London Symphony Orchestra & John Barbirolli – Ireland, Bax & Delius: English Tone Pictures (1967/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 54:41 minutes | 1,98 GB | Genre: Classical
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English Tone Pictures by Sir John Barbirolli – Side One features two very gifted composers in John Ireland and Arnold Bax, Band 1 features John Ireland (1879-1962) who is described as one of the most gifted composers of the English ‘Renaissance’. Arnold Bax confessed himself a brazen romantic; yet his romanticism was as much intellectual as purely emotional, and though his music is full of personal feeling he was not an emotionally self indulgent composer.
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John Barbirolli, Vienna Philharmonic – Brahms: Complete Symphonies (1968) [Japan 2012]
PS3 Rip | 4x SACD ISO | DSD64 Stereo > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 215:38 minutes | Scans included | 8,7 GB
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The music of Brahms held an important place in Sir John Barbirolli’s repertoire and these recordings of the symphonies, made with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1966 and 1967, stand as one of the peaks of his discography. Barbirolli’s relationship with this music is rooted in his time as an orchestral cellist, and these performances are notable for their rich, ripe sonorities and expansive warmth. This Japanese SACD reissue features the 2011’s EMI Remaster.
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