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NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Two Concertos George Zacharias (violin), Alexandros Koustas (viola), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] "The fact that Nikos Skalkottas was one of Schoenberg's elite composition students obscures the fact that he began his career as a violinist of concert-artist level. The two concertos gathered here highlight this violinist/composer duality. The... |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 / Serenade Gothenburg Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Orchestral |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 / Serenade for Strings in C major Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2008 ] "Neeme Järvi and the Gothenburgers hit their stride and turn in a generally excellent Fifth Symphony. The first-movement exposition takes a few minutes to settle down, largely due to Järvi's somewhat casual approach to rhythm, but once the music gets... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 'Pathatique' / Francesca da Rimini Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 22/Jul/2006 ] "The sound is very impressive indeed. As usual with BIS the music is presented in very natural sound but even by their high standards this recording is extremely clear and detailed and has a very wide dynamic range." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Barfotasånger (Complete Songs) Peter Mattei (baritone), Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] From 1950 and onwards, Allan Pettersson was mainly occupied with working on the monolithic symphonies for which he is best known. But before that, while still a student at the Conservatory in Stockholm and later a viola player in the Stockholm... |
SERGEI TANEYEV / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Taneyev / Glazunov: String Quintets Gringolts Quartet, Christian Poltéra - cello II [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Fine works by any standards, the two string quintets on this disc become even more significant in light of the marginal role accorded to chamber music in the flowering of Russian music during the second half of the 19th century. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos 2 & 4 Gringolts Quartet, Malin Hartelius (soprano) [ Bis SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] Conceived thirty years apart, both works on the present disc came into being at difficult times in the life of Arnold Schoenberg. Emotional stress caused by a marital crisis around 1907-1908 is often claimed to have contributed to the break with... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams' / The Snow Maiden, Op.12 / etc Gateborgs Symfoniker / Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2004 ] On the second installment in our series of Tchaikovsky Symphonies with the Gothenburg SO and Neeme Järvi, we go directly from the composer's symphonic testament, Symphony No.6 'Pathétique', to his first attempt at the form. |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Debussy & Ravel on the Organ Gunnar Idenstam (organ & arranger) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] "a programme of rich ambition and imagination." (Gramophone) |
BRETT DEAN / LUCA FRANCESCONI
Dean: Dramatis Personae / Francesconi: Hard Pace Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Gothenburg Symphony, John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] Ever since his very first disc, released by BIS some thirty years ago, Hakan Hardenberger has earned recognition for his performances of the classical repertory, but also as a pioneer of significant and vituosic new music for the trumpet.... |
BETSY JOLAS / SALLY BEAMISH / OLGA NEUWIRTH
Stories - Trumpet Concertos Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Roger Muraro (piano), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Alongside his celebrated performances of the classical repertory, Håkan Hardenberger is also renowned as a pioneer of significant new trumpet works. The three works on this disc were all composed with him in mind, and illustrate his many-facetted... |
BETSY JOLAS / ANDRE JOLIVET / FLORENT SCHMITT / HENRI TOMASI
Håkan Hardenberger plays French Trumpet Concertos Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] During the second half of the 19th century, a French school of trumpet playing was established, with French musicians and composers at the forefront of the instrument's musical and technical development. |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas Volume 54 (14, 100, 197, 197a) Hana Blažíková, Damien Guillon, Gerd Türk & Peter Kooij / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 28/Nov/2013 ] "Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan stamp their unmistakable trademark of concentrated corporate luminosity here...This is another strong release as we approach the finishing line." Gramophone Magazine, October 2013 |
A. VIVALDI / J. S. BACH
Lutheran Masses I Hana Blažíková & Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] By Bach's time, the Reformation had fundamentally altered the traditional forms of church service, and in German churches Latin had yielded to the country's own language. To a limited extent, however, the Latin mass text did remain in use in the... |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas Volume 55 [Nos 30, 69, 191] Hana Blažíková, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk & Peter Kooij / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] "This final volume highlights the maturing sense..of Bach Collegium Japan's growing stature and confidence to break free of generic convention towards even greater interpretative character...The best is as good as anyone anywhere" Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas, Volume 52 (BWV 29, 112, 140) Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Turk (tenor) / Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "BWV112 is universally outstanding. Suzuki draws attention to the strongly directed bass-lines of the chorus, the bucolic effervescence of 'Zum reinen Wasser' - delectably delivered by Robin Blaze - and the carefree, generous coloratura of the... |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas, Volume 48 (BWV 34, 98, 117, 120) Hana Blažíková (soprano) / Robin Blaze (countertenor) / Satoshi Mizukoshi (tenor) / Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] 'With Suzuki you can hear Bach's heart beat...' (International Record Review) |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 53) Nos 9, 97, 177 Hana Blazikova (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gert Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "This is a wonderful celebration of all-too-rare late Bach vocal works, revealed to us by Suzuki with joy and an impeccable understanding of its unique essence." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2013 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas (Vol 43) BWV57, BWV110, BWV151 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Türk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Three Christmas cantatas from 1725 make up the programme of the 43rd volume in Masaaki Suzuki's and Bach Collegium Japan's highly praised cycle of Bach's cantatas. |
JON LEIFS
Leifs: Edda II: The Lives of the Gods Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir (mezzo-soprano), Elmar Gilbertsson (tenor), Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass), Schola cantorum, Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Hermann [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Soloists, choir and large orchestra perform the Icelandic sagas as told by Jón Leifs. |
