ERIK SATIE
Noriko Ogawa plays Satie - Piano Music, Vol.2 Noriko Ogawa (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/May/2017 ] "Mystifying but wondrous, and Ogawa's clean, refined playing delights. Gorgeous recorded sound and good notes too." The Arts Desk |
ERIC SATIE
Noriko Ogawa plays Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 1 Noriko Ogawa (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] 150 years after his birth, Erik Satie is still one of the great enigmas of classical music - a composer who said of himself 'I am not fond of jokes… I never make jokes' but is nevertheless regarded as one of the great tricksters of Western music; who... |
GRIEG
Orchestral Music Vol 1 (In Autumn; Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16; Symphony in C minor ) Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Outstanding concert from an orchestra on home ground and a distinguished soloist." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD DUBUGNON
Dubugnon: Klavieriana and Chamber Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Noriko Ogawa, (piano) / Musikkollegium Winterthur, Thomas Zehetmair (cond) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A leading Swiss chamber orchestra champions works by a compatriot. |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No 6 Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "True connoisseurs know that one of the finest ways to spend thirty or sixty minutes is listening to an excellent recording of a magnificent symphony. They will also know that some of the 20th century's greatest symphonists have been Scandinavian" |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No.9 (1970) Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] "Pettersson's longest symphony becomes a focused 70-minute rollercoaster in Lindberg's hands. Comes with fascinating DVD bonus of a 1970s Swedish documentary on the composer." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Symphony No. 14 Norrköping Symphony Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Feb/2017 ] In their series of Allan Pettersson's symphonies, Christian Lindbergand the Norrköping Symphony Orchestrahave arrived at the Fourteenth Symphony, completed in 1978 and given its first performance in 1981, one year after the death of the composer. As... |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Pettersson: Symphonies 5 & 7 Norrköping Symphony Orchestra / Christian Lindberg [ Bis SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "Lindberg gets the pacing absolutely right [in No. 7]...The Norrköping players are once again on superb form, responding to Lindberg's advocacy just as keenly; but then this music is in their blood." Gramophone Editor's Choice July 2018 |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No. 13 Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] Beginning his first symphony in 1951 and working on his 17th when he died in 1980, Allan Pettersson concerned himself almost exclusively with the symphonic genre for three decades |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Motets The Norwegian Soloists' Choir Ensemble Allegria Grete Pedersen, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] Bach's motets are surrounded by much uncertainty. To begin with, we do not know how many he actually composed, as some have been lost while others have been wrongly attributed to him. Although several of the motets were written for funerals, it is... |
LARS PETTER HAGEN / NILS HENRIK ASHEIM / ARNE NORDHEIM
Lament - Norwegian Choral Works Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen, with Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Daniel Paulsen & Terje Viken (percussion) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] An eminent choir with a song of sorrow and a dictionary of snow |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Coro Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Norwegian Radio Orchestra [Coro], Grete Pedersen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "These extraordinary performances would be for naught were it not for the lifelike recording that gives enough space around the performers, yet allows for plenty of clarity. " MusicWeb Recommended June 2020 |
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA / VIKTOR SUSLIN
In Memoriam - Chamber Works Nurit Stark (violin), with Cédric Pescia (harpsichord), Olga Dowbusch-Lubotsky (cello), etc [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] Viktor Suslin ((1942-2012) began his activity as a composer in the Soviet Union during the 1960s and in 1975 formed the improvisational ensemble Astrea together with fellow composers Sofia Gubaidulina and Vyacheslav Artyomov; an ensemble which would... |
BELA BARTOK / GYORGY- LIGETI / SANDOR VERESS / PETER EOTVOS
Bartók/Ligeti/Veress/Eötvös - Solos Nurit Stark (violin/viola) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] "quite a journey, one that's profoundly representative of the Hungarian musical psyche in the 20th century and which is served by a musician whose talents certainly qualify her for the job of performing it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 |
DESENCLOS / JOLIVET / PLANEL / TOMASI
French Trumpet Concertos Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui [ BIS SACD / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Virtuoso Ole Edvard Antonsen has gathered five works composed between 1944 and 1966 that clearly demonstrate the colourful, vibrant and technical abilities of the trumpet. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU / EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara & Martinů - Piano Concertos No. 3 Olli Mustonen (piano) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra Dalia Stasevska, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2023 ] The Czech Bohuslav Martinů and the Finn Einojuhani Rautavaara may not seem to have much in common, but both have adopted an attitude free of musical puritanism, constantly finding new sources of inspiration. |
ORBI
ORBI: The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments [ BIS SACD / CD - released 15/Feb/2019 ] There are instruments and then there are instruments … On the one hand a violin, trumpet or lead guitar so firmly planted in the spotlight that everyone else on stage is reduced to a supporting role. On the other a bassoon, double bass, drum set or... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy Orchestrated Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire / Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] "Both La boîte à joujoux and the similarly enchanting Children's Corner are performed with deft panache by this quality orchestra." BBC Music |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Le Loup / La Fille du Diable / Mélodies / etc Vincent Le Texier (baritone) / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Feb/2016 ] In the centennial year of the composer's birth, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire and Pascal Rophé present a programme which focuses on works composed before 1954, and offers the opportunity to discover a less familiar side of Dutilleux |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Le Festin d'Araignée & Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] "Rophé's Dukas is understated, yet quietly rewarding...splendid playing and sound." MusicWeb |