Ha! Compagnons

Elodie Bouchard, Soprano

Anthony Harvey, Lute

Immersive Sound Art Pure Audio Blu-ray + CD is0120

An immersion in the intimate soundscape of voice and lute
Ha! compagnons takes the listener back to a time when the voice and the lute were the true companions in the quest for poetic and musical expression. In exploring this fruitful partnership, Canadian soprano Elodie Bouchard and American lutenist Anthony Harvey offer vivid and colourful interpretations of air de cour, ayres and monodies by 17th-century composers Giulio Caccini, Thomas Campion, Sigismondo d’India, Claudio Monteverdi and Etienne Moulinié. Thanks to the innovative work of Tonmeister Ephraim Hahn and his team, the album will be available in the immersive sound formats Auro-3D and Dolby Atmos together with a conventional stereo and an immersive binaural mix for headphones. This project introduces the listener to the pivotal period between Renaissance and Baroque when composers united in the desire for clarity of sung lyrics. Voice and lute then became an essential duo whose intimate character perfectly matched the needs at the different courts throughout Europe. This symbiosis can be heard in the air de cour and ayres of France and England, whereas in Italy it is rather the genre of accompanied monody which prevailed over the national soundscape and later lead to the development of the first operas. The pieces on the album share the timeless theme of love in all of its different shades, rounded up by the ultimate drinking song that lends its title to the project: "For us, Ha! compagnons illustrates not only the historical camaraderie of voice and lute, but also the collaborative aspect of many companions making this release possible" explains Elodie Bouchard. Passionate about early music, soprano Elodie Bouchard stands out for her musical expressivity and the diversity in colours of her voice. She performs regularly with the baroque ensemble Les Méandres and the Scholastica Ensemble with whom she participated in the recording Saints inouïs recently released on Atma Classique. She was featured at the opening concert of the Montreal Bach Festival in 2018, as well as at the Montréal Baroque Festival and the Young Performers Festival of Early Music America in 2019. Since 2018, she has partnered with the exceptional lutenist and continuo player Anthony Harvey who performs both, as a soloist and accompanist with many of North America's leading ensembles such as the National Philharmonic, the Wolf Trap Opera Company, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and the Washington Bach Consort. Together, Bouchard and Harvey aim to bring music for voice and lute to the forefront of the music world. In each performance, the young artists combine their vast expertise in historical performance practice with their evocative musical intuition.

Immersive sound technologies bring a strongly enhanced emotional experience to the listener. When
attending live music performances in concert halls, sound is not only coming from the stage in front of us. Acoustic reflections from floor, walls and ceiling form what we refer to as the unique personality of a certain venue and feed the human hearing with important cues contributing to our perception of timbres and even musical structures. The immersive recording approach of Ha! compagnons brings this natural character of sound in all spatial dimensions to the listener, allowing for an even more intimate engagement with the artists. The album was recorded in 2019 in Montreal using microphones by Schoeps and Neumann as well as the highest grade recording technology by Grace Design and Merging Technologies. Mastered at the renowned msm studios in Munich, the result can be heard on Pure Audio Blu-ray in Auro-3D or Dolby Atmos as well as on headphones through the discrete immersive binaural mix. The Pure Audio Blu-ray also is equipped with mShuttle technology providing the customer with binaural and stereo files of all songs for portable playback devices. Customers who are not yet equipped with a Blu-ray player also find a regular CD with standard resolution stereo as well as binaural tracks in the package. Enjoy listening!
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Hahn Trio Gesänge der Nacht

Songs by Jan Koetsier, Adolf Busch and Otto Jochum

Heidrun Maria Hahn

Martin Hahn

Wolfgang Heinz

Tacet Eigenart CD 1058-0

new, factory sealed

amazing production with world premiere recordings of songs for soprano, viola alta and piano on the them of "night"

stunning audiophile sound quality

Blue Note 6 Great Jazz

6 Blue Note classics in breathtaking sound quality

Esoteric ESSB-90122/7 SACD Box

new, factory sealed

unique box set edition incl. 6 Hybrid SACDs of the legendary Blue Note classics

Cannonball Adderley Somethin´ else

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Moanin´)

Sonny Clark Cool Struttin´

John Coltrane Blue Train

Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage

Sonny Rollins Vol.2

in breathtaking audiophile sound quality

Beethoven The 5 Piano Concertos

signed by Mitsuko Uchida

Original Berliner Philharmoniker 3 CD + 2 Blu-ray BPHR 180241

Mitsuko Uchida, Piano

Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker

the edition is autographed by Mitusko Uchida

new, unplayed, unsealed

Beethoven The 5 Piano Concertos

signed by Mitsuko Uchida

Original Berliner Philharmoniker Triple SACD BPHR 180243

Mitsuko Uchida, Piano

Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker

the edition is autographed by Mitusko Uchida

new, unplayed, unsealed

Cecilia Bartoli Unreleased

limited first edition hand-signed byCecilia Bartoli

Decca CD 4852093

strictly limited first edition from 2021

the factory sealed CD comes with an additional artprint which is hand-signed by Cecilia Bartoli

new, factory sealed

Chopin Piano Concerto No.2

hand-signed by Seong-Jin Cho

Gianandrea Noseda conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

DGG 4860435

For his sixth and latest Deutsche Grammophon album, pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to the music of Frédéric Chopin. His third Chopin recording for Deutsche Grammophon is entitled "Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Scherzi". For this album, Cho is collaborating with the London Symphony Orchestra and its conductor Gianandrea Noseda, with whom he has had a productive and Seong-Jin Cho gained international attention and critical acclaim for his first prize at the 2015 Warsaw Chopin Competition, followed by a studio recording combining Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and the 4 Ballads. Following this final Chopin release, Cho presents the logical continuation of the repertoire for him - a program consisting of Chopin's Romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 and the four Scherzi.Seong-Jin Cho's interpretations of the pieces, which are characterized by thoughtful poetry and youthful vigor, paired with his technical ability and artistic maturity , offer a unique and unforgettable sound experience

strictly limited first edition hand-sigend by Seong-Jin Cho

Tracklist:

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor op. 20 - Presto with focus

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor op. 31 - Presto

Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor op. 39 - Presto con fuoco

Scherzo No. 4 in E major op. 54 - Presto

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F minor op. 21

I. Maestoso

II. Larghetto

III. Allegro vivace

Alfred Brendel Complete Philips Recordings

Universal Decca Limited Edition 114 CD Box

new, still sealed

Complete for the first time, this 114-CD limited-edition collection features the entire recorded discography of pianist Alfred Brendel across the Philips and Decca labels. An exclusive artist for the Philips label since 1969, Brendel's discography is now among the most extensive of any pianist, reflecting a repertoire of solo, chamber and orchestral works by the major composers from the central European tradition from Bach through to Schoenberg.

"If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed." --Alfred Brendel

"One of the greatest pianists in the world." --The Guardian

"Brendel has always stood alone in what he does. He was a very individual voice when I first met him more than 40 years ago his concert life was on an upswing as he reached 40, but he had a large body of recordings already behind him that were evidence of a wide range of repertoire, delivered with insight and energy, and fuelled in their integrity by active interest in the visual arts, literature and humour." --Imogen Cooper

Arthur Grumiaux Complete Philips Recordings

Decca Universal 4851160

Limited Edition 74 CD Box

new, still sealed

wonderful deluxe edition celebrating Arthus Grumiaux´ 100th anniversary

incl. a 100-pages.booklet with new liner notes by Tully Potter, rare archive photos and facsilimiles of the original cover artwork

A musical treasury which is already out-of-print.

“An extremely down-to-earth, instinctive and emotional being, he found many solutions in his life and his music through his sensitivity and his sound instinct. All his knowledge in life passed through his aestheticism for music, the piano and the violin.” -- Augustin Dumay

“His accounts of the Beethoven Concerto are ethereal, and grounded in a sure feeling for musical architecture. His solo Bach has long been considered a benchmark, while his Beethoven sonatas with Clara Haskil are both artfully crafted and intelligently phrased.” -- Rob Cowan, Gramophone Magazine

“A great artist whose luminous tone, elegant style, and musical integrity made him revered among lovers of his instrument.” -- ClassicsToday.com

“Was there anything musical that this man couldn’t do with fiddle and bow?” -- Gramophone

Nikolaus Harnoncourt The Complete Sony Recordings

Sony Classical Limited Deluxe Edition 61 CD 3 DVD Box

The Complete Sony Recordings brings together for the first time Harnoncourt’s complete recordings from 2002–2015 with his Concentus Musicus Wien, the Wiener Philharmonike, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Symphonieorchester des Bayrischen Rundfunks. The Sony Classical edition features his famous symphony recordings of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Bruckner, alongside his celebrated performances of great choral works such as the Verdi, Brahms and Mozart Requiems and Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, as well as Mozart’s opera Zaide, Haydn’s Orlando paladino and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. Also included are previously authorized but unreleased recordings of J. S. Bach’s Cantatas Nos. 26 & 36, Beethoven’s Christus am Ölberge and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater. The set comes with a 136-pages coffee-table book featuring a newly written essay on Nikolaus Harnoncourt – musician, conductor and researcher – plus all of his own liner notes and interviews that came with the original releases. The edition also contains Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte on DVD, the DVD documentary Mission Mozart with pianist Lang Lang, rehearsal excerpts, interviews and lectures by Harnoncourt on CD and DVD, and finally the complete sung texts on CD-ROM. 61 CDs and 3 DVDs – the authoritative artistic legacy of one of the most charismatic and significant figures in the world of classical music.