Search Results: BIS Choir
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Femina moderna - music for mixed choir Allmänna Sången Choir, Marina Goundorina (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "The choir's sound is fresh and direct. Its ensemble is tight and its diction crisp" BBC Music |
VILLA-LOBOS
Floresta do Amazonas Anna Korondi (soprano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Sao Paulo Symphony Choir / John Neschling [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "It's a typical Villa-Lobos patchwork, including a male chorus chanting in an Amazonian language, extravagant vocalise for the soprano solo and lushly romantic textures straight out of Hollywood...this recording...reveals the score in all its... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Symphony No. 2 St. Florian Bellini, Eliasson, Ernman, Borelius (soloists) / Mikaeli Chamber Choir / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Leif Segerstamis currently chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition he holds honorary titles with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. |
ROS
Ros: Songs of Christmas Berit Opheim, Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Nov/2013 ] "There's some gorgeous music in this programme, although it's difficult to follow the thematic thread which allegedly binds it together...The Norwegian Soloists' Choir is excellent." - BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
White Night - Impressions of Norwegian Folk Music Berit Opheim Versto (folk singer) / Gjermund Larsen (fiddle/hardanger fiddle) / The Norwegian Soloists' Choir (Det Norske Solistkor) / Grete Pedersen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] .Combining traditional folk songs with recent compositions springing from folk music, the Norwegian Soloists' Choir on the present disc makes a compelling case for the powerful hold that this music has over the country's cultural life |
HANDEL
The People Shall Hear! Great Handel Choruses Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / The Bach Choir / The English Concert / David Hill [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Despite the fact that he wrote a large number of operas and instrumental works, Handel is often perceived as a choral composer - or, more specifically, as the composer of the Hallelujah chorus. |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA
Gubaidulina - Sonnengesang Christian Schmitt (organ) Ivan Monighetti (cello) Elbtonal Percussion / NDR Chor (North German Radio Choir) / Philipp Ahmann [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Includes Symphony No.5 for orchestra and choir) Coro da Orquestra de Sao Paulo / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 18/Mar/2004 ] "The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra play marvellously and John Neschling directs with great understanding. Excellent sound." (Gramophone) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Choir Music Det Norske Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists' Choir), Grete Pedersen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "A superb choir with a warm, clear sound does full justice to these luscious choral works and arrangements of pieces by Grieg" (Classic FM) |
VALEN / BERG / MESSIAEN / WEBERN
Refractions:Choral Music Det Norske Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists' Choir) / Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Grete Pedersen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Music in the early 20th century did pass from one medium to another, from late Romanticism into an unknown future. Refractions allows the listener to sample this transition through the choral music of four very different composers. |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Masonic Works, Cantatas & Funeral Music Die Kölner Akademie Choir and Orchestra / Michael Alexander Willens John Heuzenroeder, tenor; Mario Borgioni, bass Alexander Puliaev, fortepiano; Will [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Following their 11-disc cycle of Mozart's piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released a disc with two of Mozart's best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine... |
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Ehrling/Swedish Radio Choir
Stravinsky:symphonie De Psa [ Bis / CD ] |
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Enevold/Camerata Chamber Choir
Masterpieces For Choir [ Bis / CD ] |
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Enevold/Camerata Chamber Choir
Nielsen:cmplt Organ Music [ Bis / CD ] |
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Ericson/Chamber Choir
Lidholm: Khoros [ Bis / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Kaspars Putniņš [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The music of the Russian Orthodox Church was an essential part of Sergei Rachmaninov's musical background. As a boy he was deeply moved by the sound of St Petersburg's cathedral choirs, and phrases reminiscent of liturgical chant permeate his music.... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Schnittke / Pärt: Choral Works Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] "This work has been waiting for choirs able to do this, because the technical challenges are not the most important thing about this music" Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Choral |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Schnittke, Pärt - Choral Works 2 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspars Putniņš, conductor [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] "The music of Pärt is stitched into the choir's DNA...The Niguliste's acoustic is Putniņš's trump card, further nourishing the choir's enveloping sonorousness - which he expertly contours to explore Schnittke's subtlety and ear for choral colour" BBC |
ULO KRIGUL
Ülo Krigul: liquid turns Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Kaspars Putniņš (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Ülo Krigul studied in Tallinn and Vienna, and has written music in a wide variety of genres. |
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Estonian Philharmonic Choir
Sumera: Mushroom Cantata [ Bis / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] |
