius as heard in his best work Aladdin. Yeah, he wrote six symphonies that people seem to like, but I can't for the life of me remember how they go even though I own all six.

Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Sergei Prokofiev, one of film scoring's godfathers, was just as good at writing ballets, if not better. His Romeo and Juliet proved he was just as good as Tchaikovsky, and earned him a spot as the 20th century's foremost ballet composer (along with Stravinsky.) James Horner steals quite a bit from this work, as heard in the selection here which can be found in the Stealing the Enterprise cue from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Prokofiev - Scythian Suite: After hearing Stravinsky's revolutionary The Rite of Spring, Prokofiev set out to do one better by writing a ballet called Ala and Lolli. He failed miserably (or so he thought) and the result is this colourful tale. James Horner used this in Battle Beyond the Stars.

Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe: When I first heard this I was in awe of its majestic grandeur and colourful orchestrations, not to mention it was a ballet accompanied by full chorus. The themes and harmonies during the openings of both acts really stuck with me, but here I present the exciting finale as per the action-oriented nature of my selections. There are also portions of this ballet ripped off by Joel McNeely for his Shadows of the Empire faux-soundtrack.

Shostakovich - The Golden Age: Here's a Russian composer who is actually NOT known for his ballet music, though he tried. For the most part they just seemed like extensions of his symphonies and film music, and don't carry the thematic inventiveness or pleasant listening experience of his Jazz Suites. This is only here because I'd hate to leave Shostakovich out. Go listen to his Jazz Suites and symphonies.

Stravinsky - The Firebird: Stravinsky is mostly known for his three big ballets: The Rite of Spring, Petrouchka, and The Firebird. Of the three, The Firebird is the most "listenable" in suite form since the melodies are simple, the harmonies are simple, and the result is good ol' fashioned Tchaikovskian tradition. The more flowery sections seemed to have inspired John Williams for his score to Hook, but here I've selected the Infernal Dance heard in Fantasia 2000.

Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring: I couldn't have made this collection of kick-ass ballet music and not included some selections from The Rite of Spring. Yeah, we all know the trivia: riots broke out at the premiere, John Williams borrows heavily from this, it scored the dinosaurs in Fantasia, etc. But did you know that Trevor Jones took a melody from this for his You Have the Power cue from Dark City? The more you know...

Vaughan Williams - Job: Vaughan Williams is a great composer who can write some of the most beautiful pastoral music you've ever heard, but he has a dark side that can be seen in his symphonies nos 4 and 6, and this ballet. His symphonic scherzos are often reminiscent of the kind his BFF Holst wrote, but this is just weird. Cool, but weird.

William Walton - The Quest: I think somewhere along the way Joel McNeely thought to himself "Gee, this ballet sounds a lot like Star Wars, so why don't I rip it off for Shadows of the Empire? No one will notice because who's ever heard of The Quest?" If you like Shadows of the Empire you will probably like The Quest, but if you LOVE Shadows of the Empire you'll hate The Quest for reminding you that Shadows is just a rip off of this. The selection here actually isn't any of the portions you hear in Shadows, but it's still awesome.

Just been listening to bits of the Glagolitic Mass on youtube - that's mighty, life-changing stuff. Many many thanks! Can't wait for the mp3's now...

-A.

A new and clean version of the HARDCORE BALLET has been reuploaded and tested, because one track got corrupted during uploading last time.

A new and clean version of the HARDCORE BALLET has been reuploaded and tested, because one track got corrupted during uploading last time.

And you can't do without Vaughan Williams' Job!! In fact I might post the whole thing when I get the chance.

I was lucky enough to attend an INCREDIBLE performance of this conducted by that great exponent of English music, Vernon Handley, shortly before his death. I know it doesn't get much attention but it's really an amazing piece.

Before John Williams there was...

...one of the last great symphonists. Though not as long as Mahler's or Shostakovich's, Hanson's seven symphonies are each spectacularly thematic, powerful, beautiful, and an orchestrator's dream. If you love film music, especially the film music of John Williams, you will most certainly like this guy's work. Start off with Symphonies 1 and 2, you won't regret it. Look for the awesome parts for timpani and piccolo, as well as the stunning brass fanfares and chorales. For those familiar with Hanson's work, it is no secret that this guy was one of Williams's biggest inspirations.

Disc 1 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244271872/hanson1.rar
Symphony No. 1 "Nordic"
Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitsky
Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" (final movement remind you of anything?)

Disc 2 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244314962/hanson2.rar
Symphony No. 3
Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth
Symphony No. 6 (the final movement of this one is to be played at max volume)

Disc 3 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244362261/hanson3.rar
Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"
Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings
Lament for Beowulf
Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings
Suite from Merry Mount (Hanson's opera)

Disc 4 - http://rapidshare.com/files/244341687/hanson4.rar
Mosaics
Piano Concerto in G major
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7 "Sea Symphony" (for orchestra and chorus)

I ripped and compressed these mp3s myself on my girlfriend's mac so let me know if there are any sound artifacts or other errors and I'll redo them.

Ahem... I just started listening to these, and a) it's gorgeous - consider me as a new Hanson fan :), b) the Williams similarities are quite obvious, no doubt about that. I thank you for posting these masterpieces.

BUT, I'm very disappointed in fact with the quality! This is music of the highest order, the compositions are remarkable and the orchestrations are masterful, so why 128 kbps??? I can actually hear the typical flaws of low quality mp3 encoding when I listen to these symphonies, and it really spoils a good part of the experience.

So, as you proposed me a favor in exchange of the reup of the HARDCORE BALLET, I'd like to request the reposting of these symphonies in HQ mp3, preferably Lame V-0 or 320k (there's a quick guide here (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1271688&postcount=2554)).

Thanks in advance. :)

Posted at melomaniacos in FLAC:

Symphonies No. 1 & 2
http://rapidshare.com/files/217402820/H12.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217393218/H12.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217412508/H12.part3.rar

Symphony No. 3
http://rapidshare.com/files/217427223/H36.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217425992/H36.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217437321/H36.part3.rar

Symphony No. 4
http://rapidshare.com/files/217394054/H4etc.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217368062/H4etc.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217388939/H4etc.part3.rar

Symphonies No. 5 & 7
http://rapidshare.com/files/217469190/H57.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217449932/H57.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217456327/H57.part3.rar

Other orchestral works
http://rapidshare.com/files/217468591/HVol.5.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217486695/HVol.5.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217482246/HVol.5.part3.rar

All passwords:#@n$0n

Hey 1137!~

I was wondering...

...For everyone who sees this; I am new here. I don't know if this is crossing some forbidden or inappropriate boundary. Any wrong doing or negativity is not intended! Best to all!

...Could you send me the links to the Complete Ballet of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, on megaupload.com? I have a membership there, so it is much easier. On an additional note, I've had trouble with rapidshare.com in the past. I would say that it's something with my internet, but I don't really know. The download just never seems to come out right or at all!

I would really appreciate it if you could help me out. If not, I understand, as well. :)

Hey 1137!~

I was wondering...

...For everyone who sees this; I am new here. I don't know if this is crossing some forbidden or inappropriate boundary. Any wrong doing or negativity is not intended! Best to all!

...Could you send me the links to the Complete Ballet of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, on megaupload.com? I have a membership there, so it is much easier. On an additional note, I've had trouble with rapidshare.com in the past. I would say that it's something with my internet, but I don't really know. The download just never seems to come out right or at all!

I would really appreciate it if you could help me out. If not, I understand, as well. :)

Sorry, but I'm not the one who uploaded those files, most of them I found on blogs and on melomaniacos. I'd gladly reupload them for you onto megaupload, alas... my internet connections is extremely slow it would literally take weeks to upload

Posted at melomaniacos in FLAC:

Symphonies No. 1 & 2
http://rapidshare.com/files/217402820/H12.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217393218/H12.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217412508/H12.part3.rar

Symphony No. 3
http://rapidshare.com/files/217427223/H36.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217425992/H36.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217437321/H36.part3.rar

Symphony No. 4
http://rapidshare.com/files/217394054/H4etc.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217368062/H4etc.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217388939/H4etc.part3.rar

Symphonies No. 5 & 7
http://rapidshare.com/files/217469190/H57.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217449932/H57.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217456327/H57.part3.rar

Other orchestral works
http://rapidshare.com/files/217468591/HVol.5.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217486695/HVol.5.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/217482246/HVol.5.part3.rar

All passwords:#@n$0n

One word: AWESOME.

Thx a lot!

"The predominant qualities of my music are passionate expression, inner fire, rhythmic drive - and the unexpected."
Hector Berlioz



BERLIOZ - SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mark Minkowski
320kbps / 5 tracks / 57:37
http://rapidshare.com/files/251997401/Berlioz_-_Symphonie_fantastique.rar

1. R�veries, passions (Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai)
2. Un bal (Valse: Allegro non troppo)
3. Sc�ne aux champs (Adagio)
4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)
5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto - Allegro)




OK, I've been meaning to post this for a while - a breathtakingly powerful live performance of Berlioz’s masterpiece – a symphony unlike any other. The following, in the words of the composer, is the imaginary scenario that brings the sequence of movements into being:

‘A young musician of morbid sensitivity and ardent imagination poisons himself with opium in a moment of despair caused by frustrated love. The dose of narcotic, while too weak to cause his death, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by the strangest of visions, in which his experiences, feelings and memories are translated in his feverish brain into musical thoughts and images. His beloved becomes for him a melody… an id�e fixe…’

Here’s some very briefly typed notes:

‘Reveries and Passions’- theme of the beloved is alluded to in the slow introduction and stated fully at the beginning of the allegro (5:58) with an excitable, thrusting accompaniment. Contrasts of ecstatic emotion and melancholy - enthralled love, obsessive devotion. Gorgeous, peaceful coda after all that tumult (14:56).

‘A Ball’ – two harps and shivering strings introduce an elegant waltzified version of the id�e fixe. Almost out of control by the end of the movement, whiling around in delirium – god Herrmann must have loved this!

‘A Scene in the Country’ – two shepherd call to each other with their pipes. Reminiscent of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ of course (even in the same key, F major) but much more of a feeling of distance and isolation. Very beautiful, slowly unfolding movement, very understated compared to the rest of the symphony, transparent orchestrations. Timpani rolls toward the end suggest the impending nightmare world of the last two movements.

‘March to the Scaffold’ – sinister and fatalistically triumphant at the same time. The composer is witnessing his own execution. Brass dominate. Almost comic grotesquery begins with scampering bassoons and flatulent tubas. Guillotine falls on the composer (and his beloved?) at around 6:00 – plucked strings like the sound of the head plopping into the basket!

‘Dream of a Night of the Sabbath’ – final grotesque deformation of the beloved’s theme, as though she has destroyed him and now mocks in a frenzied satanic gathering. Almost mocking the idea of love itself (!). Amazing that the music is both very descriptive (suggestive of vermin, insects, witches etc) yet compellingly abstract, with its own sense of motion and purpose. The Dies Irae and a fugal theme are stated and then combined. More crazy syncopations (7:18 and 7:57), finally rushes to an awesome crescendo. Total orchestral tour de force!

Enjoy! :)

I've heard much about this symphony but didn't really have the opportunity to try it (even though BERLIOZ is a national treasure in this country). Your post is the perfect occasion to get into it.

Thanks for this great post and for the nice presentation, as usual. :)


And now, if I may do a request, I enjoyed a lot the aria in Tytania, posted in the Orchestral Thread by Danny. So maybe, if you have time, could you post here some great arias from the classical repertoire. Arias have often something so graceful, so moving, and even frequently romantic. It's a sort of magical moment between a singer and an orchestra, bringing a lot of emotion and beauty.

Still waiting for that MP3 version xD
Where's Danny T_T

Still waiting for that MP3 version xD
Where's Danny T_T

I concur. Where is Master French?

Yeek! My ears were burning and now I know why! ;)

Apologies for the delay - it is uploading right now.

Yeek! My ears were burning and now I know why! ;)

Apologies for the delay - it is uploading right now.

:D :D :D :D

Yeek! My ears were burning and now I know why! ;)

Apologies for the delay - it is uploading right now.

It sure takes some time to upload. It must be in the same upload queue than the Sahashi scores. :p

More seriously, this is also relevant to my interests, so please post when you can. I already d-led the Youtube videos, but a better audio is welcome.

HOLST
THE PLANETS

Andre Previn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

TELARC CD-80133 (1986)



TRACK LIST


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Available in Lossless FLAC as well as 320 CBR MP3

Thread 67474

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PLEASE ENJOY !!!

HOLST
THE PLANETS




Thanks again for this= awesome. I just finished listening to it.

By the way, does anyone know anything about Gustav Holst's other works besides The Planets?
There doesn't seem to be that much out there recorded besides The Planets.
I know he has some other Choral works sung in Sanskrit I would be interested in.
I have searched around and come up with nothing.
Thanks,
~Rick

does any one have saint-saens's Carnival of the Animals?

and can anyone recommend good string quartets by Haydn? i need this for school.. haha. tnx. :D

does any one have saint-saens's Carnival of the Animals?

and can anyone recommend good string quartets by Haydn? i need this for school.. haha. tnx. :D

Carnival of Animals & Other Playful classics conducted & Narrated by Bernstein.



http://rapidshare.com/files/232391040/classic_for_children_-_bernstein.rar

Thanks again for this= awesome. I just finished listening to it.

By the way, does anyone know anything about Gustav Holst's other works besides The Planets?
There doesn't seem to be that much out there recorded besides The Planets.
I know he has some other Choral works sung in Sanskrit I would be interested in.
I have searched around and come up with nothing.
Thanks,
~Rick

Holst wasn't exactly prolific - and of his somewhat limited collection of works, sadly very few are remembered and performed today. He was something of a one-hit-wonder - his music wasn't massively popular even in his time; he was a teacher first, a conductor second, and a composer third.

Which is a great shame, because the music we do have is magnificent. The Hymn Of Jesus is absolutely gorgeous. If I can remember where I put the disc, I'll upload it later along with my Janacek post I've been promising for weeks...!!!

In case you want it without the narration:



SAINT-SAENS - ORGAN SYMPHONY, CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/255448447/Saint-Saens_-_Organ__Carnival.rar

1. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': I Adagio - Allegro moderato
2. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': Poco adagio
3. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': II Allegro moderato - Presto
4. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': Maestoso - Allegro
5. Carnaval of the Animals: Introduction and the Royal March of the Lion
6. Carnaval of the Animalsls: Hens and Cockerels
7. Carnaval of the Animals: Wild Asses
8. Carnaval of the Animals: Tortoises
9. Carnaval of the Animals: The Elephant
10. Carnaval of the Animals: Kangaroos
11. Carnaval of the Animals: Aquarium
12. Carnaval of the Animals: Personages with Long Ears
13. Carnaval of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest
14. Carnaval of the Animals: Aviary
15. Carnaval of the Animals: Pianists
16. Carnaval of the Animals: Fossils
17. Carnaval of the Animals: The Swan
18. Carnaval of the Animals: Finale


and can anyone recommend good string quartets by Haydn? i need this for school.. haha. tnx. :D
There are many fine recordings of Haydn's quartets. Which in particular are you after? The Lindsays are always superb, and the period instrument group Quatuor Mosa�ques are one of my favs. Even the Naxos bargain set by the Kodaly Quartet are very good. Let me know if you want any uploading :)

Gustav Holst: The Hymn Of Jesus
http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=hguhlyiqy0


More info coming up...

HOLST - SUITE DE BALLET
320kbps / 42MB / 4 tracks / 18:26

http://rapidshare.com/files/255464466/Holst_Suite_de_ballet.rar

This is a little gem of a suite. Very bouncy and tuneful. I used to have the cd (it came as an 'extra' with a middling performance of The Planets), but I haven't been able to find it for ages. In a moment of uncontrolable craving I bought the mp3s. So enjoy!

More Holst to come..

When you say "middling" performance... I instantly think of the old 80's Naxos recording with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony... which was coupled with... This wonderful Ballet Suite! Am I right? (I have that poxy CD - I bought it when I was 8 and I didn't know any better.)

That's the one! :) You have to take the rough with the smooth with Naxos - many of their recordings were my first and have since been 'replaced' and upgraded. I remember their Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 was particularly ropey - I could tell at the time despite this being my first exposure to the music!

Out of interest, what's your Planets of choice? On disc I have Karajan, Vernon Handley, Charles Dutoit (and said Naxos attempt), but recently I've been listening most to William Steinberg's on DG Originals. It's said to be the closest tempi-wise to Holst's own, and it has a superbly detailed recording:
http://rapidshare.com/files/168323791/Hols_Pla_Str_Zara.rar

Does anyone have this track? - The Battle On The Ice by Alexander Nevsky???

Does anyone have this track? - The Battle On The Ice by Alexander Nevsky???


PROKOFIEV - ALEXANDER NEVSKY, LIEUTENANT KIJE

http://rapidshare.com/files/210779526/Prok_Nevs_Kij_Abb_MPT.rar

Alexander Nevsky op. 78
1. I. Russia under the Mongol Yoke (03:04)
2. II. Song about Alexander Nevsky (03:32)
3. III. The Crusaders in Pskov (06:38)
4. IV. Arise, ye Russian people. (02:16)
5. V. The Battle on the Ice (12:00)
6. VI. The Field of the Dead (06:00)
7. VII. Alexander's Entry into Pskov (04:43)
Lieutenant Kij� op. 60
8. I. Kij�'s Birth (04:09)
9. II. Romance (04:08)
10. III. Kij�'s Wedding (02:36)
11. IV. Troika (02:42)
12. V. Kij�'s Burial (05:53)

Don't spose anyone has these xD

http://www.douban.com/subject/3533692/



又名: The Yellow Rive, The Butter-fly Lovers
-----------------------------^^^^^
(had to hyphonate that word, coz it's filtered?... ughh)

表演者: 孔祥东 许可 / 麦家乐 中国中央交响乐团
唱片数: 1
发行时间: 1992-7-22
版本特性: 专辑
出版者: stereophile production company
介质: CD


AND

http://www.douban.com/subject/2055693/



又名: Orchestral works on themes of Chinese folk songs by Bao Yuan-kai:Tales from Hebei

表演者: 佛羅內斯交響樂團 / 麥家樂 指揮
条型码: 4892440717626
发行时间: 1998
出版者: 香港 : 雨果製作有限公司

^^' ehehhh...

Thanks ;D

PROKOFIEV - ALEXANDER NEVSKY SUITE

http://rapidshare.com/files/210779526/Prok_Nevs_Kij_Abb_MPT.rar

Hey, is this the complete work, or is it a "Best of"? I only ask because you have the term suite in the title.

It's the cantata Prokofiev arranged from the film score. This is the usually performed version. I've edited the post to include a tracklist.

The complete score can be had here:



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1. Prelude (03:47)
2. The 13th Century (01:29)
3. Plescheyevo Lake (Song about Alexander Nevsky) (02:28)
4. Pskov in Flames (02:27)
5. "Death to the Blasphemer!" (Peregrinus expectavi) (03:16)
6. Arise, People of Russia (04:13)
7. The Teutonic Camp (Peregrinus expectavi) (02:35)
8. Nevsky's Camp: Night before the Battle (00:52)
Tracks 9-14 : "The Battle on the Ice" suite
9. April 5, 1242 (Peregrinus expectavi) (06:08)
10. Fight for Russia! (01:51)
11. Spears and Arrows (Peregrinus expectavi) (02:55)
12. The Duel with the Grand Master (01:22)
13. The Battle Is Won (03:33)
14. The Ice Breaks (01:43)
15. The Field of the Dead (05:37)
16. Pskov: Procession of the Fallen and Judgement of the Prisoners (04:10)
17. "And now let's celebrate!" (01:02)
18. Final Chorus (00:49)

In case you want it without the narration:


SAINT-SAENS - ORGAN SYMPHONY, CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/255448447/Saint-Saens_-_Organ__Carnival.rar

1. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': I Adagio - Allegro moderato
2. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': Poco adagio
3. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': II Allegro moderato - Presto
4. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor ' Organ': Maestoso - Allegro
5. Carnaval of the Animals: Introduction and the Royal March of the Lion
6. Carnaval of the Animalsls: Hens and Cockerels
7. Carnaval of the Animals: Wild Asses
8. Carnaval of the Animals: Tortoises
9. Carnaval of the Animals: The Elephant
10. Carnaval of the Animals: Kangaroos
11. Carnaval of the Animals: Aquarium
12. Carnaval of the Animals: Personages with Long Ears
13. Carnaval of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest
14. Carnaval of the Animals: Aviary
15. Carnaval of the Animals: Pianists
16. Carnaval of the Animals: Fossils
17. Carnaval of the Animals: The Swan
18. Carnaval of the Animals: Finale


Thanks a lot for your posts, mates.

Now, about this wonderful ORGAN SYMPHONY, it's quite a masterpiece I listened a lot years ago, when I had time to "explore" the vast continent of Classical Music. So powerful, so majestic... Here's some comments about it:


The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Sa�ns in 1886 at what was probably the artistic zenith of his career. It is also popularly known as the "Organ Symphony", even though it is not a true symphony for organ, but simply an orchestral symphony where two sections out of four use the pipe organ. The French title of the work is more accurate: Symphonie No. 3 "avec orgue" (with organ).

Of composing the work Saint-Sa�ns said that he had "given everything to it I was able to give." The composer seemed to know it would be his last attempt at the symphonic form, and he wrote the work almost as a type of "history" of his own career: virtuoso piano passages, brilliant orchestral writing characteristic of the Romantic period, and the sound of a cathedral-sized pipe organ. The work was dedicated to Saint-Sa�ns's friend Franz Liszt, who died that year, on July 31, 1886.

This symphony was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society in England, and the first performance was given in London on 19 May 1886, at St James' Hall, conducted by the composer. He also conducted the French premiere in January 1887.

Full article here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Saint-Sa�ns))

There are many fine recordings of Haydn's quartets. Which in particular are you after? The Lindsays are always superb, and the period instrument group Quatuor Mosa�ques are one of my favs. Even the Naxos bargain set by the Kodaly Quartet are very good. Let me know if you want any uploading :)

thanks for the Saint-Saens, to lens and 1337. much appreciated. :D

on Haydn, if you have:
op. 74, no. 3 in g-minor "Horseman"
op. 76, no. 2 in d-minor "Quinten"
op. 76, no.3 in C-major "Emperor"
op. 76, no.4 in Bflat-major "Sunrise"

I'd be pretty happy with those... do you have any more recommendations? :)

PROKOFIEV - ALEXANDER NEVSKY, LIEUTENANT KIJE

http://rapidshare.com/files/210779526/Prok_Nevs_Kij_Abb_MPT.rar

Alexander Nevsky op. 78
1. I. Russia under the Mongol Yoke (03:04)
2. II. Song about Alexander Nevsky (03:32)
3. III. The Crusaders in Pskov (06:38)
4. IV. Arise, ye Russian people. (02:16)
5. V. The Battle on the Ice (12:00)
6. VI. The Field of the Dead (06:00)
7. VII. Alexander's Entry into Pskov (04:43)
Lieutenant Kij� op. 60
8. I. Kij�'s Birth (04:09)
9. II. Romance (04:08)
10. III. Kij�'s Wedding (02:36)
11. IV. Troika (02:42)
12. V. Kij�'s Burial (05:53)

Thank You! :3

Thanks a lot guys!

I have read a little about Holst, but even when you are out trying to hunt it down at shops he's hard to find. It's always the Planets.

I have NEVER seen SUITE DE BALLET or The Hymn Of Jesus in record shops.

I wanted to point out to you that MadKalnod has posted John Williams conducting Gustav Host's The Planets over here:

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1284118&postcount=14249

John Williams conducting the Boston Pops Gustav Holst The Planets.

"Holst The Planets"
1986

THE PLANETS
Suite for Large Orchestra

1. Mars, the Bringer of War (6:45)
2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (8:19)
3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (4:11)
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (7:53)
5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (8:24)
6. Uranus, the Magician (5:55)
7. Neptune, the Mystic (8:21)

with 6-part chorus of female voices

Info
John Williams HOLST - THE PLANETS (http://mahawa.jw-music.net/compilations/popsplanets.htm)

I'm looking for material by John Corigliano. Can anyone help me out?

Particularly...his Oboe Concerto. I'm working on a few concepts for a concerto of my own. I've heard some samples of this work and would like to give it a full listen.

Any help would be wonderful!

Also...anything else that you may have would great too.

Can someonebody PLEASE re-up Brian's Symphony No.1 "Gothic"
Looking everywhere xD requested a re-up a while back, but nothing happened, so... please? ^^

Can we have a new thread �� for JUST choral music (sorry if it exists)
Just that it's hard to find, and it's AMAZING stuff (normally) such as this enchanting russian choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK5YEVMHn4

Don't spose anyone has these xD


I have Yellow River and Butt3rf1y Lovers but not those particular recordings. Any good to you? :)

Lens: I haven't heard Steinberg's Planets for years - I think I used to have it on LP but it vanished years ago. I remember it being a little frenetic...

I have a certain fondness for Holst's own recordings (with a certain preference for the 1923) but I find the tempo to be too quick - I take the assertion that "it's what Holst wanted!" with a pinch of salt, because in the twenties it was routine practice to hit the fast-forward button in an effort to fit a given piece onto one or two sides of a 78rpm disc (3-4 minutes per side) so it's obvious that Holst was being hurried. Oddly enough, his later 1926 recording was much faster. The 1923 acoustic performance was certainly brisk, but the 1926 just sounds hurried. The first recording - for all its flaws, inevitably poor quality sound, and vastly reduced orchestra - seems to reach me the most. That violin portamento... Those were the days... :)

Naxos' second attempt with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is pretty good.

Boult's wartime recording (January 1945) is absolutely ravishing. If you can get past the sound quality (which is actually not bad on Pristine Audio's remaster) I always found this to be my overall favourite. The performance is absolutely spotless and the sense of atmosphere is tangible to say the least - the thought of the orchestra, exiled to Bedford, recording the relentless war-march of Mars, and the overwhelming joy and patriotism of Jupiter - it's truly astonishing.

Can someonebody PLEASE re-up Brian's Symphony No.1 "Gothic"
Looking everywhere xD requested a re-up a while back, but nothing happened, so... please? ^^

Can we have a new thread �� for JUST choral music (sorry if it exists)
Just that it's hard to find, and it's AMAZING stuff (normally) such as this enchanting russian choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK5YEVMHn4

LUCIDOLPH IT IS HERE! IN FLAC!
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1254627&postcount=400

Boult's wartime recording (January 1945) is absolutely ravishing. If you can get past the sound quality (which is actually not bad on Pristine Audio's remaster) I always found this to be my overall favourite. The performance is absolutely spotless and the sense of atmosphere is tangible to say the least - the thought of the orchestra, exiled to Bedford, recording the relentless war-march of Mars, and the overwhelming joy and patriotism of Jupiter - it's truly astonishing.

Obviously you're much more of a connoisseur of this piece than myself. I regret to say it's one of those works I take for granted somewhat - even though I rank it as the highest of masterpieces (isn't this always the way..). I'd love to hear any of Boult's recordings - thanks for the tip! For me, it's a piece best appreciated at a live concert, with all the intention and imperfection that goes along with that.

Do you know, I haven't heard Holst's own!!! Soon enough...

I hear you on the portamento btw :)

Can anyone help me find this soundtrack? Its an amazing classical track! http://www.amazon.com/Chorus-Whales-Various-Artists/dp/B000000KC9/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpt