Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - November 2016
It's been two years since we launched our Hi-Res download offering - and our catalogue now includes over seven thousand albums, both old and new. You can browse through our full Hi-Res selection here.
However, seven thousand is quite a lot - so in July we started putting together a monthly roundup offering some of our thoughts on the best of the best!
Here's this month's selection…
Hi-Res New Releases
The pick of this month's newly-released Hi-Res recordings.
South Korean harpist Lavinia Meijer plays arrangements of the works of Philip Glass, including excerpts from the iconic soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi.
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Joyce DiDonato's latest solo recital disc, accompanied by Il Pomo d'Oro, explores different Renaissance Baroque representations of characters torn by war, conflict and trouble.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
A perfect counterpart to the above album, Latvian mezzo Elīna Garanča presents a selection of Romantic opera showstoppers centred on tormented heroines.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Fast-rising star Jamie Barton pairs well-known repertoire with less-heard gems in this disc with pianist Brian Zeger - Mahler's spellbinding Rückert-Lieder, Dvořák's *Gypsy Songs& and a selection of songs in Swedish by Sibelius.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Another newly-emerging musical voice, this time in the string quartet world - the Heath Quartet's first recording on Harmonia Mundi is a double-bill of Tchaikovsky quartets.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Trumpet superstar Alison Balsom returns to the natural trumpet with this feast of Baroque fare to set the mood for Christmas - sparkling concertos offset by understated chorale arrangements, all accompanied by the Academy of Ancient Music.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Recent Hi-Res Re-issues
The greatest performances of yesteryear, newly remastered and re-released in Hi-Res.
Cotrubas, Milnes and Domingo lead the cast in this 1976 Traviata with the Bavarian State Opera and Carlos Kleiber.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Georges Prêtre and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra accompany Alexis Weissenberg in a gripping account of Rachmaninov's stormy Third Piano Concerto.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Hungarian conductor István Kertész was known among other things for his affinity with the music of Dvořák; here, his mastery is displayed to its fullest extent in a complete collection of Dvořák's symphonies and orchestral music with the LSO.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
A venerable recording from Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz's Harold en Italie in all its lively variety, with William Primrose in the viola title-role.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
David Smith - Head of Digital
