Archive for the ‘classical’ Tag

Franz Liszt – Dante Symphony

Most of my ideas of hell come from Franz Liszt. He composed both Dante and Faust Symphony which I got somewhere last year.

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J. S. Bach – Christmas Oratorio

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Well, I haven’t heard an oratorio since primary school; time to re-educate myself. Christmas oratorio is nearly three hours of orchestrated choir songs written by Johann Sebastian Bach for the upcoming days.

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 1 – Sviatoslav Richter

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Seems like I’ve been getting hooked to classical music lately. Can’t write much here as I feel like an infant in this world, just sitting around enjoying it’s beauty.

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Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 3

I think I’m becoming a fan of Mahler. His compositions feel so bigger than anything I’ve ever heard, no wonder he talks about “the universe beginning to sing and resound”. This one’s played by Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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Shostakovich – Symphony No 5

1. Festive Overture op.96
2. Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Mozart – Overtures – Eine kleine Nachtmusik – Tafelmusik

Since a few years ago I have this winter custom to occasionally take a break from everything, put on some classical music and look outside the window. And this recording fits well in that idea.

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Chopin – The Complete Waltzes, played by Arthur Lima

Three recommendations in three different genres, all in one day – only on Torrent Times! After the nocturnes, I looked for more of Chopin and here’s a collection of his waltzes played by Brazilian pianist Arthur Lima. Another series of brilliant compositions that I’m glad to have found.

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Maurizio Pollini – Chopin Nocturnes

Through my love for piano jazz, I occasionally pick up and enjoy some classical piano compositions. Here Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist, plays (all, it seems) 18 nocturnes written by Chopin (one of them I first heard played by Fujiko Hemming a while ago). The compositions are soulful and lyrical, while the performance is occasionally somewhat disturbed by the hissing noise of Pollini’s breathing. But nevermind, it is beautiful music through which I am still finding my way.

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This torrent got deleted three times already as I was keeping it bookmarked; if the link takes you to a non-existing page, search for ‘pollini chopin’ and you’ll find it. Files are encoded in FLAC and an informative PDF booklet is included.

Johannes Brahms – The Complete Symphonies

Conducted by Wolfgang Sawalisch. This is a high quality release with CUE sheets and FLAC files. I’ve been looking for some more classical music which I enjoy exploring nowadays. It’s hard to comment, this is very complex and beautiful music which resonates peace and perfection.

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Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2 / Lapsansky / Kosler

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 2 / Lapsansky / Kosler album cover

And now for something completely different. This is a soothing recording from 1983. featuring Marian Lapsansky and Peter Toperczer on piano playing Prokofiev with Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra.

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