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NEW! Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
A stunningly beautiful musical gem
Jonathan Darlington together with the Duisburg Philharmonics has already shown in many productions at ACOUSENCE how he is capable of enriching his interpretations in the special atmosphere of playing in front of an audience with unique musical moments. With Anna Malikova, now a soloist directly speaking the same musical language meets this constellation, who at the same time with ease bests the demands of Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto - the perfect foundation for a recording of this magnificent piece with the dimension of a symphony and a complex solo part, heavily intertwined with the orchestra. The result is a striking recording, flowing exquisitely relaxed, yet played powerfully, with a firm grasp of the sensibility of the music and the closeness of the concert performance. Brahms’ big piano concerto in four movements - completely in the spirit of our philosophy and especially of the LIVING CONCERT SERIES.
Duisburger Philharmoniker (Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra)
Jonathan Darlington
LIVING CONCERT SERIES Vol. 19
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NEU! Die STEREO Hörtest-Edition
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ACOUSENCE präsentiert in Zusammenarbeit mit der Zeitschrift STEREO die STEREO Hörtest-Edition unter dem Motto „Musik erleben – Klang vergleichen“.
Das Set beinhaltet eine Auswahl musikalischer Leckerbissen und hochkarätiger Interpretationen quer durch das Programm von ACOUSENCE classics auf insgesamt vier Tonträgern: als 180g-Vinyl-LP, als Hybrid-SACD, als DVD+FLAC (direkt abspielbare 24/96-Audio-DVD inkl. 24/96 FLAC-Files) und als FLAC192 (Daten-DVD mit 24/192 FLAC-Files plus diversem Bonus-Material).
Nun, wo inzwischen die Hochbit-Formate per Streaming und Computer-Audio Einzug in die Hifi-Welt halten, ermöglicht dieses Set dem geneigten Hörer ein Vergleichen der unterschiedlichen Formate auf einzigartige Art und Weise. Wie das Motto „Musik erleben – Klang vergleichen“ bereits vermuten lässt, bleiben wir bei der Programmauswahl unserer Linie treu, die Musik in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen. Neben allen sicher auch aus technischem Blickwinkel interessanten Details, wird man hauptsächlich die unterschiedliche Wirkung der Musik in den unterschiedlichen Formaten erleben können; also das was ACOUSENCE von Anbeginn an zu hohen Abtastraten und auch wieder zur analogen Vinyl-Schallplatte getrieben hat und was im gesamten Produktionsprozess stets im Mittelpunkt steht. Aber hören Sie selbst und lassen Sie sich überraschen … wir wünschen ein spannendes und bereicherndes Musikvergnügen!
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bestellen oder beim STEREO Premium-Partner vor Ort kaufen10911 - Grand Concerto 4 Tubas
A compellingly different magical sound - World Premiere Recording
Usually one will for the most part only find a single tuba in a symphonic orchestra. Notwithstanding, more than 20 years ago four tubists from renowned German orchestras formed the Melton Tuba Quartett and since then have been performing internationally as soloists with this ensemble.
With the magnum opus of this recording, the „Grand Concerto 4 Tubas“, they now present together with the Duisburg Philharmonics under Carl St. Clair the historically first work of its genre, a concert for tuba quartet and symphony orchestra. The American composer John Stevens wrote the piece as a joint commission by the Duisburg Philharmonics, the Bamberg Symphonics and the Dresden Philharmonic. John Stevens in the piece avoids using vanguard tendencies and builds on the American tonal language, coined by composers like Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.
The sound of the tubas as an ensemble is in the foreground, even though all of them are also called upon solistically. The first movement, „Intrada“, as the most weighty part of the composition, has a forceful-heroic character. The ensuing „Scherzo“ more is about facility and agility. While quite often there is a certain heaviness attributed to the tuba, it is precisely here where the soloists prove the contrary and show just how many possibilities their instrument possesses in terms of agility. The warm timbre of the „Ballade“ emphasises the lyrical-melodic qualities of the tuba by means of singability and harmony. The finale, „Tango-Tarantella“, has a dance-like character. Here the tuba at first can be experienced unaccompanied; fascinating sonic possibilities are displayed and even even the limit of the tonal range is touched.
The album is topped by additional works by the hand of John Stevens, representing many different facets of his oeuvre: The striking orchestral piece „Jubilare!“, followed by the „Adagio“ for just strings in the tradition of a great many of renowned Adagio works, as well as a number of pieces for tuba quartet and eight-part tuba-euphonium-ensemble, each with its completely unique character.
Jubilare! for Orchestra (2000)
Adagio for Strings (2009)
Grand Concerto 4 Tubas
for Tuba Quartet and Orchestra (2010)
I. Intrada
II. Scherzo
III. Ballade
IV. Tango – Tarantella
Adagio for Eight Part Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble (1991)
Power for Tuba Ensemble (1974)
Benediction for Tuba Ensemble (2003)
Duisburger Philharmoniker
Carl St. Clair
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I. Intrada [5:52]
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ECHO Klassik 2011 for Susanna Yoko Henkel
Susanna Yoko Henkel has been awarded the world-renowned classical music award ECHO Klassik 2011 in the category „Concert Recording of the Year, 19th Century/Violin“ for her recording of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Duisburg Philharmonics under the baton of Jonathan Darlington, published by ACOUSENCE.
For us it is a great honour to have such a recording with the exceptional talent Susanna Yoko Henkel in our portfolio. This also is a big achievement for our concept behind the LIVING CONCERT SERIES and for the artists who for quite some time have taken this path with ACOUSENCE.
The Duisburg Philharmonics and Jonathan Darlington have for a long time been the perfect partner for recordings following the philosophy of our label, to always count on the special atmosphere of the concert hall with the singular aura of give and take with the audience. This in the best case creates one of these magical moments many artists rave about, which can never be achieved, though, under perfectionist studio terms with a safety net, so to speak. Jonathan Darlington always magnificently manages, with all the depth of the interpretation, even with a keen eye for the needed spontaneity, to enchant out of the moment and to bring the inner self of the music to life.
With Susanna Yoko Henkel, „Artist in Residence“ 1009/2010 at the Duisburg Philharmonics, the perfect line-up was present to in this situation produce such a challenging violin concerto with such a convincing result. She like no other manages to combine a keen sense for the depths of musical perception with an unshakably firm technical brilliance.
The result is an interpretation, which brings out completely new aspects of this well-known piece from the repertoire: Even though Susanna Yoko Henkel seems to effortlessly master the whole bag of tricks in terms of technique, fascinating with acrobatics which seem to be completely related, she deliberately chooses an interpretation removed from the typical show-piece of violin literature, instead far more stressing the enigmatic, melancholic moments. Here vocal-like leading of musical arches harmonizes with her striking refinement of sound in a unique way.
The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto is complemented by the seldom performed Fantasia for Double String Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The ECHO Klassik award belongs to the most renowned international awards and this year will be awarded for the 18th time, already. The award ceremony will take place on October 2nd, 2011 in the Berlin Konzerthaus. The ZDF (Second German Television broadcasting corp.), who has been a partner of the award ceremony since 1996, broadcasts the show „ECHO der Stars“ the same night at 10 p.m.
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