Enevold/Camerata Chamber Choir
Nielsen:cmplt Organ Music [ Bis / CD ] |
Ericson/Chamber Choir
Lidholm: Khoros [ Bis / 2 CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Kaspars Putniņš [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] The music of the Russian Orthodox Church was an essential part of Sergei Rachmaninov's musical background. As a boy he was deeply moved by the sound of St Petersburg's cathedral choirs, and phrases reminiscent of liturgical chant permeate his music.... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Schnittke / Pärt: Choral Works Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] "This work has been waiting for choirs able to do this, because the technical challenges are not the most important thing about this music" Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 - Choral |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Schnittke, Pärt - Choral Works 2 Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspars Putniņš, conductor [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] "The music of Pärt is stitched into the choir's DNA...The Niguliste's acoustic is Putniņš's trump card, further nourishing the choir's enveloping sonorousness - which he expertly contours to explore Schnittke's subtlety and ear for choral colour" BBC |
ULO KRIGUL
Ülo Krigul: liquid turns Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra Kaspars Putniņš (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Ülo Krigul studied in Tallinn and Vienna, and has written music in a wide variety of genres. |
Estonian Philharmonic Choir
Sumera: Mushroom Cantata [ Bis / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] |
Graden/St Jacobs Chamber Choir
Durufle: Requium [ Bis / CD ] |
SIBELIUS
Music for Voice and Orchestra (complete) Helena Juntunen, MariAnne Haggander, Lilli Paasikivi / YL Male Voice Choir / Dominante Choir / Lahti Symphony / Gothenburg Symphony [ BIS / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "In short, this set is just the ticket for those who enjoy Sibelius as an orchestral composer but are looking for some major new discoveries." (ClassicsToday 10/10 May 2008) |
ERIK BERGMAN
Bergman: Choral Works - 1936-2000 Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek [ BIS / 2 CD - released 26/May/2017 ] In his later years often described as the grand old man of Finnish modernism, Erik Bergman(1911-2006) was among the first in Finland to use compositional methods such as twelve-tone technique, serial music, choral Sprechgesang and aleatory... |
ALEX FREEMAN
Freeman: Under the Arching Heavens - A Requiem Helsinki Chamber Choir / Nils Schweckendiek [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] A requiem in commemoration of the Finnish civil war. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Kevät kerran on koittava - Spring will come Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] From a 21st-century perspective, Sibelius may appear to stand more or less alone in the history of Finnish music. It is easy to forget that he could not have fulfilled his artistic potential if his environment had not been conducive to musical... |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Reconnaissance Helsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] "The Helsinki Chamber Choir are outstanding in their versatility and effortless management of every technical challenge.." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept |
GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar (incidental music for baritone, male choir and orchestra, Op.22) / etc Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Garild Mauseth (narrator) / Male-voice choir from the Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Philharmonic / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "..you really need to hear this sensational disc. The Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak offers about eight minutes of orchestral Sturm und Drang as intense as anything by Berlioz or Mahler; and as recorded here it sounds like a tone poem of Jon... |
Hughes/Aarhus So/Jutland Choir
Holmboe:sinonia Sacra [ Bis / CD ] |
SCRIABIN
Orchestral Music (3 CDs for the price of 2) Inger Blom (mezzo) Lars Magnusson (tenor) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Leif Segerstam / with Roland Pantinen (piano) [ BIS / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] This boxed set spans from Scriabin's first large-scale orchestral work, his Piano Concerto (1897), to Prometheus (1909-10), his last completed piece (which incidentally also features an important part for solo piano). |
Isacson/Lulea Chamber Choir
Modern Music For Chior [ Bis / CD ] |
Isacson/Lulea Chamber Choir
Rautavaara:pelimannit [ Bis / CD ] |
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... |
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) |