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Posted By : Highender | Date : 20 Apr 2010 19:22:16 | Comments : 5

Fauré - Requiem - Songs - Bonney - Hakegard - Ozawa - Boston Symphony Orchestra
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. CUE, Log | 353 MB | Cover | Requiem, Vocal | Label: RCA | 1 CD
RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 65:49 min
Date CD: 2003

Ozawa gives a very good reading of the Requiem. The recording sound is crystal clear, which brings out the beauty of the choral part writing. This is a wonderful recording.
Posted By : Highender | Date : 26 Jan 2010 22:55:29 | Comments : 2

Passport - Passport Control
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. CUE, Log | 514 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Fusion/Krautrock | Label: Warner
Catalog Number: VSOP CD 246 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 77:19 min
Date CD: 1997

"Passport Control" is a nice compilation recording of Klaus Doldinger's early years as one of the most influential Jazz/Fusion musicians there is! This recording is jam packed with tunes from the albums: Doldinger, Second Passport, Handmade, Looking Thru, Doldinger Jubilee Concert, Cross Colateral, Doldinger Jubilee '75, and Infinity Machine. It also contains a previously unreleased version of "Yellow Dream". This CD is also more than 77 minutes long and is a great, original example of the 70's German musical movement known as "Krautrock. A must have CD for sure!"
Posted By : Highender | Date : 21 Jan 2010 19:35:59 | Comments : 3

Joseph Haydn - Symphonies - Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Perick
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 342 MB | Cover | Symphonies | Label:DORIAN
Catalog Number: DOR-90168 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 75:02 min.
Date CD: 1992

Recorded at UCLA's Royce Hall in January 1992, this recording may not be so easy to find nowadays; but for a listening experience that gives one a chance to hear Haydn with roughly the same number of players that the composer himself had in his day, this is as good a place to start as any.
Posted By : Highender | Date : 13 Jan 2010 12:15:57 | Comments : 4

Elgar Symphony No.1 / Introduction and Allegro Op. 47
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, No Log | 1 CD | 296 MB | Cover | Symphonic | Label: BIS
Catalog Number: BIS-CD-727 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 68:57 min
Date CD: 1995


This is a truly dark horse recording--small Scandanavian record company, a regional radio orchestra, and a Japanese conductor largely unknown outside Japan or the UK. Surprise! It's the best Elgar 1st on disc. Sound is demonstration quality, the orchestra is world class, and the conducting daringly slow yet never ponderous. Otaka extracts the most ravishing beauty from the slow movement, and at the end of the finale packs a powerful punch. The Intro and Allegro is an excellent filler with superb solo work from the first chair players. This would be my first choice for this music on CD. KH (Chicago, IL)
Posted By : Highender | Date : 12 Jan 2010 15:25:34 | Comments : 5

Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky - Sympony No.5 and The Rite of Spring
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Seperate Files, Log | 309 MB | Cover | Symphonic | Label: TELARC
Catalog Number: CD-82001 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 80:31 min.
Date CD: 1993


I'll keep this short and simple: Buy it for both. This is world-class superb playing from Cleveland. Maazel's renderings are personal and viable. Both of these are studied, thoughtful, vibrant performances. The Tchaikovsky has jaw-dropping execution in the Finale. It is difficult to believe that such articulation and clarity is possible at Maazel's tempo! Not all re-issues are worth buying: this one truly is.
Posted By : Highender | Date : 09 Jan 2010 19:00:49 | Comments : 3

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mozart Duo - A Tribute To Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 270 MB | Cover | Guitar Duo | Label: Acoustic Music Records
Catalog Number: 319.1257.242 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 59:47 min
Date CD: 2002

"The two guitarists demonstrate their technical and interpretation know-how here. Their new CD proves that what we have here is a wonderfully coordinated guitar duo that performs at the highest level ... wonderful classical music with two guitars, perfectly presented." (www.blitz-magazin.com, 21 June 2002)
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Posted By : Highender | Date : 05 Jan 2010 19:31:39 | Comments : 7

Erik Satie - Arranged for Alto Guitar - Anders Miolin (BIS)
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. CUE, No Log | 282 MB | Cover | Guitar | Label: BIS
Catalog Number: BIS-CD-586 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 57:20 min
Date CD: 1993



“I can only praise Anders Miolin's Satie-collection, with complete sets of pieces that no guitarist has recorded before, as well as Miolin's superior musicality and excellent interpretation skills.” RECORD GEIJUTSU, Japan
Posted By : Highender | Date : 08 Dec 2009 13:20:05 | Comments : 2

Dominic Miller - Shapes (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 285 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Classical Crossover | Label: Decca
Catalog Number: 475 479-2 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 48:19 min.
Date CD: 2004

featuring: Sting, Placido Domingo, Alejandro Lerner, Chris Botti and others. "The making of Shapes has been a voyage of discovery for me. I have been in the enviable position of recording a collection of some of the greatest works of classical music ever written with the best people in the business".
Posted By : Highender | Date : 05 Dec 2009 15:41:01 | Comments : 5

Best Of DENON Ambience One Point Recordings (AUDIO-Magazine Germany)
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 310 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Classic Sampler | Label: DENON
RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 71:04 min.
Date CD: 1998

Posted By : Highender | Date : 30 Nov 2009 12:40:33 | Comments : 9

Burmester Audio Systeme - German TV Documentary
TV Rip | German | 00:15:30 | 720x576 | DivX | AVI 1111kbit/s | MP3 127kbits | 128 Mb
Genre: Documentary

Posted By : Highender | Date : 29 Nov 2009 17:18:34 | Comments : 5

W. A. Mozart - String Quintets - Kuijken String Quartet - Ryo Terakado ( DENON )
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 363 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Label: DENON
Catalog Number: CO-78850 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 73:59 min
Date CD: 1996

Posted By : Highender | Date : 26 Nov 2009 18:52:38 | Comments : 0

Ambros singt Waits - Nach Mir Die Sintflut
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. CUE, Log | 331 MB | Cover | 1 CD | Label: GIG Records
Catalog Number: 74321 732812 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 50:48 min
Date CD 2000

Austrian singer/songwriter Wolfgang Ambros sings songs of Tom Waits
Posted By : Highender | Date : 20 Nov 2009 21:51:22 | Comments : 4

Handel - Dixit Dominus / Caldara - Missa Dolorosa & Crucifixus / Hengelbrock / Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Cue, Log | 321 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Catalog Number: 82876 58792 2 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 63:09 min
Date CD 2004

“…Hengelbrock and his team have grasped the essential spirit of the work better than anyone. They are complicit with the ambitions of the enterprising young Handel to squeeze every last drop of drama from the vivid imagery of the text, and they perfectly capture the nervous energy of his early Italian style. ... a performance of risk-taking freshness...” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009
Posted By : Highender | Date : 20 Nov 2009 18:26:53 | Comments : 5

The Ritz - The Ritz ( DENON 2 Track Live Studio Recording )
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. CUE, Log | 321 MB | 1 CD | Cover | Vocal-Jazz | Label: DENON
Catalog Number: 33CY-1839 | RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 58:03 min.
Date CD: 1987


The Ritz is a Boston-based vocal jazz group featuring four singers and a three-piece rhythm section. Founded in 1982 by Darryl Bosteels and Sharon Harris as "Puttin' on the Ritz", it established itself as one of the leading vocal jazz ensembles in the U.S.A. The group is well known for its versatility of style-featuring tunes from the medieval `madrigal' style through the American jazz periods of the '20's to 40's to jazz-fusion sounds of today. They have been the opening act for Gerry Mulligan and the Pointer Sisters.
Posted By : Highender | Date : 13 Nov 2009 04:51:37 | Comments : 10

Stockfisch - Audiophile Recordings Vol. 1 - 3 (stereoplay Magazine CD's)
EAC Rip | FLAC v1.2. Seperate Files, no Log | 616 MB | 3 CD | Sampler | Label: Stockfisch
RAR 3% Rec. | RS Links | TT: 1h:36min.
Date CD: 2001


This is an excellent audiophile selection from the german record label Stockfisch Records presented by B&W, Infinity, Dynaudio, T+A, Kimber Kable and stereoplay.