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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Beethoven: Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' & Symphony No. 5
Two of the most popular Beethoven pieces of repertoire coupled together – the “Emperor” and Symphony No.5, recorded at a concert earlier this year. The first ever concerto album of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung with Universal and the first ever major label release of pianist Sunwook Kim, the 1st prize winner of The Leeds Competition in 2006. | 
| DG - 4810312 (CD) Normally: $16.50 Special: $15.00 |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 3 & 5
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| |  | Gustavo Dudamel: Europakonzert 2012
Every year the Berliner Philharmoniker invites artists for the orchestra’s traditional birthday concert on May 1st. In 2012, the guests were Gustavo Dudamel, conducting, and Gautier Capuçon (cello) and was performed at the Spanische Hofreitschule in Vienna - A spectacular and unique setting for a thrilling and historic music event. The Spanish Riding School has, to this day, a long standing relationship with music: The famous “Musikverein” was founded here in 1812. Furthermore, Haydn’s musical career started in its back garden! |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 5
Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Stefan Blunier |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 7 & Leonore Overture
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7Recorded live in Carnegie Hall, New York City in October 2011
Nearly twenty years after their acclaimed Beethoven Symphonies recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique returned to this repertoire for the first time last year, in a tour that took them to London, Philadelphia, Washington and New York. The concert in Carnegie Hall was broadcast live by WQXR, who kindly agreed to make the recording available to us to release on our label. Sir John Eliot’s Gardiner’s reading of these familiar pieces highlights their revolutionary origin. Performing on period instruments, the ORR brings light, clarity and brisk energy, as well as a warm and genuinely thrilling sound. The Seventh, famously described by Wagner as the “apotheosis of the dance”, stands out by its sheer physical energy expressed in its many obsessively repetitive passages. The Fifth, often considered to be a deeply personal piece, also reveals echoes of revolutionary songs. The album is packaged in a digipack and contains a 36 pages booklet with original notes by BBC presenter and music journalist Stephen Johnson. “the electricity in the air is almost tangible. Gardiner is merciless in his demands...The tempo is often exhilarating, the playing always vital, edgy and thrillingly fluent. This is the most exciting Beethoven release you are likely to hear this year.” The Observer, 14th October 2012 “The pace still feels driven, the tension high, but there’s a greater sense of fun and a touch more colour now. You sense that Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique now have these difficult pieces under their collective skin, and can now project them with a little more spontaneity and freedom. This Fifth seethes, bubbles and spits in places...Symphony no 7 is better still, its rapt introduction leading to an astonishing, punchy Vivace.” The Arts Desk, 20th October 2012 “Even if Weber didn’t make the famous remark attributed to him — “Beethoven is ripe for the madhouse” — you can understand his reaction. Played as the ORR play it, it can still make your hair stand on end.” Sunday Times, 28th October 2012 “The execution is fabulous, the (superlative) stylistic foundation always at the service of the music’s rhythm, energy and inner logic...With every performance of these symphonies, the listener ought to be taken aback at the revolutionary force of Beethoven’s language. Where many fail, Gardiner succeeds.” Financial Times, 24th November 2012 **** “So palpable is the excitement of these live performances that it almost comes as a shock that the applause has been excised...Gardiner and his resplendent Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique rejoice here in the sheer physicality of the music...These are the kind of performances that remind us of what a revolution of reassessment period-instrument bands provoke.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 “after hearing these explosive, invigorating and electrifying performances, we are reminded once again of the ferocious intensity that must have shell-shocked 19th-century Viennese audiences...Gardiner brings tremendous rhythmic drive and irresistable forward momentum to both Symphonies and revels in the sheer audacity of Beethoven's orchestration” BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 **** “These are thrusting, dynamic performances...though the music is played very speedily there’s no skating over Beethoven’s drama and argument.” MusicWeb International, November 2012 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 - 6
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| |  | Herbert Blomstedt 85th Anniversary Edition
Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Jürgen Wolf (organ) Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht' Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Victoria Mullova (violin) Mass in B minor, BWV232 Recorded live at St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, May 2005 Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (bass) GewandhausKammerchor & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Mass in B minor, BWV232: Dona Nobis Pacem Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 | Mendelssohn: | Elias Op. 70: Hore Israel (aria), Furchte Dich Nicht (chorus) Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig |
With this recording, Herbert Blomstedt pays homage to Bach and the city of Leipzig. One part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded in 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival, which is widely regarded as the world’s leading festival celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert of Bach’s masterwork, written at the end of his tenure as the 18th Gewandhauskapellmeister did not really mark the end of Blomstedt’s fruitful collaboration with the traditional orchestra. The Swedish conductor will continue to act as an honorary musical director to the ensemble. Performed with leading Bach singers at St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, the church for which Bach conceived his works, this homage to Bach was a touching farewell to Herbert Blomstedt from his Leipzig audience. J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the greatest and most famous works of sacred music. The other part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded at the 9th October Memorial Concert of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchores. These began with the "Monday demonstration" of 9 October 1989, just one month before the fall of the Berlin wall. Bonus: Bach and his B minor Mass – An introduction by Herbert Blomstedt. Picture format: 1080i - 16:9 Sound formats: PCM Stereo • DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles: English, German, Dutch (Documentary) English, German, French, Latin (Mass in B minor) Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running Time: 195 mins, plus Bonus 21 mins | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Major documents from Rudolf Kempe's later years at the head of the Munich Philharmonic. Beethoven's Fifth, that masterpiece of emotional tension, and his Sixth, all vivid depiction of nature, are both readings of maturity and perfection. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
“These are not interpretations set in stone, deeply as Rattle has obviously thought them through; and his encouragement of the brilliant VPO woodwind and horn soloists to challenge each other in imagination and individuality adds to the impression of joyful discovery.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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