Shameless crosspost from the Orchestral thread; since this is a piece of classical music by a composer better known for film, it belongs in both threads...

OK, Wengenmayr #2 will have to wait! Months and months ago (around the time Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood's first OST was released) I promised this and it entirely slipped my mind. Here is one for fans of Akira Senju, who doesn't just write music film and television - he's equally at home in the concert hall, as this magnificent symphony for soprano, tenor, and orchestra, proves:




AKIRA SENJU
Symphony Of Psalms - The Tale Of Genji (Shihen Kokyokyoku Genji Monogatari)
Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist)
Sara Kobayashi (soprano)
Kunpei Matsumoto (tenor)
The Kyoto Symphony Orchestra (leader: Naohisa Miyama)
Naoto Ohtomo (conductor)



http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1P5AU8HK/AS-TTOG.rar

MY RIP - LAME 3.98 -V0 - Sorry, no scans - my scanner is banjaxed. All the salient information from the booklet is here. Very little of it is in English, at any rate.

This symphony is a sensitive adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's insanely well known 11th century masterpiece "Genji Monogatari". It's been translated into just about every language known to humankind, it's been several films, an anime, and even an opera by Miki Minoru in 1999. Here, Akira Senju takes a shot at this venerable tale and what a shot it is.

[More gushing here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1432825&postcount=4451]

Enjoy!

I have American Journey and Five Sacred Trees. If you don't mind posting the rest then that would be great! Otherwise if I had to pick just a few I would like Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams, Duo Concertante, Essay for Strings and Trumpet Concerto. Thanks a bunch! I might have Treesong for you. I'll have to check when I get home. I should have it up by tomorrow!

John Williams
Essay For Strings - Trumpet Concerto (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/352859386/Essay_For_Strings_-_Trumpet_Concerto.zip






John Williams
Sinfonietta For Wind Ensemble (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/352874048/Sinfonietta_For_Wind_Ensemble.zip






John Williams
Violin Concerto - Flute Concerto (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/353475393/Violin_Concerto_-_Flute_Concerto.zip






John Williams
Tuba Concerto (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/224884193/John_Williams_-_Tuba_Concerto.zip






John Williams
Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music Of John Williams (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/353514414/Yo-Yo_Ma_Plays_The_Music_Of_John_Williams.zip






John Williams
Duos For Violin And Viola (320k)
http://rapidshare.com/files/354390232/Duo_Concertante__Duos_For_Violin_And_Viola_.zip

It�s time to put your friend right! Only someone who doesn�t like classical music would have that sort of attitude (in which case, you�re really limiting yourself in terms of who�s �known�). Play him something form this thread to win him over! ;)
Nevertheless I�ll keep an eye out.
Well, he doesn't, but I'm hoping that after converting him to the mainstream classical, I could introduce him to other stuff...
Thanks in advance :)

On my previous post i finished to add as requested, some of John Williams concert works.
I normally don't upload the artwork of the albums on my posts, but in this case you can read the notes of these (and more John Williams albums too), if you go to this site:
http://www.mahawa.jw-music.net/classical.htm

Thanks very much Sanico! I apologize for not having the album Treesong up yet. I do have it on my pc back home, but I haven't been home since last week. I will have it up by thursday or friday.

Anybody have disc 33 of the Hyperion Schubert Edition?

I have a treat for you all. I know that I for one was not familiar with the work of Ernest John Moeran until very recently, but his music is so lively, rich, and infused with the folk music of his Irish roots that I've come to absolutely adore his work. I'm hoping to introduce some of you to him as well, through the same pieces that made me love him � his string quartet and trio:



Composer: Moeran, Ernest John
Ensemble: Maggini Quartet
Recording: 1997
Quality: 256kbps iTunes AAC

String Quartet in E flat major
1. I. Allegro moderato ma ben animato 00:08:20
2. II. Lento. Vivace. Allegretto. Andante. Allegro vivace 00:09:31

String Quartet in A minor
3. I. Allegro. Lento. Tempo primo 00:08:16
4. II. Andante con moto 00:05:28
5. III. Rondo: Allegro vivace 00:06:38

String Trio in G major
6. I. Allegretto giovale 00:07:41
7. II. Adagio 00:05:10
8. III. Molto vivace: Lento sostenuto 00:03:12
9. IV. Andante grazioso: Presto 00:05:04

LINK: http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.com/files/357186420/Moeran_Strings.zip.html

Enjoy! :)

thank you

Thanks Mathazzar! Delectable!

Thanks also to Tango for Senju, and to Sanico for the epic Williams post :)


Treesong:
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/a2x045bb4
(courtesy of Porko_Rosso)

Thanks mathazzar. I will check it out. Never heard of the composer.

Hey folks :D

I'm looking for only one track.....it's the first track on the 2002 remastered gold edition of the Amadeus soundtrack.

it's listed as:

W.A. Mozart: Zaide, Aria: Ruhe Sanft


every link i've found so far, this track is corrupt.....

thanks :)

Hey folks :D

I'm looking for only one track.....it's the first track on the 2002 remastered gold edition of the Amadeus soundtrack.

it's listed as:

W.A. Mozart: Zaide, Aria: Ruhe Sanft


every link i've found so far, this track is corrupt.....

thanks :)


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LND6SBCW

And enjoy. You can worship and praise me later. I feel like a sick pig at the moment, and do not wish to puke over my adoring subjects. :)

Hey does anyone have anymore Maslanka, I recently Heard his Symphony No.4 (I was speechless it was so powerful) and i wanted more, so if anyone has any of other symphonies, concertos whatever, please please upload

It's time for some...


GAVRILL MOTHERFUCKING POPOV



http://rapidshare.com/files/359162923/popov.rar

A little history:

Gavrill Popov was a ninja from the far east who often dabbled in composing. He conceived of this symphony during the physical act of love, then wrote it by carving the notes into the Berlin Wall (which later crumbled.) After it was first performed Stalin banned this symphony from ever being played again, so one night as Stalin slept, Popov broke into his bedroom and banned him from ever breathing again. The symphony later went on to become the national anthem for the whole universe.

Also included is an early peace by some dude named Shostakovich.

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And enjoy. You can worship and praise me later. I feel like a sick pig at the moment, and do not wish to puke over my adoring subjects. :)

thank you :)

and that vomit thing....um...yeah....i'll send my minions over to praise you :)

I had this on a tattered cassette years ago and loved it. It is a lovely six-part work Including the beautiful "The Moldau" as well as "The High Castle" and "From Bohemia's Woods and Fields" among others. Any help with a nicely recorded rendition would be appreciated. Cheers!

I love Ma Vlast, and have a recording of it, but it's not a very good rip. I can dig around and find the CD to re-rip it if no one else has it, but I'm sure other people have it.


@ohwiseone: There are two maslanka symphonies (8 and I can't remember which other) as well as a couple other works of his in the orchestral thread, maybe a couple months ago.

Streich, are you feeling all right, mate...?

You have no idea how long I waited for this CD. Let's just say amazon.com lies about what they have in stock, but they're perfectly willing to take your money and keep extending the shipment date for months at a time.

Hey. First time requesting anything in this thread. I've got some 2009 Grammy winners (http://wsclblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/classical-grammy-awards-2009.html) I'm really interested in giving a listen, especially one in particular (Bernstein: Mass), but I can't seem to locate any of 'em. Was hoping if anybody here had a copy or can repost a link from elsewhere.

1)


2) Sharon Isbin: Journey to the New World


3) Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe" - Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus; James Levine, cond.


4) London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto; Marin Alsop, cond.

Streich, are you feeling all right, mate...?

I must say, I find his sudden turn for the awesome quite hilarious.

Does anyone happen to have the complete version of Rossini's Barber of Seville opera?
I've heard bits and pieces of it over the years (mostly from cartoons) and would love
to hear the entire thing. Many thanks in advance!

PS: Thank you Mithrandir_1977 for posting Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart. I am looking forward to hearing it!

I happened upon this while trolling through the Netherworld & thought it would nice to share with all...enjoy!

G.F.Handel-Chamber Music (Violin Flute Recorder)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KU95K4QE
or
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LMD860VB

Franz Liszt
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no. 1 in E flat major
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no. 2 in A major
Totentanz

Krystian Zimerman, Piano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
320Kbps

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LB6SZ8DL
http://rapidshare.com/files/364641578/Liszt_-_Piano_Concertos.zip



Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro

The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Figaro – Bryn Terfel
Susanna – Alison Hagley
Il Conte di Almaviva – Rodney Gilfry
La Contessa di Almaviva – Hillevi Martinpelto
Cherubino – Pamela Helen Stephen
Marcellina – Susan McCulloch
Bartolo – Carlos Feller
Basilio/Don Curzio – Francis Egerton
Antonio – Julian Clarkson
Barbarina – Constanze Backes
Due Contadine – Lucinda Houghton, Sarah Connolly
320Kbps

Disc 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N7MLKTJZ
http://rapidshare.com/files/364661855/Le_nozze_di_Figaro_Disc_1.zip
Disc 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ANWMUSQ
http://rapidshare.com/files/364689583/Le_nozze_di_Figaro_Disc_2.zip
Disc 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JRDAI73I
http://rapidshare.com/files/364692246/Le_nozze_di_Figaro_Disc_3.zip



Mozart
Don Giovanni

The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Don Giovanni – Rodney Gilfry
Il Commendatore – Andrea Silvestrelli
Donna Anna – Luba Orgonasova
Don Ottavio – Christoph Pregardien
Donna Elvira – Charlotte Margiono
Leporello – Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Masetto – Julian Clarkson
Zerlina – Eirian James
320Kbps

Disc 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0QIYTYTI
http://rapidshare.com/files/364696099/Don_Giovanni_disc_1.zip
Disc 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7IUQ6BI7
http://rapidshare.com/files/364699704/Don_Giovanni_disc_2.zip
Disc 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MMW7QDG4
http://rapidshare.com/files/364703529/Don_Giovanni_disc_3.zip

dspani - Wonderful! Are they trio sonatas and such? Chamber music is always my blindspot with baroque. Look forward to listening :)

Mithrandir_1977 - Fab! I can vouch for the sumptuousness of the Liszt concertos in this recording - it's one of my favourite cds. If anyone thinks they haven't clicked with this composer, I highly recommend giving this a try!

do you have Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant) by Franz von Supp�. I really want to hear it

Hello. I am looking for the symphony in E flat of Hindemith

thank you

Guys, these are great stuff!
Rene Leibowitz
http://lolyesyoudo.blogspot.com/2009/09/mussorgsky-power-of-orchestra.html

http://lolyesyoudo.blogspot.com/2009/08/leibowitz-chamber-music.html






In addition, be certain to check all the music blogs for intersting material!

http://pqpbach.opensadorselvagem.org/

http://orchestralworks.blogspot.com/

http://fanfareforcopland.blogspot.com/

http://downloadstationfree.blogspot.com/search/label/Classical%20Music

http://problembearspantheon.blogspot.com/

http://jorgewic-silencio.blogspot.com/

http://maisumadofalsario.blogspot.com/

http://yourtrack.blogspot.com/search/label/Classical

http://ilcantosospeso.blogspot.com/

http://kammermusikkammer.blogspot.com/

http://boxset.ru/

http://archivosclasicos.blogspot.com/

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/

http://ladiscotecaclasica.blogspot.com/

http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/

http://when-the-musics-over.blogspot.com/

http://carlosb1975.blogspot.com/

http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/

http://sictransitoperamundi.blogspot.com/

http://guiaclasica.blogspot.com/

http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/

http://classicalcollections.blogspot.com/

http://classic4everyone.blogspot.com/

http://libroslibresmusicalibre.blogspot.com/

http://ipromesisposi.blogspot.com/

http://blackbirdgsus.blogspot.com/

http://barocco-music.blogspot.com/

http://todomahler.blogspot.com/

http://elrestoesruido.blogspot.com/

http://soloboulez.blogspot.com/

http://raffnation.blogspot.com/

http://fauteuildoreille.blogspot.com/

http://uncle-osvalds-music.blogspot.com/

http://passacaille.blogspot.com/

http://lapeaudouce.blogspot.com/

http://classicmusic.wordpress.com/

http://bestiariomusical.blogspot.com/

http://eltotoblog.blogspot.com/

http://thephase4stereo.blogspot.com/

http://sitecitizenk.blogspot.com/

http://histoiresoldat.blogspot.com/

http://sonido-clasico.blogspot.com/

http://lolyesyoudo.blogspot.com/

http://bachradio.blogspot.com/

http://aliomodo.blogspot.com/

http://juliosbv.blogspot.com/

http://rareclassicalvinyl.blogspot.com/

http://fauteuildoreille.blogspot.com/

http://ottosbaroquemusick-bachradio.blogspot.com/

hello, I would greatly appreciately if anybody can upload a sample of the work sang by the soprano, Inva Mula. She had a real awesome voice when she sang for the Fifth Element, but I wanted to hear her in the classical music setting. Thank you in advance!

I've read that Ilan Eshkeri used a lot of classical music in his score for "The Young Victoria". One of the tracks (08 - Lord Melbourne) sounds quite familiar to me and I wonder if he created it himself or used some classical music. If you know what it is or classical music that sounds similiar, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

http://www.zshare.net/download/746822445fbc67e4/

Great CDs!

http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1716
http://avaxhome.ws/music/mussorgsky_mfsl.html


http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1371
http://avaxhome.ws/music/prokofiev_ivan_the_terrible_mfsl.html


http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/2854
http://avaxhome.ws/music/gershvin_slatkin_american_catfish_promenade_rhapso dy_cuban_mfsl.html

Wonderful thread! Thank you so much! classical music is so awesome :)

My recommendations - Great material!

http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/claudio-abbado-conducts-mussorgsky.html

http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/mussorgsky-excerpts-from-khovanshchina.html

http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/2010/04/rca-living-stereo-hi-fi-fiedler-arthur.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/08/reinhold-gliere-symphony-no-2.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/08/reinhold-gliere-symphony-no-1.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/07/george-enescu-symphony-no-3.html

http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/2010/02/rca-living-stereo-fritz-reiner-chicago.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/06/george-enescu-symphony-no-2.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/05/cesar-franck-symphony-symphonic.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/04/carl-nielsen-orchestral-works.html


http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/2009/09/rca-living-stereo-fritz-reiner-chicago.html

http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/2009/08/rca-living-stereo-fritz-reiner-chicago.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/03/claude-debussy-engulfed-cathedral.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/03/mikhail-mikhaylovich-ippolitov-ivanov.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/03/claude-debussy-night-in-granada.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/02/mikhail-glinka-life-for-tsar.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/01/ferruccio-busoni-orchestral-works.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/01/ernesto-lecuona-complete-piano-music.html

http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2008/11/sergei-prokofiev-romeo-juliet-three.html

I find your lack of Vaughan Williams disturbing, Classical by Request thread.



http://rapidshare.com/files/257827701/symphonies6_8.rar

Ripped it myself, so let me know if there are errors since it was a rush job.

any chance of getting a re-up on this? I would be extremely grateful.

any chance of getting a re-up on this? I would be extremely grateful.

Well it's mp3 256Kbps quality, but still good quality...
http://classic4everyone.blogspot.com/2009/06/vaughan-hickox-symphonies-6-8.html





Also recommended!
http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2008/10/next-post-sir-granville-bantok-omar.html


http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=CHAN%2010570
http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Elgar_Shearer_Philharmonic_Davis__The_Crown_Of_Ind ia_2009_flac.html



These CDs are sick, dudes!
http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1282
http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/ravel_bolero_mfslsacd.html


http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/2214
http://avaxhome.ws/music/audiophile/mfsl/holst_the_planets_mfsl.html

I was looking for the 3rd. Orchestral Suite by Tchaikovsky. I know there is one recording done along with Francesca da Ramini, but I don't know if it is the one with best quality. Anyway, if anyone has any recording, I would really appreciate.

I was looking for the 3rd. Orchestral Suite by Tchaikovsky. I know there is one recording done along with Francesca da Ramini, but I don't know if it is the one with best quality. Anyway, if anyone has any recording, I would really appreciate.


If you mean this one, then I can assure you that Chandos has ace audio-quality! Not to mention Neeme Jarvi as conductor!
http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/07/pyotr-tchaikovsky-complete-suites.html

Booklet available here
http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=CHAN%209676M

Great material!


http://avaxhome.ws/music/audiophile/eiji_oue_minnesota_orchestra_exotic_dances_from_th e_opera.html



http://bachradio.blogspot.com/2009/12/smetana-bartered-bride-from-my-life.html
http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/smetana-bartered-from-my-life.html




http://bachradio.blogspot.com/2009/09/elgar-symphony-1-enigma-variations-sir.html



http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OqJPXji3FVs/SXJBaSUoUJI/AAAAAAAAAL4/lnlEGvE6BfY/s1600-h/Golovanov+Melodiya+Pictures+front+cover.JPG
http://nealshistoricalcorner.blogspot.com/2009/01/nikolai-golovanov-mussorgsky-pictures.html



http://classic4everyone.blogspot.com/2010/05/stokowski-spectacular.html




http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/tchaikovsky-symphony-no-2-romeo-juliet.html]




http://bachradio.blogspot.com/2009/11/sa-chen-rachmaninov-6-etudes-tableaux.html

Shameless cross post from orchestral thread. This thread badly needs a bump.

Sibelius Theatre Music
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Includes Pelleas and Melisandre; Belshazzar's Feast; and The Tempest Suite
|MP3 VBR V0|Converted from Lossless|

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/395368343/Sib-TM.rar)
PSW: smile

It just so happened, in a discussion of The Last Airbender, someone said "well I can't enjoy this as much because I've been listening to Sibelius lately" and of course I thought "hmm I haven't heard any Sibelius" so the best thing to do was go find some and listen! And what a fantastic listen this is!

I have to admit, despite all the praise given for Shostakovich, I find most of his music terribly difficult to enjoy because it is so complex it lacks the simple melodies I enjoy and the music doesn't really grab me (at least not yet). But this is an instantly beautiful set of music that everyone should check out even if you think you won't like Classical if you enjoy the orchestral pieces posted here.

Seriously Sibelius
|MP3 VBR V-0|Converted from Lossless|

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/395374082/SerSib.rar)
PSW: smile

Comments may come later

Shostakovich Edition
MP3 VBR V0|Total size 2.8GB|27 Discs|

View Thread (Thread 76498)

Luigi Boccherini
Pepe Romero and Academy of St. Martin in the Field Chamber Orchestra
Quintets for Guitar and String (disc 1)
The Guitar Quintets Including 'La Ritirata Di Madrid' and 'Fandango'(Disc 2)
|MP3|VBR V0|Converted from Lossless|

Download Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/395427770/Bocc-GuQt.part1.rar)
Download Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/395431051/Bocc-GuQt.part2.rar)
PSW: smile

Marisa Robles, Iona Brown, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Featuring Handel Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6
Boieldieu Harp Concerto In 3 Tempi
Dittersdorf Harp Concerto
Mozart Theme, Variations and Rondo Pastorale
Handel Variations for Harp
Beethoven - Six variations on a Swiss Song
|MP3 VBR V-0|Converted from Lossless|
|Harp|Relaxing|Peaceful|

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/395657420/HpCncts.rar)
PSW: smile

This is a fantastic collection of works, the highlight of which is the Boieldieu and Dittersdorf. Both pieces exude such relaxation and beauty that they take your breath away. The Dittersdorf piece is taken from an unfinished harpsichord concerto.

Marisa Robles, Iona Brown, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Featuring Handel Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6
Boieldieu Harp Concerto In 3 Tempi
Dittersdorf Harp Concerto
Mozart Theme, Variations and Rondo Pastorale
Handel Variations for Harp
Beethoven - Six variations on a Swiss Song
|MP3 VBR V-0|Converted from Lossless|
|Harp|Relaxing|Peaceful|


Thank you for posting this, Sirusjr!
I have been looking for a good harp cd for a while now.
Thanks again!

There is some really great stuff in this (http://classicalheaven.ucoz.ru/load/hyperion_collection/romantic_piano_concertos/244) series. You'll have to set up an account, if you don't have one already, to view the collection.

I normally wouldn't just post links to other's uploads but I actually contributed Vol. 49. Enjoy.

EDIT - Here (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/find.asp?f=romantic+piano+concertos) is the series that you can access through the link above, in case you want to see what it's all about before registering at the site.

Thanks for the Harp Concertos Sirusjir :)

Here is Volume 49 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67750&f=romantic piano concertos) in the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos series in FLAC. If you are interested in the rest of the series, check the link in my post above.

http://rapidshare.com/files/396454290/RPC49.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/396455862/RPC49.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/396457048/RPC49.part3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/396457173/RPC49.part4.rar.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JPDBRS4A
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P0TUZA50
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WMQALLKE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MYE2TU6G

Here is Volume 49 (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67750&f=romantic piano concertos) in the Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos series in FLAC. If you are interested in the rest of the series, check the link in my post above.


Those Hyperion discs are W*O*N*D*E*R*F*U*L. Obscure, little-known music as well as the classics. I discovered Parry and Stanford's concerti thanks to Hyperion.

Great stuff. :)

Any chance for an mp3 Version of Volume 49?
Thanks in advance :)

Here ya go.

http://rapidshare.com/files/397118849/RPC49.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/397119683/RPC49.part2.rar.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y3X4IUQ7
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1UOGUMRW

yeah thanks Mithrandir :)

I'm looking for Saint-Sa�ns Op. 124, Fantaisie for violin and harp.

No. 1 - GET THIS TOO!!
http://rapidshare.com/files/244271872/hanson1.rar - The complete Hanson symphonies and some orchestral works
http://rapidshare.com/files/244314962/hanson2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/244362261/hanson3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/244341687/hanson4.rar

I have downloaded the Hanson symphonies and I enjoyed very much :)
Thank you, streichorchester!

Great CDs


http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Mahler_Symphony_No_3_Chailly.html




http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/contemporary/leonard_bernstein_-_candide_suite_etc_-_reference_recordings.html




http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Bach_Glinka_Mussorgsky_Evgeny_Kissin.html




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NICE POST

There is some really great stuff in this (http://classicalheaven.ucoz.ru/load/hyperion_collection/romantic_piano_concertos/244) series. You'll have to set up an account, if you don't have one already, to view the collection.

I normally wouldn't just post links to other's uploads but I actually contributed Vol. 49. Enjoy.

EDIT - Here (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/find.asp?f=romantic+piano+concertos) is the series that you can access through the link above, in case you want to see what it's all about before registering at the site.


Hi !
Thanks a lot for the link! I'm fairly new to classical music. Can you guys give me some advice, what works I definitely should have listened to? Advice like: "You have to listen to the Symphonies by Beethoven, the Preludes by Debussy and Schubert's Winterreise!" :)

Hi !
Thanks a lot for the link! I'm fairly new to classical music. Can you guys give me some advice, what works I definitely should have listened to? Advice like: "You have to listen to the Symphonies by Beethoven, the Preludes by Debussy and Schubert's Winterreise!" :)

Do you have a few examples of things you have heard and liked? That makes it alot easier to recommend stuff.

I'd say prokofiev symphonies are a must because they are pretty accessible.

Do you have a few examples of things you have heard and liked? That makes it alot easier to recommend stuff.

The Symphonies of Beethoven, the preludes of Debussy and Schubert's Winterreise are examples of works I enjoy. Other examples are Carmina Burana, Glassworks (Philip Glass), the piano works of Chopin and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
So for example, what are the best works (to listen to for a start, or simply because of their ingenuity) of Vivaldi, Bach, Haendel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Bruckner, Mahler, Schoenberg, Prokoviev, Bartok, Stravinsky and other great composers I didn't mention ? :)

The Symphonies of Beethoven, the preludes of Debussy and Schubert's Winterreise are examples of works I enjoy. Other examples are Carmina Burana, Glassworks (Philip Glass), the piano works of Chopin and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
So for example, what are the best works (to listen to for a start, or simply because of their ingenuity) of Vivaldi, Bach, Haendel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Bruckner, Mahler, Schoenberg, Prokoviev, Bartok, Stravinsky and other great composers I didn't mention ? :)

You might find Berlioz's Symphonie Fantasique to be to your liking, But if you enjoy big Pieces Mahler 8th and 2nd, as well as Schoenberg Gurre-Lieder, Which is for Massive Choir And Orchestra, and one of my favorite Symphonies Of all time Tchaikovsky 4th
(If you want any let me know and I will upload them, I am kinda of a crazy Recording Nazi, so i tend to always Get the best recordings, so what your getting is gonna be as close to perfect as can be)

I'd love to check out the Gurre-Lieder.

Full album art and ID3 Tag's (MP3 Only)
Schoenberg-GurreLieder-Kegel.zip - 197.18MB (http://www.zshare.net/download/77443504749c5622/)

This Piece was written and orchestrated for a HUGE Orchestra. (For Example Its written for 10 Horns, 6 Trumpets as well as a Bass Trumpet, 4 Tenor Trombones, An Alto Trombone, Countrabass Trombone, and a Single Bass Trombone, 4 harps as well as a Narrator, Choir's (Multiple) and Soloists)

Its an amazing Work, and I just discovered it a couple of weeks ago, Hope you Enjoy it

You might find Berlioz's Symphonie Fantasique to be to your liking, But if you enjoy big Pieces Mahler 8th and 2nd, as well as Schoenberg Gurre-Lieder, Which is for Massive Choir And Orchestra, and one of my favorite Symphonies Of all time Tchaikovsky 4th
(If you want any let me know and I will upload them, I am kinda of a crazy Recording Nazi, so i tend to always Get the best recordings, so what your getting is gonna be as close to perfect as can be)

Thanks for the Gurre-Lieder! I like them a lot :) Could you please upload Tchaikovsky's 4th? I found Berlioz in this topic and Mahler by google. Any other recommendations are very welcome :)

Thanks, ohwiseone.

Here is another recommendation.

Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade



http://www.multiupload.com/HUHWJY9OFS

and these are da hotness!!!



http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/glazunov-orchestral-works.html




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Does anybody have more Arvo P�rt works, besides the one that are already published in the thread? Thanks in advance :D

Perhaps someone has the 2-disc CROWN OF INDIA on CHANDOS (not in flac)?

Finally found Kabalevsky's Requiem for those interested. Also included is his Symphony No. 4



http://rapidshare.com/files/403151790/Kabalevsky_-_Requiem_-_Symphony_No._4.rar.html

Perhaps someone has the 2-disc CROWN OF INDIA on CHANDOS (not in flac)?


I have the album, but what's the problem with flac?
There are various converters to convert the flac into mp3.
http://avaxhome.ws/software/Easy.CD.DA.Extractor.2010.v2010.1.Ultimate.Portabl e.html

http://avaxhome.ws/software/software_type/multimedia/Rippers/Easy.CD-DA.Extractor.2010.Ultimate.v2010.1.0.0.html

Benjamin Britten conducts Britten Volume 4 Discs 1 and 2
Orchestral|Classical|Dark
MP3 VBR V-0
Disc 1 - Concerto for Piano Op. 13; Concerto for Violin Op. 15
English Chamber Orchestra - Sviatoslav Richter (Piano), Mark Lubotsky (Violin)
Disc 2 - Cello Symphony Op. 68 (English Chamber Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello));
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20 (New Philharmonic Orchestra);
Cantata Misericordium (London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)


Download Disc 1 (http://www.multiupload.com/GQCK62LXOA)
Download Disc 2 (http://www.multiupload.com/UD7LH17JPS)
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Despite all the hype surrounding many modern composers, I have found some to be far too much for me to digest (shostakovich and stravinsky in particular) while enjoying the works of others (Prokofiev, Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, etc) so I found this box set [which I will post more from later] and wasn't sure what to expect.

My first reaction to the piano concerto was that it was something different than I usually listen to but despite that, I was entranced and intrigued by the emotions it created within me. I kept listening and found the entirety of the first two discs of this set to be powerful while at the same time deeply sad and tragic.

I hope you will listen to this and see for yourself if it brings you the same feelings. I am listening to the rest of the discs before posting them and may even buy this set if they are as powerful as the first two. I also want to bring special attention to the final piece from disc 2, Cantata Misericordium, which is a powerfully moving choral piece.

How is Shostakovich hard to digest? Stravinsky I can understand, but so many of Shostakovich's symphonies are accessible that by the time you reach No. 12 you're sure you've heard it before. Maybe that's why I don't like Nos. 13-15 so much. Love No. 12 though.

Britten, on the other hand, his Sinfonia de Requiem is so awesome that James Horner used it in his film score to Troy along with Shostakovich's victory theme from the Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 :o

edit: one of your links is broke

Oops i forgot to copy the first link, thanks for catching that.

I also posted this in the orchestral thread, but obviously it fits here as well :)


AARON COPLAND
Symphony No. 3; Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
E. Power Biggs, organ
The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

LAME 3.98r -v0|108 MB




As a newcomer to these works myself, I'm not going to pretend I'm an expert. Of course, I'm familiar with Copland's Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare for the Common Man, and Lincoln Portrait. His name is synonymous with the "American" sound in concert music, so pervasive is his influence. I've been looking to find more of Copland's work, and when I stumbled across this CD -- both with Leonard Bernstein conducting and the intriguing "Symphony for Organ & Orchestra" -- I knew it would be too good to pass up.

From the liner notes:

Symphony No. 3 -- "It is a forty-minute work of epic proportions in which the composer quite evidently set about to consolidate all of his musical discoveries. Latin and North American folk and popularist sources without resort to direct thematic quotation. At the same time, the composer's predilection for the musical abstract is substantially present in the work. And Copland's typically tight-structured approach to musical form broadens out onto an uncharacteristically expansive symphonic canvas. The latter effect derived in part from the composer's perennial fascination with much of Mahler's work and, perhaps, as has been noted by other critics, by a more disciplined extension of a direction suggested by the ambitious symphonies of Shostakovich. Finally, the essentially optimistic, mass-addressed, outgoing gesture of much of the work is pointedly symbolized by Copland's use of his own Fanfare for the Common Man as a substantive thematic element and final peroration in the last movement."

Symphony for Organ & Orchestra -- " 'Ladies and gentlemen, I am sure you will agree that if such a gifted young man can write a symphony like this at twenty-three, within five years he will be ready to commit murder!' It was January 11, 1925, and [conductor Walter] Damrosch had just led the first performance at Aeolian Hall, New York City. The Stravinsky- and French-influenced score was bold, brash and ambitious, and Damrosch's humorously intended remark had been a way of, as Copland put it, 'smoothing the ruffled feathers of his conservative Sunday afternoon ladies.' [...] The piece gained instant notoriety for Copland as a dissonant modernist and, following a Chicago performance, a local critic offered this colorful precis: 'It begins with a reverie, breaks into a squalling scherzo and ends screaming like a bewildered banshee which by some twist of locale has found itself at the Wailing Wall." On a side note, a few years later, Copland rescored this piece without the organ and retitled it "Symphony No. 1."

Both of these can be a little demanding of the listener, but if they seem inaccessible in their entirety, the fourth movement of the Third Symphony and the scherzo of the Organ Symphony are probably easiest to digest. But I would suggest listening to the whole disc, especially to the Organ Symphony.

Enjoy. :)

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Does anyone have Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe (complete) by the Boston Symphony orchestra with James Levine?

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=215982

Does anyone have Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe (complete) by the Boston Symphony orchestra with James Levine?

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=215982


I've had a 3-track version of Daphnis et Chloe on a CD of BSO/Seiji Ozawa for quite a while, and was actually not aware that the work was so much larger than the version I had...

I second this request!

I have these recordings if they would interest you instead:

http://www.amazon.com/Daphnis-Chole-Ravel/dp/B000004269
http://www.amazon.com/Daphnis-Chloe-Ravel/dp/B0000041OK

Why thank you - Hard to pick between these two so I'll take both!

Do you have the Havergal Brian Symphonies No. 5, or 7-10, 31?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brian-Symphonies-Nos-31-Havergal/dp/B00006YX75/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1278261494&sr=8-8

The Symphony No. 5, I only heard on the radio once but know its got to be out there.

Yep, I downloaded that one from somewhere, have it as large ape files split across like 8 rars. I forget where I got it, possibly avaxhome.

Here's Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe and Debussy's Khamma

http://rapidshare.com/files/404924661/Ravel_-_Daphnis_et_Chloe__Debussy_-_Khamma.rar.html

Here's Havergal Brian's Symphonies Nos. 7, 8, 9, 31:

http://rapidshare.com/files/404962087/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc-CD1.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404965356/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc-CD1.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404982740/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc-CD1.part3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404969041/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc-CD1.part4.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404972776/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc_CD2.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404977678/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc_CD2.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404978930/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc_CD2.part3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/404980277/HB-Sym_7-31-8-9_ldc_CD2.part4.rar.html

Does anychap have Aaron Copeland's 'Rodeo?'

Does anychap have Aaron Copeland's 'Rodeo?'

Posted here in the Big Orchestral thread :)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1413445&postcount=4246

Awesome, thanks!!

Hi guys!

I'm hoping someone can help me find a good recording (audio and performance quality) of Delius' Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody. Recently heard it performed by the Berlin Phil and enjoyed the work thoroughly; hadn't heard of it before.

Thanks! :)

No music, just an announcement today, folks.

Sir Charlies Mackerras has died of cancer at the age of 84. A great man who began his outstanding sixty year career conducting in 1948 at Sadler's Wells.

I saw him live at The Proms last year; one year ago almost to the day, I wrote in this very thread "He's in stunning shape for a man of 85 [sic] - his conducting is a litle less energetic than I've seen, and he occasionally perched on a small chair on the podium during quieter moments - but he never flinched. A truly amazing man."

The performance on that occasion underwhelmed me, but that is by the by; yesterday we lost one of the greatest musicians of our time. Today, my tie shall be black - nor just for Sir Charles but for the classical music community in general.

RIP Sir Charles Mackerras, 1925-2010

I posted this somewhere else but it belongs here too.


Manuel De Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat & El Amor Brujo


VBR MP3
http://www.multiupload.com/S81AAFDXSX

RIP Sir Charles Mackerras, 1925-2010


RIP to Sir Charles Mackerras...
He was due to conduct Proms 12 and 17
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/2507.shtml#prom12
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/2907.shtml#prom17





BBC Proms 2010 start tomorrow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/whatson/

Tango, the tribute is much appreciated. Very sad news indeed - and yet, a full life, well-lived!

Sir Charles has been a gently guiding hand to me in discovering and enjoying classical music for as long as I've been aware of it. His recordings of Mozart, Schubert, Dvorak and Janacek, to name a few, are to be savoured. I've also had the pleasure of seeing him direct the Liverpool Phil on several occasions; they had a great rapport. His fresh, direct, unfussy approach seemed to produce wonderful results in almost any repertoire.

With this, and the passing of Vernon Handley in 08, it feels like we're approaching the end of an era in British music making.

RIP

With this, and the passing of Vernon Handley in 08, it feels like we're approaching the end of an era in British music making.

RIP

And Richard Hickox... :/

Yes, Hickox was so young. Colin Davis will have to keep going strong!

If my router will only indulge me, I'll have some Mackerras up for everyone to enjoy at the weekend.

Does anyone have Kalinnikov's Symphony No. 1 and 2 (preferably by Jarvi)?

Glazunov - Symphonies (http://www.amazon.com/Glazunov-The-Complete-Symphonies/dp/B0023RUW10/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1279319848&sr=8-5)


http://rapidshare.com/files/407368103/Glazunov.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/407367261/Glazunov.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/407367490/Glazunov.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/407367639/Glazunov.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/407367755/Glazunov.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/407367834/Glazunov.part6.rar

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OW1ZO971
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3Y6AULCG
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2S9PB57E
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SOVOPA0F
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4798FNVA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S2GCXKZ6

Oh I love the Glazunov symphonies, thank you very much for that set! :D

Anyone have a different recording available? A few of the performances leave something to be desired, but I do appreciate having all of the symphonies in one concise collection.

Sergei Prokofiev - The Stone Flower
Bolshoi Theater Orchestra - Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Vinyl Rip - MP3 VBR v-0

Download Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/407678949/Stone_Flower.part1.rar)
Download Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/407681692/Stone_Flower.part2.rar)
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You may notice some noise on the recording. I am unsure whether this is present in the original vinyls themselves or just as a result of ripping from the vinyls. Still, this is a very beautiful recording and worth listening to.

Slightly off topic, but speaking of the Proms, I'm wondering about the Dr Who concert next week. Murray Gold's music for the recent series has been a real curate's egg. The most frequently recurring theme (which I assume is for the new doc, though it doesn't fit his persona in the slightest!) is a dreadful sub-Zimmer pounding action riff. But there's also some wonderful modernistic suspense stuff and a gorgeous love theme. Worth tuning into on the radio, no doubt. Or is it being televised?

Back to classical ;) we've got a Gergiev double-whammy of Mahler 4+5. I've not been impressed with his Mahler on disc, but you can't get better bang for your buck than that!

There's also a very tasty-looking "Bach Day" on the 14th of next month, including an evening concert of orchestral arrangements.

Sergei Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky - Scythian Suite
SNO - Neeme Jarvi
MP3 VBR V0 -

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/407705049/AlxNv-StlDnc-Jarvi.rar)
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A KNIGHT AT THE BALLET
Sir Charles Mackerras
The Philharmonia Orchestra & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra



MP3-V0
Part 1 - http://www.multiupload.com/2JRB772E6R
Part 2 - http://www.multiupload.com/4YJ1GP09GW

A little later than advertised, an upload for all Sir Charles Mackerras fans. :)

This is my own compilation that I’ve rejigged slightly, containing many of Sir Charles’ earliest studio recordings from the 50s and 60s (sounding wonderful!), together with his later stereo account of Pineapple Poll for Decca. It’s a showcase of his brilliant natural way with the orchestra, his clarity and lightness of touch. What’s more there are several rarities - lovely little lolly pops like ‘Donna Diana’ and ‘The Hunting Parson’, and an alternately charming and bracing suite from the much maligned Giacomo Meyerbeer.

The main work 'Pineapple Poll' I’ve credited to Sullivan, but it might more properly be ascribed to Mackerras himself; it’s the maestro’s own ballet score, woven rather freely and imaginatively from the melodies of Sullivan’s many operettas.

A word from Mackerras on its creation:

The idea of transforming the music of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas into a ballet score occurred to me while I was playing in the orchestra for a Gilbert and Sullivan season in Australia. 'How wonderful it would be', I thought, 'to arrange the eminently danceable tunes into a sort of symphonic synthesis and score them for full orchestra.' Although the idea had been in my head for several years, the opportunity to put theory into practice did not occur until 1951 at Sadler's Wells, when I suggested it to John Cranko, a young choreographer from South Africa who was just beginning to create attention with his ingenious and original balletic inventions.

The thought of a ballet using Sullivan's music and a scenario taken from Gilbert delighted John Cranko from the start, and after a thorough search of Gilbert's Bab Ballads we decided on 'The Bumboat Woman's Story', No. 81 of the series. The subject of this was later developed by Gilbert into HMS Pinafore, but for our purposes it provided an ideal balletic situation. Dancers do not speak on the stage, and thus the secret of the girls dressed as men could be kept from the audience until very near the end of the ballet. (Audiences are often as surprised as Poll herself to find that all the sailors are really women in disguise.) Luck was still further on our side in that the copyright on Sullivan's music was just about to lapse, while the Festival of Britain in 1951 made a perfect setting for a new comic British ballet - especially one which indulged the British taste for laughing at their most honoured institutions.

Naturally, as there are no voices in my arrangement of the music, considerable alterations to Sullivan's orchestration had to be made, so that the score would not sound like those all too familiar selections in which the cornet plays the voice part of 'Take a pair of sparkling eyes' to the accompaniment of Sullivan's orchestration, cooked up for brass or military band. I wanted the music to sound as natural as possible in its new form, both in content and orchestration. However, I did study the original scoring of all the tunes used in the ballet, in order to preserve as many of Sullivan's touches of instrumentation as possible. The score is a patchwork quilt of tunes from most of the Savoy operas, and they pass by the listener so quickly as to bewilder even Gilbert and Sullivan experts. So far, I have come across only two people who were able to place the source of every tune in the ballet. Every bar of Pineapple Poll, including the bridge passages, is taken from one or other of the operas, although I found it necessary to 'cheat' a little at the end and insert a few bars of Sullivan's early Overtura di ballo. Occasionally I have made several quite separate tunes go together (a trick which Sullivan often used), and die-hards who associate every scrap of Sullivan's melodies with Gilbert's librettos will find that the original words in the opera often fit the new situation in the ballet. (An obvious example is my use of 'Twenty lovesick maidens we' from Patience, as the girls cast loving eyes at Captain Belaye)

As charming young ballerinas do not usually like to appear on the stage as fat old women, John Cranko changed Gilbert's Little Buttercup-like character Poll Pineapple into a youthful and fascinating Pineapple Poll, while Lieutenant Belaye becomes a Captain (and later even an Admiral) in order to have the necessary swagger for a premier danseur. Other characters have also been added, but they are all thoroughly Gilbertian types and seem to fit quite naturally into the first Gilbert and Sullivan ballet.

Pineapple Poll was first performed on 13 March 1951 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, by the then Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet (now the Royal Ballet), with Elaine Fifield, David Blair and David Poole in the principal roles of Poll, Belaye and Jasper. Although many other ballets based on Gilbert and Sullivan were predicted after the immediate success of Pineapple Poll, as far as I know no further such ballets have appeared.


Note: The original 1951 mono Sadler's Wells recording of PP is also available on request.

Enjoy! :)

I've just been exploring this wonderful topic, full of great composers and recordings. I discovered Howard Hanson, whose name I had never heard about until yesterday. As a great fan of John Williams, I'd like to hear more music from Hanson : could it be possible to have his lossless music reuploaded ?

I found part of it (symphonies No.1, 2 and 3) on this blog, already in lossless :
http://rareclassicalvinyl.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much in advance !

PS : in case anyone is interested, I also found this Hanson disc :
http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Howard_Hanson_The_Composer_and_His_Orchestra.html

Lens of Truth...

"A KNIGHT AT THE BALLET
Sir Charles Mackerras
The Philharmonia Orchestra & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"

Thank You!!!

Sergei Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky - Scythian Suite
SNO - Neeme Jarvi
MP3 VBR V0 -

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/407705049/AlxNv-StlDnc-Jarvi.rar)
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Fabulous share...Thank You!!!

Yeah thanks for A Knight at the Ballet Lens :)
It�s great :)

I'm hoping someone can help me find a good recording (audio and performance quality) of Delius' Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody. Recently heard it performed by the Berlin Phil and enjoyed the work thoroughly; hadn't heard of it before.

I don't have this recording myself, but I think you should go for the Richard Hickox / Bournemouth Symphony version on EMI coupled with Paris and the Florida Suite. There's a rather glowing review here (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Jan07/Delius_Hickox_3705652.htm) and the samples on amazon sound good.

I've got a Delius set, including Brigg Fair, conducted by Andrew Davis, and it's very nice too, with a marvellously natural recording quality (which, sadly mp3 doesn't convey very well). I can upload that for you if you like?

But why not give Hickox a try. I think I might ;)

Looking into the Hickox now, thank you very much, Lens!

And yes, if you're pleased with the Davis rendition and wouldn't mind uploading that then I would appreciate it since I can't buy from the Amazon MP3 store and it seems unavailable at the UK and Canada store in physical form so it'll take me a while to track down the Hickox. :)

Dug this one up from my archives and thought someone (or two) might enjoy it:



..crackling away on an old turntable from the distant haze of younger days....

Tracks 1-13 are narrated by the Captain himself..
Tracks 14-25 are instrumental only..

I believe this is out of print...but I could be wrong.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NB43ZXPF

Enjoy!
Cheers!

Thank you for that. I don’t know who on earth Captain Kangaroo is, but Stoky is always worth a listen ;)

Now for another life-enhancing recording by Charles Mackerras:


BRAHMS - SERENADES
Sir Charles Mackerras
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra



MP3-V0
http://www.multiupload.com/XALN1E9KQU

If you want to get an instant feel for the perfection on offer here, listen to the bustle of the catchy scherzo of the first serenade, and its partnered rondo with distinctive scotch snap. At the other end of the scale, there’s the softly aching third movement - as gorgeous and rich and gentle as only Brahms could make it. Like his Brahms symphony cycle (and both sets of Beethoven’s), Mackerras selects modern instruments with a few key exceptions: leather-skinned timpani, "Vienna" horns and rotary-valve trumpets.

The second serenade is a flowing work cast in A major and scored without violins and trumpets. Woodwind having the upper hand is no bad thing – just listen to the infectious dancing finale for a highlight. Mackerras and the SCO have all the colours and rhythms just right. Enjoy!

Thanks for this Serenades Lens :)

Here's just a quick post in anticipation of a compilation I'm putting together - what I think is in the running for BEST BAROQUE CONCERTO EVAAAH :D


J S BACH - CONCERTO FOR 4 HARPSICHORDS
http://www.multiupload.com/8VTTBHA0BK

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I should mention, this piece is a transcription of Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins from the L'Estro Armonico. It's no secret that Bach adored Vivaldi's music and this is one of his most stunning 'tributes'.

ah, i was looking for that concerto after i discovered schiff's recording of bach concertos, thanks! i'll take a look at the brahms as well.

Andas Schiff (conductor+piano) - Bach Harpsichord/Keyboard Concertos Bwv 1052-1058



http://rapidshare.com/files/397171293/BACKeyConSCH2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/397176786/BACKeyConSCH2.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/397181685/BACKeyConSCH2.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/397337208/BACKeyConSCH2.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/397207712/BACKeyConSCH2.part5.rar

pw: schiff

note: schiff uses, as seemingly practice in baroque times, his own decorations on the piano. i'm not familiar with the original score, so i don't mind, but others might.

Can I request Bach Harpsichord Concertos Complete?I prefer MU than RS(if possible) or multiupload.
Thank you.

Charles Ives
Symphonies 1 & 4
Central Park In The Dark

http://www.multiupload.com/YFWNI0HTT7


Charles Ives
Symphonies 2 & 3
General Booth Enters into Heaven

http://www.multiupload.com/NWW0GVJY9V

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 51 – Taubert & Rosenhain (http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA67765)


FLAC
http://rapidshare.com/files/410654159/RPC51.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/410654853/RPC51.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/410655550/RPC51.part3.rar.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2ZH5DIPL
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4XV70XOV
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OMTXIPKY

MP3 - 320kbps
http://rapidshare.com/files/410664743/RPC51a.rar.html

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LS7EL7HV

May I request music by the Estonian composer Urmas Sisask? I've done searches on the forum to no avail. Thanks!

You can find some Urmas Sisask on this album (not my upload, though) :

Northern Lights :


1. Jukka Linkola - Northbound (1:24)
2. Urmas Sisask - Maja (1:29)
3. Ren� Eespere - Trivium (3:33)
4. Urmas Sisask - Oremus (8:10)
5. Jukka Linkola - The Forest (2:13)
6. Uuno Klami - Song Of The Watch (3:10)
7. Lauri Saikkola - Song Without Words (2:26)
8. Lepo Sumera - Piece From The Year 1981 (7:06)
9. Urmas Sisask - Dominus Vobiscum (5:39)
10. Erkki-Sven T��r - Insula Deserta (2:06)
11. Ester M�gi - The Ancient Kannel (1:12)
12. Joonas Kokkonen - Adagio Religioso (4:51)
13. Jukka Linkola - Gerda And Kai (1:13)
14. Olli Mustonen - Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra (3:08)
15. Peteris Vasks - Cantabile (5:52)
16. Urmas Sisask - Pater Noster (1:47)
17. Ren� Eespere - Trivium (3:29)

http://rapidshare.com/files/228210562/NorLitesMP.rar


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I also have a request : does anyone has Bax's Orchestral Works set (I'm thinking of Bryden Thomson's, but others would be fine too).
And, just in case, I'm still looking for Howard Hanson symphonies in more than 128 kbps.
Thanks in advance !

You can find some Urmas Sisask on this album (not my upload, though) :

Northern Lights :




Thank you very much.

Thank you for that. I don�t know who on earth Captain Kangaroo is, but Stoky is always worth a listen ;)

Now for another life-enhancing recording by Charles Mackerras:


BRAHMS - SERENADES
Sir Charles Mackerras
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra



MP3-V0
http://www.multiupload.com/XALN1E9KQU

If you want to get an instant feel for the perfection on offer here, listen to the bustle of the catchy scherzo of the first serenade, and its partnered rondo with distinctive scotch snap. At the other end of the scale, there�s the softly aching third movement - as gorgeous and rich and gentle as only Brahms could make it. Like his Brahms symphony cycle (and both sets of Beethoven�s), Mackerras selects modern instruments with a few key exceptions: leather-skinned timpani, "Vienna" horns and rotary-valve trumpets.

The second serenade is a flowing work cast in A major and scored without violins and trumpets. Woodwind having the upper hand is no bad thing � just listen to the infectious dancing finale for a highlight. Mackerras and the SCO have all the colours and rhythms just right. Enjoy!

Thank you!!! Outstanding on so many levels.

doey anyone happen to have the Kent Nagano recording of Strawinsky's RITE OF SPRING?

Thanks for the Romantic Piano Concerto and Northern Lights :)

Anybody here have a good recording of Gershwin's Cuban Overture? I found it on Youtube recently and fell in love with it. <3

EDIT: Nevermind, I did a little more searching and found it.

in which case you should post a link... like people should post the solution to a problem they put up in a forum instead of just saying "nevermind, problem solved".

I'm new here, and it's been agreed upon by many here that the search function sucks royally, so can you tell me where I can possibly look to find these (here on FFS, or elsewhere)? I tried a search of this thread, but alas, came up empty-handed...

Recordings with The Early Music Consort, directed by David Munrow
Ecco la primavera - Florentine Music of the 14th Cent (1969)
Music of the Crusades (1970)
The Art of Courtly Love (1973)
Praetorius - Dances and Motets (1973)
Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1976)
Greensleeves to a Ground (1976)
Festival of Early Music - Music from 14th Century Florence, Music of the Crusades & The Triumphs of Maximilian (1976)

The good folks over at the soundtrack/scores thread sent me over here....:)
Thanks!
Rob

Cross-post from the orchestral thread:


OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Turangal�la-Symphonie
pour piano solo, ondes Martenot solo et grand orchestra
Version r�vis�e 1990
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Dominique Kim, ondes Martenot;
Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kent Nagano

LAME 3.98r -v0 MP3 | 10 Tracks | 122.35 MB



1. Introduction
2. Chant d'amour 1 (Love Song)
3. Turangal�la 1
4. Chant d'amour 2
5. Joie du sang des �toiles (Joy of the Blood of the Stars)
6. Jardin du sommeil d'amour (Garden of Love's Sleep)
7. Turangal�la 2
8. D�veloppement de l'amour (Development of Love)
9. Turangal�la 3
10. Final

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1520778&postcount=6019

***Not my rip***

Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto 1-4
320kbps
44100 Hz
2 CDs
195.7 Compressed
7zip


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MFAYBC45

Be advised this is Rach plays Rach, so expect rather mediocre sound quality. But the brilliance of the music more than alleviates for any deficiencies in the nature of the sound

Rach 2 and 3 are the greatest songs of all time (especially 2.2 and 3.2)

enjoy :D

***Not my rip***

Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto 1-4
320kbps
44100 Hz
2 CDs
195.7 Compressed
7zip


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MFAYBC45

Be advised this is Rach plays Rach, so expect rather mediocre sound quality. But the brilliance of the music more than alleviates for any deficiencies in the nature of the sound

Rach 2 and 3 are the greatest songs of all time (especially 2.2 and 3.2)

enjoy :D

Thank you veryyyy muucchhhhhh!Any other Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff album?

Schnittke - thanks for the Scelsi. I believe the string quartets linked in that text file are the ones I've sampled already. There's a very particular recording of No. 4 that blows the one here out of the water - it's the difference between it sounding like an interesting piece and one that's overwhelmingly powerful. Being based around one note, like the Quattro Pezzi, the subtle variations and convictions of the performance are vital. I'm going to buy it myself and will post in the future :)

Edit: Just trying to unpack the Illustrazioni. Do you have the password?


You ever get around to finding that other Scelsi 4th?

And...is everyone still out of Maslanka? (Mass, Sym. 5, percussion + wind concerto, alto sax concerto, oboe sonata, wind quintet #2?)

Also, does anyone have Pettersson's later symphonies (9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)??

Finally...anyone possibly have Curran's Inner Cities that would be willing to share?



Here are some rarities for you to snack on:

Wolpe's Yigdal (Cantata) + Symphony:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=88gpgjdw6cci9


Wuorinen's Percussion Symphony:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5255c451x12pf

Wuorinen's Time's Encomnium:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=w8t83i3bwp993

(Ivan) Tcherpnin's Flores Musicales + Five Songs + Santur live!:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1d8z4x2dbdysf


All of these are very rare, the Tcherpnin is the only recording of the man's music I know of. So please spread the word about all these guys! Especially Tcherpnin, one of the most cruelly overlooked composers of the 20th century =(

P.S. I could upload the whole set of Mozart's piano concertos by Gardiner/Bilson if anyone really, really wants them.


Edit:

Just found this:

www.mediafire.com/?2dugay240mi

Roberto Gerhard's Concerto for Orchestra done by Norman Del Mar. I've been searching for it for a long time. It is reportedly one of the greatest 20th century works of music, and from what I am hearing it does not disappoint! It is unbelievable!

Gerhard is generally worth checking out anyway though...his violin concerto is stunning, and haunting, if anyone is interested in having me upload it?

Akio Yashiro (1929-1976): Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre



APPLE LOSSLESS | COMPLETE SCANS | RETOUCHED COVERS (Best for iTunes) | RAR FILES | 238 Mb
Classical | 1CD | CBS SONY 28DC 5068

Concerto pour Piano et Orchestre (1967)

I. Allegro animato
II. Adagio misterioso
III. Allegro - Andante - Vivace molto capriccioso

One concerto.
One pianist.
Two different performances.



http://rapidshare.com/files/406166086/aycppeo.rar.html
pass:asimo

I think this is the best piano concerto in Japan.

Hi, I'm currently a music student who is studying music education and I was wondering if anyone could recommend anything good featuring Oboe and/or English Horn.
If anyone had any links to anything like that it would great help.
Also, I am looking for some Eric Whitacre recordings if anyone has anything.

Hi, I'm currently a music student who is studying music education and I was wondering if anyone could recommend anything good featuring Oboe and/or English Horn.
If anyone had any links to anything like that it would great help.

Um...there is an insane amount of music with oboe and English horn...like...most orchestral music. Could you be more specific?...

Personally I think Maslanka and Saint-Saens both wrote really great Oboe Sonatas. Berio's Sequenza for solo oboe is very good (and a rare treat).

Ligeti's Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe is a high masterpiece.

Carter's Sonata for flute, oboe, cello & harpsichord is very good...though not necessarily oboe-centric.

Aho did a rare Oboe Quintet (Oboe set against strings) that is definitely a masterpiece worth hearing.

Wolpe did a quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano that is very good.

Rochberg and Matrinu both wrote astounding Oboe concertos.

Is this the kind of stuff you are looking for?

Horn is trickier but Ligeti and Brahms horn trios, Babbitt's Around the Horn, Hovhaness' "Artik" Concerto, and Angelic Song, Strauss' Horn Concertos, Mozart's Horn Quintet, and maybe even Beethoven's sonata for Horn and Piano may be good starting places?

But usually horns are used best in the orchestral setting it seems to me...the horn parts throughout Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony and Mussorgsky's Bald Mountain come to mind, but I'll have to think of other more specific examples I guess...Obviously Wagner wrote beautifully for horns as well. And Mahler kept that going in his work, especially the 3rd Symphony.

I'd be surprised if you weren't aware of a lot of this already though...

So can you help me out with more specifics?

Am I on the right track?

Here's just a quick post in anticipation of a compilation I'm putting together - what I think is in the running for BEST BAROQUE CONCERTO EVAAAH :D


J S BACH - CONCERTO FOR 4 HARPSICHORDS
http://www.multiupload.com/8VTTBHA0BK

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I should mention, this piece is a transcription of Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins from the L'Estro Armonico. It's no secret that Bach adored Vivaldi's music and this is one of his most stunning 'tributes'.

Interesting.

Do you, or anyone else, have Bach's Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C Major BWV 1064 ?

The Vasks cor anglais concerto is good. Very accessible and tonal, like Whitacre, but better.

New blog!
http://classicalcollections.blogspot.com/




Interesting material....

http://classicalcollections.blogspot.com/2010/08/respighi-belkis-queen-of-sheba-2006.html

^Thanks for the Respighi.

Interesting.

Do you, or anyone else, have Bach's Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C Major BWV 1064 ?
Yes - coming up :)

And yes, if you're pleased with the Davis rendition and wouldn't mind uploading that then I would appreciate it since I can't buy from the Amazon MP3 store and it seems unavailable at the UK and Canada store in physical form so it'll take me a while to track down the Hickox.


DELIUS - ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra



MP3-V0
http://www.multiupload.com/RFPKI23VET

Apologies for the delay :)

You ever get around to finding that other Scelsi 4th?
Only just seen this. I'm having a bit of trouble with uploads at the mo, but I'll rip and post as soon as I can.

And thanks for a superb post!

Um...there is an insane amount of music with oboe and English horn...like...most orchestral music. Could you be more specific?...

Personally I think Maslanka and Saint-Saens both wrote really great Oboe Sonatas. Berio's Sequenza for solo oboe is very good (and a rare treat).

Ligeti's Double Concerto for Flute and Oboe is a high masterpiece.

Carter's Sonata for flute, oboe, cello & harpsichord is very good...though not necessarily oboe-centric.

Aho did a rare Oboe Quintet (Oboe set against strings) that is definitely a masterpiece worth hearing.

Wolpe did a quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano that is very good.

Rochberg and Matrinu both wrote astounding Oboe concertos.

Is this the kind of stuff you are looking for?

Horn is trickier but Ligeti and Brahms horn trios, Babbitt's Around the Horn, Hovhaness' "Artik" Concerto, and Angelic Song, Strauss' Horn Concertos, Mozart's Horn Quintet, and maybe even Beethoven's sonata for Horn and Piano may be good starting places?

But usually horns are used best in the orchestral setting it seems to me...the horn parts throughout Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony and Mussorgsky's Bald Mountain come to mind, but I'll have to think of other more specific examples I guess...Obviously Wagner wrote beautifully for horns as well. And Mahler kept that going in his work, especially the 3rd Symphony.

I'd be surprised if you weren't aware of a lot of this already though...

So can you help me out with more specifics?

Am I on the right track?
Some of these I have heard, others just heard of and there's one or two I'm not to familiar with. Thanks for this round of recommendations! I'm off to he library to see how many of these titles I can find! (unless anyone has links?)

Unfortunatly, it seem all the links on the first page are broken or the files are not there anymore...

Some of these I have heard, others just heard of and there's one or two I'm not to familiar with. Thanks for this round of recommendations! I'm off to he library to see how many of these titles I can find! (unless anyone has links?)

I am setting it to upload, but here is a folder with almost all of the oboe pieces I listed:

http://www.mediafire.com/?gn3kgnoqmub21

I will have to find my Maslanka Oboe Sonata and put it in there though. So, coming soon.

I included Bax's Oboe Quintet to make up for it though =) It's very good.

I'll get to work on the horn works as well if you like. I only have a few, like Mahler's 3rd, Strauss' Horn Concertos, Brahms and Ligeti Horn Trios, and the Hovhaness pieces I mentioned.

Mozart's Oboe Concerto is also a delight, don't forget our old masters!

Looking for "Song of Terezin" by Franz Waxman

Glad to be back here :o.
Does anybody have Dolly Suite by Faure :o?

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Glad to be back here :o.
Does anybody have Dolly Suite by Faure :o?

GIACINTO SCELSI
STRING QUARTET NO.4
Klangforum Wien
Hans Zender



MP3-V0 + Scans
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This recording is one of those rare gems – a miracle of absolute concentration, the players living the music (and very difficult music at that!). It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted, so beware if you need traditional harmony and melody. What we have here is something quintessential to modern music; indeed many regard the 4th quartet as Scelsi’s finest achievement. It marks his first use of string-by-string tablature notation, treating each of the 16 strings that make up the ensemble as individual instruments – almost an "orchestral" approach. The piece begins clustering around the tone of C and over the span of a single 14 minute movement rises through a microtonal wave up to A. It’s like being taken to the edge, and then being coaxed a little further, and experiencing something both wonderful and terrifying. Stick the volume up and give it a shot! :)

From Classicstoday:

Each piece seems to be "about" a single concept: Elohim is about wild chromatic runs and is the work that most verges on being out of control; the Duo for Violine and Violoncello deals with sudden occurrences, such as night terrors; Anagamin toys with a single chord that gets bent, smashed, and twisted out of shape; Maknongan is a low, throaty unison for dark and moody strings. Klangforum Wien is in top shape here, under the fearless baton of Hans Zender, who is willing to take the players to the dark corners Scelsi occupies. This is the sort of music they were made to play and they do so with amazing accuracy and appropriately sheer-pitched terror. As is to be expected from the Kairos label, the sound quality is exquisite, capturing every nuance of this startling music.


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TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER
Composed and Conducted by John Lanchbery
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden



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Rather a contrast from the above, conductor John Lanchbery arranged these ballet suites for the 1971 film, based on tableaux from Potters’ famous stories and illustrations. Discreet Victoriana is the order of the day; much of the musical material is drawn from popular, now largely forgotten tunes of era. Highlights include prickly shimmy of ‘Mrs Tiggy Winkle’s Laundry’ and ‘The Tale of Pigling Bland’. The latter is a beautifully self-contained symphonic narrative in itself, with adventure, playfulness, wonder, fledgling romance and one beguiling melody after another. Enjoy!

This contains the Dolly Suite:

Piano Fantasy (Katie & Marielle Lab�que) - CD3: Bizet, Faure, Ravel, Poulenc, Mihaud



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i.e. amazon.com: Amazon.com: Piano Fantasy: Music for Two Pianos [Box Set]: Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Georges Bizet, Gabriel Faure, Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Manuel de Falla, Ernesto Lecuona, Isaac Albeniz, Manuel Infante, Pyotr Il&#39;yi (http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Fantasy-Music-Two-Pianos/dp/B00008CLIF/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1283268030&sr=8-1)

pw: forgottenmelodies

These CDs contain some of the most amazing 2-piano pieces and the performances of the Lab�que sisters are great. If you don't know the Scaramouche by Milhaud for example, get this CD right now, It's a must-have! I can heartily recommend their whole 6-CD 2-piano collection.

Some of these I have heard, others just heard of and there's one or two I'm not to familiar with. Thanks for this round of recommendations! I'm off to he library to see how many of these titles I can find! (unless anyone has links?)


I am setting it to upload, but here is a folder with almost all of the oboe pieces I listed:

Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?gn3kgnoqmub21)

I will have to find my Maslanka Oboe Sonata and put it in there though. So, coming soon.

I included Bax's Oboe Quintet to make up for it though =) It's very good.

I'll get to work on the horn works as well if you like. I only have a few, like Mahler's 3rd, Strauss' Horn Concertos, Brahms and Ligeti Horn Trios, and the Hovhaness pieces I mentioned.


The original request was for oboe and English horn, so I'm not sure whether oboejoe wants the French horn stuff. I thought I'd clarify before you posted the horn stuff. It all looks like great french horn Rep, though.

Thanks lens, I will check them out.

Awesome thread. I have barely scratched the surface, but I already like what I'm seeing/hearing! Thanks to everyone!

Anybody have thez CDs?
Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music (http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=11009)
Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music (http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=7145)

@ Tsobanian

Volodos plays Tchaikovsky (Piano Concerto No.1) & Rachmaninov (Solo piano works) is available on avaxhome :

Volodos: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No.1, Rachmaninoff - Solo Piano Works (2003) in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Volodos_Tchaikovsky_Piano_Concerto_No1_Rachmaninof f_Solo_Piano_Works_2003.html)

And so does Volodos plays Liszt :

Volodos Plays Liszt in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/VPLITSZ.html)

Enjoy ! ; )

Thanks!
How could I forget avaxhome?.... But the Liszt links are dead.....

At least there is this one too....
Arcadi Volodos - Solo Piano Works - Schubert (2002) in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Arcadi_Volodos_Solo_Piano_Works_Schubert_2002.html )

Yep... sorry about Liszt. I searched elsewhere and couldn't find it. Hope you will ! ; )

I need Vivaldi's 'Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor RV522'. Anyone have a CD that this composition is on?

YouTube - Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A Minor RV522 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-RTI-H2oI)

Yes, that's from L'Estro Armonico isn't it?

I'll upload as soon as I can.

Yes, that's from L'Estro Armonico isn't it?

I'll upload as soon as I can.


Actually there are quite a alot of uploads for L'Estro Armonico. The guy is looking for Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins, strings & continuo in A minor (”L’estro armonico” No. 8), Op. 3/8, RV 522.
classics: A. Vivaldi : L'estro Armonico - Elizabeth Wallfisch - Jeanne Lamon : Orchestre Baroque Tafelmusik - 2007. (http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2009/05/vivaldi-lestro-armonico-elizabeth.html)

Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music): Vivaldi &#183; Concertos opp.3, 4, 8 & 9 (http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/08/vivaldi-concertos-opp3-4-8-9.html)

Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music): Vivaldi &#183; Concertos Op. 1-6 &#183; "L'Estro Armonico" &#183; "La Stravaganza" &#183; Vol. 1 (http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/04/vivaldi-concertos-op-1-6-lestro.html)

BOXSET.RU � Blog Archive � Marriner: Vivaldi – L’estro Armonico (2 CD, FLAC) (http://boxset.ru/marriner-vivaldi-lestro-armonico-2-cd-flac/)

For more Vivaldi Violin Concerti, I strongly recommand Giuliano Carmignola's performances with the Venice Baroque Orchestra : absolutly wonderful !

You can find some on this wonderful blog :

Begining with his extraordinary Four Seasons :

classics: Vivaldi : The four Seasons + 3 Concertos | Andra Marcon ; Giuliano Carmignola ; Venice Baroque Orchestra (http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2010/05/vivaldi-four-seasons-3-concertos-andra.html)


classics: Late Vivaldi Concertos - Andrea Marcon ; Giuliano Carmignola (Violin) - Venice Baroque Orchestra (2002) (http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2010/05/late-vivaldi-concertos-andrea-marcon.html)


classics: A. Vivaldi : Concertos for Two Violins - G. Carmignola - V. Mullova - A. Marcon - Venice Baroque Orchestra - 2008. (http://classiclibrary.blogspot.com/2009/02/vivaldi-concertos-for-two-violins-g.html)

Enjoy !

Actually there are quite a alot of uploads for L'Estro Armonico. The guy is looking for Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins, strings & continuo in A minor (”L’estro armonico” No. 8), Op. 3/8, RV 522.

Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music): Vivaldi &#183; Concertos opp.3, 4, 8 & 9 (http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2010/08/vivaldi-concertos-opp3-4-8-9.html)

Thank you, that saves me a bit of trouble. I can certainly recommend the Christopher Hogwood disc above - one of the Academy of Ancient Scrapers classics! ;)

I'd also like to second what Dj�houty says about Carmignola's Vivaldi. His Four Seasons is probably top dog of all the ones I've heard (lots). I know it's silly to say something is 'definitive' but this has everything - wonderful tingling period instruments, drama, colour, joie de vivre, superb solos (Carmignola overdubbed himself I believe for the multi-parts) and style to spare. I have a different disc of the late concertos; they seem to be more rhapsodic and asymmetric - in a very good way!

Wow. Thank you guys so much for your help. I already own this particular composition on another collection CD, but the sound quality sucks and the tempo feels a little slow.

I asked about this one in te Olympic Games Music thread but thought I'd ask about it in this thread as well since it pertains to classical music.

Anyone have this album?

Olympic Arts Festival

The track list is as follows

1. Symphony No.8 (Excerpt)
2. Merry Widow
3. Piano Concerto No.20 (Romanza)
4. Triple Concerto (Finale)
5. Sonata For Strings No.3
6. Music For Airports (Excerpt)
7. When The Special Girlfriend
8. They Call Me Naughty Lola
9. Tosca (E Lucevan Le Stelle)
10. Don Giovanni (Champagne Aria)
11. Morgen
12. Capriccio (Moonlight Music & Closing Scene)
13. Le Fille Du Regiment
14. Symphony No.41 'Jupiter' (Third Movement)
15. Violin Concerto (Finale)
16. Bolero
17. Symphony No.3
18. Simon Boccanegra (Excerpt)
19. La Traviata (Excerpt)
20. Gotterdammerung (Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene)

@ Tsobanian

Lucky you : Volodos plays Liszt has just been uploaded here (FLAC) :

BOXSET.RU � Blog Archive � Volodos Plays Liszt (FLAC) (http://boxset.ru/volodos-plays-liszt-flac/)

Enjoy !

@ Tsobanian

Lucky you : Volodos plays Liszt has just been uploaded here (FLAC) :
BOXSET.RU � Blog Archive � Volodos Plays Liszt (FLAC) (http://boxset.ru/volodos-plays-liszt-flac/)

Enjoy !

Yeah I've noticed that. They uploaded other Volodos CDs as well.
I observe various blogs on daily basis


http://boxset.ru/volodos-live-at-carnegie-hall-ape/

http://boxset.ru/volodos-piano-transcriptions-ape/

http://boxset.ru/volodos-schubert-solo-piano-works-ape/

http://boxset.ru/volodos-ozawa-tchaikovsky-piano-concerto-no-1-rachmaninov-solo-piano-works-ape/

http://boxset.ru/volodos-rachmaninov-piano-concerto-no-3-solo-piano-works-flac/

@Dj�houty:
excuse me, but I think the Vivaldi links are broken. The blog is not found

@Dj�houty:
excuse me, but I think the Vivaldi links are broken. The blog is not found

That's weird. I guess it will be available again soon.

Meanwhile, you can go here (if it's not dead):
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / 3 Violin Concertos - Giuliano Carmignola in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/vivaldi_4seasons_carmignola.html)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) Concertos for two violins - Viktoria Mullova - Giuliano Carmignola - Andrea Marcon in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/vivaldi_mullova_carmignola_2_violins.html)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678 -1741) : Late violin concertos vol.1- Giuliano Carmignola - Andrea Marcon in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/vivaldi_late_violin_concertos_1_carmignola.html)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678 -1741) : Late violin concertos vol.2 - Giuliano Carmignola - Andrea Marcon in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/vivaldi_late_violin_concertos_2_carmignola.html)

Vivaldi: Concertos for Mandolin with Multiple Instruments (Fabio Biondi � Europa Galante)




For fans of the classical mandolin, here is a disc of the best works for the instrument by Antonio Vivaldi, the best friend the mandolin ever had. And for the rest of the world, here is a disc of colorful Baroque concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, the best friend the Baroque concerto ever had. After all, Vivaldi may have been the mandolin's best friend, but even he could only compose so many mandolin concertos. But while the limited tone, range, and color of the instrument may only be so interesting even to its best friend, Vivaldi did everything that could be done with the instrument, and his handful of concertos are easily the best ever composed for the mandolin. This disc of Vivaldi mandolin concertos by Europa Galante under the direction of Fabio Biondi is also easily the best ever recorded. Because while there have been other great recordings of Vivaldi's mandolin concertos by other outstanding mandolin players, no other ensemble has so completely and thoroughly mastered and integrated the mandolin into its overall sonority. Thus, while the mandolinists of Europa Galante play just as beautifully as Paul O'Dette in his masterful performances on Hyperion, Europa Galante is more sensitive to the delicate colors of the instrument than O'Dette's Parley of Instruments. This results in performances that are more than the sum of their parts. For many listeners, it is the rest of the concertos on this disc that will prove just as attractive as the mandolin works. Such relative rarities as the Concerto for two violini in tromba marina, two recorders, two mandolins, two chalumeaux, two theorbos, and cello (RV 558) receive gloriously colorful performances by Biondi and Europa Galante. This is a superb disc with or without the mandolin concertos. [4.5/4.5; Performance/Sound]


This delicious collection contains two of Vivaldi's most remarkable creations, the Concertos RV 555 and RV 558, scored for a vast ensemble including solo mandolins, recorders, oboes, chalumeaux, cellos, harpsichords, theorbos, viole all'inglese, and something called "violini in tromba marina", which no one to this day is entirely sure about. And my, how Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante do play! At first the tempos sound excessively fleet, but when you hear how well these players handle their solo episodes, and sense their joy in the excesses of Baroque instrumental writing and the opportunities for virtuosity that it offers, then it's practically impossible not to be swept away in the sheer excitement of it all. That said, if you love this music you also should hear Leonard Bernstein's wonderful performance (on Sony) of Alfredo Casella's edition of RV 558, rescored for an equally extravagant ensemble of modern instruments.

The heart of this collection lies in the three concertos featuring solo mandolin (RV 532 actually requires two), which number among Vivaldi's most piquantly appealing inspirations. RV 576, scored for solo violin, two recorders, three oboes, and solo bassoon, also represents the composer at his most inventive and expansive, and the quality of the wind playing here is second to none in the period instrument world. In short, you will find in these performances more than sufficient evidence to refute the notion that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 600 times. Or at all events, he only did it 593 times: these seven works remain outstanding for their character and individuality, and you won't find them better played or more immaculately recorded anywhere. [10/10; Artistic Quality/Sound Quality]

Tracklist:
01. Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV.532: I. Allegro (03:58)
02. Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV.532: II. Andante (02:47)
03. Concerto for 2 Mandolins in G Major, RV.532: III. Allegro (03:21)
04. Concerto in C Major, "con molti stromenti", RV.558: I. Allegro molto (04:53)
05. Concerto in C Major, "con molti stromenti", RV.558: II. Andante molto (01:30)
06. Concerto in C Major, "con molti stromenti", RV.558: III. Allegro (02:55)
07. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in G minor, 'dedicato a Sua Altezza Reale di Sassonia', RV.576: I. [Allegro] (04:13)
08. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in G minor, 'dedicato a Sua Altezza Reale di Sassonia', RV.576: II. Larghetto (02:18)
09. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in G minor, 'dedicato a Sua Altezza Reale di Sassonia', RV.576: III. Allegro (03:52)
10. Concerto for 2 Violins and 2 Cellos in D Major, RV.564: I. Allegro (04:13)
11. Concerto for 2 Violins and 2 Cellos in D Major, RV.564: II. Largo (02:35)
12. Concerto for 2 Violins and 2 Cellos in D Major, RV.564: III. Allegro (03:24)
13. Concerto for Violin in G minor, 'dedicato a S. Pisendel' (Dresden version), RV.319: I. Allegro (05:08)
14. Concerto for Violin in G minor, 'dedicato a S. Pisendel' (Dresden version), RV.319: II. [Lento] (02:25)
15. Concerto for Violin in G minor, 'dedicato a S. Pisendel' (Dresden version), RV.319: III. Allegro (03:15)
16. Concerto for Mandolin in C Major, RV.425: I. [Allegro] (03:10)
17. Concerto for Mandolin in C Major, RV.425: II. Largo (02:54)
18. Concerto for Mandolin in C Major, RV.425: III. [Allegro] (02:10)
19. Concerto for 3 Violins and Winds in C Major, RV.555: I. Allegro (03:46)
20. Concerto for 3 Violins and Winds in C Major, RV.555: II. Largo a piacimento (01:42)
21. Concerto for 3 Violins and Winds in C Major, RV.555: III. Allegro (03:03)

Europa Galante's spirited interpretation of RV 558 is worth the price of this CD alone.

LAME 3.93U, 320kbps CBR (NMR), 160MB
ed. nah


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QQQ0CU3CE

Thanks for this ssri :)

Hi. Yuo don't have the full albums of these by any chance do you? The recording with Eastman Winds was the one I was particularly after.

Hi,all





English edition(mp3@320/62.49 MB)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZXIMTIIH

Japanese edition(mp3@320/66.6 MB)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Z3O0O3M

Enjoy!

I'm looking for tracks that composed by Arvo P�rt,
and used in The Banishment (Izgnanie) film score (2007).
any body khow?!

Have the IMDB reflex : The Banishment (2007) - Soundtracks (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488905/soundtrack)
It says it's F�r Alina.


And it's available here, on Avaxhome :
Arvo Part - Alina [ECM New Series 1591 449 958-2] in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/arvo_part_alina_ecm_new_series_1591_449_958_2.html )

Have the IMDB reflex : The Banishment (2007) - Soundtracks (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488905/soundtrack)
It says it's F�r Alina.



Thanks Dj�houty,
It's true ... :)

Thanks for Alina

Hi,

I have one question.
I have the album to make Enya's tunes a classic style by the orchestra organization.
I may do upload it to this place?
O.K? or No?
Please give me advice.
Thanks!

it's not really classical, so strictly speaking it doesn't belong here, but i'd be interested.

it's not really classical, so strictly speaking it doesn't belong here, but i'd be interested.

JPN-26 - I think that would fit in much better in the Orchestral thread. I'd love to hear it. Thank you in advance. :)

To Sorcerer88,tangotreats,

Thanks your advice.
A topics called "ORCHESTRAL THREAD" doesn't exist.
I up-load it to "THE BIG ORCHESTRAL ACTION MUSIC THREAD! ".

Though I also own a lot of CD of classics...
I think that it is being satisfactory also in a classic fan.

Regards,

I noticed in the request thread someone asking for Chants, Hymns And Dances by Gurdjieff/Tsabropoulos. I've got it but sadly only @192. Does anyone have it at a better rate?

Thanks.

A topics called "ORCHESTRAL THREAD" doesn't exist.
I up-load it to "THE BIG ORCHESTRAL ACTION MUSIC THREAD! ".

Though I also own a lot of CD of classics...
I think that it is being satisfactory also in a classic fan.

Yes, that's the thread they meant. If you have some classical favourites, please don't hesitate to post here :)


Vivaldi: Concertos for Mandolin with Multiple Instruments (Fabio Biondi � Europa Galante)

Can I just say, anyone who doesn't have this recording already NEEDS to download it right now! :D

Hello all!

Does anyone have the recent NAXOS release of John Williams' Horn Concerto? I would really appreciate an upload, if possible.

To Lens of Truth,


If you have some classical favourites, please don't hesitate to post here

Thank you your advice.
Hereafter, I will do so.
see you!


P.S.

about #1163

Download link add.

Does anyone have the complete Prokofiev Piano Concertos by Neeme Jarvi? It is a double CD on Chandos - this is it:

Amazon.com: Sergey Prokofiev: Piano Concertos: Prokofiev, Berman, Gutierrez, Cgb, Jarvi: Music (http://www.amazon.com/Sergey-Prokofiev-Piano-Concertos/dp/B0024JQNF6/ref=tmm_other_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1286207001&sr=8-1-fkmr1)

Would greatly appreciate it!

Does anyone have the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (Op. 15) by Glenn Gould, Leonard Bernstein, and the NY Phil? Thank you!

Amazon.com: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1: Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Glenn Gould, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Glenn Gould: Music (http://www.amazon.com/Brahms-Piano-Concerto-No-1/dp/B00000C28M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1286495320&sr=1-1)

Does anyone happen to have this album:
Classical Banjo- John Bullard (http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Banjo-John-Bullard/dp/B000001HBD/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3MBFH8HU3U91&colid=1PJ3P9KPUERY8)?

Sounds interesting.
Many thanks in advance!

Anyone have these?

The Five Sacred Trees - John Williams


Treesong - John Williams


John Williams - Horn Concerto

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger - Libro quarto d'Intavolatura di chitarrone (1994)


Tracklist:
01. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata Prima (05:54)
02. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Capona-Sferraina (03:20)
03. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata 9na (01:20)
04. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata Xma (01:26)
05. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Passacaglia in la (03:25)
06. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Canario (02:05)
07. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Ballo Primo (Uscita-Ballo-Gagliarda-Corrente) (04:18)
08. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata 7ma (03:20)
09. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Ciaccona (05:20)
10. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Passacaglia in re (03:32)
11. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Passacaglia in sol (02:17)
12. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Bergamasca (03:14)
13. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Canzone Prima (03:46)
14. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Toccata 2da (02:34)
15. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Kapsberger (02:12)
16. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Battaglia (07:27)
17. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Colascione (02:25)
18. Libro quatro d'intavolatura di chitarrone: Seconda Arpeggiata (01:45)

Chitarrone/Theorbo/Tiorba: Rolf Lislevand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theorbo

LAME 3.97 V0
For fans of lute-like works
Out of print! Sellers are selling it at $99 and $139 on amazon.com!

KILLED (but probably dead)

Track 9: Ciaccona
YouTube - Kapsberger(1580-1651): Ciaccona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDHEr-Kau18)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFJnJsPgss8
(same track, but an interpretation without the other instrumental and percussive arrangements found on this album)

so many goog things ,Thanks for all people sharing~

I'm looking for Saint-Saens' Requiem... no way to find it until now... Any chance someone here owns it ?

I'm looking for these, featuring the late but great Karl Haas (of Adventures in Good Music):

The Romantic Piano
The Story of the Bells
Song and Dance

All were published in 1993.
Thanks!
Rob

Now, I know that nobody requested this - but I like to think that this thread, like the Orchestral Action Music thread, has evolved beyond its original intention and is now simply a place for classical music; sharing and discussing alike.

To that end, here's something rare and wonderful. Fans of British music, brass bands, and the Euphonium should pay specific attention...




Philip Wilby (b. 1949, British)
Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra
performed by the BBC Philharmonic
Ivor Bolton, conductor
David Childs, Euphonium soloist (BBC Young Musician 2000 Finalist - aged 19 in this recording)



(Live recording. My transfer and remaster from VHS. LAME 3.98.4)

This is one of my all time favourites in the classical repertoire. Originally written for brass band, Wilby arranged his piece for full symphony orchestra exclusively for soloist David Childs, who performed it live at the BBC Young Musicians competition in 2000. The concerto is available on Naxos in its original arrangement (a glittering but somewhat sterile performance by the Black Dyke band) and there is another (awful) recording by the Williams Fairey band floating around too, but to my knowledge, the orchestral version has never been heard since. I find the orchestral version superior; both are beautiful, but the presence of a full orchestra is felt - especially in the slow movement which achieves such a feeling of peace and stillness.

"But," I hear you cry. "You said the orchestral version was never recorded!"

Well, actually, it was... by me! The concert at which it was performed received a live television broadcast in the UK. Fortunately, somebody (me) made a recording of that concert (broadcast in Stereo) on Hi-Fi VHS - and it sounds absolutely magnificent. (The irony is that I recorded the concert for another piece and had absolutely no idea that this concerto even existed. Of course, it had me captivated from the very first note, and the piece I was originally interested in - a middling performance of Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme of Paganini, is long forgotten.)

VHS, as anybody who has had the pleasure of using it will know, deteriorates - and when it does, the first thing to go is usually the audio track. Fortuitously, this recording survived completely intact - albeit with a handful of problems with that telltale VHS crackle. After my initial transfer to the digital domain, I painstakingly removed these (each and every crackle, by hand, over a period of three days) and that is absolutely all that needed doing. If you're thinking of passing this up because it's an amateur recording, don't! The sound quality on the broadcast was phenomenal and the recording is spotless.

In fact, it sounds ravishing - and it certainly captures the powerful performance (both Childs and the BBC Philharmonic are on top form) and the absolutely electric atmosphere of the concert, not to mention the wonderful acoustics of Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, where the competition was held. You'd never believe that the source was an ten year old consumer video tape.

As far as the concerto is concerned, it's absolutely sublime - if you ever thought the Euphonium (basically a big Tuba) was just for oompah-oompah, give this a try - you'll be surprised. It's a powerful showpiece, but it's also tenderly romantic - the slow movement is just beautiful. A fine piece that embraces all the finest traditions of the British brass band, and a once-in-a-lifetime performance - preserved for you and in the name of great art, by your friend Tangotreats.

Download PW-EC.rar from Mirrorcreator - Upload files to multiple file sharing sites (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/X1THPEWG/PW-EC.rar_links)

Sorry about the double post, but sometimes good things come in two's... I took a chance on this one whilst out shopping last week, and was very pleasantly surprised.



大栗裕 - (HIROSHI OHGURI)
Violin Concerto
Fantasy on Osaka Folk Tunes
Legend for Orchestra
Rhapsody on Osaka Nursery Rhymes
Kazuhiro Takagi, violin
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Tatsuya Shimono, conductor



http://uploadmirrors.com/download/1UPKLK83/HO-VC.part1.rar
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/0QEG1NLN/HO-VC.part2.rar

My Rip - LAME 3.98.4 V0 - Scans included - Sleeve notes in English and German

I don't make it out record shopping as often as I used to, due to various commitments and lack of time... but I try to do it every now and again. Last Sunday I braved London's Oxford Street and this was an impulse buy - at Naxos' prices, it wasn't hard to justify, and I'm very pleased because I enjoyed this disc immensely. The sleeve notes place the music in its cultural context - Ohguri embued the spirit (and language) of Osaka into these works, which of course are universal. The music is approachable, tuneful, immaculately orchestrated, and percussion is particularly well highlighted. Ohguri wields the traditional Western orchestra (skilfully) with a pure, honest, Eastern sensibility. This is no crossover. This is no western music with superficial Japanese overtones and cliched harmonies. It's far more subtle than that; it is all at once very alien and very familiar.

I'd describe this better if I weren't so tired... but in any case, you should listen for yourself and make your own judgement. I find these works very appealing. I hope you will too. :)

AARGH, triple post!

As requested by Jakob in another thread, here's a bit more Philip Wilby - including the original brass band arrangement of the Euphonium Concerto.


PHILIP WILBY
A Breathless Alleluia, et al
Black Dyke Band
conducted by Nicholas Childs



My Rip - LAME 3.98.4 V0 - Scans as separate archive

ALBUM: Download PW-ABA.rar from Mirrorcreator - Upload files to multiple file sharing sites (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/CN9CO0HF/PW-ABA.rar_links)
SCANS: Download PW-ECSCANS.rar from Mirrorcreator - Upload files to multiple file sharing sites (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0VXQ62GW/PW-ECSCANS.rar_links)

I'm not terribly familiar with Philip Wilby's work other than the euphonium concerto--which is terrific--so I'm happy that you put this up! Thanks, tango.

This is a cross-post from the Orchestral thread, but it's appropriate here as well.


SAMUEL BARBER
Cello Concerto, et al.
Wendy Warner, cello
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop

11 Tracks | MP3 VBR -v0 | 105.85 MB



I'm primarily posting this album for the Cello Concerto, as I know the Adagio has been posted numerous times and I'll admit to being somewhat indifferent to Medea (although it of course has its moments).

The concerto is very introspective and, I think, melancholic in tone (par for the course for Barber). The melodies are very dance-like and reminiscent of ballet, a quality that Barber seems to share with his contemporary, Copland. The first two movements generate a tremendous sense of longing, while the third adds hints of playfulness and fire into the mix, as if some hypothetical protagonist has chosen to take action after two movements of contemplation. Haunting and very beautiful, with a wonderful performance by Chicago cellist Wendy Warner.

Medea, the ballet suite, is a more expansive work; not devoid of Barber's inward sound, but at the same time spotted with moments of grandeur and horror, as befits the mythological source. A most interesting listen, though it hasn't captivated me in the same manner as the concerto or the final piece...

The Adagio for Strings. This speaks for itself, but it can't hurt to have another version for comparison's sake.


Download it here (http://www.multiupload.com/ZVZTJ8BZX9)
Pass: tazed

Enjoy

does anyone have a version (not the piano, I think harpsichord?) version of this song? Starts at 4:22
YouTube - The Addams Family - S01E20 - Cousin Itt Visits The Addams Family 1-3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4fFus0zso)

Sweetmeats - Not what you asked for, but how about Williams' Bass Trombone Concerto and also his arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner?
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I would love Williams' Horn Concerto if anyone has it,

Thanks,
Strax

I'll take it. Thank you very much.

Could someone please provide me a link (preferably in FLAC or 320 kbps, and NOT conducted by Karajan) to the following 20th Century Classical works?

Schoenberg - 5 Pieces for Orchestra
Webern - 5 Pieces for Orchestra
Webern - 6 Pieces for Orchestra
Berg - 3 Pieces for Orchestra
Boulez - Notations I - IV Pour Orchestre
Boulez - D�rive I
Boulez - D�rive
Stravinsky - The Flood
Stravinsky - Renard
Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
Messiaen - Turangalila
Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques
Debussy - Nocturnes
Debussy - Jeux
Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto
Dutilleux - Timbres, Espace, Mouvement
Dutilleux - Metaboles
Ligeti - Atmospheres
Ligeti - Requiem
Honegger - Pacific 231
Scriabin - Poem of Ecstasy
Scriabin - Poem of Fire

I wonder if anyone has or knows where to find a piece of revolutionary Chinese music, in orchestral form, called Battling the Typhoon, also known as Fighting the Typhoon, or The Fight with the Typhoon [战台风,or Zhan tai feng in Chinese], composed by Ms WANG Changyuan.

One version says this work was composed in 1965 shortly after a typhoon struck the Hainan Island south of China. The composer went there to participate in the work of reconstruction and composed the piece of music to describe the fighting spirit of the inhabitants. The beginning describes daily life. Then the typhoon hits the island. The storm calms down and the heavens open up with torrid rain. At last the sun breaks through the clouds and reconstruction starts.

Another version states this is a dramatic depiction of fight of the Shanghai harbour proletariat against the forces of nature, while protecting the property of the people and the Chinese communist government. Wang composed the work in 1965 while living for three months in the dormitories of the Shanghai harbour and sharing her quarters with the workers there.

I do not know which version is true, since Hainan and Shanghai are over 1,000 miles apart.

The music has the wonderful sub-title �An Exaltation of the Socialist Initiative and the Heroism of the Dockers�!

I used to have it on cassette tape, which I recorded over quarter of a century ago from British radio BBC Radio 3, in turn broadcast live from a classical concert in China. My tape has now expired before I could convert it to disc. I have found Chinese zither and piano versions, but are not quite as spine-tingling and nuanced as for full orchestra.

Any help with finding a CD or MP3-320 version would be much appreciated.

Does anyone have the full audio performance of Mahler's 10th Symphony as prepared by Deryck Cooke?

I would really appreciate an upload, if you can. Thanks guys! : )

---------- Post added at 03:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:59 AM ----------

Does anyone have the full audio performance of Mahler's 10th Symphony as prepared by Deryck Cooke?

I would really appreciate an upload, if you can. Thanks guys! : )

@ compos24 :

Have a look on avaxhome :

Mahler Symphony No.10 - Daniel Harding [2008] in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Mahler_Symphony_No.10_-_Daniel_Harding.html)

I hope it is what you are looking for.

Mu turn posting a Request :

Does anyone have a link to Sibelius' First Symphony (or even the whole set!) conducted by Leif Segerstam ?


Thanks in advance !

.

Looking for The Two Of Kind Soundrack

John Travolta & Olivia Newton John


thanks

That's not classical, you're in the wrong thread.

Here's (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/film-score-hunt-thread-v2-78573/134.html) the one for film scores.

Anyone have the new recording of The Nutcracker featuring Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra? Thanks in advance!

streichorchester:
The Gothic symphony has just been performed in Brisbane, Australia. Any chance re-uploading your version as the original link is dead?
Many thanks,
chris

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto; "Much Ado about Nothing" Suite; Theme and Variations / Ulf Hoelscher, South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Willy Mattes Angel: S-1-36999 Angel: S-1-36999

Does this exist on CD?

Does anyone have a good classic CD that can really define the different era's of Classical music, such as Baroque, Romantic ect.

You mean, a compilation with emblematic pieces of each movement ? Or an emblematic disc for each ?

Just a CD that really shows pieces that define each era of that Classical time period.

Hello everybody.

I finally took the plunge and I started to discover classical music. I'm just starting my 'Wagner' discovery and serveral people told me that Twilight of the Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection is the best disk to start with Wagner.

Problem is I can't find this CD nowhere nor can I buy it from amazon MP3 or iTunes Store being in Europe. If somebody has this CD I would be thrilled if they could upload it for me.

Many thanks!
All the best!

Does anyone have any stuff by David Holsinger? Specifically his song Liturgical Dances.

Hello I wonder if anyone got the work Mascerade waltz by Khatchaturian it kicks!

@ Sar

Masquerade, by Aram Khachaturian (Avaxhome) :

Khachaturian - Ballet Suites , Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/khachaturian_tjeknavorian_suites.html)
or
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians / Kiril Kondrashin (2008) in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/red_seal_95.html)
or
Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus - Gayaneh - Masquerade in AvaxHome (http://avaxhome.ws/music/classical/Aram_Khachaturian_-_Spartacus_-_Gayaneh_-_Masquerade.html)

@ Bnightwing
Sorry, I'm sure such a disc exists, but I don't have any...

tons of thanks!

Regarding Wagner's orchestral music, some would say that a good introduction to his 'Ring' would be any of the recordings featuring the orchestral interludes. Two of the most attractive are the following:
- 'The Ring Without Words', performed by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Lorin Maazel (TELARC)
- 'The Ring, an Orchestral Adventure', performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CHANDOS)

These are collections of 'bleeding chunks', as some english critic nicknamed the performance of the orchestral showpieces, which constitute a small portion of the 15-hour tetralogy.

Another interesting option is the 'Introduction to the Ring' by Deryck Cooke (DECCA), issued in two CD and featuring fragments performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Solti. A narrator presents all the basic musical themes (the famous leitmotiven) and describes how they are constantly developed and combined to form new ones.

If you ask so, I think I could try to upload the Berlin Philharmonic disc, which I have in lossless. I also have the 'Introduction' but with the narration in Spanish.

Regarding Wagner's orchestral music, some would say that a good introduction to his 'Ring' would be any of the recordings featuring the orchestral interludes. Two of the most attractive are the following:
- 'The Ring Without Words', performed by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Lorin Maazel (TELARC)
- 'The Ring, an Orchestral Adventure', performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Jarvi (CHANDOS)



I posted "The Ring Without Words" here: http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/classical-request-58159/17.html#post1256733

I've just seen there are other orchestral albums of Wagner's opera to be released by Chandos, conducted by Jarvi : Tristan und Isolde and Parsifal !
Any chance someone here own's the The Ring, a Symphonic Adventure by the same Jarvi ? I can't find it anywhere, not even on Amazon.fr... and I'm desperatly craving to listen to it !

I downloaded that and it is great. Thanks for the upload. As for my request, I already bought the physical version on amazon :)

DELIUS - ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra

MP3-V0
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! (http://www.multiupload.com/RFPKI23VET)

Apologies for the delay :)
Lens, THANK YOU! I'm very sorry for my delayed appreciation I just haven't been around the boards in a bit. Can't believe I almost missed it!

I really appreciate it. :D

Don't know if it appeared before but here you have Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_%22The_Lord_of_the_Rings%22) by Johan de Meij premiered in 1988. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Warble.

mp3 | 320kbps | 42:44 | 98,4Mb (http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=inzLdwWy)
01- I: Gandalf (the wizard) (06:31)
02- II: Lothl�rien (the Elvenwood) (07:58)
03- III: Gollum (Sm�agol) (10:06)
04- IV: Journey in the dark: A. The mines of Moria / B. The bridge of Khazad-D�m (08:51)
05- V: Hobbits (09:18)

I know this is buried somewhere in this thread but I was looking for a Good Recording of Brahms: Frist Symphony, I can't seem to find a decent one, and I really am not in the mood to buy a whole CD for it off Itunes.

Hi,

Now here's a tough (i.e impossible...) one... I's called "Discoth�que Id�ale Classique" and has 100 CDs !!! Music label is Erato. It was released in France in 2007 (Amazon link (http://www.amazon.fr/Discoth%C3%A8que-Id%C3%A9ale-Classique-100-CD/dp/B000OPOEKI/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1295878442&sr=1-2)).
It' s huge compilation that covers a very wide range of classical music. Good for classical music newbies (like me!). I'd love this one...

Thanks

EDIT: I don't have much to share apart from those pieces conducted and/or composed by John Williams:

1988-Gustav Holst - The Planets (Philips) [320 Kbps].rar (121.68 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/R6VFX4n)
1990-We Wish you a Merry Christmas (1980) (Philips) [320 Kbps].rar (107.01 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/7mwDeK9)
1992-Joy to the World (Sony Classical) [320 Kbps].rar (162.46 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/GFPpuUe)
1992-Violin Concerto - Flute Concerto (Varese Sarabande) [320 Kbps].rar (109.25 MB) (can't publicly share this, it's Varese Sarabande)
1996-The Sound of Glory (Sony Classical) [320 Kbps].rar (147.39 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/6gwtGRk)
1997-The Five Sacred Trees (Sony Classical) [320 Kbps].rar (61.24 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/VjA5vgm)
2001-Treesong (Deutsche Grammophon) [320 Kbps].rar (155.90 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/VXtpeRX)
2002-20th Century Concerti (Asv Living Era) [320 Kbps].rar (47.56 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/7ngUHpW)
2002-American Journey - Winter Olympics 2002 (Sony Classical) [320 Kbps].rar (154.57 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/abWxtac)
2002-Essay for Strings - Trumpet Concerto (Denouement Records) [320 Kbps].rar (74.59 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/eZBT8BF)
2002-Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams (Sony) [320 Kbps].rar (157.77 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/8sbySyr)
2006-Vintage Collection No 8 (Tower Records) [320 Kbps].rar (40.45 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/tGgHyWR)
2008-Duo Concertante - Duos for Violin and Viola (Antona) [320 Kbps].rar (34.79 MB) (http://www.fileserve.com/file/49zsN6K)

Still better than nothing !

Enjoy

I've just made a simple request on Google : rapidshare Discoth�que id�ale classique and... guess what ? It has already been uploaded there :
100 Cd de musique classique. 1 lien par compositeur. | T�l�charger films, s�ries, logiciels, musiques, jeux, ebooks sur megaupload rapidshare et free (http://www.filesdrop.com/megaupload-100-cd-de-musique-classique-1-lien-par-compositeur/t104700/)
PW : lanceval

It is not in disc order but by composer : I guess that, taking a little time to put it in order, you could have the original track order back. It's better if you don't know which period the composer is related to.
As an advice... the first in alphabetical order is Tommaso Albinoni : have a listen to his Oboe concertos if some are on the set, they are lovely and easy-listening baroque pieces.

Enjoy ! ; )

Yeah I know of this release. I downloaded it a while ago and there are a few issues:
- quality is rather poor: If I remember well, it's 128k
- after I reordered every single track back to the original CD order, it turned out that there are several extra tracks and some genuine tracks are missing...

That's why I am looking for a better release...

Thanks anyway Dj�houty !

@ohwiseone
_Leonard Bernstein-Brahms's Symphonies,Overtures.Haydn Variations,Violin Concerto,Double Concerto
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,Gidon Kremer(violin),Mischa Maisky(cello)

wma 192
+ Symphony no 1 in C minor,Op 68
Bernstein-Brahms symphony no 1.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g5nkz3ltqm0)
+Symphony no 2 in D major,Op 73;Academic Festival Overture,Op 80
Brahms- Symphonie No 2 Academic Festival Overture Bernstein.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tzjogwmmxom)
+Symphony no 3 in F major,Op 90;Variations on a theme by Haydn,Op 56a
Brahms- Symphony No. 3; Haydn- Variationen Bernstein.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4wlyy1mwmmj)
+Symphony no 4 in D major,Op 98;Tragic Overture,Op 81
Brahms- Symphony No 4 Tragic overture Bernstein.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4z5tmczmrte)
+Violin Concerto in D major,Op 77;Double Concerto in A minor,Op 102
Brahms- Violin Concerto; Double Concerto Bernstein.part1.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?2jt0noomkvy)
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1w0inu4hgmj)

Some late Romantic goodness:


Arnold Schoenberg
VERKL�RTE NACHT, PELLEAS UND MELISANDE
The Berlin Philharmonic
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
My rip -- MP3 -v0 | 16 Tracks | 120 MB



Link here (Thread 85448)

This post has three purposes. First, to shamelessly bump this thread back to the first page where it belongs. Second, to highlight a particularly lovely piece of music. Third, to celebrate the end of a painful afternoon drowning in cleaning fluid and whatnot, giving my cassette deck a much needed service.

Here's a piece you've probably heard before, but a performance you almost certainly haven't. It's from a 1998 concert given by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Leaper, with Imogen Cooper as the soloist.

Back in '98 I was too poor to buy CDs or anything for that matter, so my love of classical music was satisfied by BBC Radio 3. Every few months I spent my meagre pocket money on a big box of blank cassettes and recorded everything I could get my hands on. Some recordings were better than others - and some of the performances I captured were less than stellar... but some of them were something quite special. This is one of those golden performances that was never meant to be captured or recorded or remembered - it was done on the day for the audience at BBC Manchester and that was that... but a little boy of thirteen sat listening, utterly transfixed. I remember the day; it was a summer afternoon and the second movement played just as the evening moved into that wonderful transition period... where it's still bright and warm out, but somehow quieter and a little dreamy.

This performance helped me fall in love with Ravel's Piano Concerto, and over the years I have heard various other recordings of it - but I have always found myself drawn back to this one, and I don't really know why. Perhaps it's nostalgia, or perhaps it does have something special about it... regardless, I am delighted to be able to share with you this little piece of my musical awakening.

My cassette deck today is considerably better quality than the old, broken hand-me-down I used for the recording - with some judicious adjustments here and there, I found myself completely astounded by the sound quality - and it is excellent; hiss is low (and has been digitally reduced, to a sensible extent and with utmost respect to the music).

MAURICE RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G Major
Imogen Cooper (soloist)
BBC Philharmonic
conducted by
Adrian Leaper

From a live BBC Broadcast given in the summer of 1998.

LAME 3.98.4 -V0 - Transfer from cassette using Sony TC-KB902S Quality Series deck.

Download - MR-PCIGM.rar - Sharebee.com, the one and only online file hosting distribution service. (http://sharebee.com/478ea79e)

This concerto is orgasmic. Thanks for the up, tango!

Edit: I'm listening to this now and this is a terrific performance by both soloist and ensemble! Just terrific!

Always good to hear different interpretations of the Ravel. You are absolutely right in its nostalgic, of times past "end of day" feel....exactly why the late choreographer Kenneth Macmillan entitled his ballet based on this piece "Le Fin Du Jour".

Personally my favourite has always been Arturo Michelangeli's performance conducted by Gracis....for shear poetry I don't think it has been bettered......so many performers put too much false emotion into it......the notes are emotive enough.

True, that is a lovely performance... I have it on vinyl somewhere... :)

The EMI recording of Faure's Opera 'Promethee', 3 acts. Seems only available in the U.K.

Well, it's time again for another trip into my past... I will say right now that if you're the sort of person who can't tolerate poor sound quality for the sake of an excellent performance, you won't be interested in this one; the sound quality is respectable, but it's not fantastic. The recording under scrutiny was made in a rush, under less than ideal circumstances, on old equipment. If you can put up with slightly muddy sonics in exchange for a really, really fantastic performance, read on...

This is my first ever exposure to Shostakovich; I can tell you that it took me a great many years to finally make up my mind whether I loved him or hated him (my decision was the former) and at the time of this concert, this music made me very uneasy indeed. The year was 1996, and I was 12 - so hopefully you'll be able to forgive me for not entirely understanding ole' Shosty! To my credit, though, I listened and relistened to this concert thinking that there was something very special there and hoping that it would gradually worm its way into my consciousness. I found the whole thing so turgid and tasteless. Thankfully, tastes change.

So, we have a recording made from TV in 1996; this was still a good couple of years before I was able to get my hands on a Stereo video recorder. Sadly, I was also forced to improvise a blank tape at the last minute - all I could find was a very used tape from the early 80s.

The picture, whilst marred with occasional dropout, has survived the years rather well. (Well, at any rate, it has brushed up quite well following an extensive restoration.) The sound, on the other hand, suffered quite badly - but no worse than you'd expect from the mono soundtrack of a thirty year old VHS tape! I have had my transfer VCR to pieces over the last few days, cleaning heads, greasing mechanisms, fine-tuning azimuth screws, and looking at spectrograph scans in order to squeeze every last drop out of this tape as physically possible. Having finished restoring the audio (transfer, noise reduction, re-equalisation, and the addition of light acoustically-extracted ambience) I can say it's a wonderfully electric performance with excellent soloists (Joanna MacGregor is SEXXXY) and the strings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra play superbly. Very much worth having. I haven't had nearly as much fun with other performances of this concerto than I have with this one.



BBC PROMS 1996
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
Concerto in C Minor for Piano, Trumpet, and Strngs (Op. 35)
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
John Wallace (trumpet)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by
Sir Andrew Davis



Download BBC_Proms_1996_-_Dmitry_Shostakovich_-_Concerto_in_C_Minor_for_Piano__Trumpet__and_Strin gs__Op._35_.mkv from Mirrorcreator - Upload files to multiple file sharing sites (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/PD44WXSX/BBC_Proms_1996_-_Dmitry_Shostakovich_-_Concerto_in_C_Minor_for_Piano__Trumpet__and_Strin gs__Op._35_.mkv_links)

Full restoration from VHS cassette, recorded from live BBC Broadcast in London, England. Total size 150mb. Total Time 21:39:00. Video (MKV Container) - H264 at Q.20. Audio - LAME 3.98.4 at -V0.

Thanks for the upload of Ravel's Piano Concerto, it's fantastic. Loved it.

wow... this thread is even better than ever! :D if anyone can upload Richard Strauss' Salome, I'd be eternally grateful. :D

Thanks tangotreats. :)

Hi,
can anybody help me to recognize this two music:

Unknown 1.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?adt14wa375w8dzd)
Unknown 2.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/?i93pei4bx2reb1x)

merci

Tango, thanks for the two brilliant Proms! The Shostakovich in particular I haven't listened to in ages, and everyone is ON FIRE here. Young Joanna MacGregor is stunning too, I agree ;)

I know you're not a Bach fan, but did you catch any of her Well-Tempered Clavier on BBC2 back in the day (when was it now? Early noughties?)? Her performance of the GREAT B minor fugue, the culmination and disintegration of Book 1, is essential. Thankfully some kind soul has youtubed it for posterity:

Prelude - YouTube - Bach - WTC I (Joanna MacGregor) - Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor BWV 869 - 1. Prelude (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmxXVlXZUr8)
Fugue - YouTube - Bach - WTC I (Joanna MacGregor) - Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B Minor BWV 869 - 2. Fugue (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv7gjiMSypU)

She also describes the music far more incisively than I could.


Hi,
can anybody help me to recognize this two music

I'm afraid these aren't classical pieces by any stretch of the imagination.

I'm afraid these aren't classical pieces by any stretch of the imagination.

Anyway, I'll be grateful for your Help ..
Please ...!

You'd be best asking elsewhere. People in this thread are unlikely to recognise those tracks - I don't I'm afraid.

Hello. Can anybody help me to recognize this music fragment?

Melody (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0GAGRJN0)

Thank you

Some nice stuff


Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music): Tchaikovsky &#183; Piano Concerto No. 1 | Rachmaninoff &#183; Piano Concerto No. 3 (http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/2011/02/tchaikovsky-piano-concerto-no-1.html)



Only Classical: Stokowski: Transcriptions - Sawallisch - EMI (http://classical-free.blogspot.com/2011/02/stokowski-transcriptions-sawallisch-emi.html)



Classic Collection: Grieg: Peer Gynt - Incidental music (http://classicalcollections.blogspot.com/2011/02/grieg-peer-gynt-incidental-music.html)



Le moment musical: Busoni • Transcriptions For Piano After J.S.Bach, Fantasia contrappuntistica (http://ilfarevorto.blogspot.com/2011/02/busoni-transcriptions-for-piano-after.html)



Le moment musical: Liszt • 6 Hungarian Rapsodies (http://ilfarevorto.blogspot.com/2010/09/liszt-6-hungarian-rapsodies.html)


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GnaCPW_PMK0/TUJ3PmNdnGI/AAAAAAAAAMk/PczksDzv_V0/s320/folder.JPG
Favorite classics: Brahms - Hungarian Dances (http://jfclassics.blogspot.com/2011/01/brahms-hungarian-dances.html)



Favorite classics: Stravinsky - The Firebird-Suite, Petrushka (http://jfclassics.blogspot.com/2011/02/stravinsky-firebird-suite-petrushka.html)




Cyprien Katsaris - Piano Rarities - Vol. 1: Transcriptions - 2008. | Classics (http://classicallibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/cyprien-katsaris-piano-rarities-vol-1.html)




PLAN B: Wagneriana: Piano Transcriptions - Cyprien Katsaris - 1994. (http://robsplanb.blogspot.com/2011/02/wagneriana-piano-transcriptions-cyprien.html)






Does anybody have these?
AN EVENING WITH LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI*Bach, Haendel, Purcell et al.. Brussels Philharmonic,*Richard Egarr (http://www.glossamusic.com/glossa/reference.aspx?id=217)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (http://www.theclassicalshop.net/Details.aspx?CatalogueNumber=NA%203330)
Thanks a lot in advance!


Some "Pictures at an Exhibition" frenzy!!!!


Pianist Joanna MacGregor interviewing several people, including Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Edward Johnson (doyen of Leopold Stokowski Society) and Lawrence Leonard about the several orchestrations for "Pictures at an Exhibition".

Part1
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. An introduction to various orchestration part 1/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cUg5DiGOd4)

Part2
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. An introduction to various orchestration part 2/2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-qNwq7gKvg)

At a Promenade Concert on Monday, August 19th 1991 we heard Leonard Slatkin's brilliant first compilation from nine different orchestrations of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, a remarkably successful initiative, reminding us, as it did, of how many arrangements there have been of this evocative score. Then he went for extracts from Lawrence Leonard’s version for piano and orchestra, from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lucien Cailliet, Sergey Gorchakov, Leonidas Leonardi, Sir Henry Wood, Mikhail Tushmalov, Leopold Stokowski and Maurice Ravel.
It was the indefatigable Edward Johnson, champion of Leopold Stokowski, we had to thank for getting Slatkin interested and finding some of the scores. Now Slatkin has done it again with a new – in many ways more way-out – compilation including versions by Ellison, Gorchakov, Walter Goehr, Naoumoff, Geert van Keulen, Ashkenazy, Simpson, Cailliet, Wood, Lawrence Leonard, Leo Funtek, Boyd, Ravel and the Australian composer/arranger Douglas Gamley.

Slatkin’s first compilation, although he played it round the world, has never been commercially released, which makes it all the more pleasing to welcome his second version on this CD from the 2004 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
.......................
MUSSORGSKY Pictures RESPIGHI Pines WARNER 2564 61954-2 [LF]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2005 MusicWeb-International (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Aug05/Pictures_pines_2564619542.htm)



Leonard Slatkin's 1st composite suite was :
1. Promenade (Lawrence Leonard)
2. Gnomus (Vladimir Ashkenazy)
3. Promenade II(Lucien Cailliet)
4. The Old Castle (Sergei Gorchakov)
5. Promenade III (Leonidas Leonardi)
6. Tuileries (Leonidas Leonardi)
7. Bydlo (Sir Henry Wood)
8. Promenade IV (Lucien Cailliet)
9. Ballet of the unhatched chicks (Lucien Cailliet)
10. 2 Polish-Jews, One Rich, the other Poor (Sergei Gorchakov)
11.Promenade V (Lucien Cailliet)
12.Limoges ; the Market (Mikhail Tushmalov)
13.Catacombs (Leopold Stokowski)
14.Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua (Sir Henry Wood)
15.Baba Yaga (Maurice Ravel)
16.Great Gate of Kiev (Maurice Ravel)
*encore* --> Great Gate of Kiev (Sir Henry Wood)



Introductory speech by Leonard Slatkin
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin conducting. (6/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqFSIlI-PGs)


Part1 ( Promenade I, Gnomus, Promenade II, Old Castle)
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin Conducting. (1/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRydpS69d0A)

Part 2 (Promenade III, Tuileries, Bydlo, Promenade IV, Polish Jews ) <-- Leonidas Leonardi in here!!!! Yay!!!!!
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin Conducting. (2/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNxSnyDMKuI)

Part 3 ( Promenade V, Limoges, Catacombs, Cum Mortuis )
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin Conducting. (3/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P1teqjBdeY)

Part 4 (Baba-Yaga, The Grate Gate of Kiev )
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin Conducting. (4/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx7tImOXHf8)


Great Gate of Kiev (Sir Henry Wood)
YouTube - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition. Various orchestrations. Leonard Slatkin Conducting. (5/6) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k38QV4ZTwN8)



Mikhail Tushmalov version with conductor Marc Andrae!
YouTube - Mussorgskij - Pictures at an Exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0H3J_CSL0)
Marc Andreae - Conductor (http://www.marcandreae.ch/lp09.html)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Pictures_at_an_Exhibition_%28Mussorgsky,_Modest_Pe trovich%29
http://www.lucksmusic.com/cat-symph/showdetailMain.asp?CatalogNo=08431






Now come some awkward requests :
Does anyone have a TV broadcast capture for this (BBC Proms 2010)?
YouTube - BBC Proms 2010: Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0aCvdH8Rjs&nofeather=True)
YouTube - Mussorgsky (arr. Sir Henry Wood, 1915) - The Heroes&#39; Gate at Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XHHdPE1QG4&nofeather=True)


Does anyone have a TV broadcast capture for Slatkin's 2nd composite suite (BBC Proms 1 Sep 2004)? I have it on disc, but it would be really nice if we could have on video....
MUSSORGSKY Pictures RESPIGHI Pines WARNER 2564 61954-2 [LF]: Classical CD Reviews- August 2005 MusicWeb-International (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2005/Aug05/Pictures_pines_2564619542.htm)

Percy Grainger - In a Nutshell
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Simon Rattle Conducting


Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?4lshggbeboba145)


I was introducing Lens to Grainger, and he looked around to find this which has become one of my absolute favorite listening experiences of the last five years at least! I kept waiting for him to post this, but I am just bursting at the seams with the urge to share PERCY GRAINGER!

I was lucky enough to have an Australian band teacher in middle school that introduced me to Percy Grainger, and I have loved his music since. He takes the simplest pastoral melodies and with a genius that is just so tasty, picks them apart and expands them in a way that never ceases to entertain. If you've never heard Grainger before, you're in for a real treat!!

This set contains the "In a Nutshell" suite, an arrangement of a Ravel and a Debussy piece, Lincolnshire Posy, and "The Warriors - Music for an Imaginary Ballet". Lincolnshire Posy, which is what led Lens to this album, is very traditional wind band repertoire but receives a somewhat lackluster performance here. My favorites of the album are The Warriors --which seems to be a sublime mix of Stravinsky and Ives that leaves me gasping for air-- , The Nutshell Suite, and La Vallee Des Cloches.

Forgive my barren, lackluster review, but please listen to this gem!!


(cross-post from Big Orchestral Thread)

Bach Day - BBC Proms 2010: The grand finale to Bach Day features arrangements for orchestra made across almost a century. They range from the subtly coloured ballet score that William Walton drew from several of Bach's cantatas to the thunderous reinventions of organ works that begin and end the concert. Also appearing are Grainger's 'ramble' on 'Sheep may safely graze', Malcolm Sargent's recasting of 'Air on the G String', Granville Bantock's treatment of the popular chorale 'Sleepers, awake!' - and two special commissions from young composers who offer their new reimaginings based on movements from Bach's sonatas for solo violin and for viola da gamba.

Having opened with the pure, pared-down period-performance approach stemming from the research of recent decades, Bach Day lets its hair down in a glorious, if slightly unfashionable, celebration.

• J. S. Bach, orch. Leopold Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (10 mins)
• J. S. Bach, orch. Sir Henry Wood 'Suite No. 6' - Prelude; Finale (6 mins)
• Tarik O'Regan Latent Manifest (c5 mins)
(BBC commission: world premiere)
• William Walton The Wise Virgins -- suite (21 mins)

interval

• Grainger Blithe Bells (4 mins)
• J. S. Bach, arr. Sargent Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 - Air (6 mins)
• Alissa Firsova Bach Allegro (c5 mins)
(BBC commission: world premiere)
• J. S. Bach, arr. Bantock Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns due Stimme', BWV 645 (5 mins)
• J. S. Bach, arr. Ottorino Respighi Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (13 mins)

• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton conductor


Part 1
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 1 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3MB6q9jxws&nofeather=True)

Part 2
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 2 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj0FUX4oiBs&nofeather=True)

Part 3
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 3 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpdAr8hAwNU&nofeather=True)

Part 4
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 4 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq4_1CCcXXw&nofeather=True)

Part 5
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 5 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAmIgeAR9sk&nofeather=True)

Part 6
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 6 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvFZUm5YxJc&nofeather=True)

Part 7
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 7 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Tea1zwT3U&nofeather=True)

Part 8
YouTube - Bach J.S. (1685-1750) -- BBC Proms 2010 - Bach Day - Part 8 - Andrew Litton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFZk4Xfafhg&nofeather=True)





Dvorak, orch. Sir Henry Wood : Humoresque in G flat
YouTube - BBC Proms 2010: Dvorak - Humoresque in G flat (orchestrated by Henry Wood) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSmQ5jkCT7w&nofeather=True)

Henry Purcell, orch. Sir Henry Wood : New Suite
YouTube - Henry Purcell: New Suite, arr Henry Wood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-fl5Hzdjp0&nofeather=True)


Mussorgsky / Sir Henry Wood : Pictures at an Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0aCvdH8Rjs&nofeather=True


Great Gate of Kiev (Sir Henry Wood)
YouTube - Mussorgsky (arr. Sir Henry Wood, 1915) - The Heroes&#39; Gate at Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XHHdPE1QG4&nofeather=True)

Hi guys

Anybody got Mahler's 4th conducted by Benjamin Britten - I only know of this performance by its reputation. I am very keen to listen to Britten conducting another composrer's music - particularly one who was as much in love with song and voice as himself.

Thanks.

Hello everyone,

I've been looking for a long time for Haydn's Creation conducted by Solti with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Burrowes, Greenberg, Wohlers, Morris and Nimsgern as soloists. There is no way to find it. The only one I find is the later recording in a live concert with the same orchestra and director and other soloists: Ziesak, Lippert, Pape and Scharinger.

Thanks.

Hi guys

Anybody got Mahler's 4th conducted by Benjamin Britten - I only know of this performance by its reputation. I am very keen to listen to Britten conducting another composrer's music - particularly one who was as much in love with song and voice as himself.

Thanks.


Brethren, search the blogs
Todo Mahler: Mahler, Sinfon�a no.4 / Lieder, Direcci�n de Benjamin Britten (http://todomahler.blogspot.com/2008/11/mahler-sinfona-no4-lieder-direccin-de.html)


There are so many blogs.... Once you browse the blogs, you will see links to others blogs with stuff and downloads.

BOXSET.RU (http://boxset.ru/)

Archivos Cl�sicos (http://archivosclasicos.blogspot.com/)

The Concert Hall (http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/)

La Clasica... (http://ladiscotecaclasica.blogspot.com/)

Only Classical (http://classical-free.blogspot.com/)

Meeting in Music (http://meetinginmusic.blogspot.com/)

Classical And Organ Music For All (http://organ-music-for-all.blogspot.com/)

CLASSICS (http://classicallibrary.blogspot.com/)

Blogger Musical (Beautiful Classical Music) (http://i-bloggermusic.blogspot.com/)

Otto's Classical Musick (http://bachradio.blogspot.com/)

The Phase 4 Stereo Blog (http://thephase4stereo.blogspot.com/)

Musica Clasica en DVD (http://clasicaendvd.blogspot.com/)

THE WORLD of CLASSICAL (http://sharedclassics2010.blogspot.com/)

Classic music and Discography (http://www.clasicsound.com/)

Allegro ordinario (http://domibus-eternis.blogspot.com/)

Classic Collection (http://classicalcollections.blogspot.com/)

Le moment musical (http://ilfarevorto.blogspot.com/)

Laureate Conductor(s) (http://laureateconductor.blogspot.com/)

ahhfwww Classical (http://ahhfwmy.blogspot.com/)

Classical WAYLTL (http://classicalwayltl.blogspot.com/)

Great Pianists (http://richtergilels.blogspot.com/)

A 20th Century Opera Collection (http://operadelsigloxx.blogspot.com/)

Ah Meng's Blog (http://ahmeng1688.blogspot.com/)

Maestro (http://maestroclassico.blogspot.com/)

http://randomclassics.blogspot.com/

http://musiklassik.blogspot.com/

http://themusicparlour.blogspot.com/

This stuff is very good! Don't miss it!!! Kudos to scarpia for uploading these gems!




The Concert Hall: Claude Debussy: Engulfed Cathedral (http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/03/claude-debussy-engulfed-cathedral.html)
Debussy The engulfed Cathedral: Classical CD Reviews- October 2000 Music on the Web(UK) (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/oct00/debussyengulfed.htm)



http://rapidshare.com/files/212374112/dbssec.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/212390546/dbssec.part2.rar


Contents :
The Engulfed Cathedral (arr. Leopold Stokowski)
L'Isle Joyeuse (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Deux Arabesques (arr. Henri Mouton)
La Mer
Bruy�res (arr. Percy Grainger)
Danse-Tarantelle Styrienne (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Children's Corner (arr. Andre Caplet)

Geoffrey Simon conducts The Philharmonia Orchestra








The Concert Hall: Claude Debussy: Night In Granada (http://theconcerthall.blogspot.com/2009/03/claude-debussy-night-in-granada.html)
Debussy Night in Granada: Classical CD Reviews- October 2000 Music on the Web(UK) (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/oct00/Debussynight.htm)




http://rapidshare.com/files/210570325/dbssnig.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/210582471/dbssnig.part2.rar

Contents:
Night in Granada (arr. Leopold Stokowski)
Clair de Lune (arr. Andre Caplet)
Pagodes (arr. Percy Grainger)
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair (arr. William Gleichmann)
Nocturnes
Premi�re Rhapsodie
Petite Suite (arr. Henri B�sser)

Geoffrey Simon conducts The Philharmonia Orchestra




Geoffrey Simon series (http://anonym.to/?http://www.calarecords.com/acatalog/Geoffrey_Simon.html)

thanks for the debussy. does anyone have a recent recording (or a link to it elsewhere) for Ravel's String Quartet in F please? Thanks

Hi

Do anybody know original name of this classical Remix?!
http://uploadmirrors.com/download/VJFAAI3Z/Remix.mp3

thanks for the debussy. does anyone have a recent recording (or a link to it elsewhere) for Ravel's String Quartet in F please? Thanks

I don't know the work yet. I found a lossless link with "google image" :
Fauteuil d'Oreille: Ravel, Debussy, Faur� - String Quartets - Quatuor Eb�ne (http://fauteuildoreille.blogspot.com/2009/11/ravel-debussy-faure-string-quartets.html)

Hope that's what you are looking for. ; )

I don't know the work yet. I found a lossless link with "google image" :
Fauteuil d'Oreille: Ravel, Debussy, Faur� - String Quartets - Quatuor Eb�ne (http://fauteuildoreille.blogspot.com/2009/11/ravel-debussy-faure-string-quartets.html)

Hope that's what you are looking for. ; )

Thanks Djehouty!
That'll do fine! :)

I'm looking for Karl Jenkins' Gloria/Te Deum album from 2010 in 192kbps or greater. Been enjoying his Diamond Music and Stabat Mater and finding that his music really shines when he's not in Adiemus mode. Good stuff. :)

Also, while I'm here, does anyone have American River by Jonathan Elias?

Thank you very much.

I need this set to complete The Wagner Trilogy.

Wagner - G�tterd�mmerung - Herbert von Karajan-Deutsche Grammophon

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I will be posting the entire trilogy once completed.