Johan Sebastian Bach – The Suites For Unaccompanied Cello

Johan Sebastian Bach – The Suites For Unaccompanied Cello

About the work:
The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. They were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723, when Bach served as a Kapellmeister in Cöthen. The suites contain a great variety of technical devices, a wide range of emotional content, and some of Bach’s most compelling voice interactions and conversations. It is their intimacy, however, that has made the suites amongst Bach’s most popular works today, resulting in their different recorded interpretations being fiercely defended by their respective advocates. The suites have been transcribed for numerous instruments, including the violin, viola, double bass, viola da gamba, piano, marimba, classical guitar, recorder, horn, saxophone, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet trombone, euphonium, and tuba.

Track List:
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01. Suite I – Dur : I Prelude (1:55)
02. Suite I – Dur : II Allemande (3:58)
03. Suite I – Dur : III Courante (2:42)
04. Suite I – Dur : IV Sarabande (2:23)
05. Suite I – Dur : V Menuet 1 & 2 (3:12)
06. Suite I – Dur : VI Gigue (1:45)
07. Suite II – Moll : I Prelude (2:57)
08. Suite II – Moll : II Allemande (3:13)
09. Suite II – Moll : III Courante (2:11)
10. Suite II – Moll : IV Sarabande (4:21)
11. Suite II – Moll : V Menuet 1 & 2 (3:00)
12. Suite II – Moll : VI Gigue (2:34)
13. Suite III – Dur : I Prelude (3:11)
14. Suite III – Dur : II Allemande (3:40)
15. Suite III – Dur : III Courante (3:02)
16. Suite III – Dur : IV Sarabande (3:51)
17. Suite III – Dur : V Menuet 1 & 2 (3:42)
18. Suite III – Dur : VI Gigue (3:13)
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01. Suite IV – Prelude (3:07)
02. Suite IV – Allemande (3:36)
03. Suite IV – Courante (3:11)
04. Suite IV – Sarabande (3:33)
05. Suite IV – Bouréé (4:47)
06. Suite IV – Gigue (2:56)
07. Suite V – Prelude (5:03)
08. Suite V – Allemande (4:40)
09. Suite V – Courante (2:17)
10. Suite V – Sarabande (3:18)
11. Suite V – Gavotte (4:17)
12. Suite V – Gigue (2:22)
13. Suite VI – Prelude (4:26)
14. Suite VI – Allemande (5:45)
15. Suite VI – Courante (3:24)
16. Suite VI – Sarabande (4:25)
17. Suite VI – Gavotte I & II (4:19)
18. Suite VI – Gigue (3:59)

About the player:
Heinrich Schiff (born 18 November 1951, Gmunden, Austria) is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971. He studied conducting with Hans Swarovsky,and made his conducting debut in 1986.
Schiff was Artistic Director of the Northern Sinfonia from 1990 to 1996, and recorded with them for the NMC label. He also held chief conductorships with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra (Sjællands Symfoniorkester; 1996-1999) and the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur.
In 2004, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and served in the post from 2005 to 2008. He stood down from the post in 2008 for health reasons.
Schiff plays the “Mara” Stradivarius (1711) and “Sleeping Beauty” made by Montagnana in Venice in 1739. His recording of the Bach Cello Suites won prizes, and his recording of the Shostakovich concertos won the Grand Prix du Disque. His recording of the Brahms Double Concerto with Frank Peter Zimmermann and Wolfgang Sawallisch won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis.  Composers who have written cello concertos for Schiff include John Casken and Friedrich Cerha.

mp3, 320 kbps, cd ripping, 124:15 minutes
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Gaetano Donizetti – L’Elisir D’Amore

Gaetano Donizetti – L’Elisir D’Amore

About the Opera:
L’elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love) is a melodramma giocoso in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Eugène Scribe’s libretto for Daniel-François-Esprit Auber’s Le philtre (1831). The premiere was at the Teatro della Canobbiana, Milan on 12 May 1832.
L’elisir d’amore is one of the most frequently performed of all Donizetti’s operas and there are a number of recordings. It appears as number twenty on Opera America’s list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America[1]. It contains the popular aria “Una furtiva lagrima,” one of the most famous and often-recited arias in all of opera.

Track List:
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01. Preludio (3:32)
02. Act 1 – Scene 1: Bel conforto al mietitore – Giannetta, mietitori (1:22)
03. Act 1 – Scene 1: Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! – Nemorino (3:08)
04. Act 1 – Scene 1: Benedette queste carte! – Adina (4:34)
05. Act 1 – Scene 1: Come Paride vezzoso – Belcore (4:09)
06. Act 1 – Scene 1: Or se m´ami, com´io t´amo – Belcore (3:42)
07. Act 1 – Scene 1: Una parola, o Adina – Nemorino (7:04)
08. Act 1 – Scene 2: Che vuol dire cotesta suonata? – Donne (1:36)
09. Act 1 – Scene 2: Udite, udite o rustici – Dulcamara (7:07)
10. Act 1 – Scene 2: Ardir! Ha forse il cielo mandato – Nemorino (0:43)
11. Act 1 – Scene 2: Voglio dire, lo stupendo elisir – Nemorino (6:13)
12. Act 1 – Scene 2: Caro elisir! sei mio! – Nemorino (1:24)
13. Act 1 – Scene 2: Chi è mai quel matto? – Adina (1:45)
14. Act 1 – Scene 2: Esulti pur la barbara – Nemorino (4:10)
15. Act 1 – Scene 2: Tran tran tran tran – Belcore (3:11)
16. Act 1 – Scene 2: Signor sargente – Gianetta (2:37)
17. Act 1 – Scene 2: Adina, credimi, te ne scongiuro – Nemorino (7:06)
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01. Scene 1: Cantiamo, facciam brindisi – Tutti (2:42)
02. Scene 1: Barcarole a due voce – Dulcamara (2:20)
03. Scene 1: Silenzio ! E qua il notaro – Belcore (3:54)
04. Scene 1: La donna e un animale stravagante – Belcore (2:24)
05. Scene 1: Ai perigli della guerra – Nemorino (4:57)
06. Scene 2: Saria possible – Contadine, Giannetta (3:44)
07. Scene 2: Cell ‘elisir mirabile – Nemorino (3:43)
08. Scene 2: Quanto amore! Ed io, spietata – Adina (6:18)
09. Scene 2: Una furtiva lagrima – Nemorino (6:02)
10. Scene 2: Prendi, per me sei libero – Adina (6:47)
11. Scene 2: Alto! Fronte ! Che vedo – Belcore (1:08)
12. Scene 2: Ei corregge ogni difetto – Dulcamara (1:35)

The Artists:

mp3, 320 kbps, cd ripping, 108:57 minutes
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