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CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music Vol. 41: Keyboard Transcriptions II Miklós Spányi (tangent piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Miku Yasukawa (soprano) Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2025 ] Before conquering concert halls with his symphonies, Johannes Brahms made a name for himself as a choral conductor. He led vocal ensembles in his hometown of Hamburg, in Detmold and Vienna, enriching the repertoire with his own music. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cello Rising Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (baroque cello), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord), Karl Nyhlin (baroque guitar) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "Yamahiro Brinkmann demonstrates…that she's more than capable of controlled, fluttering elegance when the notes are coming thick and fast" Gramophone |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI / FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Rossini & Hoffmeister: Sonatas, Vol. 1 Minna Pensola (violin), Antti Tikkanen (violin/viola), Tuomas Lehto (cello), Niek de Groot (double bass) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Dec/2017 ] The works gathered here hail from two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini's six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the 'normal' configuration in... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2004 ] "Fiery, elegant, bristling with character - this is impressive Beethoven" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine March 2005 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 -10 (SACD Box Set) Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / 11 SACD - released 7/Jul/2024 ] Each of Gustav Mahler's ten symphonies is a sprawling epic, full of emotional turmoil. According to the composer, the symphony 'must be like the world. It must embrace everything'. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] The shimmering string harmonics at the opening of Gustav Mahler's First Symphony bring to mind the suspended breath of spring, and will have signalled even to the very first audiences that a new symphonic era was being ushered in. Soon enough the... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "The orchestral playing is crisp, the conductor's clinical tendencies tempered by an understanding that emotional extremism is an essential part of Mahler's idiom even if it need not be indulged" Gramophone |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.6 in A minor (1903-04) Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] Albert Camus once wrote 'when I describe what the catastrophe of modern man looks like, music comes into my mind - the music of Gustav Mahler'. If asked to specify a particular work, it is quite possible that Camus would have proposed Symphony No. 6... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2023 ] "This is one of those special listening experiences where the world afterwards is a different place." BBC Music July 2023 - Recording of the Month |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6 & 7 Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "One just knows that the ear-pricking clarity throughout these performances is of Vänskä's and not the balance engineer's making." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Orchestral |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] GRAMMY WINNER - Best Orchestral Performance 2014 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "Thore Brinkmann's superb sound reproduces with exceptional clarity every nuance of a finely balanced orchestral picture" Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Orchestral - "A triumphant final instalment in Vanskas acclaimed Minnesota Beethoven cycle. The BIS recording has exceptional clarity...a dynamic range that catches every graduation of the orchestra's scrupulously... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2006 ] "There's no question that Osmo Vänskä is a true Beethoven conductor. He captures the music's vitality, its eruptive character, and its dramatic syntax as well as anyone on the podium today." (Classics Today) |
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JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Contemporary |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies Nos 1 & 15 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS SACD / CD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] It is the Dutch ensemble that on this last instalment of the series perform the First and the Fifteenth, the alpha and omega of a symphonic production that spans almost 50 years of the composer's life |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
And the Sun Darkened: Music for Passiontide New York Polyphony [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] An array of elegiac vocal works from across the centuries. |
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BRUMEL / CRECQUILLON / JOSQUIN / CLEMENS NON PAPA
EndBeginning: Motets and Plainsong for the Dead New York Polyphony [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "This superb BIS production, ideally recorded in a Swedish church, bodes well for what looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship." (10/10 ClassicsToday March 2012) |
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FRANCISCO de PENALOSA
Peñalosa: Lamentationes New York Polyphony [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] "It's wonderful to hear more music from Francisco de Peñalosa, and particularly pleasing that it comes on this stylish release from New York Polyphony complete with superb booklet notes by Ivan Moody" Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Early Music |