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Marianne Crebassa, Fazil Say - Secrets: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Duparc (2017)

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Marianne Crebassa, Fazil Say - Secrets: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Duparc (2017)

Marianne Crebassa, Fazil Say - Secrets: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Duparc (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 264 Mb | Total time: 79:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | 9029576897 | Recorded: 2017

Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa and pianist Fazıl Say share some tantalising, captivating and sensuous Secrets in this album of songs, centred on Debussy’s Trois Chansons de Bilitis, Ravel’s Shéhérazade and Fazıl Say’s own Gezi Park 3 – which he and Crebassa premiered in 2014. Describing the recording sessions, Marianne Crebassa says: “Sometimes we worked in a kind of trance … there were some moments when nothing seemed to exist around us …”

Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle, Czech Philharmonic - Folk Songs: Bartók, Berio, Ravel, Montsalvatge (2023)

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Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle, Czech Philharmonic - Folk Songs: Bartók, Berio, Ravel, Montsalvatge (2023)

Magdalena Kožená, Simon Rattle, Czech Philharmonic - Folk Songs: Bartók, Berio, Ravel, Montsalvatge (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 189 Mb | Total time: 53:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC5187075 | Recorded: 2020, 2022, 2023

Magdalena Kozena's fourth Pentatone album Folk Songs brings together folk-inspired song cycles from across the globe. Ranging from Berio's Folk Songs to sets by Bartok, Ravel and Montsalvatge, this collection provides a kaleidoscope of twentieth-century orchestral song composition. Kozena performs them together with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Folk Songs is star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena's fourth album as part of her exclusive collaboration with Pentatone, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri and the songs in chamber-musical setting project Soiree in 2019, as well as Nostalgia together with Yefim Bronfman in 2021.

Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Camille Saint-Saëns (2024)

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Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Camille Saint-Saëns (2024)

Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Camille Saint-Saëns (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 376 Mb | Total time: 01:46:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 485 9224 | Recorded: 2023

Lang Lang presents a treasure trove of musical discoveries in this album: Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2, recorded with the Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons, is a true romantic masterpiece for Lang Lang that rivals the great concertos by Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky. Pairing it with Carnival of the Animals, a whimsical menagerie that has captivated young hearts for generations, Lang Lang continues his heartfelt wish to promote the love of classical music to young people and it also gives him a chance to collaborate with his wife, pianist Gina Alice. These two large scale orchestral works are complemented with solo compositions, including hidden gems by five female French composers as well as beloved French Classics.

Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel: Music for Two Pianos (2009)

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Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel: Music for Two Pianos (2009)

Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy - Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel: Music for Two Pianos (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 213 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 181 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | # 478 1090 DH | Time: 01:06:01

With this disc, Vladimir Ashkenazy, celebrated for his readings of Rachmaninoff and Chopin, and his son, Vovka, take on music by Debussy and Ravel for two pianos, and the results, utterly unlike virtually anything Ashkenazy père has ever recorded before, make it a real winner. From the electric excitement of the opening En blanc et noir, through the hazy mysteries of Jeux, and the luminous colors of the Rapsodie espagnole, to the inexorable hysteria of La Valse, Ashkenazy père and fils turn in performances that match the music for poise, drive, and technical brilliance. Some might find their sonorities a bit hard-edged at points – should the opening of En blanc et noir and the close of La Valse really be hit so strongly? – but the results are so consistently thrilling that most listeners are likely to be swept away. Recorded in close but clear and vivid digital sound, this disc may not be for every Debussy and Ravel fan, but it should certainly appeal to fans of Ashkenazy.

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Maurice Ravel: L'Heure espagnole; Bolero (2023)

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François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Maurice Ravel: L'Heure espagnole; Bolero (2023)

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles - Maurice Ravel: L'Heure espagnole; Bolero (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 286 Mb | Total time: 64:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMM 905361 | Recorded: 2021

Continuing their exploration of Ravel’s output, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles offer us two works linked by his love of Spain. Alongside the famous Bolero, which regains its original flavour here on period instruments, is Ravel’s first opera, which flirted with libertinism: though its outstanding cast consists entirely of native French-speakers, this caustic ‘Hour’ remains quintessentially Spanish!

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Kazuki Yamada - Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été; Saint-Saëns: Mélodies persanes; Ravel: Shéhérazade (2023)

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Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Kazuki Yamada - Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été; Saint-Saëns: Mélodies persanes; Ravel: Shéhérazade (2023)

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Kazuki Yamada, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo - Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été; Saint-Saëns: Mélodies persanes; Ravel: Shéhérazade (2023)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 295 Mb | Total time: 70:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 5054197659409 | Recorded: 2021, 2022

The Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and its Artistic and Music Director Kazuki Yamada, interprets the now ‘traditional’ recorded pairing of two sumptuous, escapist French song cycles: Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été and Ravel’s Shéhérazade. Complementing them both musically and thematically is a third, less frequently heard cycle by another great French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns: his Mélodies Persanes (Persian Songs). “From the first note to the last, Lemieux’s interpretation of the Berlioz was exemplary …” wrote Bachtrack when she performed Les Nuits d’été in Paris. “From the depths of her lower register to her shimmering high notes, she traced a supple trajectory through the work, phrasing with amplitude and missing no opportunity for word-painting.”

Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Dance! (2024)

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Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Dance! (2024)

Daniel Hope, Zürcher Kammerorchester - Dance! (2024)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 611 Mb | Total time: 01:55:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 028948649945 | Recorded: 2023

Daniel Hope's new album "Dance!" reflects his boundless interest in the most diverse styles and periods of music. The star violinist takes the listeners on a journey through seven centuries of music history and explores the rhythms that have set bodies in motion and lifted hearts since time began.

Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)

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Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)

Belcea Quartet - Debussy, Dutilleux, Ravel: String Quartets (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 71:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 5 74020 2 | Recorded: 2000

This Debut CD confirms the impression I’d formed from broadcasts of a highly talented, exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. Their excellent balance is highlighted by crystal-clear recording. The opening of the Debussy, brisk and forceful yet with plenty of variety and meticulous in observing the composer’s directions, immediately inspires confidence. After a while, though, I started to wonder whether the playing was a bit too careful and controlled; the Vertavo Quartet, not quite as slick and with more soft-edged recorded sound, give a much more spontaneous effect, with delightful and very idiomatic touches of rubato. Similarly in the Ravel, the Belcea performance brings out all the subtleties of texture and timbre, the fascinating cross-rhythms, the sweetly nostalgic emotional tone.

Alice Ader - Maurice Ravel: Complete Piano Works (2012) 2CDs

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Alice Ader - Maurice Ravel: Complete Piano Works (2012) 2CDs

Alice Ader - Maurice Ravel: Complete Piano Works (2012) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 458 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 329 Mb | Scans ~ 32 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Fuga Libera | # Fug592 | Time: 02:23:44

Alice Ader’s first Debussy disc (Erato) won all the awards in the specialist press on its release twenty years ago and is still regarded as an unequalled benchmark. Now this unconventional pianist at last unveils her recording of the complete Ravel piano works. And what better moment could there be than Debussy Year to present these two hours or so of music in dialogue, en Miroirs as it were, with the œuvre of ‘Claude de France’? Ravel, the hot-blooded Swiss watchmaker, the discreet Lisztian, the mediocre pianist who made such extreme demands on his colleagues, the man of so many sublime paradoxes, deserves only the finest interpreters: those who take the time to explore his deepest recesses. Alice Ader, light-years away from the flashy gestures often encountered in this music, takes us to the very heart of one of the most secretive composers of his time.

Bruce Liu - Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan (2023)

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Bruce Liu - Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan (2023)

Bruce Liu - Waves: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan (2023)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 61:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 486 4400 | Recorded: 2022

Victory at the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in October 2021 turned Bruce Liu into a worldwide sensation. Deutsche Grammophon’s live album of his competition recordings was released to rave reviews the following month, and the Canadian-Chinese pianist pianist became an exclusive DG artist in March 2022. Now Bruce Liu, "a pianist with a captivating musical personality" (Financial Times), has recorded his highly anticipated debut studio album, spanning two centuries of French keyboard music.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Elina Garanča - Sommernachtskonzert 2023 [Blu-Ray]

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Elina Garanča - Sommernachtskonzert 2023 [Blu-Ray]

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Elina Garanča - Sommernachtskonzert 2023 [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 23958 kbps / 1080p / 29.970 fps | 90 min | 20,0 Gb
Audio1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3561 kbps / 24-bit
Classical | Sony Classical

Das Sommernachtskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker ist jedes Jahr eines der meistbesuchten Klassikkonzerte überhaupt, denn es findet im festlich illuminierten Schlosspark von Schloss Schönbrunn in Wien vor 100.000 Besuchern statt.

Arcanto Quartett - Claude Debussy, Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel: String Quartets (2010)

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Arcanto Quartett - Claude Debussy, Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel: String Quartets (2010)

Arcanto Quartett - Claude Debussy, Henri Dutilleux, Maurice Ravel: Quatuors À Cordes (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 310 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 174 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Chamber | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 902067 | Time: 01:11:17

In addition to the traditional pairing of the Debussy and Ravel string quartets, the Arcanto Quartett performs Henri Dutilleux's Ainsi la Nuit (1971-1976), a grouping that is becoming increasingly popular on recordings. These are absolutely secure, thoughtful, self-effacing readings of the Debussy and the Ravel. While the quartet doesn't bring particular new revelations to the pieces, the members play with nuanced sensitivity and impeccable musicianship. The haunted quiet they achieve in the first part of the third movement of the Debussy is especially impressive, as is the clarity of their sense of direction and unity in the final movement, the most difficult of the four to pull off. Similarly in the Ravel, the contrast between the serenity of the third movement and the raw athleticism of the fourth is attention-grabbing and invigorating.

Maurice Ravel The Complete Edition [14CDs] (2012)

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Maurice Ravel The Complete Edition [14CDs] (2012)

Maurice Ravel The Complete Edition [14CDs] (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3,48 Gb | Total time: 15h 59' 02'' | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 4783725 | Recorded: 1955-2010

28th December 2012 marks the 75th Anniversary of the death of Maurice Ravel, the great French composer, best-known for his beautiful melodies, orchestral & instrumental textures and mesmeric compositional effects.
Many consumers will know Ravel through his masterpieces, such as: Boléro, Pavane pour une infant défunte, Rapsodie espagnole, Gaspard de la nuit, Ma Mère l’oye, Daphnis et Chloë, Le Tombeau de Couperin and La Valse.

Eric Ericson, Rundfunkchor Stockholm, Stockholmer Kammerchor - European Choral Music (2014) 6CD Box Set

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Eric Ericson, Rundfunkchor Stockholm, Stockholmer Kammerchor - European Choral Music (2014) 6CD Box Set

Europäische Chormusik - European Choral Music (2014) 6CD Box Set
Eric Ericson, Rundfunkchor Stockholm, Stockholmer Kammerchor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.48 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 942 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Choral | Label: Warner Classics | # 825646261505 | Time: 06:49:27

The great recordings of the "Nordic choral marvel": Swedish choral conductor Eric Ericson was one of the true legends in his field. When he died in 2013 at the age of 94, he had spent decades working to place his two Stockholm choirs among the international musical elite. His recordings from the 1970's enjoy real cult status – unique interpretations of a cappella works from the Renaissance to the 20th century, from Gesualdo to Penderecki, released here for the first time in a single box.

Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake - Paradise Lost (2020)

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Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake - Paradise Lost (2020)

Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake - Paradise Lost (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 228 Mb | Total time: 64:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics | # ALPHA 581 | Recorded: 2019

The gestation of this project lasted two years. Anna Prohaska and Julius Drake finally concentrated their research on the themes of Eve, Paradise and banishment. Some songs were obvious choices, such as Fauré's Paradis, in which God appears to Eve and asks her to name each flower and animal, or Purcell's Sleep, Adam, sleep with it's references to Genesis. But Anna Prohaska also wished to illustrate the cliché of the woman who brought original sin into the world and her status as a tempter who leads man astray, as in Brahms's Salamander, Wolf's Die Bekehrte or Ravel's Air du Feu.