RESPIGHI
Brazilian Impressions Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Mar/2014 ] Impressioni brasiliane...communicates Respighi's impressions from the summer of 1927, which he spent in Rio de Janeiro. The composer was fascinated by the popular music of Brazil, but also by the nature, animal life, and, naturally, the carnival. |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: The Birds & Ancient Dances and Airs Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] With the present album, the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and John Neschling bring us the sixth and last instalment in a series that has been called 'the finest-ever survey of the composer's orchestral output undertaken by a single... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Sinfonia Drammatica & Belfagor Overture Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2016 ] Ottorino Respighi is primarily associated with his Roman trilogy, composed between 1916 and 1928 and celebrating the eternal city and its fountains, pines and festivals. Respighi was however a highly prolific composer - in most genres - and all of... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Vetrate di Chiesa [Church Windows] / etc Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling, Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] In their acclaimed series of Ottorino Respighi's orchestral music, John Neschling and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège have transported listeners to destinations as diverse as Brazil (Impressione brasiliane) and King Solomon's Jerusalem... |
JEAN SIBELIUS / OLLI KORTEKANGAS
Sibelius: Kullervo / Kortekangas: Migrations Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) Tommi Hakala (baritone) / Minnesota Orchestra; YL Male Voice Choir, Osmo Vänskä, conductor; [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2017 ] "Newcomers to this formative work should definitely choose this superb new version." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2017 |
SIGISMOND THALBERG
Sigismond Thalberg - L'art du chant Paul Wee (piano) [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] "With a handful of Thalberg's other arrangements as a welcome bonus and gorgeous recorded sound, this is one to cherish.' BBC Music - Instrumental Choice of the Month January 2021 |
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto 'Darkness in Light' / Ignite for orchestra Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] An earlier recording of orchestral works by Sebastian Fagerlund was described in BBC Music Magazine as displaying 'boundless technical resource at the service of a considerable imagination'. These qualities, and his receptivity towards different... |
MISSY MAZZOLI
Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright Peter Herresthal (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic, James Gaffigan, Tim Weiss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Contemporary Classical Composition Nominee - Best Classical Compendium |
PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Three Nocturnal Movements / Symphony No. 8 / Lysning Peter Herresthal (violin), Jakob Kullberg (cello) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Circle Map, Graal Théâtre & other works Peter Herresthal (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Clément Mao - Takacs [ BIS SACD / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Several of Kaija Saariaho's works are named after natural phenomena that serve as a starting point to her compositional process. Composed in 1998, Neiges was inspired by various qualities of snow and explores instrumental languages and colours... |
HELLSTENIUS / MATRE
Violin Concertos Peter Herresthal (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Rolf Gupta [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] With an uncommon dedication to the music of our own time, the Norwegian violinist Peter Herresthal has become recognized as an inspired interpreter of contemporary works for the violin. Previous, acclaimed releases include concertos and chamber works... |
EIVIND BUENE / ROLF WALLIN
Eivind Buene: Violin Concerto & Miniatures / Rolf Wallin: Under City Skin & Appearances Peter Herresthal (violin) / Øyvind Bjorå (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Following his 2001 album of works by Arne Nordheim, Norwegian violinist Peter Herresthal and BIS have collaborated on the project 'A String of Releases' - recordings of contemporary violin concertos, in several cases written especially for... |
SCHUBERT
Peter Mattei sings Schubert's Winterreise Peter Mattei (baritone), Lars David Nilsson (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Peter Mattei has won great acclaim as a singer with unusual dramatic gifts, appearing on the world's leading stages in complex operatic roles such as Don Giovanni, Billy Budd and Eugene Onegin. On the present disc he takes on a no less complex... |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Oboe Concerto & Sonata Piet van Bockstal (oboe) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins / Yutaka Oya (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "There's a chamber-like intensity to this concerto - a heightened instrumental clarity if you will - and oboist Piet Van Bockstal is a gentle and evocative soloist throughout...Fine music and musicianship, faithfully caught; what BIS does best." (Mus |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn - Double Concerto & Octet Polina Leschenko (piano) Richard Tognetti (violin) / Australian Chamber Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Among the many child prodigies that have made their mark in the history of music, Felix Mendelssohn is, along with Mozart, possibly the most impressive. By the age of fifteen he had already composed 13 string symphonies and a number of concertos, and... |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Chorals et Pièces our Grand Orgue Pétur Sakari (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] 'From the brilliance of his playing, the instrument chosen and BIS's superlative stands out as something quite exceptional, even in the crowded field of outstanding Franck recordings.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021 |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 49) BWV188, BWV156, BWV159 & BWV171 Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "I can't imagine more beautifully long-breathed phrasing than oboist Masamitsu San-nomiya's. But eclipsing all else is the aria that follows, its tenor weaving Bach's logical counterpoint into unison strings and bass...all bathed in the ethereal... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich - Chamber Symphonies Opp. 73a & 83a The Re:Orchestra, Roberto Beltrán-Zavala [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] "[the ensemble] is crisp, buoyant and nicely nuanced, particularly in the couplings" (Gramophone) |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons / Concerto in B minor, RV 580 for 4 violins / etc Richard Tognetti, violin & direction / Australian Chamber Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2015 ] Countless violinists have recorded Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Now Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a team internationally recognized for its virtuosity, energy and individuality, has recorded their take |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite / String Quartetin G minor / etc Richard Tognetti (violin & leader) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, with Christopher Moore (viola) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Tognetti's masterstroke is to have fully assimilated all the characteristics of Grieg's scoring...Transferring this procedure to the Quartet serves to enhance dramatic impact on its music narrative...The Australian Chamber Orchestra delivers playing... |