Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo – Tchaikovsky (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo - Tchaikovsky (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esther Yoo – Tchaikovsky (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:17 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Ltd.

Esther Yoo reunites with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra for her latest release on Deutsche Grammophon.

“This album is special to me not only because of the musical vibrancy and depth in all of the works, but also because of what Tchaikovsky and his music symbolize,” says Esther. “His compositions represent how a person who endures hardships in life can create music that gives voice to feelings which cannot easily be expressed. Every young adult experiences challenging periods of searching for identity, encountering love and facing new obstacles. During such times, I often turned to Tchaikovsky’s music because I felt that he expresses the most tangible of human emotions.”

The release features Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto alongside five shorter works, including Pas de Deux and Danse Russe from Swan Lake, Sérénade Mélancolique, Valse-Scherzo, and Mélodie from Souvenir d’un lieu cher.
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Esther Yoo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko – Barber, Bruch (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Esther Yoo, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko – Barber, Bruch (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:24 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Ltd.

A blend of intelligent musicianship and artistic authenticity.

First studio recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) and Music Director Vasily Petrenko.

Violinist Esther Yu releases Barber, Bruch, an album of recordings of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G minor and Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Vasily Petrenko).

This is his first studio album in six years since his second album of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto (2017) and his first recording with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Vasily Petrenko. In addition to the two violin concertos, it features Bruch’s Adagio appassionato, written for Joachim, and Vieuxtemps’ Yankee Doodle Variations (Memories of America). The recording was made at the Watford Coliseum with Henry Woodhall, creator of many masterpieces, and producer Christopher Alder, who has won ten Grammys and made many best-selling albums.

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Dan Jones, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Esther Yoo – On Chesil Beach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Dan Jones, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Esther Yoo – On Chesil Beach (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:14:45 minutes | 686 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

The film adaptation of On Chesil Beach pays tribute to the 2007 novella (and Booker Prize shortlist entry) by British writer Ian McEwan. Creating sweeping and poignant soundscapes to accompany the film is Dan Jones – a multi award-winning composer and sound designer whose recent credits include Louis Theroux’s documentary feature, My Scientology Movie, the primetime BBC drama series SS-GB and The Replacement, the second series of BBC’s hugely successful The Hollow Crown, Menno Meyjes’ feature, De Reünie, Carnival’s The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and Ecosse Films’ The Great Fire. Other notable film credits include Shadow of the Vampire, starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, which received two Oscar nominations (Dan himself being long-listed by Variety as an Oscar contender for his score); The Tonto Woman, also nominated for an Oscar in the short films category; and Max, starring John Cusack and Noah Taylor, for which he won his first Ivor Novello award. Musician Esther Yoo also features in the soundtrack, taking it to new heights. Esther has performed with the BBC orchestras, Deutsche Radio Philharmonic, Gävle, KBS, RTÈ and Iceland symphony orchestras, and the philharmonic orchestras of Seoul, Warsaw and Kansai. She has worked with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrew Davis, Karina Canellakis, Jaime Martin, Micha? Nesterowicz, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Osmo Vänskä and Christopher Warren-Green. Festival appearances include Seoul International Music Festival, Ghent Festival of Flanders, Festival de Fénétrange, Festival du Château de Chambord and Dvo?ák Prague Festival. Chamber music highlights also include her Wigmore Hall debut in 2016 and two BBC-recorded performances with the Z.E.N. Trio. Born in the U.S. and raised in Europe since the age of 6, Esther began playing the violin at the age of 4 and made her concerto debut aged 8. In 2012, she was one of the youngest ever prizewinners of the Queen Elizabeth Competition.

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Sibelius, Glazunov – Violin Concertos – Esther Yoo, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sibelius, Glazunov – Violin Concertos – Esther Yoo, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:07:02 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HighResAudio | © Deutsche Grammophon

Vladimir Ashkenazy collaborates with Esther Yoo in a new recording of Sibelius and Glazunov Violin Concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Yoo first came to international attention in 2010 when, aged 16, she became the youngest prize-winner of the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition. She made her London debut in 2014, performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 under the late Lorin Maazel at Royal Festival Hall. That same year, she was a soloist on the Philharmonia’s South America tour under Ashkenazy.

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