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Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances

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Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances

Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra - Kodaly: Te Deum, Psalmus Hungaricus - Bartok: Cantata Profana, Transylvanian Dances
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:04:12 | 147 / 281 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pentatone

The Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra and conductor Lawrence Foster present choral-orchestral works by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. They join forces with a remarkable group of soloists – including Luiza Fatyol, Roxana Constantinescu, Marius Vlad, Ioan Hotea and Bogdan Baciu – as well as the Junior VIP children’s choir. The album opens with Kodály’s Budavári Te Deum and Psalmus Hungaricus, followed by Bartók’s Transylvanian Dances and culminating in the composer’s Cantata Profana. The latter work, based on ancient myth, was originally conceived in Romanian, but the piece is usually performed in a Hungarian version. This recording reinstates the Romanian original version, retouched by choir conductor Cornel Groza. In general, this recording by Romanian ensembles of works by Hungarian composers linked to Romanian sources can be seen as an exploration of Romania and Hungary’s shared roots, and of the bicultural nature of Transylvania in particular.

National Brass Ensemble, Eun Sun Kim - Deified (2023)

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National Brass Ensemble, Eun Sun Kim - Deified (2023)

National Brass Ensemble, Eun Sun Kim - Deified (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:40:08 | 380 / 230 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The National Brass Ensemble (NBE) and conductor Eun Sun Kim present Deified, an album containing music by Wagner and Strauss, as well as world premiere recordings of pieces by Jonathan Bingham and Arturo Sandoval. Bingham won the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Symphony's Emerging Black Composers Project competition with his cinematic composition Deified, while composer/trumpet player Sandoval is a legend in the brass world. The longest piece on this album is Timothy Higgins's The Ring, a virtuosic recomposition of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen scored for brass ensemble. Together, these pieces showcase the exceptional coloristic and expressive range of brass music. Consisting of some of the best players from leading U.S. orchestras, the National Brass Ensemble is one of the greatest brass groups of our time. Eun Sun Kim is Caroline H. Hume Music Director of the San Francisco Opera, and frequents the most important opera houses and concert halls of the world. The NBE and Kim both make their Pentatone debut.

Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

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Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:09:58 | 160 / 383 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Countertenor Tim Mead presents Beauteous Softness, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenth-century English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence.

Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

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Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)

Rene Jacobs, Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim, Christian Immler - Haydn: Stabat Mater (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:01:28 | 295 / 141 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

René Jacobs presents Joseph Haydn’s Stabat Mater, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Singakademie and an excellent quartet of vocal soloists (Birgitte Christensen, Kristina Hammarström, Steve Davislim and Christian Immler). With this recording, Jacobs finally returns to a composer that is very dear to him, and offers a first vocal album on Pentatone after acclaimed interpretations of Schubert’s complete symphonies. Setting a text that depicts the most tragic event of Christ’s life, Haydn manages to find a balance between dramatic pathos and expression and a more composed, distanced portrayal, fitting his Classical aesthetic orientation. Initially composed in 1767, this recording employs a 1803 edition with enlarged wind orchestration created with the help of Haydn’s apprentice Sigismund Neukomm, which makes the work even more dramatic and colourful. Jacobs and his players and singers display a great sense of style and drama in this remarkable rendition.

Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)

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Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)

Calefax Reed Quintet - An American Rhapsody (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:13 | 182 / 343 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The reed players of Calefax go on a musical road trip across the United States on An American Rhapsody. The programme captures several iconic composers from different periods and backgrounds, ranging from Florence Price, Harry Burleigh,
George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Moondog to Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Billie Strayhorn, Stevie Wonder and Kinan Azmeh. Taken together, these pieces reflect America’s kaleidoscopic diversity and its rich yet complex culture and history. The album is a declaration of love to a country that Calefax has frequently visited over the last two decades and continues to fascinate.

Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12

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Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12

Chloe Chua & Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Locatelli: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3 No. 12
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 62:01 | 312 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

VIVALDI AND LOCATELLI PERFORMED BY A RISING STAR Rising star violinist Chloe Chua makes her recording debut on Pentatone together with the Singapore Symphony, presenting Vivaldi’s Four Seasons alongside Locatelli’s Harmonic Labyrinth. With the Four Seasons, Chua returns to a piece that’s very dear to her, and which she won the joint-first prize at the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists with. Despite her young age, Chua performs regularly with several world-class ensembles and enjoys a huge following on social media thanks to her breathtaking technique and charismatic stage personality. This album, recorded as Artist-in-Residence of the Singapore Symphony, launches her international recording career.

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)

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Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare, Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Mahler Symphony No. 5 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:08:00 | 155 / 299 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and its Music Director Rafael Payare make their Pentatone debut with Mahler’s 5th Symphony. The album is also the first recording under Payare’s tenure, and the beginning of a longer recording relationship with the label. For Payare, the Fifth is the last symphony that shows Mahler still looking forward to what the future might bring, unlike his subsequent, much darker and existential works. Despite that optimism, there is enough tragedy and struggle along the way, resonating with Mahler’s life at the time of creation. Payare’s proficiency in late-Romantic repertoire coupled with the matured, distinctive sound of the Montréal players make this a collaboration to look out for.

Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra

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Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra

Arabella Steinbacher, Christoph Koncz, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - J.S. Bach & Part Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 68:52 | 157 / 339 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Arabella Steinbacher is a multiple award-winner with an extensive Pentatone discography, including Mozart’s complete violin concertos (2014 and 2021), Four Seasons (Vivaldi & Piazzolla, 2020), Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos (2015) and many others. Christoph Koncz and the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester make their Pentatone debut.

Ruisi Quartet - Big House (2023)

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Ruisi Quartet - Big House (2023)

Ruisi Quartet - Big House (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:22:39 | 373 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

"The Ruisi Quartet makes its recording debut on Pentatone with Big House, bringing together music by Matthew Locke, Joseph Haydn and Oliver Leith. Spanning nearly four centuries, this unique combination of composers explores a harmoniously dissonant relationship between past, present and future."

The Clarion Choir & Steven Fox - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" (2023)

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The Clarion Choir & Steven Fox - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" (2023)

The Clarion Choir & Steven Fox - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 1:14:17 | 246 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

The Clarion Choir and its Artistic Leader Steven Fox make their Pentatone debut with a recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece, the All-Night Vigil, demonstrating their exceptional proficiency in Russian repertoire. The All-Night Vigil is a nocturnal hymn that gradually moves towards daybreak, symbolizing the Resurrection of Christ. This message of light and hope emanating from the darkness is both universal and very topical in the troubled world we find ourselves in. On this recording, many of the movements are preceded by the original Kiev and Znameny chants on which Rachmaninoff based his composition, adding another layer to this mesmerizing piece.

Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)

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Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)

Alisa Weilerstein - Bach Famous Pieces (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:22:00 | 324 / 667 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein has appeared with leading orchestras all over the U.S. and Europe and has played chamber music with her parents, both well-known performers, in the Weilerstein Trio. Her repertory is wide but has been marked by a focus on contemporary music. Weilerstein was born in Rochester, New York, on April 14, 1982. Her parents are Donald Weilerstein, first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet, and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein; violinist and conductor Joshua Weilerstein is her brother.

Lisette Oropesa, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden - Rossini & Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias

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Lisette Oropesa, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden - Rossini & Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias

Lisette Oropesa, Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden - Rossini & Donizetti: French Bel Canto Arias
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 65:05 | 265 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

French Bel canto arias full of drama and lyricism.On her second solo album Lisette Oropesa has combined two of her greatest loves, the French language and Italian bel canto. This recording with the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Corrado Rovaris showcases the variety of lesser-known and more popular works by Rossini and Donizetti, featuring arias that contain coloratura, lyricism, drama, heightened emotion, and even comedy.

Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)

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Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)

Ian Bostridge, Lars Vogt - Schubert: Schwanengesang (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:09:24 | 241 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Ian Bostridge Avec sa belle prestance et sa suprême élégance, il a tout d’un Lord anglais. Ténor atypique pas sa voix et par son parcours, Ian Bostridge est un brillant intellectuel formé aux prestigieux collèges d’Oxford et de Cambridge. Cet érudit a publié plusieurs ouvrages, dont sa thèse de doctorat en philosophie consacrée à l’importance de la sorcellerie dans la vie publique anglaise entre 1650 et 1750. Son livre consacré à la Winterreise de Schubert a été édité en une douzaine de langues et devrait bientôt paraître en français sous le titre : «Le Voyage d’hiver de Schubert : Anatomie d’une obsession ».

Denis Kozhukhin - Classical for Sleeping (2022)

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Denis Kozhukhin - Classical for Sleeping (2022)

Denis Kozhukhin - Classical for Sleeping (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:17:27 | 252 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Pianist Denis Kozhukhin catapulted to international celebrity when he captured first prize at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2010. Appearances at major concert venues followed, including at Carnegie Hall and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Invitations for other major debuts flooded in, and Kozhukhin toured the globe, impressing critics and dazzling audiences. An imposing figure when he walks on-stage, he sits down to play with an all-encompassing technique and sense of total confidence. That confidence is needed considering the challenging nature of his repertory.

Sean Shibe, Inon Barnatanm, Paul Rivinius, Gustavo Gimeno - French Classical Selections (2022)

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Sean Shibe, Inon Barnatanm, Paul Rivinius, Gustavo Gimeno - French Classical Selections (2022)

Sean Shibe, Inon Barnatanm, Paul Rivinius, Gustavo Gimeno - French Classical Selections (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:01:05 | 778 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

With enchanting works from composers such as Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, performances from French classical artists including Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Julia Fuchs, and romantic works evocative of French history and culture, French Classical Selections offers an assortment of classical repertoire from and about France. This compilation is the second in a series of country focused selections, including selections from Britain and Germany.With enchanting works from composers such as Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel, performances from French classical artists including Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Julia Fuchs, and romantic works evocative of French history and culture, French Classical Selections offers an assortment of classical repertoire from and about France. This compilation is the second in a series of country focused selections, including selections from Britain and Germany.