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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, opera in seven scenes (1869 version) Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Maxim Paster, Mika Kares, Sergei Skorokhodov, Göteborg Opera Chorus [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "This new account, based on live performances, is beautifully sung and played, and recorded in surround sound" MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Andreas Borregaard (accordion) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] The Goldberg Variations - the perfect fusion of the cerebral and the emotional. The Goldberg Variations, or - to use the original title - 'Aria with diverse variations' counts as a milestone in Western music history. With good reason: the huge... |
PIETRO DOMENICO PARADISI
Anna Paradiso plays Paradisi Anna Paradiso (harpsichord / clavichord / fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] As Anna Paradiso writes in her liner notes to this disc 'the history of music is full of fine composers who, for one reason or another, have been largely forgotten.' In the case of Pietro Domenico Paradisi, it is only thanks to his Sonate di... |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Timpani & Piano Concertos Ari-Pekka Mäenpää (timpani), Sonja Fräki (piano), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] Hugely productive, Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) has composed close to 30 concertos to date. These include works for traditional solo instruments - piano, violin, cello … - but also more unusual ones, such as the theremin or accordion. One project of Aho's is... |
AMIR MAHYAR TAFRESHIPOUR
Tafreshipour: The Doll behind the Curtain Athelas Sinfonietta, Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Based on the short story by the same name by Sadeq Hedayat (1903-51), Iran's first modernist writer, The Doll behind the Curtain is an opera from Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour and librettist Dominic Power. It explores themes of... |
GUSTAV HOLST / EDWARD ELGAR
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] "The sound reproduction BIS provides on this SACD is vivid and well balanced, quite state of the art. Now as for comparisons with the very plentiful competition, I can say Litton finishes very high in each work." MusicWeb |
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 |
BEETHOVEN
The Late String Quartets arranged for string orchestra Camerata Nordica directed by Terje Tønnesen [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] On the present recordings, it is the Norwegian violinist Terje Tønnesen's adaptations [of the late string quartets] we hear, performed by himself and his Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica. |
Carolyn Sampson
'but I like to sing...' [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Carolyn Sampson presents an ode to music-making. Songs by Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Hubert Parry, Leonard Bernstein, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Joseph Marx, César Franck, Rita Strohl, Émile Paladilhe,... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Minnesota Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] For its final concert of the 2021-22 season and Osmo Vänskä's last as artistic director, the Minnesota Orchestra chose to present Mahler's mammoth Eighth Symphony, which calls for one of the largest complement of performers in the history of music, a... |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Composed in feverish bouts interrupted by long periods of inaction, Hugo Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch was brought to completion in 1896. The 46 songs are settings of poems in German by Paul Heyse, after Italian folk songs - miniatures with a... |
HERBIG / MOZART / FLEISCHER / WOLFF / HAYDN
Trennung - Songs of Separation Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "...with immaculate German and elegant delivery, is perfectly matched by Bezuidenhout's endlessly inventive imagination...Enjoy a long soak in this luxurious bath of classy, 18th-century suffering." BBC Music |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18 Nos 4-6 Chiaroscuro Quartet [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] The Chiaroscuro Quartet continue their Beethoven traversal. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Seicento Stravagante - Music for Cornetto and Keyboard David Brutti (cornetto), Nicola Lamon (organ, harpsichord) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] The Italian duo explores music from the early baroque. |
HUGO ALFVEN
At Home with Hugo Alfvén: Songs & Piano Pieces Elin Rombo (soprano), Peter Friis Johansson (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] During his lifetime, Hugo Alfvén became known as one of Sweden's principal composers of his time, with works that struck a chord with a wide audience. As a result of his popularity, a nationwide collection was held in celebration of his 70th birthday... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Musical Treasures of Leufsta Bruk (III) Elin Rombo (soprano), Rebaroque [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2019 ] An important centre for iron production in 17th-century Sweden, Leufsta Bruk came into the hands of the De Geers, a Dutch family, in the 1640s. In 1730 the young Charles De Geer inherited the estate and the ironworks, and it was here that he kept his... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Concertos for violin and for cello Elina Vähälä, violin Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Kymi Sinfonietta / Olari Elts [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Having broken off work on a second violin concerto in 2012, the prolific Finnish composer Kalevi Aho only returned to the project after being contacted by the violinist Elina Vähälä. While aware of the weight of tradition and eager to avoid the... |
LENNOX BERKELEY / RICHARD ARNELL / STEPHEN DODGSON / CONSTANT LAMBERT
Tournament for Twenty Fingers - piano duets Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins (piano four hands) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] A high-spirited journey through English music for piano four hands. |
