Label : EMI
Format : Ape
Cover : Yes
Monday, October 31, 2016
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Saturday, October 29, 2016
Mercury Living Presence - The Collectors Edition Vol. 2 - Box Set 55CDs
Label : Mercury
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
This new collection of 55 CDs from the acclaimed Mercury Living Presence label offers a wealth of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s in an unrivalled range of repertory from solo Bach played by harpsichordist Rafael Puyana and American composer and conductor Howard Hanson in his own works as well as music by fellow-Americans, and Antal Dorati in works ranging from Beethoven to Bartok and Berg. Frederick Fennell, Rafael Kubelik, Paul Paray and Janos Starker are among the other key artists in the set.
Mercury Living Presence - The Collectors Edition Vol. 1 - Box Set 51CDs
Label : Mercury
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
The classical division of Mercury Records recognized a great brand name when a New York Times critic used the line “one feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra” in his review of a 1951 Rafael Kubelik/Chicago Symphony recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Soon dubbing itself Mercury Living Presence, the label evolved from that first mono LP recorded by a single microphone to high-quality three-microphone stereo LPs and recordings made on 35mm film stock that still thrill audiophiles. Mercury Living Presence led by the sharp-eared, ever-devoted producer Wilma Cozart Fine, made hundreds of records until 1967, amassing one of the great legacies for an American company in classical music. This boxed set collects fifty CDs drawn from that catalog, utilizing the early-’90s remasterings supervised by Fine, housing the discs in miniature faux LP sleeves and including a booklet retelling the story of the label and its artists. And those artists, prime among them conductor Antal Dorati, cellist János Starker, pianist Byron Janis and violinist Henryk Szeryng, almost invariably made the best records of their careers for Mercury Living Presence.
Friday, October 28, 2016
111 Years Of DG - The Collectors Edition 2 - Box Set 56CDs
Label : DG
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
The best-selling catalog campaign from last year returns with all-new editions. Celebrate 111 years of Deutsche Grammophon with these limited-edition, specially-priced box sets. Hurry, because DG turns 112 on December 6, 2010. 111: The Collector's Edition 2
As a counterpart to the original 111 Collector's Edition (55-CD set which sold-out in less than 6 weeks last year), this 56-CD box-set is the perfect companion edition. Expanding both back in time to 1939 and forward to the most recent of DG releases, the set includes artists such as Kathleen Battle, Itzhak Perlman, Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Horowitz, Mstislav Rostropovich and many others.
111 Years Of DG - The Collectors Edition - Box Set 55CDs
Label : DG
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a host of products designed to celebrate its rich history from the perspectives of both artistry and technology. Since its founding in 1898, Deutsche Grammophon has strived to be the leader in the classical music recording industry offering the most technologically advanced, highest quality recordings of the newest, brightest stars, as well as prominent, well-established artists. DG’s 111 celebration commemorates the label’s history (it is Universal Music Group’s oldest active label) and forward-thinking ideology (DG introduced the first commercial classical CD in 1983).
President Michael Lang said, “Deutsche Grammophon remains the preeminent classical recording company presenting the finest in recorded music by the best artists—while anticipating and fulfilling the evolving interests of its old and new audiences. Deutsche Grammophon is poised for a vibrant future as remarkable as its storied past.”
This unique collection of 55 CDs forms Deutsche Grammophon’s major release in its 111th-anniversary celebrations. The limited-edition boxed set gathers together many landmark recordings from the past to the present. Most of them appear complete, as originally programmed, in their original cover-art, and several include additional material.