Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” (Rehearsal Excerpts) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:33 minutes | 532 MB | Genre: Classical
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Mariss Jansons ranks among the outstanding podium personalities of our time. His orchestral work is recognized not only because of his busy touring activities but also because of television and radio broadcasts world-wide, also documented by a sizable number of recordings.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons – Bruckner: Symphony No. 6 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:20 minutes | 519 MB | Genre: Classical
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Anton Bruckner is a composer with an unmistakable musical language: darkly glowing, overwhelmingly beautiful, but also energetic and innovative. For the Berliner Philharmoniker, this music has been part of their artistic identity for over a hundred years. The orchestra now presents Bruckner’s symphonies in an exclusive edition, recorded over the last ten years together with some of the foremost Bruckner interpreters of our time.
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Friedrich Schloffer, Mariss Jansons, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks – R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, TrV 190 (Rehearsal Excerpts) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:08 minutes | 535 MB | Genre: Classical
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Richard Strauss enjoyed early success as both conductor and composer, in the second capacity influenced by the work of Wagner. He developed the symphonic poem (or tone poem) to an unrivalled level of expressiveness and after 1900 achieved great success with a series of impressive operas, at first on a grand scale but later tending to a more Classical restraint. His relationship with the National Socialist government in Germany was at times ambiguous, a fact that protected him but led to post-war difficulties and self-imposed exile in Switzerland, from which he returned home to Bavaria only in the year of his death, 1949.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 34:45 minutes | 360 MB | Genre: Classical
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It was as an obedient pupil of his father, the celebrated horn player Franz Strauss, that Richard Strauss began his musical career – entirely in the spirit of the classics and early Romantics, with proven forms and traditional genres. Strauss senior loathed Richard Wagner’s monstrous music dramas as well as the achievements of the “New German School” around Franz Liszt, with its avant-garde tone poems and extra-musical programmes. As Richard grew up, he shared his father’s views unquestioningly – but then found a mentor in Hans von Bülow, who, of all people, had once worked together very closely with Wagner. In 1885, Bülow engaged the 21-year-old Strauss as conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra. Its concert master, the radical Wagnerian Alexander Ritter, took the young man under his wing and acquainted him with the blessings of “progressive music” – with the result that Richard Strauss soon began composing symphonic poems himself.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (2010)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 4,30 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,30 | DVD Video: 4,5 GB | Full Artwork
Label/Cat#: MDG “Audiomax” # 946 1623-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2010 | 3% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Period, Romantic, String Quartet
The effect of this originally intended version of the Quartets op. 41 is enormous; one hears connections between the two individual quartets and is astonished by their symmetrical design. A well-known work by Schumann becomes an entirely new experience through the addition of only four measures! The Beethoven Quartet couples this previously unheard composition by Schumann with Beethoven’s String Quartet op. 135. After its predecessors transcending every norm, this last string quartet completed by Beethoven again limits itself to the classical four-movement design. The end of Beethoven’s standardsetting string quartet production and Schumann’s exuberant debut in chamber music wonderfully complement each other. In addition to the Super Audio CD (in 2+2+2-SACD multichannel format) the edition contains a DVD video with a concert version of op. 135 and an exciting conversation between Georg Albrecht Eckle and Peter Gülke. Here more questions about composer, works, and date of composition are answered in inimitable fashion than one would have ever dared to ask. What a rich and vast find for every classical fan!
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (2010)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & DST64 5.0 >1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Covers | 3.01 GB
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Hollow pathos is not his thing. From an artist like Mariss Jansons Friedrich Schiller’s Ode: “An die Freude” must receive a far deeper significance, which also fully encompasses the doubt and profound hope embodied in this text. And thus, in Jansons’s recording of the Ninth Symphony, the choral finale does not degenerate to mere superficial orgy of jubilation, but rather becomes a delicately balanced, wisely developed drama. On October 27, 2007, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks played Beethoven’s Ninth in the presence of the Pope in the Vatican. The recording of this memorable concert is now being released in the highest audiophile recording quality as a multi-channel SACD.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Varèse: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:10:04 minutes | 711 MB | Genre: Classical
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From 2003 to 2019, Mariss Jansons was chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Bavarian Radio Chorus. His death on December 1, 2019 marked the end of an era. As a conductor, Mariss Jansons was appreciated by the musicians of his orchestra and chorus like no other, he was loved by his Munich audience, and revered by his fans in international concert halls from Tokyo to New York. To create a place for everyone who wants to remember individual concerts or tours during his time as the principal conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, there is now a timeline on the orchestra’s website. All the concerts since his inaugural one in Munich on October 23, 2003 can be found there. In addition to documentation of programmes and line-ups, selected concerts are accompanied by image galleries, concert videos, backstage material and excerpts from interviews or rehearsals from the archives of BR-KLASSIK and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. These archives are continually being extended, so the timeline is worth visiting again and again. We hope that this “virtual collection of memories” will give Jansons fans all over the world pleasure in browsing and remembering.
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Udo Wachtveitl, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons – R. Schumann: Die innere Stimme (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 04:34:15 minutes | 2,37 GB | Genre: Classical
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There are many biographies of Robert Schumann, but none that gives a real voice to his music – and the life and the music of this great Romantic composer were connected in a particularly subtle way. This new release in the successful series of BR-KLASSIK audio biographies contains approximately 150 excerpts from Schumann’s works; carefully interwoven into his life story, they give voice to his inner world. The mysterious “inner voice” that Schumann noted down in the score of his Humoreske op. 20 thus becomes the motto of this audio biography. “Unknown songs I had never heard flowed through my heart – songs that sounded to me like ghostly voices.” It was this passage from ETA Hoffmann’s Kreisleriana that inspired Schumann to write his own Kreisleriana op 16. In February 1854, the composer himself heard such voices – and this marked the start of a journey that would culminate in the mental asylum. Schumann’s “inner voice” thus represents not only his romantic sensitivity but also his fragile and volatile psyche. Of course, this ten-part audio biography also devotes a lot of room to the relationship between Robert and Clara – probably the greatest “romantic novel” of music history. Nothing is exaggerated, however; it is all based on the original sources, which are dramatic and touching enough in themselves. Outstanding actors including Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Matthias Brandt (Schumann) and Brigitte Hobmeier (Clara) contribute, alongside further narrators, to all the fascinating sounds and colours of this audio biography. Performers such as John Eliot Gardiner, Eric Le Sage and Christian Gerhaher guarantee the highest quality in the musical excerpts, which also feature several rarities. The audio biography is rounded off by a new live recording of the “Spring Symphony” with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Mariss Jansons.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Friedrich Schloffer – Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 (Rehearsal Excerpts) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:59 minutes | 550 MB | Genre: Classical
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Mariss Jansons ranks among the outstanding podium personalities of our time. His orchestral work is recognized not only because of his busy touring activities but also because of television and radio broadcasts world-wide, also documented by a sizable number of recordings.
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Yefim Bronfman, Hannes Läubin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Shostakovich: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:14 minutes | 422 MB | Genre: Classical
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“Increasingly, Shostakovich’s music is captivating people all over the world and appealing to their deepest emotions. Almost like no other, it bears witness to a traumatic political epoch while remaining a timeless expression of existential human feeling and experience. For me personally”, said conductor Mariss Jansons, who died two years ago, “Shostakovich is one of the most serious and sincere composers of them all”.
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Rehearsal Excerpts) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:53 minutes | 552 MB | Genre: Classical
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Mariss Jansons rehearses Ludwig van Beethoven´s Symphony No. 5 with the BRSO.
Making the music speak – that is the goal of Mariss Jansons’ rehearsal work with the BRSO. In May 2012 he rehearsed Beethoven’s Fifth; in the autumn of that year, a performance of it in Tokyo earned standing ovations from the Japanese audience.
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Genia KÜhmeier, Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra & Mariss Jansons – Pärt, Poulenc & Stravinsky: Works for Choir & Orchestra (Live) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:18:03 minutes | 734 MB | Genre: Classical
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Mariss Jansons Jansons’s earliest memories were of his father, the conductor Arvid Jansons, conducting opera and ballet: ‘As a very small boy, three years old, I was always observing… I went to my father’s rehearsals. When I came home, I put my book on the table and started to conduct. I changed my trousers because they were for rehearsal, not for concert. I played at being artistic director, drawing up programmes for subscription seasons.’ He learned to play the violin in Riga, and in 1957 entered the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied conducting with Rabinovich, as well as the piano and violin.
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Dieter Traupe, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons – Stravinsky: Petrushka, K012 (Rehearsal Excerpts) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:15:13 minutes | 817 MBGenre: Classical
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The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (German: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, BRSO) is a German radio orchestra. Based in Munich, Germany, it is one of the city’s four orchestras. The BRSO is one of two full-size symphony orchestras operated under the auspices of Bayerischer Rundfunk, or Bavarian Broadcasting (BR). Its primary concert venues are the Philharmonie of the Gasteig Cultural Centre and the Herkulessaal in the Munich Residenz.
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Title: Music is the Language of Heart and Soul: A Portrait of Mariss Jansons; Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.2 “Ressurection”
Released: 2012
Genre: Classical, Documentary
Directors: Robert Neumüller / Joost Honselaar
Artists: Mariss Jansons /
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Ricarda Merbeth (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Netherlands Radio Choir
Released: CMajor
Duration: 00:51:39 + 01:30:11
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30840 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1 (doc)
Audio #1: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit (doc)
Audio #2: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #3: German / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3641 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: English, Chinese, German, French, Korean, Spanish
Size: 38.73 GB
Mariss Jansons is one of the most influential conductors of our age. In 2012 the charismatic Latvian musician conducted his second New Year Concert in Vienna, an honour that very few conductors have enjoyed. For the present documentary portrait, the film maker Robert Neumüller observed Jansons at work in Amsterdam, Riga, St Petersburg, Vienna and Salzburg. The film shows Jansons working with his various orchestras, including rehearsals for the 2012 New Year Concert, and also explores his private life, resulting in a number of fascinating insights into Jansons’ artistic development and philosophy. By way of a bonus, this release features a complete performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Mariss Jansons.
Music is the Language of Heart and Soul is the only available documentary about Mariss Jansons from his early days till today. Jansons is one of the leading conductors, performing with the most important orchestras in the world. This blu-ray disc includes a performance with Mariss Jansons and Concertgebouw Orchestra of Mahler. “Mariss Jansons is one of the best orchestra builders around.” The New York Times “No conductor has a more extraordinary story to tell than Mariss Jansons.” The Independent
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Title: Mariss Jansons Conducts Beethoven & Strauss
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Performers: Mitsuko Uchida, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Production/Label: Arthaus Musik, BR Klassik
Duration: 44:59 + 50:02
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 21447 kbps 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3338 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Korean, Japanese
Size: 20,17 GB
Presumably taking his cue from Ein Heldenleben, the author of the program notes makes a big deal of the concept of the hero in music. The connection with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto is more nebulous. Yes, the music is generally heroic in a Beethovenian sense, but it does not have a program about a hero. In that context, Mitsuko Uchida is an elite pianist who hardly takes a heroic approach to Beethoven. Despite an unexpectedly forceful entry in the first movement, Uchida’s style quickly emerges to the forefront. Her playing has been correctly described as elegant, refined, transparent, poetic, controlled, and relatively laid back. As a specialist in Mozart and Beethoven, she leans toward the classical side of Beethoven, and that approach is very refreshing. There is also no lack of power when absolutely necessary, but it is invariably applied with restraint. Anyone who thinks that Uchida lacks gravitas for big Beethoven should listen to the Largo. Mariss Jansons is in complete accord with her approach.
Jansons launches Ein Heldenleben at a nearly ideal middle-of-the-road tempo, but then seems to run out of energy in the middle of the first section before recovering at the end. The clattering woodwinds and brass in “The Hero’s Adversaries” are outstanding. Concertmaster Anton Barachovsky’s seductively sweet tone is mesmerizing in “The Hero’s Companion” and the ending. The climaxes in “The Hero’s Companion” are absolutely ravishing. Jansons’s tempo in “The Hero’s Battlefield” is fairly expansive, but I really like it because it gives him the chance to bring out some incredible instrumental detail and unashamedly highlight Strauss’s gorgeous sound world, as he shows off the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra’s amazing brass section. The ending with its violin and French horn solos is stunning, and Barachovsky gets his deserved ovation.
As I heard the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra play this music, I could only think that this is undoubtedly one of the greatest orchestras in the world, and the best in terms of precise ensemble. I feared that Jansons might be ill at ease with Strauss’s florid romanticism, but he doesn’t shy away from it at all. It is interesting to see Jansons sometimes pull in his baton as if to just let the orchestra go and do its thing.
Technically, the picture and sound (PCM stereo and DTS 5.0 surround) are all that you would expect from a Blu-ray disc. I have no major problems with the visual direction as it alternates between various close-ups and distant shots, except perhaps that some of the extreme close-ups of Uchida and Jansons seem to be almost intrusive.
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