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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite / Two Elegiac Melodies / Two Lyric Pieces / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This is simply the most beautiful record of Grieg's string music in the catalogue, and one of the most beautiful and realistic recordings of strings we have ever heard. Try and hear the disc on SACD equipment with four speakers, and you will be... |
FRANCAIX
Chamber Music for Winds Bergen Woodwind Quintet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "There is a nice mixture of whimsy throughout all these pieces, plus a gentle melancholy that is wholly individual…a cornucopia of very French music, which is superbly played." Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 |
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 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Acide: Festa teatrale Bernard Richter, Raffaella Milanesi, Jennifer O'Loughlin / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Joseph Haydn, BIS Records and the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien have entered into a collaboration which will result in several releases during 2009. |
J. S. BACH
Bram van Sambeek plays Bach on the Bassoon Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] Following a rock/metal album recorded with his band ORBI [BIS-2297], Bram van Sambeek returns with his own idea of a dance album. For it he has selected four works by Johann Sebastian Bach that consist mainly of typical baroque dances . |
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND / KALEVI AHO
Fagerlund / Aho - Bassoon Concertos Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded musicianship" BBC Music Award WINNERt 2018 - Concerto |
W. A. MOZART / CARL MARIA von WEBER / ÉDOUARD DU PUY
Mozart, Weber, Du Puy - Bassoon Concertos Bram van Sambeek (bassoon) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Alexei Ogrintchouk, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "None shall sleep through this disc - what a winner!" MusicWeb recommended May 2020 |
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. |
PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / HINDEMITH / WEBERN
Visions Fugitives: Music for strings Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] "This is an attractive programme, superbly performed and recorded with an ideal balance between detail and atmosphere in 5.0 surround sound. From solos to the weightiest of tuttis this is a band which punches way above its chamber weight. Musical sat |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti Camerata Nordica, Terje Tønnesen (violin and direction) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Up to and including Mozart, one important task for every composer not employed by the Church was to entertain. Much of Mozart's best-loved music consists of occasional works intended for receptions and parties, balls and banquets, ceremonies and... |
SIBELIUS / GRIEG / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN
I skogen - Nordic Songs Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "His Six German Songs Op 50 and Grieg's Op 48 set - two of which were Schwarzkopf favourites - are the "meat" here, but the rare Swedish songs, gorgeously sung, are welcome." (Sunday Times) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Rote Rosen: Lieder / Songs Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "There have been several excellent Strauss recitals lately and the back catalogue can boast a lot of fine achievements but this latest addition is without doubt worthy of a place near the top. More, please, BIS!" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schubert + Brahms Can Çakmur (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] For his series called Schubert+, pianist Can Çakmur juxtaposes the complete major piano solo compositions by the Viennese composer with works by other composers who were inspired by his music, thus providing the opportunity to see these works in a... |
BARTOK / MITROPOULOUS / SAYGUN / ENESCU
Without Borders Can Çakmur (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Towards the end of the 19th century, several composers were taking a new interest in folk music. Folk tunes, or imitations of them, had previously mainly been used in order to provide local colour or as a way of catering to nationalist sentiments,... |
GYORGY KURTAG
Kafka-Fragments Op. 24 Caroline Melzer (soprano) / Nurit Stark (violin) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2015 ] One of the truly grand old men on the music scene today, György Kurtág composed his Kafka-Fragmente in the mid-1980s, and these forty settings of text fragments by Franz Kafka remain one of his most often-performed works. |
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,... |
FAURE / DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Faure / Debussy / Ravel: Apres un reve Christian Svarfvar (violin) Roland Pontinen (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] Towards the end of the 19th century, France saw a renaissance for chamber music after a long period largely dominated by opera. Rather than popular demand it was the composers themselves who propelled this development, for instance through the... |
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J. S. BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol VI: Trauerode [BWV198 & BWV1083] Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (counter-ten), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Dominik Wörner (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaa [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2016 ] Although Bach's sacred cantatas span a huge expressive range and display a striking stylistic diversity, they were all composed for performance during a church service. In the case of the secular cantatas, on the other hand, their respective purpose... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem / Vesperae solennes de confessore Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Makato Sakurada, Christian Immler / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] "I enjoyed this disc very much and found the expert performances very stimulating. As it's a BIS disc it seems almost superfluous to comment on standards of presentation." (MusicWeb Feb 2015) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K427 / Exsultate, jubilate, K165 Carolyn Sampson, Olivia Vermeulen, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] "The choir are well drilled and the two female soloists are matched as well as any on disc...Suzuki is no speed merchant, and maintains the through line in more strenuous movements" Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 |
