Philippe Tondre, Danae Dörken – Robert schumann contrasts (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Philippe Tondre, Danae Dörken – Robert schumann contrasts (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 47:02 minutes | 410 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Klarthe Records

Philippe Tondre presents the most important musical project of his life. There was no doubt about the choice of programme. The music of Robert Schumann is, in a way, his Madeleine de Proust. The Romances opus 94 rocked him from an early age and accompanied him throughout his studies. All these late works for instrument and piano by Heinz Holliger and Alfred Brendel, Alexeï and Leonid Ogrintchouk, Albrecht Mayer and Markus Becker were included in his first recordings. This project was an opportunity to rekindle the flame of many emotions that have marked him over the last fifteen years. These memories have guided him throughout the recording: every element of his musical education has played a part in this recording journey.

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Pet Shop Boys – Relentless (2023 Remaster) (1993/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pet Shop Boys – Relentless (2023 Remaster) (1993/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:13 minutes | 821 MB | Genre: Dance, Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

Pet Shop Boys announce the upcoming release of ‘Relentless’ – a special limited edition issued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of an album which occupies a legendary status in their catalogue. Pet Shop Boys’ fifth studio album ‘Very’ was released in September 1993 to massive acclaim and success (the album was preceded by the singles ‘Can you forgive her?’ and ‘Go west’, still two of the duo’s most popular songs today). It charted at Number 1 in the UK and all five singles entered the UK Top 20. A limited edition of the record, ‘Very Relentless’ was also released including a six-track dance album, ‘Relentless’, which was also available at the time as a rare standalone album and limited to just 500 copies. This swiftly became one of the most sought-after Pet Shop Boys artefacts. The six tracks on ‘Relentless’ have not been available since the original release. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the ‘Relentless’ album will now be released as a CD.

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Pentatonix – The Greatest Christmas Hits (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Pentatonix – The Greatest Christmas Hits (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:41:01 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Pop, Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Records Label

Pentatonix’s 12th full-length and seventh-holiday album, “The Greatest Christmas Hits,” this fall. The album features 23 of the band’s top holiday songs and eight brand-new, never-before-heard tracks, including a holiday original.

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Pearl Jam – Live (Josh’s Picks 2023) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Pearl Jam – Live (Josh’s Picks 2023) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 22:36 minutes | 162 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band’s lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), as well as Matt Cameron (drums), who joined in 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a touring/session member with the band since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band. Pearl Jam outsold many of their contemporaries from the early 1990s, and are considered one of the most influential bands of the decade, being dubbed as “the most popular American rock and roll band of the ’90s”.

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Paul Kopetz – Mythical Creatures (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Paul Kopetz – Mythical Creatures (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:04:02 minutes | 1007 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Navona

Treat yourself to the fantastical, whimsical, and sometimes mischievous nature of Paul Kopetz’s MYTHICAL CREATURES, featuring a song cycle on the poetry of Svyetlana Hadgraft and a variety of inspired portraits. Each of the 10 movements is a musical impression of a mythical creature that has existed in the folklore of various cultures around the world since the beginning of time. With an emotionally broad music that highlights Kopetz’s remarkable compositional range, there’s something for everyone in this release, especially for those with a penchant for the characteresque vocal works of the 20th century.

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Pattern-Seeking Animals – Spooky Action at a Distance (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Pattern-Seeking Animals – Spooky Action at a Distance (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:33:09 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Progressive Rock, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © InsideOutMusic

Spooky Action at a Distance finds Pattern-Seeking Animals more confident than ever, approaching new soundscapes and topics, combined with the DNA of their previous work for their most memorable and powerful album to date.

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Park Evans – Vanisher (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Park Evans – Vanisher (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:44 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sun Goose Records

Park Evans—a native of Ithaca, New York—had a long lasting musical tenure in Minneapolis. He performed with multiple groups and artists in the Midwest, including Chris Morrissey’s quartet (bassist for Norah Jones and Mark Giuliani), Corey Palmer & Love Trade, Mike Michel, New Primitives, Katie Gearty, Fire Bell, Enormous Quartet, Anthony Cox, and Sophia Shorai. He now calls Seattle home and performs around the U.S. and Canada with vintage swing/r&b outfit Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints. Known for his cinematic and poignant compositions, he has released six albums of original music and has also worked as a studio musician on numerous sessions—including jazz, rock, alt-country, reggae, and folk.

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Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:52 minutes | 3,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Telarc To Release All-Rachmaninoff Recording by Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Scherzo and Dances from Aleko mark 11th Telarc/Järvi recording.

The 11th Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc recording with CSO Music Director Paavo Järvi is an all-Rachmaninoff disc, to be released January 24, 2007 in both CD and SACD formats. The repertoire includes Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 27, well known for its romantic slow-movement theme; Dances from Aleko; and a Scherzo dating from the composer’s early years at the Moscow Conservatory.

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Otto Klemperer – Wagner: Act 1 & Wotan’s Farewell from Die Walküre (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Otto Klemperer – Wagner: Act 1 & Wotan’s Farewell from Die Walküre (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:34:24 minutes | 3,52 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Otto Klemperer (* May 14, 1885 as Otto Nossan Klemperer in Breslau; † July 6, 1973 in Zurich) was a German conductor and composer. He is one of the great conductors of the 20th century.

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Otto Klemperer – Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Remastered) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Otto Klemperer – Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Remastered) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:15:33 minutes | 5,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

“For me Bach’s B minor Mass is the greatest and the most unique music ever written”, said Otto Klemperer. He first conducted the work in Berlin in 1932, using smaller forces than had become customary, applying objectivity and a deep respect for Bach’s architecture. When he came to make this recording in 1967, he remained true to his principles, producing an interpretation of radiance, nobility and emotional intensity.

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Original Cast of Back To The Future: The Musical – Back To The Future: The Musical (Deluxe Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Original Cast of Back To The Future: The Musical – Back To The Future: The Musical (Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:00:34 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Masterworks Broadway

Sony Music Masterworks is thrilled to partner with Colin Ingram to release the ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING of BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, featuring new music by multi-Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside classic hits from the movie. Available to stream and buy now.

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Mikko Franck – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France & Mikko Franck – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:45 minutes | 544 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

The baritone Matthias Goerne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck launch a trilogy of Shostakovich’s works for baritone and orchestra with a recording of Symphony No.14. This will be followed by Symphony no.13 (Babi Yar ) and the Suite on poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti . The soprano Asmik Grigorian joins Matthias Goerne for this monumental yet highly subtle symphony setting poems by García Lorca, Apollinaire, Küchelbecker and Rilke. Drawing on their vast experience of the work and the passion that characterises them, they successfully embody all its dimensions: ‘The interpretative difficulty of this symphony is the need to hunt out subtle clues that are not immediately perceptible; a formidable expressive force is generated by their multiplicity, which, like a jigsaw puzzle, eventually makes sense’, writes Benjamin François. ‘It is Shostakovich’s fundamental affirmation that the inhuman actions of the executioners, Stalin and his henchmen, may well cause physical death, but cannot prevent the continued spiritual existence of works of art.’

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Orchestre Métropolitain & Nicolas Ellis – New Jewish Music, Vol. 4 – Habibi, Harlap, Ueda (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Orchestre Métropolitain & Nicolas Ellis – New Jewish Music, Vol. 4 – Habibi, Harlap, Ueda (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 751 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Les Productions Analekta Inc.

Established in 2014 by the Azrieli Foundation, the Azrieli Music Prizes (AMP) offer opportunities for the discovery, creation, performance, and celebration of excellence in music composition. Further aims of AMP are to educate the public about the universal appeal and artistic importance of both Jewish and Canadian music through live performance, recording, composer talks, panel discussions, or other related programming.

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Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset – Lully: Thésée (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset – Lully: Thésée (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:41:45 minutes | 2,82 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Aparté

With Thésée, Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques continue their tour of Lully’s operas, in which they have become specialists. Lully’s third musical tragedy, and one of the least recorded, Thésée recounts the hero’s youth, long before his battle with the Minotaur or his intrigues with Ariadne and Phèdre. The story takes the listener on a journey through a series of changing settings – from the underworld to the island of paradise, from Versailles to Athens – supported by the incredible vocal eloquence of Lully’s music, underpinned by a constant and hitherto unrivalled tension.

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Tito Puente – Dance Mania! Vol 1 (Remastered) (2009/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Tito Puente – Dance Mania! Vol 1 (Remastered) (2009/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:28 minutes | 697 MB | Genre: Latin Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Dance Mania, Tito Puente’s best-known and best-selling album, came ten years into his career, but at a time (1957) when the craze for mambo and Latin music was beginning to crest. (Another landmark LP, Pérez Prado’s Havana 3 A.M., had been released the previous year, and Prado’s “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” had hit number one in 1955.) Recorded as part of a just-signed exclusive contract with RCA and appearing in vibrant sound as part of the label’s Living Stereo series, Dance Mania exploded with a series of tight arrangements, propulsive playing, and the features of new additions in vocalist Santos Colón and conguero Ray Barretto (who helped, in part, make up for the recent loss of Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria to Cal Tjader’s group). Puente didn’t dilute his sound for Dance Mania unlike the many commercial crossover LPs that were released by both established groups and ad hoc studio collectives but his hard mambos here were performed at tempos that encouraged dancing by more staid LP-buyers, slightly slower than the high paces of his Tico sides or Palladium shows. Brassy and swinging, yes, and certainly as precise as a great Latin band could get, but not as torrid as Spanish Harlem dancers would be accustomed to. Most were Puente originals, spanning mambo and cha-cha and guaguanco, and Dance Mania built the foundation for great Latin LPs to come.

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