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VAGN HOLMBOE
Concertos (Incl Piano Concerto No 1) Noriko Ogawa (piano) Martin Frost (clarinet) Gordon Hunt (oboe) / Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes (cond) / Danish National Opera Choir [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "A well-packed disc with a nice balance struck between the concertos and a rarely encountered choral-orchestral work." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
LEPO SUMERA
Mushroom Cantata & other choral works Raivo E. Tamm (actor) alle Kaljuste (actor) Janika Lentsius (flute) Madis Metsamart (percussion) / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/ Tnu Kaljust [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "If being haunted by a recording is a definition of greatness, then this is a strong candidate. Have you found that you are obliged to return to a CD to find out if the dreams it has created in your mind are a reality, or just something from your own... |
SIBELIUS
Spirit of Nature (Incls Serenade, for baritone and orchestra) Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska conductor; Jyrki Korhonen, bass; Tommi Hakala (baritone) Helena Juntunen (soprano) / Dominante Choir [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition: Volume 58 / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "A must-buy for all Sibelians" (MusicWeb April 2006) |
PETERIS VASKS
Choir Music Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Klava and Kaspars Putnins [ BIS / CD - released 26/Nov/2001 ] Peteris Vasks is the Arvo Pärt of Latvia and thus something of a cult figure in his country. Like the music of Pärt, and for that matter of Tavener, Vasks's works have a distinctly spiritual dimension, obvious in this collection of his choral music.... |
PACIUS
The Princess of Cyprus Tove a…man (soprano) Agneta Eichenholz (mezzo) Riikka Rantanen (mezzo) / Jubilate Choir / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Ulf Saderblom [ BIS / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "this CD is useful to have, especially given the decent (though not flawless) playing, fine recording and helpful documentation." (Gramophone) |
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 ] |
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 ] |
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 |
