NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Mozart: Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra; Stutermeister: Romeo und Julia (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Mozart: Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra; Stutermeister: Romeo und Julia (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:46 minutes | 739 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt’s recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart (Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe) a composer whom he revered above all: “We are too intimate friends … I can’t even explain what it is I feel when I listen to his music, that makes my eyes damp and my breath catch. … At the end of my life I should like to dissolve myself completely in Mozart’s music.”

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Dvořák: Serenade for Strings (1965/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Dvořák: Serenade for Strings (1965/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 53:43 minutes | 567 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt’s recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart (Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe) a composer whom he revered above all: “We are too intimate friends … I can’t even explain what it is I feel when I listen to his music, that makes my eyes damp and my breath catch. … At the end of my life I should like to dissolve myself completely in Mozart’s music.”

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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (1963/2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (1963/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:11 minutes | 600 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Universal Music Australia Pty.

Das NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester ist seit nunmehr 75 Jahren Norddeutschlands musikalischer Botschafter in alle Welt. Klänge und Bilder aus der Elbphilharmonie sind – vermittelt auch durch Konzertübertragungen des NDR – in ganz Deutschland und weit darüber hinaus präsent. Unter seinem Chefdirigenten Alan Gilbert hat das Orchester sein Angebot nochmals vielfältig und innovativ ausgebaut. In unterschiedlichen Veranstaltungsformaten, vom Sinfoniekonzert über das Kammer-, Club- und Stundenkonzert bis hin zum mehrtägigen Festival, stehen Werke aller Genres vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart auf dem Programm.

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Alan Gilbert & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Alan Gilbert & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:26 minutes | 653 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Austrian symphonist Bruckner was long denied the recognition that he deserved – which was a situation that almost endured until towards the end of his life. However, he owed his significant breakthrough as a composer to the premiere of his Seventh Symphony in Leipzig in 1884. With the famous Adagio, this work was an enormous success during Bruckner’s lifetime and is still considered one of the most famous and beautiful works of romantic symphonic repertoire. Even Johann Strauss, Jr. was amazed by the symphony: “Am deeply moved. It was the musical experience of my life.” For the present album, this deeply moving symphony is recently recorded in one of the most famous concert halls in the world, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, by its Orchestra in Residence NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra under their new Chief Conductor Alan Gilbert. With this recording, one will experience Bruckner’s breathtaking Seventh Symphony in the spectacular big concert hall of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.

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Jan Lisiecki, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Krzysztof Urbański – Chopin: Works For Piano & Orchestra (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jan Lisiecki, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Krzysztof Urbański – Chopin: Works For Piano & Orchestra (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:40 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Jan Lisiecki puts the spotlight on rarely recorded works of the orchestral Chopin, the repertoire that became his calling card and kick-started his international career. Jan’s release of both piano concertos (recorded at the age of 13 and 14) with Sinfonia Varsovia and Howard Shelley was praised as one of the most exciting contributions to Chopin’s 200th anniversary year in 2010. The two live recordings that have earned Jan the prestigious Diapason Découverte award in May 2010, placed him on the map as a promising newcomer and resulted in his exclusive DG recording deal. Now, Jan has fulfilled his dreams of completing the orchestral Chopin repertoire: To record all remaining works for piano and orchestra recorded in the studio with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, conducted by the Polish conductor Krzysztof Urbański.

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