Yehudi Menuhin – Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a & Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:07:23 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Legendary Violinist Yehudi Menuhin is joined by the venerable conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Wiener Philharmoniker in this programme of Brahms. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
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Yehudi Menuhin – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 “Spring” & 9 “Kreutzer” (1961/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:06 minutes | 1006 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
As a musician, as a man of ideals, and as a true world citizen, Yehudi Menuhin made an extraordinary mark on his era. The Menuhin Century commemorates the 100th anniversary of his birth on 22 April 1916. Hephzibah Menuhin (1920-1981), was one of the leading pianists of her time.
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Yehudi Menuhin – Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:12:20 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Classics
Legendary Violinist Yehudi Menuhin is joined by the venerable conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Wiener Philharmoniker in this programme of Violin Concertos from Beethoven and Mendelssohn. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner’s upcoming Furtwängler box!
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Yehuda Inbar – Schubert & Others: Piano Sonatas (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:11:34 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Oehms Classics
Yehuda Inbar was born in Haifa, Israel, in 1987. As an avid champion of contemporary music, he commissioned Michael Finnissy to complete Schubert’s Sonata Reliquie D 840, premiered the piece in May 2017 and recorded it for the first time on this CD. The highly interesting programme is complemented by the Schubert Reminiscences by Jörg Widmann, the original Reliquie and the unfinished Sonata D 571.
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Yeahwon Shin – Lua ya (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 40:28 minutes | 669 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM
South Korean singer Yeahwon Shin’s ECM debut, “Lua ya” is a gentle album of songs and lullabies, recorded in 2012 in the spacious acoustics of Mechanics Hall, near Boston. It’s a very intuitive set, shaped by “improvising, listening to our childhood memories and letting the music flow”, as Yeahwon says. Shin and pianist Aaron Parks played together just once before the present recording, finding “an instant improvisational connection” which is further explored here. Accordionist Rob Curto shares with Yeahwon an affinity for Brazilian music and has collaborated with her previously (in contexts including her Latin Grammy-nominated album “Yeahwon” on ArtistShare). But this new disc is a project beyond the idiomatic borderlines: Korean children’s songs are amongst the inspirational sources, and jazz has influenced the phrasing and imagination of all three participants, yet “Lua ya” seems to emerge from a place of pure music and a common reservoir of feeling. Yeahwon Shin dedicates the set to mothers and children everywhere.
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Øyvind Aase – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen: Complete Piano Music (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:54 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
Norwegian folksong and -dance constitute the very DNA of the music of Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen (1903–84), on both a large and a small scale – from Draumkvedet, the 1936 oratorio that was his first major success, to the tiny miniatures that form most of his piano music, recorded here in its entirety for the first time. The apparent simplicity of much of this material belies the unassuming sophistication of its construction: many of these pieces, some barely a minute long, seem – to adapt William Blake – to contain the world in a grain of sand.
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Title: Yanni – Live! The Concert Event
Release Date: 1993/2018
Genre: New Age, Relax, Meditative, Flamenco
Production/Label: Sony Masterworks
Duration: 01:21:16
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24964 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 5370 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 38.39 GB
Twenty-five years ago, on September 25, 1993, beneath the golden glow of the Parthenon, a standing-room-only crowd assembled to witness a stunning spectacle of sight and sound. The majestic stone arches of the 2,000 year-old Herod Atticus Theater became the setting for the performance of a lifetime. The passionate crowd warmly embraced its native son, internationally-known composer and performer, Yanni, who was returning home after two decades in America. With Live at the Acropolis, Yanni delivered a heart-stopping, emotion-filled program of his timeless masterpieces brought to life by his innovative band. The concert captures Yanni at the height of his artistry. The most successful concert video of all time, the Yanni Live at the Acropolis 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box Set is a must have for all Yanni fans. The video has been digitally restored and the music has been digitally re-mastered and remixed by Yanni for full 5.1 surround sound. This special limited edition CD/DVD and Blu-ray also includes a brand new interview with Yanni a look back on Live at the Acropolis 25 years later, three bonus tracks and a 60 page booklet with never-before-seen photos from the making of Live at the Acropolis.
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Title: Yanni – Live! The Concert Event
Release Date: 2006
Genre: New Age
Production/Label: США | Image Entertainment
Duration: 01:21:16
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC / 21499 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 5309 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 21.77 GB
Blu-Ray pressing. Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico was filmed during Yanni’s two concerts in December 2011. The first artist to ever perform at this UNESCO Heritage Site, Yanni fulfilled a 20 year dream to play at the beautiful and historic 16th -century Castillo San Felipe Del Morro in San Juan-a spectacular setting for this live concert. For two sold-out audiences, Yanni and his world-renowned orchestra performed an inspired set of favorites from throughout his career including “Felista,” “Voyage,” “Nightingale,” “The End of August,” and more.
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Title: Yanni – Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico
Release Date: 2012
Genre: New Age
Production/Label: Sony Classical (Sony Music)
Duration: 01:01:06
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 25574 kbps 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -7dB
Audio#2: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
Size: 13.86 GB
Blu-Ray pressing. Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico was filmed during Yanni’s two concerts in December 2011. The first artist to ever perform at this UNESCO Heritage Site, Yanni fulfilled a 20 year dream to play at the beautiful and historic 16th -century Castillo San Felipe Del Morro in San Juan-a spectacular setting for this live concert. For two sold-out audiences, Yanni and his world-renowned orchestra performed an inspired set of favorites from throughout his career including “Felista,” “Voyage,” “Nightingale,” “The End of August,” and more.
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Title: Yanni – The Dream Concert – Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt
Release Date: 2016
Genre: New Age, Pop Rock, Instrumental, Progressive Electronic, World Music, Neo-Classical
Artist: Yanni – arranger, composer, orchestration, keyboards; Charles Adams – drums; Benedikt Brydern – violin; Jason Carder – trumpet and flugelhorn; Yoel Del Sol – percussion; Víctor Espínola – harp; Ming Freeman – keyboards; James Mattos – French horn; Sarah O’Brien – cello; Mary Simpson – violin; Dana Teboe – trombone; Gabriel Vivas – bass; Samvel Yervinyan – violin; Alexander Zhiroff – cello; Lauren Jelencovich, Lisa Lavie – vocals
Production/Label: Portrait Records/Sony Music
Duration: 01:02:08
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-2 13490 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9
Audio#1: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio#2: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Size: 6.46 GB
The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt is the seventh live album and concert video by contemporary instrumentalist Yanni, officially released on June 3, 2016. The two concerts were performed outdoors on October 30 and 31, 2015, on the grounds of the Egyptian pyramids and Great Sphinx of Giza, Yanni’s first performance in Egypt.
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Marc van Roon – Inventions & Variations (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/352.8 kHz | Time – 01:13:26 minutes | 3,50 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Buzz
For me, these recordings are a dream come true. They represent the culmination of almost five decades of exploring, playing, performing, contemplating, constructing, deconstructing, searching, researching, reflecting, engaging in conversations, jamming, sense-making, traveling, instructing, sharing, dreaming and being.
For a long time I desired to allow myself full immersion in this genuine kind of improvisational exploration with its invitation to let go of habitual patterns and grooves and to resonate more deeply with the music and her deep generative source; a source that expresses itself in silence and sound so infinitely mysterious.
Recording this music has been an invitation to improvise on a tightrope, letting go of preconceived design and trained artistic conceptualisations and has been a journey to the edge of technique and control with a strong refusal to repeat myself and an keen interest in taking risk and explore unknown territory.
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Wim Kegel & Marc van Roon – Drumwise (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/352.8 kHz | Time – 01:04:41 minutes | 3,34 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Buzz Records
Throughout my long career as a drummer I have felt the urge to place the drumset in a setting in which it would stand out and challenge people to listen to it in a different way. When I found myself in a position to produce my own CD I contacted my long time friend and excellent pianist Marc van Roon: “Do you want to do a CD project together? Just the two of us: Wim and Marc. What do you think?” His answer was clear: ” That’s an inspiring idea!” Although the piano and drums can be featured in a trio setting with a bass, this does not show their full potential. A duo setting, which was common in the old days, allows the instruments to reveal themselves in ways no longer heard today.
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Dónal McCann – J.S. Bach & Walther: Concerto Transcriptions (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:27 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Novum
Dónal McCann releases his debut CD of Concerto transcriptions by J. S. Bach and his contemporary J. G. Walther. This is the first solo organ recording on the Novum label and showcases the iconic New College organ.
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Don Davis – Hyperspace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:51 minutes | 488 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © DDR
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the long out-of-print orchestral score to HYPERSPACE, composed by Don Davis. One of the first feature length STAR WARS parodies, HYPERSPACE came out in 1984. Known in England as GREMLOIDS and as GREMLORDS in France and Germany, HYPERSPACE was writer/director Todd Durham’s second and last film as director, working with ambitiously cost-conscious low-budget producer Earl Owensby. The movie was released in September 1984, but it wasn’t until 1988 that the film received a wider release on home video.
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Don Ayler Septet – In Florence 1981 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:47:05 minutes | 1,97 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Railroad Town Music
Don Ayler’s discography as leader (rather than sideman in his brother’s bands) is limited to two revelatory tracks from a 1969 New York concert, included in Revenant’s Holy Ghost box set, an unreleased session for Amiri Baraka’s Jihad label, and the following triple LP set, recorded live at a concert in Florence, Italy in 1981.
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