Messiaen: Quatour pour la fin du temps

Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Messiaen (Composer)

Performers: Myung-Whun Chung, Paul Meyer, Gil Shaham, Jian Wang

Audio CD (2000)

Number of Discs: 1

Label: DG

SPARS Code: DDD

I know this is a double post. It's just to go back.

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Hi world, i'm coming back soon.

Hi people who follow my blog, there is a good news: i'm coming back.

My last post is very old two reason: no time and problems with mac to encoding ape.

My mind is made up: i use xld to create flac files without verification process.

The next cd rip you see are also without scans. I know it's a bad idea, but for now i don't have a good and fast scanner. I will buy one, so waiting and don't lose all hope, in few weeks i resolve this problem.

Thanks for your patience.

Ciao a tutti,

dopo mesi di silenzio sono tornato. Non ho avuto tempo e sono rimasto bloccato dall'assenza di un ottimo programma per codificare come EAC (in windows) così ho deciso di usare XLD creando file FLAC senza processi di verifica. Mi spiace.

Purtroppo per il momento non ci saranno neppure le scansioni, appena riuscirò a comprare un nuovo scanner le posterò tutte. Per ora quindi godetevi i prossimi post che saranno relativamente incompleti.

Grazie per la comprensione.

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Mahler: Symphony Nr. 5

Gustav Mahler - Symphony Nr. 5

2002


Penguin Guide: ****

Gustav Mahler (Composer)
Simon Rattle (Conductor)
Berliner Philarmoniker (Orchestra)
Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: EMI Classics 5 57385 2
SPARS Code: DDD

Mahler called himself a "summer composer," writing most of his music in the countryside he loved during vacations from his duties as director of the Vienna Opera. His Fifth Symphony was composed in 1901 and 1902 in his new summer home at the lovely Carinthian Wörther Lake, just after his marriage to the famous beauty Alma Schindler. His happiness is reflected in the second part of the symphony: a tender, humorous, exhilarating Scherzo, (really a Ländler, that characteristically Austrian rustic waltz), featuring a big horn solo; the famous ardent, glowing Adagietto, which Alma claimed was a love song for her; and an exuberant, joyful, triumphant Finale that quotes one of Mahler's gently ironic songs. The first two movements, however, are exactly the opposite: a heavy, tragic Funeral March introduced by a trumpet fanfare, followed by an outburst of turbulent ferocity interrupted by mournful lamentations. In this live performance, the great Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle play masterfully, with an all-out, no-holds-barred approach. The sound is simply glorious, though the dynamic contrasts tend to be so extreme as to require a finger on the volume control. Rattle brings out each movement's character, going to the emotional edge but never beyond. The Adagietto glows passionately, the second movement has a wild but controlled abandon, the Waltz lilts without becoming vulgar. He gives the music a grand, surging sweep, yet not a detail is lost. His transitions are smooth, and he can change mood, sound, and expression instantly.