Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Mendelssohn: Symphonies (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Mendelssohn: Symphonies (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:50:46 minutes | 4,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

“I don’t think Mendelssohn gets the attention he deserves,” said Paavo Järvi at the start of the 2020-2021 season. Faced with this observation, he undertook to record a complete cycle of Mendelssohn’s orchestral works with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra for his second season as Music Director. On the programme are the composer’s five symphonies, including the second, known as ‘Lobgesang’, half-symphony, half-cantata, with the participation of the Zürcher Sing-Akademie, tenor Patrick Grahl and sopranos Chen Reiss and Marie Henriette Reinhold. Finally, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , based on Shakespeare’s play, the overture to which Mendelssohn composed when he was just 17, concludes this very fine cycle.

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musica assoluta, Paavo Järvi, Isabelle Faust, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam – Thorsten Encke: A Portrait (Live) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

musica assoluta, Paavo Järvi, Isabelle Faust, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam - Thorsten Encke: A Portrait (Live) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

musica assoluta, Paavo Järvi, Isabelle Faust, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Christian Tetzlaff, Sharon Kam – Thorsten Encke: A Portrait (Live) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:28 minutes | 618 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © CAvi-music

A Portrait oft he composer Thorsten Encke „When you embark on an artistic project, structural considerations can serve as a spark of inspiration. Like an architect, you roll out a blueprint, jot down a series of notes, and establish a basic framework of interval relations. Then you thoughtfully furnish the interior by relating motifs to one another and assigning them dramatic roles within the musical narrative. All of this is certainly necessary. But then, new ideas take you on detours, unplanned inspiration imposes itself on your thoughts, and the structural spark of inspiration dwindles with each new effort. The work acquires a life of its own; it wants to grow beyond its former limits. As an artist, you have to surrender and try to sense where the journey leads you.
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Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris – Sibelius: Complete Symphonies (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris - Sibelius: Complete Symphonies (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris – Sibelius: Complete Symphonies (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:51:47 minutes | 4,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Labels Inc.

Internationally acclaimed and Grammy winning conductor Paavo Järvi directs one of the worlds finest orchestra’s, the Orchestre de Paris, in this outstanding collection of all seven of Sibelius’ symphonies. As the music director of Orchestre de Paris (2019-2016), he has performed several works by Sibelius including the seven symphonies. In 2015, he was presented with the Sibelius medal by the Finnish Ambassador to France, Risto Piipponen, for his remarkable work in promoting the music of Sibelius throughout France. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies will be the first ever recording of Sibelius’ complete symphonies by a French orchestra. Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) is recognized as one of the greatest composers of the late Romantic periods. He is the most noted composer of Finland, and his seven symphonies are regularly performed and recorded both in his home country and worldwide.
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Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Hindemith (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony - Hindemith (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony – Hindemith (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:06:01 minutes | 597 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BIS

“Paavo Järvi is today s most ardent champion of the music of Paul Hindemith. This album brings together several unforgettable live performances from the brilliant Estonian conductor and Frankfurt Radio Symphony from between 2010 and 2013.
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Paavo Järvi – Richard Strauss: Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Der Rosenkavalier Suite (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Paavo Järvi - Richard Strauss: Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Der Rosenkavalier Suite (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Paavo Järvi – Richard Strauss: Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche | Der Rosenkavalier Suite (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:40 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Labels Inc.

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Paavo Järvi – Nielsen: The Complete Symphonies 1-6 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Paavo Järvi - Nielsen: The Complete Symphonies 1-6 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Paavo Järvi – Nielsen: The Complete Symphonies 1-6 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:30:31 minutes | 1,89 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © RCA Red Seal

Paavo Järvi is one of the most successful and distinctive conductors in the international music scene. His recordings of the complete Beethoven and Bruckner symphonies have received rave reviews and are in fact regarded as “reference recordings” (Fono Forum). His current project with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony is again another great symphonic cycle: the six symphonies by Denmark’s most famous composer, Carl Nielsen (1865 – 1931), whose 150th anniversary is celebrated this year.
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Laura Mikkola, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi – Tüür: Seventh Symphony; Piano Concerto (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Laura Mikkola, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi – Tüür: Seventh Symphony; Piano Concerto (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:32 minutes | 596 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM New Series

The sixth ECM New Series album by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür presents two major works, commissioned by the Hessische Rundfunk and given their premieres by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Both works are powered by what Tüür calls his “vectorial writing method”, a means of developing pieces from “a source code – a gene which, as it mutates and grows, connects the dots in the fabric of the whole composition”.

Tüür’s Seventh Symphony (2009), dedicated to the Dalai Lama “and his lifelong endeavours”, is a choral symphony like no other. It is a potent work in which the orchestra only intermittently frames and supports the voices. The texts that the NDR Choir sings include words of the Buddha from the Dhammapada but also utterances of more contemporary visionaries, from Gandhi to Mother Theresa.

The earlier Piano Concerto was premiered at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, where this album was recorded. As Paul Griffiths notes, “The concerto is also music on two planes, now orchestra and piano, though this time both are continuous and continually in the process of meeting.” Finnish pianist Laura Mikkola gives an exceptional performance, responding to the surging waves of the orchestra and the inspired direction of Paavo Järvi.
The “vectorial” process, already reflected in works including Oxymoron, Strata and Noesis (all recorded on previous ECM albums), has led to a body of work quite distinct from Tüür’s earlier, discursive ‘metalinguistic’ music in which diverse idioms – from serialism to minimalism – were contrasted, interwoven, reconciled. Tüür’s 21st century music foregoes “unnecessary eclecticism”, and manifests instead an organic coherence. These are pieces of determined, individual temperament.

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Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra – Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:52 minutes | 3,39 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Craft Recordings

Telarc To Release All-Rachmaninoff Recording by Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Scherzo and Dances from Aleko mark 11th Telarc/Järvi recording.

The 11th Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Telarc recording with CSO Music Director Paavo Järvi is an all-Rachmaninoff disc, to be released January 24, 2007 in both CD and SACD formats. The repertoire includes Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 27, well known for its romantic slow-movement theme; Dances from Aleko; and a Scherzo dating from the composer’s early years at the Moscow Conservatory.

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:08 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Principal Conductor and Music Director of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich since October 2019, Paavo Järvi continues his complete cycle of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, following a first volume devoted to Symphony no.5 and the symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini. This second volume features Symphonies nos. 2 and 4. The Fourth, composed in 1878 and nicknamed the ‘Fate’ Symphony because of its sombre colouring, which may recall the neuroses attributed to Tchaikovsky, is one of his most frequently performed. The Second Symphony, composed in 1872 and much less frequently performed in concert, is known as the ‘Little Russian’ because Tchaikovsky drew on Ukrainian folk tunes. The very first movement begins with a solo horn version of the folksong ‘Down by Mother Volga’…

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Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich & Paavo Järvi – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:34 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Anton Bruckner called his Symphony no.8 in C minor a ‘mystery’; others have seen it as an ‘apocalyptic’ work. For Paavo Järvi, it is the composer’s ‘most unusual symphony’ and the ‘pinnacle’ of his symphonic output. In the history of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, the Eighth Symphony occupies a special place, since it was the first Bruckner the orchestra performed – in 1905, twelve years after the premiere in Vienna of what was then the longest symphony in the history of music, and Bruckner’s only work to call for harps: ‘A harp has no place in a symphony, but I couldn’t do otherwise!’, the composer reportedly said.

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Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Russian National Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:59 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pentatone

When Paavo Järvi’s Leningrad recording was first announced I really didn’t think it would be a contender. In the past this conductor has struck me as meticulous almost to a fault, and not the most communicative of baton wavers. That said, a Russian orchestra playing Shostakovich usually demands a listen. Factor in PentaTone’s reputation for fine recordings and it would seem this new album is a decent prospect. Even then I must admit to feeling somewhat blasé; with so many potent rivals what more could Järvi bring to the piece?

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Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi – Shostakovich: Cantatas (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi – Shostakovich: Cantatas (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:19:52 minutes | 860 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Erato – Warner Classics

Estonian-born conductor Paavo Järvi and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra turn to rarely performed choral works by Dmitri Shostakovich: Song of the Forests Op. 81, The Sun Shines on our Motherland Op. 90, and The Execution of Stepan Razin Op. 119. The new release confirms Järvi’s reputation as a conductor with a deep understanding for the music of Shostakovich, as well as a particular affinity for choral music, which has a strong tradition in his homeland. These cantatas have a particular significance in Estonia – a former Soviet Socialist Republic under Stalinist rule. By the time Shostakovich composed The Execution of Stepan Razin for bass, concert chorus and orchestra in 1964, Stalin had died and the composer felt able to take a few risks under the regime of Nikita Khrushchev. The cantata is set to a grisly poem about a 17th-century Cossack revolutionary. Järvi calls the work an “absolute masterpiece” and a “critical view of the Soviet regime”.

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Estonian Festival Orchestra & Paavo Järvi – Eduard Tubin: Kratt (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Estonian Festival Orchestra & Paavo Järvi – Eduard Tubin: Kratt (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:18 minutes | 681 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

For their fourth recording on Alpha Classics, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra – who bring together the best Estonian talent and leading musicians from around the world each year in Pärnu – celebrate composers from Estonia and Poland, two nations closely connected by their history. Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) is a composer whose ten symphonies tower at the top of Estonian orchestral music. The same may be said about his stage works. World War II forced Tubin to emigrate to Sweden in 1944, where he spent the rest of his life. Suite from the ballet Kratt (Goblin) is based on Tubin’s ballet by the same name, which was also the first ballet in Estonian musical history… Musique funèbre by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994), was composed in memory of Béla Bartók and its premiere commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Hungarian composer’s death. Bartók’s Orchestral Concerto inspired the Concerto for String Orchestra composed in 1948 by Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969). Ignored for many years, she is now one of Poland’s most popular female composers.

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NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo & Paavo Jarvi – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo & Paavo Jarvi – Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:34 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Labels Inc.

The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky with stage designs and costumes by Nicholas Roerich. When first performed at the Th’e^atre des Champs-‘Elys’ees on 29 May 1913, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a sensation. Many have called the first-night reaction a “riot” or “near-riot”, though this wording did not come about until reviews of later performances in 1924, over a decade later. Although designed as a work for the stage, with specific passages accompanying characters and action, the music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.

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NHK Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 “Tragic” (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

NHK Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi – Mahler: Symphony No. 6 “Tragic” (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:20:27 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Labels Inc.

It was Stravinsky who first brought international attention to Takemitsu’s music after he came across a recording of the Requiem on a visit to Japan in 1959. Its slow, yearning melodies lead into Mahler’s monumental ‘Tragic’ Symphony, known for the three sledgehammer blows in its final movement, which represent the blows of fate. The most traditional of Mahler’s symphonies, it draws listeners into its bleak yet irresistible momentum.

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