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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Riemuitkaamme! A Finnish Christmas Jan Lehtola (organ) Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Riemuitkaamme! is an imaginative and unconventional selection of choral music associated with Christmas as it is celebrated in Finland. Several of the pieces are by Finnish composers - Sibelius, Rautavaara and Madetoja, to name a few - while others... |
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EZEQUIEL VINAO
Arcanum Janet Youngdahl (soprano) / Absolute Ensemble conducted by Kristjan Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] Arcanum (Latin for a deep secret or mystery) is a work which takes the listener on a journey through the Bible, the Underworld, the Middle Ages and beyond in search of God, only to discover that divinity is in fact everywhere. |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.13 'Babi Yar' Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass) / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "A prime recommendation for an SACD version of this many-facetted symphony…This is thanks to the tremendous sound and the singing of Rootering and the Netherlands Radio singers excels." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2006) |
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JOEL BONS
Bons: Nomaden Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Atlas Ensemble [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Feb/2019 ] "Nomaden can be regarded as world music and contemporary composition, accessible and challenging, reflective and upbeat. The listener is lead upon an absorbing journey. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Boychoir, Minnesota Chorale, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] The playing of the Minnesota Orchestra, here completing their Mahler cycle, is, as we have come to expect, most accomplished. - Gramophone |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 & 10 Jerusalem Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] The fifteen string quartets composed by Shostakovich established him as one of the masters of this genre. These works show him at his most concentrated & most intimate. Although each is quite different in form and structure, every bar of them reveals... |
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HANDEL / SCHUBERT / TCHAIKOVSKY / SIBELIUS / etc
Duo a piacere Joakim Svenheden (violin) Mats Bergstram (guitar) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] On their respective instrument, Joakim Svenheden and Mats Bergström are among Sweden's most respected musicians. - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Secular Cantatas Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Carolyn Sampson, Katsuhiko Nakashima, Hiroya Aoki, Makoto Sakurada, etc / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 10 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "The SACD sound is near ideal for such music, needing as it does to balance the intimate with a sense of public rejoicing. It catches the colours of the distinctive solo voices on display." MusicWeb |
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J S BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol IV [BWV205 & BWV207] Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke & Roderick Williams / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "The outstanding moment is Gratitude's 'Ätzet dieses Angedenken', in which Robin Blaze's gentle singing is accompanied by a lyrical pair of flutes." (Gramophone) |
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SINDING / STENHAMMAR / RAUTAVAARA / NIELSEN / SIBELIUS / GRIEG
Nordic Rhapsody Johan Dalene (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
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PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SAMUEL BARBER
Tchaikovsky / Barber: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jan/2020 ] "The Barber really suits Dalene… it is testament to a maturity way beyond his years that he comes close to breaking your heart with it" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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CARL NIELSEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos Johan Dalene (violin), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] BBC MUSIC AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - Concerto |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Missa Sacra Johan Hammarström / The Swedish Radio Choir (Radiokören), Kaspars Putniņš, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Less well known among his works, the Missa sacra, Op. 147, bears witness to Robert Schumann's late interest in sacred music - and in particular in Catholic church music. The work would have a rather difficult fate: during Schumann's lifetime, it was... |
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JOHANN WILHELM WILMS
Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Born in the vicinity of Cologne, only two years after and some sixty km distant from Beethoven, Johann Wilhelm Wilms was once a musical force to be reckoned with. In Amsterdam, where he lived from the age of 19, his music was actually performed more... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 2 / Variations Op 21 / Intermezzi Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] 'Jonathan Plowright delivers this highly charged musical argument with tremendous momentum, but is careful to follow Brahms's meticulous pedal marks, thus ensuring that none of the full-blooded textures sound bloated.' BBC Music Instrumental Choice |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 / Handel Variations Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "One could hardly wish for more and I can scarcely wait for further volumes from this pianist, adding that both the piano concertos positively cry out for his attention." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - February 2013 |
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JOHN DOWLAND
'Lessons' - Lute Music by John Dowland Jonas Nordberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] "Nordberg plays a gut-strung nine-course lute by Lars Jönsson after Tieffenbrucker. It's a warm, characterful instrument, serving him equally well in slow intricate fancies and quicker ternary song and dance forms" Gramophone |
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GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER
Kapsperger: Intavolatura di chitarone Jonas Nordberg (theorbo) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Gramophone Magazine October 2019 Editor's Choice |
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FRANZ BERWALD / ÉDOUARD Du PUY
A Bassoon in Stockholm… Donna Agrell (bassoon), with Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet), Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano), etc [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Donna Agrell has chosen three chamber works which were all premièred with Preumayr on the bassoon. She is joined by colleagues from the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century as well as by Ronald Brautigam - all of them playing period instruments. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano Volume 4 [incls 'Rhapsodies (2), Op. 79'] Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] The theme of Paganini's 24th Caprice for solo violin has tempted a number of composers to elaborate on it - from Liszt to Lutosławski and Andrew Lloyd Webber. In 1863, Johannes Brahms was one of the first to take on the challenge, with his virtuosic... |