YUJA WANG - The Vienna Recital : Albéniz · Beethoven · Каpustin · Ligeti · Scriabin (2024) FLAC (image+.cue) lossless

No longer the young sensation, pianist Yuja Wang these days gets Deutsche Grammophon's "The [fill-in-the-city-name] Recital" treatment with several live concert recordings presented as major events, and, indeed, they are. This one was made in Vienna in April of 2022, and it is a remarkable high-wire act in its programming and execution, one that few pianists of the present or past could have duplicated. The usually staid Viennese press reported that the crowd on hand "went wild." One would never know that; Deutsche Grammophon's engineers have stripped out every trace of audience noise, and one wishes for traces of the excitement hearers must have felt as Wang swings from Albéniz to Scriabin to the Russian jazz of Nikolai Kapustin to Beethoven. All that is just in the first half of the show. One can try without success to figure out exactly what makes all this music hang together in Wang's hands; she is certainly one of the few pianists who could successfully follow etudes of Ligeti with one of Glass. The secret seems to lie in the detail she brings to each work. Consider her quick reading of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31, No. 3 ("The Hunt"), in which she turns the opening gesture, usually gentle, into the call of a hunting horn at the beginning of an active outdoor happening. It is the same throughout, and the music works because it is all done sensitively, and it coheres into what the booklet calls "a musical gallery." An impressive outing from Wang, who continues to live up to and even exceed the high expectations she has generated for herself through publicity. Completely unsurprisingly, this release made classical best-seller charts in the spring of 2024. James Manheim    Tracklist & Credits :

JACQUELINE DU PRÉ — The Complete EMI Recordings (2007) 17xCD Box-Set | APE (image+.cue), lossless

Here's a list of the works included:

Tracklist CD1
Elgar , Delius & Saint-Saens : Cello Concertos

Tracklist CD2
Dvorak, Schumann : Cello Concertos

Tracklist CD3
Monn, Haydn : Cello Concertos

Tracklist CD4
Chopin, Franck : Cello Sonatas

Tracklist CD5
Bach, Handel : Cello Suites & Sonatas

Tracklist CD6
Beethoven : Cello Sonatas

Tracklist CD7
Beethoven : Cello Sonatas & Variations

Tracklist CD8
Beethoven : Piano Trios

Tracklist CD9
Beethoven : Piano Trios

Tracklist CD10
Beethoven : Piano Trios

Tracklist CD11
Beethoven : Piano & Clarinete Trios
Couperin : Les Gouts-Réunis

Tracklist CD12
Strauss : Don Quixote
Lalo : Cello Concerto

Tracklist CD13
Brahms : Cello Sonatas
Boccherini : Cello Concerto

Tracklist CD14
Beethoven & Falla

Tracklist CD15
Brahms : Cello Sonatas

Tracklist CD16
Brahms : Cello Sonatas No.2 in F
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50

Tracklist CD17
Encore Recital

NEMANJA RADULOVIC - Journey East (2014) FLAC (tracks), lossless

Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic, long flying hair and all, evokes the spirit and sound of the central European violinists of a hundred years ago. On this collection of pieces, mostly associated with Slavic lands (John Williams' Theme from Schindler's List makes a fascinating exception), he takes new chances, and they pay off big time. Radulovic has developed a vigorously rhythmic style that can build up a good deal of momentum in a piece like the opening Hungarian Dance No. 1 of Brahms, and he effectively alternates these with pieces that lay on the sentiment. What's new here is that Radulovic has reached out and gotten the music he needs from other genres, from unusual sources, and from a variety of ensembles. There are several arrangements by Yvan Cassar that make a wonderful effect. Sample the violin-and-small ensemble version of Khachaturian's Sabre Dance (track 4) for a bit of pure excitement that someone might have come up with in an old Viennese cafe in 1900, but probably not since then. Radulovic draws on some Serbian film soundtracks and on original compositions. He employs not only his usual backing group Les Trilles du Diable, but also a slightly larger string group called Double Sens and, on several tracks, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The musicians back up Radulovic's fiery effects, and the result is perhaps the most colorful and exciting exotic violin recitals in many years. Bravo! by James Manheim
Tracklist :
Hungarian Dance
Composed By – Johannes Brahms
1    No. 1 in G minor    3:12
2    Songs My Mother Taught Me 3:17
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák
Swan Lake
Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3    Russian Dance    4:20
Gayaneh
Composed By – Aram Khatchaturian
4    Sabre Dance    2:56
5    Vatra Suze 3:16
Composed By – Sonia Kalajic
6    Pašona Kolo 2:42
Traditional
Masquerade
Composed By – Aram Khatchaturian
7    Nocturne    3:38
Gadfly Suite
Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich
8    Romance    4:15
Love For Three Oranges Suite
Composed By – Sergei Prokofiev
9    March    1:34
10    Schindler's List: Theme 3:50
Composed By – John Williams
11    Niška Banja 2:20
Traditional
12    Petrijin Venac: Theme 4:18
Composed By – Zoran Simjanović
13    Ojo Je Muški Svet 4:19
Composed By – Dejan "Leopold" Sparavalo, Emir Kusturica
14    Csárdás 4:45
Composed By – Vittorio Monti
15    Zajdi, Zajdi, Jasno Sonce 5:37
Composed By – Aleksandar Sarijevski
Credits :
Cimbalom – Ludovit Kovac
Conductor – Michail Jurowski
Ensemble – Double Sens, Les Trilles Du Diable
Orchestra – Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Percussion – Nicolas Montazaud
Piano – Laure Favre-Kahn
Technician [Piano] – Vincent Guyon
Violin – Nemanja Radulović
Vocals – Ksenija Milošević

LUTOSLAWSKI : Concerto for Orchestra • BRAHMS : Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra · Miguel Harth Bedoya) SACD (2016) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto For Orchestra    

Orchestra –  Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Miguel Harth Bedoya

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet In G Minor Op.25 (43:27)
Orchestrated By – Arnold Schoenberg, 1937

LISZT · BRAHMS · LUTOSLAWSKI : Paganini Variations • RACHMANINOV : Paganini Rhapsody (Tzimon Barto · Christoph Eschenbach ) 2xCD (2014) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

 Tracklist & Credits :

JANÁCEK QUARTET - The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2002) 7xCD / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

1.1
String Quartet In G Major, K. 387 (29:05)
Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

String Quartet In C Major, Op. 33 No.3 "The Bird" (Hob III:39) (22:01)
Composed By – Joseph Haydn

2.1
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Op.33 No.2 "The Joke" (Hob III:38) (18:03)
Composed By – Joseph Haydn

String Quartet In F Major, Op.3 No.5 "Serenade" (Hob III:17) (15:05)
Composed By – Roman Hoffstetter

String Quartet In D Minor, Op.76 No.2 "Fifths" (Hob. III:76)
Composed By – Joseph Haydn

3.1
Octet In E Flat Major, Op.20 (34:04)
Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Ensemble – Janáček Quartet, Smetana Quartet

String Quartet In E Minor, Op.59 No.2 "Razumovsky"    (37:56)

4.1
Piano Quintet In F Minor, Op.34 (41:15)
Composed By – Johannes Brahms
Piano – Eva Bernáthová

Piano Quintet In A Major, Op.81 (B. 155) (32:56)
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák
Piano – Eva Bernáthová

5.1
String Quartet In D Minor, Op.34 (B. 75) (28:37)
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

String Quartet In F Major, Op.96 "American" (B. 179) (25:07)
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

6.1
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Op.51 (B. 92) (31:44)
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

String Quartet In A Flat Major, Op.105 (B. 193) (33:41)
Composed By – Antonín Dvořák

7.1
String Quartet No.1 In E Minor "From My Life" (Z Mého Zivota), JB 1:105 (T 116) (30:12)
Composed By – Bedřich Smetana

String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" (Listy Duverné), JW VII/13 (27:58)
Composed By – Leoš Janáček

GEORGE ENESCU : Compozitor Și Interpret (Înregistrări Din Fonoteca De Aur) 2CD (2001) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

1.1 Suita I-a Pentur Orchestră, Op.9
Composed By, Conductor [Dirijor] – George Enescu
Orchestra – Orchestra Filarmonică din București

1.2 Sonata Nr.1 În Sol Minor BWV 1001 Pentru Vioară Solo
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer [Interpret], Soloist, Violin – George Enescu

1.3 Sonata Nr.2 În La Minor BWV 1002 Pentru Vioară Solo
Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer [Interpret], Soloist, Violin – George Enescu

2.1    Alai Țigănesc Din Suita Simfonică Op.5 „Priveliști Moldovenești” 10:01
Composed By – Mihail Jora
Conductor [Dirijor] – George Enescu
Orchestra – Orchestra Filarmonică din București

2.2    Cantabile Pentru Flaut Și Pian 3:49
Composed By, Piano – George Enescu
Flute – Vasile Jianu

2.3 Șase Cântece Din Ciclul „Șapte Cântece Pe Versuri De Clément Marot”, Op.15
Composed By, Piano – George Enescu
Lyrics By [Versuri De] – Clément Marot
Vocals – Constantin Stroescu

2.4 Simfonia A IV-a Op.98 În Mi Minor
Composed By – Johannes Brahms
Conductor [Dirijor] – George Enescu
Orchestra – Orchestra Filarmonică din București
Remastered By [Înregistrare Recondiționată De], Engineer – Andrei Papudof

RADU LUPU - Complete Decca Solo Recordings (2010) 10CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

It takes only 10 discs to contain the complete solo Decca recordings of Radu Lupu, one of the great pianists of the late 20th century. It's also amazing that these few recordings stretch over a quarter of a century, from 1971 to 1995, making Lupu one of the most infrequently recorded of the great pianists; even Argerich and Michelangeli have outdistanced him. Yet even that is not the most amazing thing about this collection; it is the performances themselves, some of which are among the greatest ever made. Has any pianist ever topped Lupu's heroic account of Brahms' F minor Sonata, or his poetic readings of the composer's late piano works? Has any ever equaled, much less surpassed, his deeply inward performances of Schubert's Moments musicaux or his two sets of Impromptus? Has any account of Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata ever glowed brighter, or any reading of the "Waldstein" Sonata ever been more ecstatically serene? And has any pianist ever caught the uncanny mixture of the playful, the romantic, and the diabolical in Schumann's Kreisleriana? Anyone interested in great piano playing should avail themselves of these superlative performances at their earliest possible opportunity. by James Leonard  
All Tracks & Credits

ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI - Icon : The Master Pianist Plays Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Ravel (2008) 4CD / RM / MONO / APE (image+.cue), lossless

Cunningly, the first track on the first disc of this four-disc set dedicated to Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's EMI recordings is his heaven-storming 1948 performance of Busoni's arrangement of Bach's Chaconne from his D minor Partita. If after its storms and thunder have faded the listener remains unconvinced of Michelangeli's virtuosity, intensity, and musicality, there is nothing else to be done. Because though the sound of some of the recordings here, including that of the Chaconne, is antique, the brilliance, tone, and depth of Michelangeli's playing is evident throughout. His prewar and war-time recordings of sonatas by Scarlatti and Beethoven are impeccably played and elegantly expressive, and though typically played out of order, his postwar Brahms' Paganini Variations is nearly demonic in its relentless drive. In recordings from the early '50s of three of Mozart's concertos, Michelangeli takes a slower tempo than one might expect, but his right hand's graceful legato and subtle left-hand rubato keeps the tempo flowing. His later, better known stereo recordings of Haydn's concertos are witty and poised, particularly in Nino Rota's two cadenzas. The best-known recordings here are Michelangeli's heroic take on Schumann's Carnaval, his Olympian reading of Ravel's Concerto in G, and his Dionysic account of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 4. Some might reasonably point out that the pianist also made many great recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, but after hearing it, few would deny that his EMI recording of the Bach/Busoni Chaconne all by itself justifies Michelangeli's outsized reputation. by James Leonard  
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BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 1 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (1995) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Variations in E-Flat Major on a theme by Schumann, Op. 23
16 Waltzes, Op. 39
Souvenir de la Russie, Anh. IV/6
15 Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65a
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 2 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (1997) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 3 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (1998) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata for 2 Pianos in F Minor, Op. 34bis
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, "St Anthony Variations" (vers. for 2 pianos)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 4 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (1999) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 5 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (1999) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
A German Requiem, Op. 45 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 6 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2000) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Triumphlied, Op. 55 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos 

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 7 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2002) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 (version for piano 4 hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 8 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2003) APE (image+.cue), lossless

 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 9 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2003) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 10 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2003) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1 (arr. piano 4-hands)
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos

BRAHMS : Four Hand Piano Music • 11 (Silke-Thora Matthies · Christian Köhn) (2004) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67 (arr. piano 4-hands)
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 (arr. piano 4-hands)
Piano – Christian Köhn, Silke-Thora Matthies
naxos