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Lara Somogyi – ! (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 26:56 minutes | 485 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury KX
Pioneering electronic artist, harpist and composer Lara Somogyi has signed to Mercury KX to release her debut album, entitled ! (pronounced “Exclamation”). Lara Somogyi builds a new creative sound world based around the harp, its expressive capabilities and electronics, which is the result of a decade’s long dive into sonic exploration. “Every single sound you hear on the album comes directly from the harp,” explained Somogyi. “I wanted to express everything this instrument can do.”
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Linos Ensemble – Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:19 minutes | 731 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © CapriccioNR
Brahms is famous for his symphonies and grand concertos. But many Brahms-lovers would argue he shines brightest in chamber works. And indeed, there is almost no work of Brahms’ that did not start out as chamber music, including his Serenade No.1, which began life as a nonet. It is presented here by the Linos Ensemble in its reconstructed original form. For his second Serenade, Brahms stuck with the chamber orchestra-sized ensemble from the get-go. Clara Schumann approved: “What could I possibly tell you about the Adagio? I feel as if there were no words for the sheer joy that this piece brings me. It’s marvelously beautiful!”
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Laurent Pernice, Dominique Beven – Le Corps Utopique (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:23 minutes | 481 MB | Genre: Experimental
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These are truly original pieces, very personal, closer to contemporary and improvised music than to ethnic music.The recordings began in autumn 2019 in Laurent Pernice’s studio. Dominique Beven improvised a series of tunes, under the direction of the composer, during three different sessions distributed over time. The sound recordings were then re-arranged, mixed and electronically manipulated by Laurent Pernice to produce the final pieces to be submitted to Anima Motrix Company. The album ” Le Corps utopique”, which is Laurent Pernice’s 18th album, was released by ADN Records, a label based in Milan (Italy) and run since 1983 by people who are passionate about new, industrial and or improvised music. Since the beginning, they have shown a strong interest in deviant French music, publishing Pascal Comelade, Pierre Bastien, and DDAA… All the sessions recorded by Laurent Pernice and Dominique Beven have been gathered on this album.
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Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Gintaras Rinkevicius – Pēteris Barisons: Three Preludes, Symphony No. 2 (The Romantic) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:33 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © SKANI
“The 1930s are a particularly notable time for the development of Latvian music. This can be observed in the work of composers of all generations, as well as in music education, concert life, periodicals and the beauty of the Song Festivals. Throughout all these, Pēteris Barisons (1904–1947). is an active and fruitful participant. His dynamic and varied work in one area is particularly noteworthy – that is his rich and bountiful achievement in the field of symphonic music. [..] The symphony confirms both the author’s conceptual ability to transform his own complex intentions into a musically rich, but natural, organic whole, as well as his ability to use the possibilities of the orchestra in varied and rich ways. Today, with its language and message rooted in late romantic traditions, it does not at all sound outdated or anachronistic. No, it offers a universal concept in a natural, organic way, which is effective still in the 21st century.” Jānis Torgāns.
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La Floridiana – Pier Giuseppe Sandoni: Cantatas & Instrumental Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:01 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © deutsche harmonia mundi
A real discovery from the curious ensemble La Floridiana: cantatas and instrumental works Pier Giuseppe Sandoni, all world premiere recordings and a surprise: what has been attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach so far is actually by – exactly: Sandoni.
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![Lorenzo De Finti, Fabrizio Bosso - Lullabies from an Unknown Time (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/19/008f4a57.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Lorenzo De Finti, Fabrizio Bosso – Lullabies from an Unknown Time (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:23 minutes | 302 MB | Genre: Jazz
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‘Lullabies from an Unknown Time’ brings together two musicians renowned for their virtuosic, classically-influenced technique, performing here a set of music full of restraint, poignancy and sensitivity.
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Laila Biali – Your Requests (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:46 minutes | 914 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ACT Music
On “Your Requests” Canadian singer and pianist Laila Biali fulfills the musical wishes of her fans. Fresh versions of classics from the Great American Songbook with a prominent line-up featuring Kurt Elling, Larnell Lewis, Grégoire Maret, Anat Cohen, Emilie-Claire Barlow and many more.
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![Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier - Debussy: Piano Duets (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/10/15/jj75awyd3atwb_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier – Debussy: Piano Duets (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:24 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Chandos
Regular duet and two-piano partners, Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself – such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques, and the Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire, as well as a number of arrangements of his solo piano pieces (the Première Arabesque, La Fille aux cheveux de lin, and the Ballade slave). The album ends with André Caplet’s monumental arrangement of Debussy’s best-known orchestral work, La Mer. Stripping the work of its orchestral colours, this two-piano version allows the listener to appreciate more easily Debussy’s ground-breaking harmonic innovation. The album was recorded in the concert hall at Snape Maltings, in Suffolk, using a pair of Bösendorfer 280 VC grand pianos.
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![Lea Birringer, Hofer Symphoniker, Hermann Bäumer - Sinding: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 45, Romance in D Major Op. 100 - Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/19/rin70f486cjeb_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Lea Birringer, Hofer Symphoniker, Hermann Bäumer – Sinding: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 45, Romance in D Major Op. 100 – Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:32 minutes | 603 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © RUBICON
Lea Birringer’s first concerto recording is a fascinating combination of the well known with a delightful concerto that does not deserve the obscurity to which it has been consigned.Christian Sinding (1856-1941) composed his concerto 1898. It proved a great success, so its neglect today is difficult to understand. It is certainly demanding on the soloist, but also flatters them. Full of memorable tunes and with brilliant use of the orchestra, this is a cleverly constructed work that deserves to be better known.The later Romance published in 1910 is a wonderfully tender, romantic piece similar to those by Bruch or Dvořák. Mendelssohn’s evergreen concerto of 1845 occupies a place in the pantheon of great violin concertos. It was to be his last orchestral composition (a 3rd piano concerto remained unfinished), and represents perfection – playing without a break, it has many surprises, not least the entry of the soloist after a bar of accompaniment.
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