DVORAK / MARTINU
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] ChrisBorn in Zurich, cellist Christian Poltéra was a pupil of Nancy Chumachenco and Boris Pergamenschikov before studying with Heinrich Schiff in Salzburg and Vienna. Since replacing Yo-Yo Ma performing the Elgar concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / PAUL HINDEMITH
Haydn / Hindemith: Cello Concertos / Trauermusik Christian Poltéra (cello and direction), Münchener Kammerorchester [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Joseph Haydn once remarked: 'I was not a magician on any instrument, but I knew the power and effect of all of them.' This knowledge he used to good effect in his cello concertos, composed some twenty years apart for two different cellists. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Shostakovich & Martinů - Cello Concertos Christian Poltéra (cello), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Gilbert Varga [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD ] "The stellar performance of the Martinů concerto alone makes this disc commendable. Both works are warmly recorded." MusicWeb |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] "Superbly recorded, Poltera's cello of 1711 and Brautigam's modern copy of an 1868 piano appear to be in the room with you. The first sonata wins the top prize, culminating in a fantastic fugal allegro." The Times |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano Christian Poltéra (cello), Ronald Brautigam (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] It is well known that Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny was a highly talented musician, but fewer are familiar with the fact that there were two other musical siblings in the Mendelssohn family: Rebecka, a gifted singer, and Paul, a very competent... |
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 ] |
KENNETH HESKETH
Horae (pro Clara) Claire Hammond (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Following up on Etude and Reflections, her recent, highly acclaimed releases on BIS, Clare Hammond performs music by her compatriot, the British composer Kenneth Hesketh (b.1968). Hesketh's stimuli are broad and include classical architecture,... |
SERGEI LYAPUNOV / UNSUK CHIN / KAROL SYMANOWSKI / NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Etude Clare Hammond (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] As Clare Hammond writes in the liner notes to her thought-provoking selection of piano études, the genre, at its best, 'combines the visceral excitement of technical display with expressive, coloristic and compositional ingenuity'. |
ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK / ROZANNA PANUFNIK
Reflections: the solo piano works of Andrzej and Roxanna Panufnik Clare Hammond (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Although Panufnik is primarily known as a composer of symphonies and large-scale orchestral pieces, his three original works...are all highly crafted, demonstrating the composer's fascination with mirror forms and symmetrical patterns. |
IBERT / BERNARD / BARTOK / IPPOLITO
Divertissement: Works by Ibert, Bernard, Bartok & Ippolito C/O Chamber Orchestra [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] The c/o chamber orchestra is a collective of thirty young musicians from over a dozen different countries. Playing without a conductor, the orchestra is dedicated to that particular collaborative process which is the essence of chamber music. For... |
COPLAND
Billy the Kid and Rodeo (complete ballet scores) / An Outdoor Overture / El Salón México Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "Litton leaves his rivals choking in the dust; the same goes for BIS's exceptional recording." (MusicWeb Nov 2015) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Dan Laurin (recorder) / 1B1 (Ensemble Bjergsted 1), Jan Bjøranger [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2015 ] During a recording career that stretches over almost 30 years, Laurin keeps returning to the concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. For his latest 'take' on these favourites Laurin has joined forces with the young and vibrant Norwegian string ensemble 1B1 |
CHIEL MEIJERING
Rock that Flute Dan Laurin (recorder) / 1B1 (Ensemble Bjergsted 1), Jan Bjøranger [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] Originally conceived by the maker Adriana Breukink in 2008, the 'Eagle' recorder has rapidly developed into an instrument which combines a large sound with a wide range - making it ideal for playing with modern instruments. |
MARAIS / LECLAIR / HOTTETERRE / BLAVET / etc
Sonates et Suites Dan Laurin (recorder), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Domen Marincic (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Since 1987, Dan Laurin has released some thirty titles on BIS, with recorder music spanning across the world - from Japan to England by way of Sweden - and the ages: from the complete Der Fluyten Lust-hof by van Eyck to Chiel Meijering's Rock that... |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: The Recorder Sonatas Dan Laurin (recorder), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Over the past decades, Dan Laurin has established himself as one of the most interesting recorder players of our time. His more than 30 critically acclaimed releases on BIS range from a seminal 9- disc set of van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof to... |
JOHAN HELMICH ROMAN
Roman: The 12 Flute Sonatas: Sonatas 1-5 Dan Laurin (recorder) / Paradiso Musicale [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2015 ] With his fellow musicians in Paradiso Musicale, Laurin therefore opts for an Italianate slant - different continuo settings, ranging from harpsichord alone to the full complement including baroque guitar, provide great variety |
CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON
Ayres & Graces Dan Tidhar (chamber organ / harpsichord) & James Akers (theorbo / baroque guitar) / Chelys Consort of Viols [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2015 ] "Performed by the four viol players of Chelys and their keyboard and guitar playing colleagues, they sound wonderfully supple, propulsive and alive." (The Guardian) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas (arr. for Violin & Guitar) Daniel Migdal (violin), Jacob Kellermann (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] As Jacob Kellermann points out in the liner notes to this disc, there is an unbroken tradition of performing arrangements of Franz Schubert's music on the guitar. Already in his lifetime some of his most popular songs appeared with simplified guitar... |
ADRIAN JONES / DANIEL REID
Nybyggnan Daniel Reid (soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones), Jeanette Eriksson & Sérgio Crisóstomo (violins), Adrian Jones (viola), Anna Wallgren (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] Nybyggnan is a folk music saxophone concerto in chamber music format. Its title, meaning 'new building', is a nod to other tunes in Swedish traditional music associated with buildings and construction work. |
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. |