Michelle Ross, Eric Jacobsen & Odyssey Orchestra – Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 42:34 minutes | 454 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epidemic Classics
Michelle Barzel Ross is an Iraqi(Mizrahi)-American violinist, composer, and improviser. A protégé of Itzhak Perlman, Michelle is known for her debut album, pop-up project and blog Discovering Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach. A gifted improviser across genres, Michelle is featured on Movement 11’ of the GRAMMY winning Best Album of the Year: We Are, by Jon Batiste. This season, Michelle has the honor of performing with the Juilliard String Quartet as guest first violinist for their winter International and US tours, while Areta Zhulla is on maternity leave.
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Branford Marsalis, Eric Jacobsen & Virginia Symphony Orchestra – Sound of the Sun (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:27 minutes | 802 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bright Shiny Things
The soulful sounds of the saxophone played by multi-GRAMMY-award-winning Branford Marsalis pairs perfectly with the evocative works of British composer Sally Beamish and Mahler. Led by Eric Jacobsen with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, this album delivers the songful melancholy of the Mahler songs, played by Marsalis, combined with the freneticism and imagery of Sally Beamish’s two rarely heard works, brought to a center stage.
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Gil Shaham, Eric Jacobsen & The Knights – Beethoven, Brahms: Violin Concertos (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:57 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Canary Classics
Violinist Gil Shaham partners with The Knights, a Brooklyn-based ensemble conducted by Eric Jacobsen, for his first recording of the Beethoven violin concerto. Shaham was captivated growing up listening to David Oistrakh’s recording of the Beethoven over and over again, and it continues to inspire awe in him. Despite the 1000’s of times he played the Beethoven live in concert, the whole emotional journey is as fresh here on this recording as if he was playing it for the first time. In his own words “If there is ever music which changes and effects the soul, this is it.” This is arguably the most anticipated addition to his recorded oeuvre. The Brahms concerto was one of the last recordings Shaham made as a DG artist, a much lauded live performance with Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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