Wiener Philharmoniker, Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Eberhard Wächter & Sir Georg Solti – Strauss: Salome (1967/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker, Birgit Nilsson, Gerhard Stolze, Eberhard Wächter & Sir Georg Solti – Strauss: Salome (1967/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:39:17 minutes | 2,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.

Decca, THE Opera Company, has always invested infinite energy and enormous care in its productions, pairing unrivalled casts with its unequalled technical skill and legendary sound. Decca Classics is proud to continue its Hardback Opera Series of go-to performances incorporating true 24-bit audio with two reference recordings of R. Strauss with casts led by Birgit Nilsson and also Leontyne Price’s legendary recording of Verdi’s Aida – all three performances are conducted by Sir Georg Solti.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Wilhelm Furtwängler – Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegel (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Wilhelm Furtwängler – Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegel (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 59:20 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

The release date of our stunning boxset gathering all the studio recordings of Wilhelm Furtw”angler is approaching (September 24th)! Let’s digitally tease a bit its splendid newly remastered content with these intense Strauss’ tone poems, from Death and Transfiguration to Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel, one of his latest musical acts.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (Remastered) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:58 minutes | 371 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

The year 1812 was a busy year for the well-known but deaf composer Ludwig van Beethoven. At last, Beethoven got the chance to meet that other famous German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, but Goethe’s personality proved a disappointed to Beethoven. The composer was carrying on a hectic love life: in 1812 he wrote his famous letter to an anonymous ‘Unsterbliche Geliebte’ (‘Immortal Beloved’). Moreover, he was getting involved in the life of his younger brother, who was infatuated with a housekeeper. Yet despite his activities, Beethoven found the time to compose several new works, among which his Seventh Symphony.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 (Remastered) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 (Remastered) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 31:57 minutes | 296 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

The Symphony No. 5 in C minor of Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 67, was written between 1804 and 1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies, and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of western music. First performed in Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterward. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as “one of the most important works of the time”. As is typical of symphonies during the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is in four movements.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 2, Op. 36 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:08 minutes | 294 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Even before Simon Rattle gave his debut concert as head of the Berliner Philharmoniker, he made headlines with another world-class orchestra: It was the cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies that he conducted with the Vienna Philharmonic in Tokyo, Berlin and – of course – Vienna. Back in May 2002, Rattle set standards with the most traditional orchestral repertoire of all. The live recording was released in March 2003. This cycle, which is now being re-released in the budget segment, is still regarded as the reference recording of the new millennium.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 25:31 minutes | 231 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Even before Simon Rattle gave his debut concert as head of the Berliner Philharmoniker, he made headlines with another world-class orchestra: It was the cycle of nine Beethoven symphonies that he conducted with the Vienna Philharmonic in Tokyo, Berlin and – of course – Vienna. Back in May 2002, Rattle set standards with the most traditional orchestral repertoire of all. The live recording was released in March 2003. This cycle, which is now being re-released in the budget segment, is still regarded as the reference recording of the new millennium.

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – New Year’s Concert 2017 / Neujahrskonzert 2017 (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – New Year’s Concert 2017 / Neujahrskonzert 2017 (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:44:06 minutes | 1,94 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

This 2017 concert, on the market by the end of the second week in January, marked the first Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert led by the sensational Venezuelan-American conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Those hoping, or fearing, that he would shake up the repertory of this Vienna institution, are given little material to work with; the program follows the time-honored pattern, with the Strauss family in the foremost position and The Beautiful Blue Danube in its proper place in the encores. This said, Dudamel’s New Year’s Concert is fresh and energetic, and really a great deal of fun. The Viennese audience rewards him with warm applause and as much enthusiasm as Viennese can muster. He introduces quite a few pieces that are new to the concert, closing out the first half with the utterly charming Pepita-Polka, Op. 138, an unjustly neglected masterpiece of Johann Strauss II. There are no fewer than four Johann II premieres, and among the other newcomers is the familiar Skaters’ Waltz (Les Patineurs) of Emile Waldteufel. In the main Strauss pieces, Dudamel applies his high-energy but precise sound to this highly familiar material, and lo and behold it works: there are foot-tappers galore, but the characteristic Strauss humor is not lost. Sample the Rotunde-Quadrille, Op. 360, of Johann II for an idea, and note that the sound quality on the New Year’s Concert release gets just a little better each year. The New Year’s Concert, far from being a moribund tradition, is a growing phenomenon, broadcast as far afield as Indonesia and Mozambique. With satisfying performances like these, that trend seems likely to continue. ~~ Review by James Manheim

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Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel – Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:49 minutes | 944 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Celebrating ten years as an exclusive recording artist on Deutsche Grammophon, Gustavo Dudamels career has evolved from Venezuelan Wunderkind to one of the worlds most distinguished and sought-after Maestros.
His upcoming recording, made in company with the Wiener Philharmoniker at Viennas Musikverein in April 2016, is an all-Russian album it couples two works by Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, in Ravels magnificent orchestration, and A Night on Bald Mountain, with the famous Waltz from Tchaikovskys Swan Lake. The Viennese waltz kings and Dudamel gives this perennial ballet highlight a fresh, vibrant new reading – a perfect introduction to the festive season.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann – Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (Edition Nowak) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann – Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 (Edition Nowak) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:12 minutes | 1,07 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

«Clearly Bruckner’s music is like the wind that bloweth where it listeth in a world far removed from capitals and concert halls. The music that Bruckner wrote was not chic and sophisticated but elemental, radical and uncompromising. In spite of all its art, there is a powerful affinity with nature, with the mysticism of nature and with a sense of autochthonous earthiness, notably in Bruckner’s dance movements: as Thielemann says, Bruckner is no poseur; his music is never pretentious. There is a closeness, finally, with the open countryside, with an endless expanse, with extended journeys and with slowness.»

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (Edition Haas) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Christian Thielemann – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (Edition Haas) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:27 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

The Vienna Philharmonic, who have premiered four out of Bruckner’s ‘9 Symphonies’ are familiar to his music unlike any other orchestra. With Christian Thielemann they have one of the few Bruckner experts on their side. Bruckner (1824-1896) was an Austrian composer best known for his ‘Symphonies’, ‘Masses’ and ‘Motets’. Bruckner was greatly admired by subsequent composers, including his friend Gustav Mahler.

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Wiener Philharmoniker & Andris Nelsons – Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker & Andris Nelsons – Beethoven: Complete Symphonies (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 05:56:02 minutes | 6,00 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Andris Nelsons has joined forces with the Wiener Philharmoniker to record Ludwig van Beethoven’s nine symphonies for Deutsche Grammophon. The release of their new album on 4 October 2019 will mark the start of the Yellow Label’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth next year. The Nelsons Beethoven cycle is presented in a specially commissioned deluxe box featuring the nine works on five CDs and a single Blu-ray Audio disc in TrueHD sound quality.

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Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle – Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:52 minutes | 313 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics

Die Wiener Presse scheute keine Superlative nach den Beethoven-Konzerten aus dem Goldenen Saal des Wiener Musikvereins (im Rahmen der Festwochen 2002) und lobte die “”uberw”altigende Pr”azision”, “Leuchtkraft” und “idyllische Sch”onheit” der Interpretation. Doch Rattles Besch”aftigung mit Beethoven hat schon lange vor diesem Konzertzyklus angefangen, eine weltbewegende Dimension einzunehmen. Ich denke an die Gesamtaufnahme der Klavierkonzerte mit Alfred Brendel, die 1999 Furore machte und seitdem ein H”ohepunkt der stattlichen Beethoven-Diskografie darstellt. Auch der danach erschienenen CD mit Beethovens 5. Sinfonie hat Rattle sein unverwechselbares sch”opferisches Zeichen aufgedr”uckt. Bereits hier erhielt man eine Vorahnung dessen, was Rattle nun mit der Gesamteinspielung der Sinfonien hervorbringt: ein Paradigmen-Wechsel, eine sanfte Revolution unserer H”orsitten “uber diese sinfonischen Meilensteine des 19. Jahrhunderts.

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Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 “Unfinished” (1979/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 “Unfinished” (1979/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:49 minutes | 799 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Carlos Kleiber’s recordings are rare events, almost invariably worth the wait. This performance of the Unfinished is typical: direct, unfussy, superbly played, and unflaggingly intense. It certainly doesn’t hurt to have the Vienna Philharmonic as an eager participant in the process, contributing their customary warmth and inbred sense of style. The delightful Third Symphony gets taken out for a charming workout, with the second movement zipping along at a controversially fast speed. At midprice, this reissue offers excellent value, and it’s particularly nice to have the Unfinished featured as the major work. As Kleiber shows, it deserves the attention. -David Hurwitz

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George Szell, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Hann, Jarmila Novotna – R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (Live) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

George Szell, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Hann, Jarmila Novotna – R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:01:19 minutes | 1,76 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archipel

Richard Strauss is most conspicuously represented in the symphony hall through a handful of the tone poems he produced from the late 1880s through the early years of the twentieth century, some of which—like Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel, and Thus Spake Zarathustra—represent high points of their genre. He seemed to draw a double-bar on that phase of his career after writing Symphonia domestica in 1902-03, and he returned to the genre only once more, when An Alpine Symphony occupied him from 1911 to 1915. Apart from that, his production of symphonic poems gave way to his growing interest in composing operas, which was most immediately manifested in Salome (premiered in 1905) and Elektra (1909).

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Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Classical Slowed and Reverb Vol.1: Tchaikovsky (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Classical Slowed and Reverb Vol.1: Tchaikovsky (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 27:28 minutes | 264 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO) (Classics)

The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; German: Wiener Philharmoniker), founded in 1842, is an orchestra considered to be one of the finest in the world.

The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its members are selected from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Selection involves a lengthy process, with each musician demonstrating their capability for a minimum of three years’ performance for the opera and ballet. After this probationary period, the musician may request an application for a position in the orchestra from the Vienna Philharmonic’s board.

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