Hi-Res Highlights,
Hi-Res Highlights - May 2017
It's been two years since we launched our Hi-Res download offering - and our catalogue now includes just over 9,000 albums, both old and new. You can browse through our full Hi-Res selection here.
However, nine thousand is quite a lot - so last July we started putting together a monthly round-up offering some of our thoughts on the best of the best! Here's May's selection…
Hi-Res New Releases
The Boston Symphony Orchestra add a third complete Brahms symphony cycle to their already distinguished discography, with Andris Nelsons taking his place alongside Erich Leinsdorf and Bernard Haitink.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Manuel de Falla's music is among the most vivid ever written, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Kazuki Yamada bring out every brush-stroke of his evocative Andalusian imagery with perfect clarity.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Rameau's pioneering opera, in which the heroine's inner turmoil takes a central role and the purported hero is relatively peripheral, is championed by Christophe Rouseet and Les Talens Lyriques.
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
A fascinating exploration of the music of one of today's greatest and most influential composers - featuring John Adams' Chamber Symphony and Son of Chamber Symphony, as well as revealing interviews with the composer himself.
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
After albums highlighting the LSO's string and percussion sections, featuring performances of great English favourites on the one hand and groundbreaking works by Steve Reich on the other, it's fitting that this release puts the spotlight on their world-beating wind section in a performance of Mozart's magnificent Gran Partita.
Available Formats: SACD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
The cross-pollination between English Renaissance and Baroque composers and those of the 20th century has often been remarked upon; here the Emerson String Quartet juxtapose chamber works by Purcell and Britten in an album combining the best of old and new.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
For her third album of Chopin, Janina Fialkowska focuses on his later works - highlights including the ever-popular 'Raindrop' Prelude and the Polonaise-Fantaisie, his last major work.
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.
Known mostly for his cerebral performances of the Baroque and Classical masters, in this recital John Browning shows himself to be equally accomplished in rendering the delicate watercolours of Debussy's impressionistic works.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC, Hi-Res+ FLAC
Karl Böhm and the Bayreuth Choir and Orchestra accompany a peerless cast in a live recording of Tristan that has rightly been called 'incandescent' and 'glorious'. Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig and Martti Talvela all appear at the height of their powers - a recording not to be missed!
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
Gundula Janowitz and René Kollo lead the cast in this vivid performance of Beethoven's inspiring opera of love and liberation, supported by the Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor and Leonard Bernstein.
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
David Smith - Head of Digital
