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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Works - Hänssler Edition Bachakademie (171 CDs)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Works - Hänssler Edition Bachakademie
2000 | APE + CUE | Booklets, Front Covers: 143 MB | 171 CDs: 51 GB

A very different set than Teldec's Bach 2000. The Hanssler Bachakademie, supervised by Helmut Rilling, is not HIP (historic instruments performance). The orchestras are warm and lush (but not huge). The soloists are, in general, extraordinary. The tempos are sane. Hanssler has included fragments of some incomplete BWV's that are not included in the Teldec set; a minor plus but appealing. I found I preferred these traditional instruments and the daring using of forte-piano in place of harpsichord on a few of the recordings (flute sonatas). Highlights for me are The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2, Musical Offering, Flute Sonatas, The Motets. I also found I prefer these Cantatas recordings to any other, including the new Koopman, Suzuki and the well-known Leonhart-Harnoncourt. While not the newest recordings, the sound is warmer which I prefer to the new state-of-the-art HIP recordings. Although most of the Cantatas are older recordings, much of the Hanssler Bachakademie edition is newly recorded for this project and the sound is consistent and excellent.

  • Vol. 01 Kantaten
  • Vol. 02 Kantaten
  • Vol. 03 Kantaten
  • Vol. 04 Kantaten
  • Vol. 05 Kantaten
  • Vol. 06 Kantaten
  • Vol. 07 Kantaten
  • Vol. 08 Kantaten
  • Vol. 09 Kantaten
  • Vol. 10 Kantaten
  • Vol. 11 Kantaten
  • Vol. 12 Kantaten
  • Vol. 13 Kantaten
  • Vol. 14 Kantaten
  • Vol. 15 Kantaten
  • Vol. 16 Secular Cantatas
  • Vol. 17 Secular Cantatas
  • Vol. 18 Cantatas & Motets
  • Vol. 19 H-Moll-Messe, Sacred Music in Latin
  • Vol. 20 Christmas Oratorio, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 21 Matthäus-Passion, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 22 Johannes-Passion, Oster & Himmelsfahrts-Oratorio
  • Vol. 23 Magnificat, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 24 Ein Choralbuch
  • Vol. 25 Organ Chorales & Ohrdruf, Lüneburg, Arnstadt
  • Vol. 26 Organ works
  • Vol. 27 Organ works
  • Vol. 28 Organ works
  • Vol. 29 Organ works
  • Vol. 30 Harpsichord - Cembalo
  • Vol. 31 Piano (Evgeni Koroliov)
  • Vol. 32 Keyboard works
  • Vol. 33 Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
  • Vol. 34 English & French Suites
  • Vol. 35 Klavierbüchlein
  • Vol. 36 Keyboard works
  • Vol. 37 Cembalo Partitas, Die Kunst der Fuge
  • Vol. 38 Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestersuiten
  • Vol. 39 Works for Violin
  • Vol. 40 Cembalo Concertos
  • Vol. 41 Chello solo, Violin solo
  • Vol. 42 Lute, Flute, Viola da Gamba & Cembalo
  • Vol. 43 Oboe, Musik Offer, Canons, Klavier


Booklets, Front Covers & Links
Vol. 01 | Vol. 02 | Vol. 03 | Vol. 04 | Vol. 05 | Vol. 06 | Vol. 07 | Vol. 08 | Vol. 09
Vol. 10 | Vol. 11 | Vol. 12 | Vol. 13 | Vol. 14 | Vol. 15 | Vol. 16 | Vol. 17 | Vol. 18
Vol. 19 | Vol. 20 | Vol. 21 | Vol. 22 | Vol. 23 | Vol. 24 | Vol. 25 | Vol. 26 | Vol. 27
Vol. 28 | Vol. 29 | Vol. 30 | Vol. 31 | Vol. 32 | Vol. 33 | Vol. 34 | Vol. 35 | Vol. 36
Vol. 37 | Vol. 38 | Vol. 39 | Vol. 40 | Vol. 41 | Vol. 42 | Vol. 43

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Booklets, Front Covers & Links
Vol. 01 | Vol. 02 | Vol. 03 | Vol. 04 | Vol. 05 | Vol. 06 | Vol. 07 | Vol. 08 | Vol. 09
Vol. 10 | Vol. 11 | Vol. 12 | Vol. 13 | Vol. 14 | Vol. 15 | Vol. 16 | Vol. 17 | Vol. 18
Vol. 19 | Vol. 20 | Vol. 21 | Vol. 22 | Vol. 23 | Vol. 24 | Vol. 25 | Vol. 26 | Vol. 27
Vol. 28 | Vol. 29 | Vol. 30 | Vol. 31 | Vol. 32 | Vol. 33 | Vol. 34 | Vol. 35 | Vol. 36
Vol. 37 | Vol. 38 | Vol. 39 | Vol. 40 | Vol. 41 | Vol. 42 | Vol. 43
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Dimitri Shostakovich. Sonata N°2 & 24 Preludes. Plamena Mangova

Dimitri Shostakovich. Sonata N°2 & 24 Preludes. Plamena Mangova
Fuga Libera | 16 avril 2007 | Classical | APE+CUE | 3% Recovery | 199 MB | Covers+Booklet | 63'10"

Recorded in Flagey's unsurpassable Studio N°4 in Brussels, here's the first CD of the new « Queen Elisabeth College of Music » collection in Fuga Libera's catalogue. The prestigious establishment could not have taken a better choice : Plamena Mangova, a pupil of Marina Kapatsinskaja, Dmitri Bashkirov and Abdel-Rahman El Bacha, is more than full of promise: her talent bursts forth in an incredible way in this magnificent program devoted to Dmitri Shostakovich. Two masterworks are here brought to light, thanks to a mixture of strength and sweetness, of technical mastery and lyricism which are the marks of the true great ones. In May 2007, Plamena has been 2d laureate of the International Queen Elisabeth Music Competition of Belgium.


1. Sonate N°2, Opus 61 : Allegretto, Piu Mosso, Tempo I, Piu Mosso
2. Sonate N°2, Opus 61 : Largo, Meno Mosso, Largo
3. Sonate N°2, Opus 61 : Moderato, Piu Mosso, Tempo I...
4. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Moderato
5. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
6. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Andante
7. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Moderato
8. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegro Vivace
9. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
10. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Andante
11. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
12. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Presto
13. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Moderato Non Troppo
14. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
15. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegro Non Troppo
16. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Moderato
17. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Adagio
18. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
19. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Andantino
20. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Largo
21. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto
22. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Andantino
23. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto Furioso
24. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto Poco Moderato
25. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Adagio
26. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Moderato
27. 24 PréLudes, Opus 34 : Allegretto



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Haydn - Complete String Quartets - The Angeles String Quartet 1-2 of 21 CDs

Haydn - Complete String Quartets - The Angeles String Quartet - 1-2 of 21 CDs
Genre: Classical | Lossless APE+CUE | 2 CDs, Covers | 279+221 Mb | RS
Date: May 22, 2001






Composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Performer Angeles String Quartet
Stephen Erdody (Cello)
Kathleen Lenski (Violin)
Steven [violin] Miller (Violin)
Brian Dembow (Viola)


Tracks List

CD1

01 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 0 - I. Presto
02 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 0 - II. Menuetto
03 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 0 - III. Adagio
04 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 0 - IV. Menuetto
05 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 0 - V. Finale: Presto
06 - String Quartet in B flat major, op. 1 no. 1 - I. Presto
07 - String Quartet in B flat major, op. 1 no. 1 - II. Menuetto
08 - String Quartet in B flat major, op. 1 no. 1 - III. Adagio
09 - String Quartet in B flat major, op. 1 no. 1 - IV. Menuetto
10 - String Quartet in B flat major, op. 1 no. 1 - V. Presto
11 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 1 no. 2 - I. Allegro
12 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 1 no. 2 - II. Menuetto
13 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 1 no. 2 - III. Adagio
14 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 1 no. 2 - IV. Menuetto
15 - String Quartet in E flat major, op. 1 no. 2 - V. Presto
16 - String Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 3 - I. Adagio
17 - String Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 3 - II. Menuetto
18 - String Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 3 - III. Presto
19 - String Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 3 - IV. Menuetto
20 - String Quartet in D major, op. 1 no. 3 - V. Finale: Presto

CD2

01 - String Quartet in G major, op. 1, no. 4 - I. Presto
02 - String Quartet in G major, op. 1, no. 4 - II. Menuetto
03 - String Quartet in G major, op. 1, no. 4 - III. Adagio ma non tanto
04 - String Quartet in G major, op. 1, no. 4 - IV. Menuetto
05 - String Quartet in G major, op. 1, no. 4 - V. Presto
06 - String Quartet in C major, op. 1, no. 6 - I. Presto assai
07 - String Quartet in C major, op. 1, no. 6 - II. Menuetto
08 - String Quartet in C major, op. 1, no. 6 - III. Adagio
09 - String Quartet in C major, op. 1, no. 6 - IV. Menuetto
10 - String Quartet in C major, op. 1, no. 6 - V. Finale: Presto
11 - String Quartet in A major, op. 2, no. 1 - I. Allegro
12 - String Quartet in A major, op. 2, no. 1 - II. Menuetto
13 - String Quartet in A major, op. 2, no. 1 - III. Adagio
14 - String Quartet in A major, op. 2, no. 1 - IV. Menuetto
15 - String Quartet in A major, op. 2, no. 1 - V. Allegro molto

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Janine Jansen - Janine Jansen (2003)

Janine Jansen - Janine Jansen (2003)
Classical | 2003 | FLAC | 252 MB | 3 files | RS.com | full booklet | 57:22 | Decca

Janine Jansen, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor

Tracklisting (single files):
01 - Tchaikovsky - Danse Russe (Swan Lake)
02 - Khachaturian - Nocturne (Suite Masquerade)
03 - Saint-Saens - Havanaise, op.83
04 - Saint-Saens - Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28
05 - Shostakovich - Romance (The Gadfly Suite)
06 - John Williams - Schindlers List (Main Theme)
07 - Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
08 - Ravel - Tzigane

She's the violinist that classical fans want most on their iPods. But just who is Janine Jansen? Michael Church finds out.

A new star on the horizon: Janine Jansen, born in the Netherlands, is the most exciting violinist of her generation –
an artist for the iPod era. This lady turns heads – tall, slim, beautiful. When she walks onto the stage – more often
than not in a bright-red, off-the-shoulder dress with a daring backstrap arrangement – the audience is spellbound by
her looks alone.

Yet Janine Jansen (29) has more to offer than just a beautiful body. She is the most exciting violinist of her generation –
serious, possessing a highly distinguished artistry put over with relaxed focus. She has no need to build up a cult,
her art says it all.

Born in Soest near Utrecht in the Netherlands, Jansen represents the new type of young classical musician with a thorough,
all-round education, obsessed with perfection, and free from any attempt to strike attitudes.

Her flawless technique enables her refined tone to flow with seductive ease and power, her playing to impress as both
spontaneous and energetic.

Critics and audiences throughout Europe are now realising what a huge talent has risen from the Dutch provinces onto the world stage.

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Dvorak Masterworks - CD11 - CD12 of 40 CD

Dvorak Masterworks - CD11 - CD12 of 40 CD
Classical | Lossles FLAC, Individual Track | 2 CDs, Covers | 196+188 Mb | Rs
Date Audio CD: November 30, 2004







Composer: Antonín Dvorák
Ensembles:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Solomon Trio, Stamitz String Quartet, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra,
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Ostrava Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra.
Conductors:
Paavo Järvi, Zdenek Kosler, Walter Susskind, Theodore Kuchar.
Soloists:
Zara Nelsova, Ruggiero Ricci, Ingryd Thorson, Julien Thurber, Rudolf Firkusny.


Tracks

CD11

Requiem Part 2

1. Lacrimosa 7:47
2. Domine Jesu Christe 12:22
3. Hostias 11:59
4. Sanctus 5:59
5. Pie Jesu 5:27

Total: 54:32

Agnus Dei

Magdaléna Hajós-syová, soprano
Vera Soukupová, alto
Jozef Kundlak, tenor
Peter Mikulás, bass

Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler


CD12

Stabat Mater Part 1

1. Stabat Mater dolorosa 20:06
2. Quis est homo, qui non fleret 10:42
3. Eja, Mater, fons amoris 7:13
4. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum 9:02

Total: 47:26


Magdaléna Hajós-syová, soprano
Vera Soukupová, alto
Peter Dvorsk´y, tenor
Richard Novák, bass

Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler

Caldara - Christmas Cantata

Caldara - Christmas Cantata
Classical | APE + Cue | 1 Cd, covers | 294 Mb | Rs.com
Date: 1 Nov 1999


Composer: Antonio Caldara
Conductor: Kevin Mallon
Performer: Mary Enid Haines, Linda Dayiantis-Straub, Jennifer Lane, David Arnot
Orchestra: Aradia Baroque Ensemble



Tracks

01. Vaticini di Pace: 1: Sinfonia - Allegro
02. Vaticini di Pace: 2: Allegro
03. Vaticini di Pace: 3: Recitative: Human Heart
04. Vaticini di Pace: 4: Aria - Fair Peace
05. Vaticini di Pace: 5: Recitative: Peace
06. Vaticini di Pace: 6: Aria - If You Want Peace
07. Vaticini di Pace: 7: Recitative: Peace, Divine Love
08. Vaticini di Pace: 8: Aria - May That White Milk
09. Vaticini di Pace: 9: Recitative: Justice
10. Vaticini di Pace: 10: Aria - By The Hostile
11. Vaticini di Pace: 11: Recitative: Human Heart, Justice
12. Vaticini di Pace: 12: Aria - Justice
13. Vaticini di Pace: 13: Recitative: Human Heart
14. Vaticini di Pace: 14: Aria - Love Will Triumph
15. Vaticini di Pace: 15: Recitative
16. Vaticini di Pace: 16: Aria - Justice Wants Me To
17. Vaticini di Pace: 17: Recitative - Peace
18. Vaticini di Pace: 18: Aria - That Babe, Little Child
19. Vaticini di Pace: 19: Recitative - Justice
20. Vaticini di Pace: 20: Aria - Already I Feel Softened
21. Vaticini di Pace: 21: Recitative
22. Vaticini di Pace: 22: Aria - Justice And Peace
23. Vaticini di Pace: 23: Recitative - Human Heart
24. Vaticini di Pace: 24: Aria - Fair Night
25. Vaticini di Pace: 25: Recitative - Divine Love
26. Vaticini di Pace: 26: Aria - No, No, No Longer Cruel
27. Vaticini di Pace: 27: Recitative - Peace
28. Vaticini di Pace: 28: Aria - The Clement Friendly Star
29. Vaticini di Pace: 29: Recitative: Human Heart, Divine Love
30. Vaticini di Pace: 30: Aria - How Sweet, How Dear
31. Sinfonia No. 5 'San Petro In Caesarea': Andante
32. Sinfonia No. 5 'San Petro In Caesarea': Allegro - Adagio
33. Sinfonia No. 5 'San Petro In Caesarea': Allegro
34. Sinfonia No. 6 'San Elena al Calvario': Adagio - Allegretto
35. Sinfonia No. 6 'San Elena al Calvario': Adagio
36. Sinfonia No. 6 'San Elena al Calvario': Allegretto


Sergey Taneyev - Complete String Quartet CD5

Sergey Taneyev: Complete String Quartets Vol. 5
Genre: Classical | APE & CUE | 1 CD, Covers | 195 Mb | Rs.com
Date: 22 Aug 2006


Composer: Sergei Taneyev
Performer: Vladimir Ovcharek, Alexander Stang, Vladimir Stopichev, Josif Levinson
Orchestra/Ensemble: Taneyev String Quartet


Tracks

String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5

01 - Allegro
02 - Scherzo
03 - Adagio espressivo
04 - Finale. Allegro vigorosamente

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String Quartet Vol. 1 | String Quartet Vol. 2

String Cuartet Vol. 3 | String Quartet Vol. 4

String Quartet Vol. 5

Music of the Imperial Court Chapel

Music of the Imperial Court Chapel
Classical | format: APE + CUE, Vinyls RIP | 1 LP, Covers | Size: 173 Mb | Rs.com
Date: Vienna, Austria 04-05/1963


Music at the Court of Emperor Maximilian I

Performers:
Mitglieder des Concentus Musicus, Wien [Alice Harnoncourt (pardessus de viole, viola, regals),
Kurt Theiner (viola), Nikolaus Harmoncourt (tenor fiddle, bass viol),
Hermann Höbarth (bass fiddle), Jürg Schaeftlein (renaissance recorders in c', g' and c"),
Leopold Stastny (renaissance recorders in f'), Josef Rohm (alto trombone),
Hans Pöttler (tenor trombone), Andreas Wenth (bass trombone),
Georg Fischer (positive organ)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cond.;

Wiener Sängerknaben und Chorus Viennensis - Uwe Mund, cond.


Tracks

FACE A

01 - [Heinrich ISAAC] • Imperii proceres
02 - Carmen in fa
03 - Fortuna in mi
04 - An buos
05 - La Morra
06 - Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
07 - A la bataglia
08 - J'ay pris amours
09 - Sancti Spiritus assit nobis gratia

Face B

01 - Antoine BRUMEL. Tandernac
02 - Antoine BRUMEL. Noe noe
03 - En l'ombre du busonet
04 - JOSQUIN. Coment peult
05 - Pierre DE LA RUE. Fors suelement
06 - Ludwig SENFL. Carmen in la
07 - Ludwig SENFL. Carmen in re
08 - Ludwig SENFL. Nasci, pati, mori
09 - Costanzo FESTA. Quis dabit oculis nostris
10 - Paul HOFHAIMER. Tandernaken
11 - Naves pont
12 - Jacob OBRECHT. Vavilment
13 - Carmen Hercules
14 - Si je perdu

Christmas from Wells

Christmas from Wells
Classical, Christmas | APE & CUE | 1CD, Covers | 302 Mb | RS.com
Date: 8 Oct 2007



Performer:
Wells Cathedral Choir , Matthew Owens


01 - Walker - The Lord of all
02 - Rutter - Mary's Lullaby
03 - Rutter - Wild Wood Carol
04 - Rutter - Christmas Lullaby
05 - Rutter - Shepherd's Pipe Carol
06 - Taverner - The Lamb
07 - Edwards - No small wonder
08 - Lauridsen - O magnum mysterium
09 - Tavener - God is with us
10 - Trad., arr. Willcocks - Ding dong! merrily on high
11 - Rachmaninov - Bogoroditse devo
12 - Leighton - O leave your sheep
13 - Trad., arr. Rutter - The Twelve Days of Christmas
14 - Athanasiadis - Antiphon to Mary
15 - Sandstrom - Det ar en ros utsprungen
16 - Martin/Blane, arr. Gritton - Have yourshelf a merry little Christmas
17 - Edmundson - Toccata-Prelude: 'Vom Himmel hoch'

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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) - Piano Works (Klavierwerke). Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Collectors Edition)

Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) - Piano Works (Klavierwerke). Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Collectors Edition)
4-CD Set | Genre: Classical | Lossles: APE+CUE | Booklet, Box | 4h:57min:25sec | 292+247+235+234 Mb (0,99 Gb total)
SPARS Code: ADD | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog No.: 471 3122 | ASIN: B00005KK4M | 1967, 1972-74 (CD: May 2, 2001)
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“Does any other pianist from the past or living exist who soundss better in Schumann? The answer is no. And the reason be that very few pianists of any generation are capable to make the piano sings as Kempff. However he doesn't play Schumann in a romantic mood. Kempff was not only a superb pianist but a deep thinker. He had the gift of looking through the score and produce the tonal effect, the right pulse, the cantabile line with rapture, emotion and expresiveness. His symphonic studies, the Second Sonata or Papillons has no equal. If you request me to name another winner pianists in Schumann I would state for Cortot, Richter and Ives Nat would be those. But Kempff finds the spirit of Schumann as a whole. Nevertheless, in the piano concert or in the chamber music there are others. Ivan Moravec in the piano concert (watch my review) and the piano trios given for Casals in Prades Festival. There's a excellent version of the piano quintet with Serkin Budapest. And I still wait for a convincent performing of the piano quartet. This set is fundamental in your collection!”Customer Review on Amazon.com

Robert Schumann - Piano Works (Klavierwerke) - Wilhelm Kempff
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Tracklist Disc 01:
• Papillons, Op.2
01. Introduzione. Moderato - No. 1 - 12 [13:09]
• Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6
02. Lebhaft [1:24]
03. Innig [1:29]
04. Etwas hahnbüchen [1:31]
05. Ungeduldig [0:51]
06. Einfach [1:50]
07. Sehr rasch [2:04]
08. Nicht schnell [3:44]
09. Frisch [1:03]
10. Lebhaft [1:43]
11. Balladenmässig, sehr rasch [1:38]
12. Einfach [1:47]
13. Mit Humor [0:51]
14. Wild und lustig [3:18]
15. Zart und singend [2:58]
16. Frisch [1:57]
17. Mit gutem Humor [1:57]
18. Wie aus der Ferne [4:26]
19. Nicht schnell [2:14]
• Carnaval, Op.9
20. Préambule [2:22]
21. Pierrot [0:54]
22. Arlequin [0:41]
23. Valse noble [1:08]
24. Eusebius [1:33]
25. Florestan [0:59]
26. Coquette [1:08]
27. Réplique – Sphinxes [0:47]
28. Papillons [0:48]
29. A.S.C.H.-S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes) [1:00]
30. Chiarina [0:47]
31. Chopin [1:21]
32. Estrella [0:35]
33. Reconnaissance [1:52]
34. Pantalon et Colombine [1:08]
35. Valse Allemande [1:01]
36. Intermezzo: Paganini [1:22]
37. Aveu. Passionato [0:52]
38. Promenade. Comodo [1:49]
39. Pause. Vivo [0:23]
40. Marche des “Davidsbündler” contre les Philistins [4:20]

Tracklist Disc 02:
• Symphonic Studies, Op.13
01. Theme. Andante [1:11]
02. Etude I [1:12]
03. Etude II [3:36]
04. Etude III [1:24]
05. Etude IV [1:05]
06. Etude V [1:31]
07. Etude VI [1:05]
08. Etude VII [1:25]
09. Etude VIII [1:51]
10. Etude IX [0:46]
11. Etude X [1:25]
12. Etude XI [3:00]
13. Etude XII (Finale) [6:57]
• Kinderszenen, Op.15
14. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen [1:37]
15. Kuriose Geschichte [1:01]
16. Hasche-Mann [0:36]
17. Bittendes Kind [0:51]
18. Glückes genug [0:45]
19. Wichtige Begebenheit [0:56]
20. Träumerei [2:26]
21. Am Kamin [1:06]
22. Ritter vom Steckenpferd [0:48]
23. Fast zu ernst [1:38]
24. Fürchtenmachen [1:59]
25. Kind im Einschlummern [2:02]
26. Der Dichter spricht [2:07]
• Kreisleriana, Op.16
27. Äusserst bewegt [2:45]
28. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch – Intermezzo I (Sehr lebhaft) – Tempo I – Intermezzo II (Etwas bewegter) – Tempo I [7:40]
29. Sehr aufgeregt [3:46]
30. Sehr langsam [3:45]
31. Sehr lebhaft [3:29]
32. Sehr langsam [4:15]
33. Sehr rasch [2:25]
34. Schnell und spielend [3:40]

Tracklist Disc 03:
• Fantasie in C, Op.17
01. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen – Im Legenden – Ton [12:00]
02. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch – Etwas langsamer – Vielbewegter [8:49]
03. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten – Etwas bewegter [10:47]
• Arabeske in C, Op.18
04. Leicht und zart – Minore I. Etwas langsamer – Minore II Etwas langsamer – Zum Schluss (Coda). Langsamer [6:25]
• Humoreske, Op.20
05. Einfach – Sehr rasch und leicht – Noch rascher – Erstes Tempo – Wie im Anfang [5:29]
06. Hastig – Nach und nach immer lebhafter und stärker – Wie vorher – Adagio [5:01]
07. Einfach und zart – Intermezzo – (Wie vorher –) Innig [7:15]
08. Sehr lebhaft – Mit einigem Pomp – Zum Beschluß – Allegro [9:39]
• Bunte Blätter, Op.99
09. Novellette [3:19]

Tracklist Disc 04:
• Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, Op.22
01. So rasch wie möglich – Schneller – Noch schneller [6:42]
02. Andantino [4:45]
03. Scherzo (Sehr rasch und markiert) [1:50]
04. Rondo (Presto – Etwas langsamer – Prestissimo, quasi cadenza – Immer schneller und schneller) [5:54]
• Nachtstücke, Op.23
05. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend [5:29]
06. Markiert und lebhaft [4:52]
07. Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit [3:46]
08. Einfach [3:20]
• 3 Romanzen, Op.28
09. No. 1 in B flat minor (Sehr markiert) [3:54]
10. No. 2 in F sharp (Einfach) [3:51]
11. No. 3 in B (Sehr markiert) [7:42]
• Waldszenen, Op.82
12. Eintritt [2:23]
13. Jäger auf der Lauer [1:26]
14. Einsame Blumen [2:19]
15. Verrufene Stelle [3:16]
16. Freundliche Landschaft [1:26]
17. Herberge [2:18]
18. Vogel als Prophet [3:23]
19. Jagdlied [2:44]
20. Abschied [3:38]


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Mozart in Paris / Yura Lee, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Reinhard Goebel:

Mozart in Paris / Yura Lee, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Reinhard Goebel
Classical | 2008 | 1 CD | 266 Mb | APE+CUE+LOG+SCANS

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
1 Sinfonia in D major
(Overture to "Amadis de Gaule", Paris 1779) 07:21

Simon Le Duc (1742-1777)
Symphony in E-flat major (1777)
2 Maestoso 01:19
3 Allegro vivace 04:19
4 Adagio sostenuto 03:48
5 Rondo Moderato 04:02

Chevalier de Saint-George (1745-1799)
Concerto in G major op. 2 No. 1 (1772)
6 Allegro 09:45
7 Largo 06:28
8 Rondeau 03:54

Pierre-Montan Berton L'Aine (1727-1780)
9 Chaconne in E minor (1762) 08:47

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Parisian" Symphony in D major KV 297 (1778)
10 Allegro assai 07:41
11 Andante 04:05
12 Allegro 04:46

At this year’s Mozart Festival in Augsburg, Reinhard Goebel and the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie presented works from the “Concert Spirituels” milieu in Paris. The Concerts Spirituels played an important role in 18th century Parisian musical life and were the venue for many premieres of symphonic works. Even Mozart wrote a work for this series: the “Paris Symphony” K. 297. Composer, violinist and conductor Chevalier de Saint-George was also active in Paris at the same time. Later generations would characterize him as the “Black Mozart” and stylize him in legendary terms. And indeed, Saint-George, born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, was multi-talented, becoming one of the most scintillating figures of the age: he enjoyed the highest respect as a violin virtuoso, fencing master, conductor, composer and – ladies’ man. Soloist in his Violin Concerto in G Major op. 2/1 is Yura Lee, winner of the 2006 Leopold Mozart Violin Competition.


Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Works - Hänssler Edition Bachakademie (171 CDs)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Works - Hänssler Edition Bachakademie
2000 | APE + CUE | Booklets, Front Covers: 143 MB | 171 CDs: 51 GB

A very different set than Teldec's Bach 2000. The Hanssler Bachakademie, supervised by Helmut Rilling, is not HIP (historic instruments performance). The orchestras are warm and lush (but not huge). The soloists are, in general, extraordinary. The tempos are sane. Hanssler has included fragments of some incomplete BWV's that are not included in the Teldec set; a minor plus but appealing. I found I preferred these traditional instruments and the daring using of forte-piano in place of harpsichord on a few of the recordings (flute sonatas). Highlights for me are The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2, Musical Offering, Flute Sonatas, The Motets. I also found I prefer these Cantatas recordings to any other, including the new Koopman, Suzuki and the well-known Leonhart-Harnoncourt. While not the newest recordings, the sound is warmer which I prefer to the new state-of-the-art HIP recordings. Although most of the Cantatas are older recordings, much of the Hanssler Bachakademie edition is newly recorded for this project and the sound is consistent and excellent.

  • Vol. 01 Kantaten
  • Vol. 02 Kantaten
  • Vol. 03 Kantaten
  • Vol. 04 Kantaten
  • Vol. 05 Kantaten
  • Vol. 06 Kantaten
  • Vol. 07 Kantaten
  • Vol. 08 Kantaten
  • Vol. 09 Kantaten
  • Vol. 10 Kantaten
  • Vol. 11 Kantaten
  • Vol. 12 Kantaten
  • Vol. 13 Kantaten
  • Vol. 14 Kantaten
  • Vol. 15 Kantaten
  • Vol. 16 Secular Cantatas
  • Vol. 17 Secular Cantatas
  • Vol. 18 Cantatas & Motets
  • Vol. 19 H-Moll-Messe, Sacred Music in Latin
  • Vol. 20 Christmas Oratorio, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 21 Matthäus-Passion, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 22 Johannes-Passion, Oster & Himmelsfahrts-Oratorio
  • Vol. 23 Magnificat, Choralbuch
  • Vol. 24 Ein Choralbuch
  • Vol. 25 Organ Chorales & Ohrdruf, Lüneburg, Arnstadt
  • Vol. 26 Organ works
  • Vol. 27 Organ works
  • Vol. 28 Organ works
  • Vol. 29 Organ works
  • Vol. 30 Harpsichord - Cembalo
  • Vol. 31 Piano (Evgeni Koroliov)
  • Vol. 32 Keyboard works
  • Vol. 33 Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
  • Vol. 34 English & French Suites
  • Vol. 35 Klavierbüchlein
  • Vol. 36 Keyboard works
  • Vol. 37 Cembalo Partitas, Die Kunst der Fuge
  • Vol. 38 Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestersuiten
  • Vol. 39 Works for Violin
  • Vol. 40 Cembalo Concertos
  • Vol. 41 Chello solo, Violin solo
  • Vol. 42 Lute, Flute, Viola da Gamba & Cembalo
  • Vol. 43 Oboe, Musik Offer, Canons, Klavier


Booklets, Front Covers & Links
Vol. 01 | Vol. 02 | Vol. 03 | Vol. 04 | Vol. 05 | Vol. 06 | Vol. 07 | Vol. 08 | Vol. 09
Vol. 10 | Vol. 11 | Vol. 12 | Vol. 13 | Vol. 14 | Vol. 15 | Vol. 16 | Vol. 17 | Vol. 18
Vol. 19 | Vol. 20 | Vol. 21 | Vol. 22 | Vol. 23 | Vol. 24 | Vol. 25 | Vol. 26 | Vol. 27
Vol. 28 | Vol. 29 | Vol. 30 | Vol. 31 | Vol. 32 | Vol. 33 | Vol. 34 | Vol. 35 | Vol. 36
Vol. 37 | Vol. 38 | Vol. 39 | Vol. 40 | Vol. 41 | Vol. 42 | Vol. 43

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Booklets, Front Covers & Links
Vol. 01 | Vol. 02 | Vol. 03 | Vol. 04 | Vol. 05 | Vol. 06 | Vol. 07 | Vol. 08 | Vol. 09
Vol. 10 | Vol. 11 | Vol. 12 | Vol. 13 | Vol. 14 | Vol. 15 | Vol. 16 | Vol. 17 | Vol. 18
Vol. 19 | Vol. 20 | Vol. 21 | Vol. 22 | Vol. 23 | Vol. 24 | Vol. 25 | Vol. 26 | Vol. 27
Vol. 28 | Vol. 29 | Vol. 30 | Vol. 31 | Vol. 32 | Vol. 33 | Vol. 34 | Vol. 35 | Vol. 36
Vol. 37 | Vol. 38 | Vol. 39 | Vol. 40 | Vol. 41 | Vol. 42 | Vol. 43
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THE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS - RECORD OF THE YEAR 1977-2007


The Classic FM Gramophone Awards - often referred to as "the Oscars of the classical music world" - continue to grow in stature and significance, and for 2007 Gramophone has announced a change in the awards process.

From the hundreds of recordings released between June 1 and May 31 the music industry is asked to nominate the discs it wishes to be considered for each Award. This long list is then voted on by panels of specialist critics to produce a short list of six discs per category (these are: Early Music, Baroque Vocal, Baroque Instrumental, Chamber, Choral, Concerto, Contemporary, DVD, Historic reissue, Historic archive, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Recital and Vocal).

At the round two stage, Gramophone critics are asked to reduce these six to one winner in each category. The resulting discs will each receive a Classic FM Gramophone Award (this returns to the original method of making the awards).

Another round which takes into account the voting in the First Round as well as soliciting votes from a smaller panel of critics produces the Record of the Year.

At the Awards ceremony the following awards are presented.

  • 15 record awards: one of which will also be
  • The Record of the Year
  • Artist of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Editor's Choice
  • Special Achievement
  • An Innovation Award (in association with Classic FM magazine)
  • Young Artist of the Year (for a musician aged under 30 on June 1)
  • Record Label of the Year

You can check out all of the award winners in the other categories and read their reviews by visiting Gramophone's website and browse through their extensive online database which you'll find here:




Collecting the Albums - During the proccess of collecting these recordings, I've noticed that a few of the original award winning records are no longer easily available. In such cases they have therefore been replaced with a newer release which of course features the very same recording as the original. Same same but different you know. All in all I have collected the albums and their scans from various sources. Most has been ripped and scanned by myself, some has been downloaded getting the music from somewhere and the scans from somewhere else. In other words, one big mix of material forming a great collection.

Available Scans - You'll find that you have the option to download the available scans separately. The links for the scans are found in the same text file as the links for the music itself. You will figure it out I'm sure. If you have better scans than the ones included here, you are strongly urged to upload those and share them with the AvaxHome community. This is particularly necessary with the 1978, 1982 and 1985 award winners.

Reporting Errors - Should you surprisingly find any kind of flaws, errors, typos or anything else about this project that is not amazingly accurate, sublimely beautiful or otherwise close to perfect, please let me know about it. Any kind of feedback is higly appreciated as long as it is kept in a friendly and patient tone of course.

Creating Mirrors - If any of you feel a strong need to create mirrors for the albums in this project I will have to ask you only to do so on filehosts other than Rapidshare and not to present the links to such mirrors in a comment but rather send them to me in a personal message. I will then build them into the main project info with proper credits to the uploader.

But enough said. Let's have a look at those albums shall we?!. And the winner is...




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1977

Janacek: Kata Kabanova [Decca 421 852-2] Sir Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/563MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1978

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West [DG 419 640-2] Neblett, Domingo, Milnes, Mehta & Covent Garden Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1979

Haydn: Piano Trios [Philips 454 098-2] Beaux Arts Trio
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 9CD/2.63GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1980

Janacek: From the House of the Dead [Decca 430 375-2] Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/564MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1981

Wagner] Parsifal [DG 413 347-2] Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 4CD/990MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1982-83

Tippett: Orchestral Works [Decca 470 196-2] Davis, Marriner, Snell, Cleobury, Solti
Classical | Ape (Single Tracks) dbPowerAMP | 2CD/671MB | Front Cover | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.co.uk | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1984

Mahler: Symphony No.9 [DG 439 024-2] Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/349MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1985

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61 [EMI 7 63395-2] Kennedy, Handley & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/174MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1986

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims [DG 415 498-2] Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/541MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1987

Desprez: Missa Pange Lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi [Gimell CDGIM009] Peter Philips & The Tallis Scholars
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/239MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1988

Mahler: Symphony No.2 ''Resurrection'' [EMI 7479628] Baker, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1989

Bartok: 6 String Quartets [DG 423 657-2] Emerson String Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/633MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1990

Prokofiev: L'Amour des trois oranges [Virgin 0777 7595662 7] Nagano & Coeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1991

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op.123 [Archiv 4297792] Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/288MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year x1992

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies [Teldec 2292 46452-2] Nikolaus Harnoncourt & The Chamber Orchestre of Europe
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 5CD/1.41GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1993

Grieg: Songs [DG 437 521-2] Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/222MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1994

Debussy: Preludes [DG 435 773-2] Krystian Zimerman
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/206MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1995

Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 [Teldec 4509-98143-2] Rostropovich, Vengerov & LSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/276MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1996

Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 - Sauer; Piano concerto No.1 [Hyperion CDA66790] Foster, Hough & CBSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/266MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1997

Puccini: La Rondine [EMI 5563382] Gheorghiu, Alagna, Antonia Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/458MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1998

Martin: Mass for double choir - Pizzetti: Requiem [Hyperion CDA67017] O'Donnell & Westminster Cathedral Choir
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | xCD/272MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1999

Dvorak: Rusalka [Decca 4605682] Fleming, Heppner, Hawlata, Zajick, Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/630MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2000

Mahler: Symphony No.10 [EMI 5569722] Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/298MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2001

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony [Chandos 9902] Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/301MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2002

Saint-Saëns: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 27 [Hyperion CDA67331][CD1] S.Hough, CBSO, S.Oramo
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/573MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2003

Schumann: String Quartets 1 & 3 [ECM 4721692] Zehetmair Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/218MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2004

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [HMC901818.20][CD1] Gens, Ciofi, Kirchschlager, Regazzo, René Jacobs & Concerto Köln
Classical, Oprea | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/722MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2005

Bach: Cantatas Vol.1 [SDG101] John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Solists
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/591MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2006

Mahler: Symphony No.6 [DG 477 557-3] Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2007

Brahms: Piano Concertos [Decca 4757637] Nelson Freire, Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhaus Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/385MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

THE GRAMOPHONE AWARDS - RECORD OF THE YEAR 1977-2007

The Classic FM Gramophone Awards - often referred to as "the Oscars of the classical music world" - continue to grow in stature and significance, and for 2007 Gramophone has announced a change in the awards process.

From the hundreds of recordings released between June 1 and May 31 the music industry is asked to nominate the discs it wishes to be considered for each Award. This long list is then voted on by panels of specialist critics to produce a short list of six discs per category (these are: Early Music, Baroque Vocal, Baroque Instrumental, Chamber, Choral, Concerto, Contemporary, DVD, Historic reissue, Historic archive, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Recital and Vocal).

At the round two stage, Gramophone critics are asked to reduce these six to one winner in each category. The resulting discs will each receive a Classic FM Gramophone Award (this returns to the original method of making the awards).

Another round which takes into account the voting in the First Round as well as soliciting votes from a smaller panel of critics produces the Record of the Year.

At the Awards ceremony the following awards are presented.


  • 15 record awards: one of which will also be
  • The Record of the Year
  • Artist of the Year
  • Lifetime Achievement
  • Editor's Choice
  • Special Achievement
  • An Innovation Award (in association with Classic FM magazine)
  • Young Artist of the Year (for a musician aged under 30 on June 1)
  • Record Label of the Year

You can check out all of the award winners in the other categories and read their reviews by visiting Gramophone's website and browse through their extensive online database which you'll find here:




Collecting the Albums - During the proccess of collecting these recordings, I've noticed that a few of the original award winning records are no longer easily available. In such cases they have therefore been replaced with a newer release which of course features the very same recording as the original. Same same but different you know. All in all I have collected the albums and their scans from various sources. Most has been ripped and scanned by myself, some has been downloaded getting the music from somewhere and the scans from somewhere else. In other words, one big mix of material forming a great collection.

Available Scans - You'll find that you have the option to download the available scans separately. The links for the scans are found in the same text file as the links for the music itself. You will figure it out I'm sure. If you have better scans than the ones included here, you are strongly urged to upload those and share them with the AvaxHome community. This is particularly necessary with the 1978, 1982 and 1985 award winners.

Reporting Errors - Should you surprisingly find any kind of flaws, errors, typos or anything else about this project that is not amazingly accurate, sublimely beautiful or otherwise close to perfect, please let me know about it. Any kind of feedback is higly appreciated as long as it is kept in a friendly and patient tone of course.

Creating Mirrors - If any of you feel a strong need to create mirrors for the albums in this project I will have to ask you only to do so on filehosts other than Rapidshare and not to present the links to such mirrors in a comment but rather send them to me in a personal message. I will then build them into the main project info with proper credits to the uploader.

But enough said. Let's have a look at those albums shall we?!. And the winner is...




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1977

Janacek: Kata Kabanova [Decca 421 852-2] Sir Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/563MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1978

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West [DG 419 640-2] Neblett, Domingo, Milnes, Mehta & Covent Garden Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1979

Haydn: Piano Trios [Philips 454 098-2] Beaux Arts Trio
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 9CD/2.63GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1980

Janacek: From the House of the Dead [Decca 430 375-2] Charles Mackerras & Wiener Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/564MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1981

Wagner] Parsifal [DG 413 347-2] Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 4CD/990MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1982-83

Tippett: Orchestral Works [Decca 470 196-2] Davis, Marriner, Snell, Cleobury, Solti
Classical | Ape (Single Tracks) dbPowerAMP | 2CD/671MB | Front Cover | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.co.uk | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1984

Mahler: Symphony No.9 [DG 439 024-2] Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/349MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1985

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op.61 [EMI 7 63395-2] Kennedy, Handley & London Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/174MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1986

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims [DG 415 498-2] Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/541MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1987

Desprez: Missa Pange Lingua, Missa La sol fa re mi [Gimell CDGIM009] Peter Philips & The Tallis Scholars
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/239MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1988

Mahler: Symphony No.2 ''Resurrection'' [EMI 7479628] Baker, Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1989

Bartok: 6 String Quartets [DG 423 657-2] Emerson String Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/633MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1990

Prokofiev: L'Amour des trois oranges [Virgin 0777 7595662 7] Nagano & Coeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/482MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1991

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op.123 [Archiv 4297792] Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/288MB | Covers | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year x1992

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies [Teldec 2292 46452-2] Nikolaus Harnoncourt & The Chamber Orchestre of Europe
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 5CD/1.41GB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1993

Grieg: Songs [DG 437 521-2] Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/222MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1994

Debussy: Preludes [DG 435 773-2] Krystian Zimerman
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/206MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

Gramophone information | Buy from Amazon.com | Get Download Links




The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1995

Prokofiev & Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 [Teldec 4509-98143-2] Rostropovich, Vengerov & LSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/276MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1996

Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 - Sauer; Piano concerto No.1 [Hyperion CDA66790] Foster, Hough & CBSO
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/266MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1997

Puccini: La Rondine [EMI 5563382] Gheorghiu, Alagna, Antonia Pappano & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/458MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1998

Martin: Mass for double choir - Pizzetti: Requiem [Hyperion CDA67017] O'Donnell & Westminster Cathedral Choir
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | xCD/272MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 1999

Dvorak: Rusalka [Decca 4605682] Fleming, Heppner, Hawlata, Zajick, Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical, Opera | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/630MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2000

Mahler: Symphony No.10 [EMI 5569722] Simon Rattle & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/298MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2001

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony [Chandos 9902] Richard Hickox & London Symphony Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/301MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2002

Saint-Saëns: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 27 [Hyperion CDA67331][CD1] S.Hough, CBSO, S.Oramo
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/573MB | Cover+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2003

Schumann: String Quartets 1 & 3 [ECM 4721692] Zehetmair Quartet
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/218MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2004

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [HMC901818.20][CD1] Gens, Ciofi, Kirchschlager, Regazzo, René Jacobs & Concerto Köln
Classical, Oprea | EAC APE+CUE | 3CD/722MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2005

Bach: Cantatas Vol.1 [SDG101] John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Solists
Classical, Vocal | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/591MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2006

Mahler: Symphony No.6 [DG 477 557-3] Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 1CD/303MB | Covers+Tracklist | ftp2share.com

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The Gramophone Awards - Record of the year 2007

Brahms: Piano Concertos [Decca 4757637] Nelson Freire, Riccardo Chailly & Gewandhaus Orchestra
Classical | EAC APE+CUE | 2CD/385MB | Covers+Booklet | ftp2share.com

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