![Fritz Reiner – Fritz Reiner conducts Dances (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/07/03/j3ov74fbiuy1b_600.md.jpg)
Fritz Reiner – Fritz Reiner conducts Dances (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Fritz Reiner, who came from an assimilated Jewish family in Pest, studied law at the University of Budapest for a few years at his father’s insistence before attending the Franz Liszt Academy of Music to study piano with István Thomán and composition with Hans Koessler. A répétiteur at the Budapest Opera since 1909, he made his conducting debut there in 1910 when he stood in for a colleague who had fallen ill and successfully took over a performance of Carmen. He was then appointed first conductor at the Ljubljana Opera. From 1911 to 1914 he was a member of the Budapest People’s Opera, where he conducted, among other works, Parsifal.
He probably received his most important imprint in Dresden, where he served as court conductor from 1914 to 1921. He learned his musical craft in evening opera and concert conductorships at the Dresden Opera. In those years he worked a lot with Richard Strauss. Among other things, Reiner conducted the German premiere of Die Frau ohne Schatten here. He conducted the Sächsische Staatskapelle and had guest engagements in Rome and Barcelona.
![Friedrich Gulda – Beethoven & Haydn: Piano Works (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/04/07/f4kjipvpwlruc_600.md.jpg)
Friedrich Gulda – Beethoven & Haydn: Piano Works (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Friedrich Gulda (* 16. Mai 1930 in Wien; † 27. Jänner 2000 in Weißenbach am Attersee) war ein österreichischer Pianist und Komponist.
Gulda begann im Alter von sieben Jahren mit dem Klavierspiel. 1942 nahm er eine Musikausbildung bei Bruno Seidlhofer (Klavier) und Joseph Marx (Musiktheorie und Komposition) an der Wiener Musikakademie, der heutigen Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, auf. Mit 16 Jahren reüssierte er beim Internationalen Genfer Musikwettbewerb und gelangte danach rasch zu Weltruhm. Seine äußerst exakten, um besondere Werktreue bemühten Mozart- und Beethoven-Interpretationen gelten bis heute als Meilensteine in der Interpretationsgeschichte. Charakteristisch für Gulda ist ein äußerst präzises und rhythmisch akzentuiertes Spiel.
Sein Repertoire umfasste Werke von J. S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy und Ravel, wobei vor allem seine Interpretationen der Klaviersonaten Beethovens und des Wohltemperierten Klaviers von Bach Aufsehen erregten. In seinen Konzerten spielte er Werke Bachs häufig originalgetreu auf einem Clavichord.
Gulda hatte ein hervorragendes Gedächtnis. Er brauchte sich zum Beispiel (wie Workshopteilnehmer berichten) den Notentext von Robert Schumanns „Waldszenen“ nur wenige Minuten lang anzuschauen, um das Werk dann auswendig zu spielen.
Eine der berühmtesten Schülerinnen Guldas ist die argentinische Pianistin Martha Argerich.
![Franz Konwitschny – Anton Bruckner Symphonies 8 & 9 conducted by Franz Konwitschny (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/09/22/cv09icj9ck3ca_600.md.jpg)
Franz Konwitschny – Anton Bruckner Symphonies 8 & 9 conducted by Franz Konwitschny (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Franz Konwitschny (* August 14, 1901 in Fulnek, North Moravia; † July 28, 1962 in Belgrade) was a German conductor.
Konvichny came from a Moravian family of musicians. From 1920 to 1923 he first took violin lessons at the Academy of the Musikverein in Brno, before becoming a pupil of Hans Bassermann at the Conservatory of Music in Leipzig from April 1923 to 1925. During this time he was temporarily employed as a violinist and violist in the Gewandhaus Orchestra. in 1925 Konwitschny became a member of the Fitzner Quartet in Vienna as a violist and went to Stuttgart in 1927, first as a accompanist, since 1930 as 1st Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater. At the beginning of the 1933/34 season, he went to Freiburg im Breisgau as musical director of the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, where he was appointed general music director in 1934. In 1938 he became music director and musical director of the Opera in Frankfurt am Main.
![François Etienne – Mozart: Works for Clarinet (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/08/16/y2nw80fswwr0b_600.md.jpg)
François Etienne – Mozart: Works for Clarinet (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]
Etienne François went to school in Nancy and graduated in 1960 with the Baccalauréat philosophie. He studied history and geography at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris and in Nancy from 1964 to 1970. He graduated from the Sorbonne in 1966 with a Licence d’Histoire et de Géographie in geography and a year later from there with a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures d’Histoire in history. In 1968, François received his Agrégation d’Histoire.
![Erich Leinsdorf – Sheherazade conducted live by Erich Leinsdorf (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/07/03/r327990c4m66a_600.md.jpg)
Erich Leinsdorf – Sheherazade conducted live by Erich Leinsdorf (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Erich Leinsdorf, geborener Erich Landauer (* 4. Februar 1912 in Wien; † 11. September 1993 in Zürich) war ein österreichisch-US-amerikanischer Dirigent, der ab 1937 vorwiegend in den USA lebte. Leinsdorf galt als typischer Operndirigent und wurde in Amerika besonders als Wagner-Dirigent geschätzt.
![Ensemble Orchestral de L’Oiseau-Lyre – Arne: Comus (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/03/krwu1fqxipuza_600.md.jpg)
Ensemble Orchestral de L’Oiseau-Lyre – Arne: Comus (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Ces Éditions de L’Oiseau-Lyre ont été créées par une riche mécène australienne, amoureuse de la culture française : Louise B.M. Dyer (1884-1962). Voyant, en 1932, que les œuvres de François Couperin n’avaient jamais été publiées dans une édition complète et savante, elle s’entoure des meilleurs musicologues de l’époque et réalise ainsi en 1933 en douze volumes, l’Œuvre complète de François Couperin, édition somptueuse, monument de l’histoire de l’édition musicale. Ensuite, persévérant, elle fait éditer des Polyphonies du XIIIe siècle, puis des musiques de la Cour de Bourgogne, et encore, des motets du XVIe siècle publiés par Pierre Attaingnant. Enfin, en mécène accomplie et curieuse aussi des œuvres de son temps, elle commande à des musiciens contemporains de nouvelles compositions (Ibert, Milhaud, Poulenc, Auric, Honegger, Koechlin).
![Elsa Maria Matheis – Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Major “The Symphony of a Thousand” (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/08/28/ewy8tiq81qyda_600.md.jpg)
Elsa Maria Matheis – Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Major “The Symphony of a Thousand” (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. As it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the “Symphony of a Thousand”, although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name – actually, he disapproved of it. The work was composed in a single inspired burst at his Maiernigg villa in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. The last of Mahler’s works that was premiered in his lifetime, the symphony was a critical and popular success when he conducted the Munich Philharmonic in its first performance, in Munich, on 12 September 1910.
![Edward Power Biggs – Toccata and Fugue – an Organ Journey through Europe (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/05/05/mqf53e4r5g4ub_600.md.jpg)
Edward Power Biggs – Toccata and Fugue – an Organ Journey through Europe (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Edward George Power Biggs (March 29, 1906 – March 10, 1977) was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist.
![Eduard Erdmann – Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 19 (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/07/04/wzqc48dc11mab_600.md.jpg)
Eduard Erdmann – Schubert: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 & 19 (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Eduard Erdmann, 1896 im Baltikum geboren, studierte in Berlin bei Conrad Ansorge (Klavier) und Heinz Tiessen (Komposition). In seinem ersten Berliner Klavierabend spielte Eduard Erdmann 1919 ausschließlich Werke moderner Komponisten, später wurde er aber beispielsweise auch als Schubert-Interpret hoch verehrt. Erste Auslandsreisen führen ihn ab 1921 durch Europa. 1925 übernahm Eduard Erdmann eine Professur an der Kölner Musikhochschule. Aus Protest gegen Übergriffe der Nationalsozialisten auf die Hochschule trat Erdmann 1935 zurück. Er konnte weiterhin konzertieren, doch Aufführungen seiner Werke wurden verboten. Nach dem Krieg wurde er an die Hamburger Musikhochschule berufen. Er starb 1958 in Hamburg. Eduard Erdmann war ein leidenschaftlicher Bechstein-Anhänger, der auf Bechstein konzertierte und aufnahm und betonte: „Hier ist die Möglichkeit gegeben, das materielle, mechanische Moment des Musizierens vergessen zu machen. Der Bechstein-Flügel ist ein vollkommenes Medium des Geistigen – das ideal Klavier.“
![Erik Then-Bergh – Furtwängler: Symphonic Concerto in B Minor (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/13/mjziue9kpbh3b_600.md.jpg)
Erik Then-Bergh – Furtwängler: Symphonic Concerto in B Minor (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
The Symphonic Concerto for piano and orchestra in B minor by Wilhelm Furtwängler was composed between 1924 and 1937. Its world premiere took place in Munich on 26 October 1937, with Edwin Fischer as soloist; Furtwängler conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In January 1939 there was a radio broadcast which has survived as the only complete recording of the original version of the concerto.
![David Oïstrakh – Bach: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1014-1019 (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/06/05/b6h540rkvn38a_600.md.jpg)
David Oïstrakh – Bach: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1014-1019 (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
Archipel records presents this stunning modern digital remaster of David Oistrach and Hans Pischner performing Bach’s Violin Sonatas 1-6! This stunning performance has been carefully transferred in high-definition from its original analog source!
![Concertgebouworkest – R. Strauss: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/09/22/ynzsd575bqxeb_600.md.jpg)
Concertgebouworkest – R. Strauss: Orchestral Works (Live) (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]
Mariss Jansons leads the Concertgebouworkest in one of his party pieces: Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben. Strauss dedicated the work to the Concertgebouworkest and its former conductor Willem Mengelberg.
![Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1939 Version, Haas Edition) (Remastered 2023) (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/08/16/eb8o8yv1dhyab_600.md.jpg)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan – Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1939 Version, Haas Edition) (Remastered 2023) (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
The 8th Symphony in C minor (WAB 108) was completed in its first version by Anton Bruckner on July 3, 1887, after three years of work. The symphony was dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
![Berliner Philharmoniker – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” (Live) (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/09/01/u9iot4un4qxma_600.md.jpg)
Berliner Philharmoniker – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” (Live) (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, known as the ‘Choral’, possessed an especial significance for Furtwängler: according to his secretary, Berta Geissmar, a performance of this work was always ‘a sacred occasion for Furtwängler since his earliest days’. He did not allow this work onto his programmes during the First World War when he was conducting at Mannheim, and only conducted it on special occasions afterwards, treating it always ‘as a holy ritual’. He never sought to make a studio recording of the work, perhaps reflecting his view of it as a communal experience. In addition he saw it as one of the most perfect pieces of music ever created, writing for instance of the final movement: ‘…in the entire history of music I cannot cite an example showing more clearly the formal autonomy of pure music.’
![BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Harold Williams – Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Toscanini live in London 1937 (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/08/25/wznmpkmsr68rc_600.md.jpg)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Harold Williams – Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Toscanini live in London 1937 (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]
The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London. Founded in 1930, it was the first permanent salaried orchestra in London, and is the only one of the city’s five major symphony orchestras not to be self-governing. The BBC SO is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
![Beethoven Quartet – Shostakovich: Works (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/08/26/MFSGlro.md.jpg)
Beethoven Quartet – Shostakovich: Works (2021) [FLAC 24bit, 48 kHz]
Archipel records presents this stunning programme of works performed and composed by Dmitri Shostakovich with the backing of various ensembles. A true piece of history!
![Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky – Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022) [Live] (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/11/16/nslpmxmwmx92a_600.md.jpg)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky – Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022) [Live] (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in the United States in the field of academic music. Based in Boston. It was founded in 1881 at the expense of philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson. According to the tradition established in American music criticism, it belongs to the top five symphony orchestras of the USA (the so-called “Big Five”).
![Gerhard Taschner, Bamberger Sinfoniker, Berlin Philharmonic – Lalo & Bruch: Orchestral Works (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/11/30/o0fv7mtueds0b_600.md.jpg)
Gerhard Taschner, Bamberger Sinfoniker, Berlin Philharmonic – Lalo & Bruch: Orchestral Works (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
German symphony orchestra founded in 1946 and based in Bamberg. Full name: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie Principal conductors: • Joseph Keilberth (1950 to 1968) • Eugen Jochum (1971 to 1973) • István Kertész (1973) • James Loughran (1978 to 1983) • Horst Stein (1985 to 1996) • Jonathan Nott (2000 to 2016) • Jakub Hrůša (since 2016) Not to be confused with Bamberger Philharmoniker.
![Berlin State Opera Orchestra – Max Fiedler conducts Brahms Symphonies 2 & 4 (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/03/29/ynkkqo25ayanc_600.md.jpg)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra – Max Fiedler conducts Brahms Symphonies 2 & 4 (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]
Archipel presents a beautiful and captivating legacy recording of Brahms Symphonies 2 & 4. Conducted by Max Fiedler, this album features powerful and moving performances of two of Brahms’ most beloved symphonies. With lush strings, powerful brass, and soaring melodies, Fiedler and the orchestra bring Brahms’ music to life in a way that is both powerful and deeply emotional. From the majestic opening of the Second Symphony to the triumphant finale of the Fourth Symphony, this album is a tour de force of classical music at its finest.
![Berlin State Opera Orchestra – Brahms, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/01/05/mq3sxjefohpea_600.md.jpg)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra – Brahms, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022) (2022) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]
With almost 450 years of tradition, Staatskapelle Berlin is one of the oldest orchestras in the world. Originally founded as court orchestra by Prince-Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg in 1570 the ensemble expanded its activities with the founding of the Royal Court Opera in 1742 by Frederick the Great. Ever since then, the orchestra has been closely tied to Staatsoper Unter den Linden.