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Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)

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Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)

Hector Berlioz: The Complete Works [27CDs] (2019)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 7,86 Gb | Total time: 31:24:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029561444 | Recorded: 1901-2018

Hector Berlioz, France’s greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age – yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance. This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer’s music still more vividly to life.

John Nelson, The English Concert - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (2023)

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John Nelson, The English Concert - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (2023)

John Nelson, The English Concert - Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 788 MB | Cover | 02:46:52 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 396 MB
Classical, Opera | Label: Warner Classics

“A lifetime of performing Messiah has brought me enough courage to record this singularly famous piece of music. With the finest musicians and soloists on the planet surrounding me, I’m finally ready to lay down my personal interpretation for posterity.”

Vivica Genaux - Arias: Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Rossini, Donizetti [3CDs] (2015)

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Vivica Genaux - Arias: Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Rossini, Donizetti [3CDs] (2015)

Vivica Genaux - Arias: Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Rossini, Donizetti (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 970 Mb | Total time: 68:21+72:01+75:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 2564609830 | Recorded: 2003, 2006, 2009

This 3CD box unites three recitals that showcase the virtuosity, elegance and expressivity of mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux. Together, the programmes, recorded between 2003 and 2009, offer a survey of the repertoire that has figured most strongly in Genaux’s career – music from the 18th and early 19th centuries by Vivaldi, Handel, Hasse, Rossini and Donizetti. The spectacular recital of arias by Vivaldi, ‘Pyrotechnics’ was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010.

John Nelson - Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, H. 79 - Cléopâtre, H. 36 (2023)

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John Nelson - Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, H. 79 - Cléopâtre, H. 36 (2023)

John Nelson, Joyce DiDonato, Cyrille Dubois, Christopher Maltman, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, H. 79 - Cléopâtre, H. 36 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 449 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 266 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:51:55
Classical, Vocal | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

”What makes Hector Berlioz such a great composer?”, asks conductor John Nelson. “In one word, originality … He broke all existing traditions of orchestration, structure, harmonic language and storytelling. Even today, his music is fresh, surprising us at every turn with inexpressible beauty.” Nelson now adds two more astonishingly original works by Berlioz – the ‘dramatic symphony’ Roméo et Juliette and the ‘lyric scene’ La Mort de Cléopâtre to his Erato discography. He continues the fruitful relationship with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, his choice for the recordings of Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust, Harold en Italie and Nuits d’été. Joyce DiDonato, his unforgettable Didon and Marguerite, returns as the suicidal Cléopâtre and she is joined in Roméo et Juliette by tenor Cyrille Dubois (who was Iopas in Les Troyens), baritone Christopher Maltman, and the choruses of the Lisbon-based Gulbenkian Foundation and Strasbourg’s Opéra du Rhin.

John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Bach Choir - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed Il Moderato (2000)

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John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Bach Choir - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed Il Moderato (2000)

John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Bach Choir - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed Il Moderato (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 636 Mb | Total time: 55:00+63:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 5 45417 2 8 2 | Recorded: 1999

One of the best ideas Handel and his colleagues ever had was to make an oratorio out of John Milton's verse–specifically, of Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" ("The Happy Man" and "The Pensive Man"), with the libretto cutting back and forth between the two poems to make a sort of dialogue, and with an added conclusion titled "Il Moderato" ("The Moderate Man"). The resulting work has never been as famous as Messiah, but it has always been a special favorite of Handel lovers. The King's Consort made a fine recording of L'Allegro in 1999; the selling point of the present version (which appeared almost exactly one year later) is the cast of soloists, which includes soprano Lynne Dawson and countertenor David Daniels, both genuine Baroque superstars, and tenor Ian Bostridge, current king of the art song.

Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)

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Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)

Michael Spyres, Timothy Ridout, John Nelson, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg - Hector Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie (2022)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 309 Mb | Total time: 72:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 5419719685 | Recorded: 2021

Continuing Warner Classics’ multiple-award-winning Berlioz cycle (Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust) with conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Berlioz’s orchestral song cycle on a libretto by Théophile Gautier, Les Nuits d’été, is sung by superstar (bari)tenor Michael Spyres. This is the first ever recording of the original 1856 version by one single voice – Michael Spyres sings with a bass, tenor and baritone voice. Featuring the young British viola player Timothy Ridout in Berlioz’s Harold en  Italie.

Marc Coppey, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg & John Nelson - French Cello (2022)

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Marc Coppey, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg & John Nelson - French Cello (2022)

Marc Coppey, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg & John Nelson - French Cello (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 320 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:10:48
Classical | Label: audite Musikproduktion

For more than two centuries, the Paris Conservatoire has maintained a glorious cello tradition, which since 2003 has been upheld by Marc Coppey. As a tribute to the spirit of his predecessors, he now presents three of the most famous nineteenth century cello concertos by Camille Saint-Saëns, Édouard Lalo and Léon Boëllmann, all united on one album.

John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)

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John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)

John Nelson, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg - Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 590 Mb | Total time: 58:46+68:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029541735 | Recorded: 2019

"The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les Troyens, also recorded at the Auditorium Erasme in Strasbourg, this performance reunites Nelson and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg with singers Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato and Nicolas Courjal.

John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestra de Paris, Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris - Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (2007)

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John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestra de Paris, Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris - Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (2007)

John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestra de Paris, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris - Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (2007)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Latin (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 5 ch) | 7.37 Gb (DVD9) | 153 min
Classical | Virgin Classics | Sub: Francais, English, Espanol, Deutsch

Like music lovers the world over, John Nelson believes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor is a pinnacle of Western music. For years, he has cherished the dream of performing this masterwork in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris whose renown has grown constantly since he began conducting with them eight years ago. In addition to John Nelson and his Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Mass in B minor brings together the Maîtrise de Notre-Dame choir conducted by Nicole Corti as well as internationally recognized soloists Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Daniel Taylor (alto), Paul Agnew (tenor) and Dietrich Henschel (baritone).

John Nelson, Chœur et Orchestre de Paris, Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Te Deum (2001)

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John Nelson, Chœur et Orchestre de Paris, Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Te Deum (2001)

John Nelson, Chœur et Orchestre de Paris, Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Te Deum (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 263 Mb | Total time: 51:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 7243 5 45449 2 7 | Recorded: 2000

The Berlioz Te Deum has been relatively neglected on disc in comparison with his other major works. This latest version has John Nelson as an incisive, understanding conductor of Berlioz, revelling in the weight of choral sound, balancing his forces beautifully. He's helped here by fuller, more detailed digital sound than on previous versions.

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Handel: Semele (1993)

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John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Handel: Semele (1993)

John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne - Handel: Semele (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 828 Mb | Total time: 62:08+45:19+67:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon ‎| 435 782-2 | Recorded: 1990

This magnificent performance is without a doubt among the top two or three Handel opera recordings in the catalog. John Nelson outdoes even the period instrument competition, conducting with a vitality and freshness that sweeps all before it. Kathleen Battle is a great Semele (if listening to this woman sing "Myself I Will Adore" isn't a classic example of typecasting, then what is?). But the real palm must go to Marilyn Horne as the jealous Juno, who simply stops the show with her two arias (she sings Ino as well). A very great recording.

Stephanie Blythe, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris - Handel & Bach: Arias (2001)

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Stephanie Blythe, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris - Handel & Bach: Arias (2001)

Stephanie Blythe, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris - Handel & Bach: Arias (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 319 Mb | Total time: 71:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | 7243 5 45475 2 2 | Recorded: 2000

How do you characterize a voice like this? The "official" description is "contralto", but no way is Richard Tucker Award-winner Stephanie Blythe a contralto in any conventional sense. This is a voice so versatile that in her opening "Ombra mai fu" (and in many other places) you'd swear that you were listening to one of today's new breed of countertenors–specifically David Daniels, who coincidentally records for the same label and appears on this program in a duet from Handel's Giulio Cesare. (In fact, their voices are so perfectly matched that when they sing together it's nearly impossible to tell them apart.)

David Daniels, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestre de Paris - George Frideric Handel: Oratorio Arias (2002)

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David Daniels, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestre de Paris - George Frideric Handel: Oratorio Arias (2002)

David Daniels, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestre de Paris - George Frideric Handel: Oratorio Arias (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 293 Mb | Total time: 67:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin | # 5 45497 2 | Recorded: 2000

This is a beautiful selection of arias from Handel’s oratorios composed in the latish 1740s. Each one is a gem and David Daniels again proves himself the leading “operatic” countertenor of our day. He possesses one of the few countertenor voices that might be called “sensual”, not to mention one of the few with any respectable volume. He even puts pressure on it occasionally–as opposed, say, to Drew Minter or Alfred Deller, who aim (aimed) for a diaphonous sound.
–Robert Levine