Kraftwerk
Tour De France
Electronica/Experimental/Club-Dance
Capitol/EMI - 2003
16/44.1 - DR: 5dB
Homage to the actual “Tour de France”, effectively starting today…
Homage to the actual “Tour de France”, effectively starting today…
Or the CD box is now on Qobuz
Queen Elisabeth Competition Piano 2025
CD1
1-4 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Concerto n. 2 in G minor op. 16 – Nikola MEEUWSEN
[Andantino | Scherzo vivace | Intermezzo (allegro moderato) | Finale (allegro tempestoso)]
5-7 Sergey RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Concerto n. 3 in D minor op. 30 – Valère BURNON
[Allegro non tanto | Intermezzo | Alla breve]
CD2
1-4 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Concerto n. 2 in B flat major op. 83 – Wataru HISASUE
[Allegro non troppo | Allegro appassionato | Andante | Allegretto grazioso]
5-7 Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Concerto in A minor op. 54 – Arthur HINNEWINKEL
[Allegro affettuoso | Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso | Allegro vivace]
CD3
1-2 Kris DEFOORT (°1959) Music for the Heart – Yuki YOSHIMI
[Part One | Part Two]
3-4 Ana SOKOLOVIĆ (°1968) Two Studies for Piano – Shiori KUWAHARA
[Magla | Igra]
5-7 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Sonata n. 8 in B flat major op. 84 – Valère BURNON
[Andante dolce | Andante sognando | Vivace]
8 Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945) 3 Burlesques Sz. 47 – Wataru HISASUE
[Perpatvar | Kicsit ázottan | Capriccioso]
9 Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Réminiscences de Norma – Masaya KAMEI
CD4
1 Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Variations sérieuses op. 54 – Nikola MEEUWSEN
2-5 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Sonata n. 1 in C major op. 1 – Sergey TANIN
[Allegro | Andante | Scherzo | Finale]
6-8 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Concerto n. 27 in B flat major KV 595 – Jiaxin MIN
[Allegro | Larghetto | Allegro] (Cadenza: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Brussels Philharmonic – Kazushi Ono, conductor (CD1, CD2 & CD3: 1-2)
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie – Vahan Mardirossian, conductor (CD4: 6-8)
Just Biber
Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Channel Classics - 4th July 2025
DSD 256 (original recording format)
DR: 10
Although I prefer the original from Harry Belafonte himself, this one has exceptional SQ, thanks to Sound Liaison!
Going on with my Kraftwerk travel…
I’ve posted this album several times before but, as it’s a favourite of mine, I hope that you will indulge me in posting it again.
Melody Gardot: Sunset in the Blue (Deluxe Edition)
Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Verve - 23rd October 2020
24/96
DR: 8
Paul Simon: Graceland (25th Anniversary Edition)
International Fusion, Singer/Songwriter
Legacy - 5th June 2012
24/96
Haven’t listened to that in forever. To be rectified . . …
You Can Call Me Al: a song for Steve Martin happy feet!
Christian Li, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko “Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto”, 2025, Qobuz 24/96
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniil Trifonov
Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra
Mariinsky - 27th August 2012
DSD 64
DR: 19