Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra – Brahms: German Requiem (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:06 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © LSO Live
Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra present Brahms’ greatest choral work, the ‘German’ Requiem, featuring soprano Sally Matthews and baritone Christopher Maltman. Gergiev’s first Brahms release on LSO Live, Symphonies Nos 1 & 2, Tragic Overture & Haydn Variations was awarded 5/5 by BBC Music Magazine.
Intended to be for ‘all humanity’, Brahms’ ‘German’ Requiem is a powerful work – its central themes of melancholy and comfort are universally applicable. Non-liturgical, yet sacred and devotional in spirit, it showcases the great romantic melodies for which Brahms was renowned, and has become a popular work with choirs all over the world – admired for its mystical, consolatory and contemplative tone.
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Performer: Christopher Maltman, Sally Matthews
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Olga Borodina, Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev – Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & La Mort de Cleopatre (2003)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:07 minutes | Artwork (PDF) | 4,29 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Artwork (PDF) | 1,32 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Decca/Philips # 470 632-2
Valery Gergiev turns in a generally fine Symphonie fantastique, one that really heats up in the last two movements, as any good performance must. The March to the Scaffold has an aptly menacing character, with very clearly voiced timpani and plenty of panache to the brass playing. The finale begins quite quickly and never lets up; it has the special Berliozian frenzy that so many versions never manage to capture. Elsewhere the results are a bit more variable. The first movement goes quite well on the whole, barring a pointless slow-down at one point toward the end, but the second-movement waltz is strange, with oddly Stravinskian accents disrupting its flow and a general lack of rhythmic tension. However Gergiev does find pretty much the ideal tempo for the slow movement, and the oboe and English horn solos have an appealingly plaintive, pastoral character.
La Mort de Cléopatre makes a generous bonus, but not in this performance. Without getting hung up on the details, Gergiev certainly conducts it well enough, but Olga Borodina simply has the wrong voice for the part: thick, heavy, and often unsteady. She sounds dead before the music even begins–okay, maybe it’s not that bad, but compared to singers like Jessye Norman, Véronique Gens, or Janet Baker, she captures neither the nobility of the Egyptian queen nor the pathos of her predicament. Happily, given that many discs offer just the symphony, we can ignore this particular “bonus”, and the rating reflects this. Philips offers vivid live sonics that project the unique timbres of the Vienna Philharmonic horns and strings particularly well, though the harps in the second movement should sound more seductive. Fantastique collectors will find plenty to enjoy here.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev – Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:30:24 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Classical
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Released in the year of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary, Valery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra are joined by soloists Olga Borodina, Kenneth Tarver and Evgeny Nikitin for Berlioz Roméo et Juliette, recorded live at the Barbican Hall in November 2013. Part of a major series of eight concerts, this work toured to venues in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and France.
A large-scale ‘symphonie dramatique’, Roméo et Juliette was the fruit of the composer’s dual fascination with Shakespeare and with the actress Harriet Smithson, whom he was later to marry. Using the story of the star-crossed lovers as a starting point, Shakespeare’s passion and drama is deftly portrayed through his music, as well as through the abundance of lyrical poetry, written by French poet Émile Deschamps.
Grammy-award winning mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina is a star of the Mariinsky Theatre, regularly appearing at major opera houses and with great orchestras around the world. A winner of the Rosa Ponselle and Barcelona competitions, Borodina made her highly acclaimed European debut at London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1992, sharing the stage with Plácido Domingo in Samson et Dalila – a performance that launched her international solo career as one of the most sought-after mezzos for her repertoire.
Kenneth Tarver is considered one of the outstanding tenore-di-grazia of his time. He has appeared at the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls around the world specialising in Mozart and challenging, skilled oratorio repertoire. He is a graduate of prestigious institutions including Interlochen Arts Academy, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Yale University School of Music, and was also a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Young Artist Development Program. He has appeared on previous LSO Live recordings, notably the double Grammy Award winner Les Troyens, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin trained at the St Petersburg State Conservatory, graduating in 1997. He has been described as ‘physically, vocally, a complete star’ by The Independent. His premiere solo performance was with the Mariinsky Orchestra and was followed by invitations to perform at major theatres and festivals across the world. His discography includes other recordings with Valery Gergiev, including Wagner Parsifal on the Mariinsky Label.
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Valery Gergiev, Antoine Tamestit, Karen Cargill, London Symphony Orchestra – Berlioz: Harold en Italie (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:09 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Classical
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Violist Antoine Tamestit and mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill join forces with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev in the latest instalment of their Berlioz exploration.
Harold en Italie was composed in 1834 at the suggestion of Paganini (he wanted a showcase for his new viola). Inspired by Lord Byron’s poetic oddessy Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Berlioz wrote of it that he ‘wanted to make the viola a kind of melancholy dreamer’. The cantata Cléopâtre was written for the 1829 Prix de Rome, and remains among Berlioz’ most neglected works.
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Behzod Abduraimov, Concertgebouworkest, Valery Gergiev – Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:33 minutes | 409 MB | Genre: Classical
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Serge Rachmaninoff himself played his Third Piano Concerto in 1911 in the Netherlands with the Concertgebouworkest and Willem Mengelberg. He noted at the time: “The musicians thought it was beautiful, but the audience and the critics did not.” In the end, pianist Vladimir Horowitz was able to inspire the audience for the work, and today ‘Rach 3’ is considered to be one of the warhorses in the repertoire. With this notoriously difficult concerto the young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov made his dazzling Concertgebouworkest debut under the direction of Valery Gergiev.
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Title: Sommernachtskonzert 2020 / Summer Night Concert 2020
Released: 2020
Genre: Classical
Released: Sony Classical
Duration: 01:25:54
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24919 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3594 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 19.69 GB
The world’s biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. The theme for this year is Love and includes musical favourites from Strauss’s ‘Der Rosenkavalier’, Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, the premiere of Maurice Jarre’s ‘Suite Doctor Zhivago’ and many more. Valery Gergiev returns to conduct his fourth Summer Night concert (2007, 2011 and 2018). He will be joined by star tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who is appearing for the very first time. Kaufmann has been performing with the orchestra to great acclaim for the last two decades and has also recorded his Wien album with the Vienna Philharmonic. Kaufmann will sing arias of Emmerich Kálmán’s operetta Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza), Puccini’s Nessun Dorma and Massenet’s “Pourquoi me réveiller?”. The concert is broadcast on TV and radio in more than 60 countries, and thus reaches an audience of millions. Specialist promo & marketing activity.
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Andrea Bocelli, Renee Fleming, Valery Gergiev – Verdi: Requiem (2003)
Conductor: Valery Gergiev | Composer: Giuseppe Verdi | Orchestra: Kirov Orchestra and Chorus | Album: Verdi – Requiem | Style: Classical | Year: 2003 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 15 | Size: ~6.46 Gb | Covers: in archive | Release: Philips | Decca (B0001571-19 PDA), 2003 | Note: Not Watermarked
Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most tuneful, beloved composers of vocal music Italy has produced. Verdi wrote REQUIEM in honor of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist he greatly admired. Acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli and soprano Renee Fleming, along with conductor Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra, perform a moving rendition of this heartfelt work, perfectly capturing the depth of emotion and challenging musical requirements of this work. Any classical-music lover will appreciate this performance. (more…)
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Title: Sommernachtskonzert (Summer Night Concert) 2018
Year: 2018
Genre: Classical
Artists: Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Production/Label:: Sony Classical
Duration: 01:15:24
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video Codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 27891 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3649 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
With this open air concert in Schonbrunn, the Vienna Philharmonic wishes to provide all Viennese, as well as visitors to the city, with a special musical experience in the impressive setting of Schonbrunn Palace and its beautiful baroque gardens, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.
Since 2008 the Vienna Philharmonic have provided an outstanding experience for all visitors.
In the recent years the orchestra has been conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Franz Welser-Most, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach and Zubin Mehta.
Among the previous guest solists: Renee Fleming, Lang Lang, Rudolf Buchbinder, Katia and Marielle Labèque.
It is Sony Classical’s sixth release of the Summer Night Concert. (more…)