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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 12 / Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "What's impressive about [Brautigam's] playing is not just its sprightliness, but also its expressive character...If you prefer your Mozart played on period instruments, you're unlikely to find better performances than these." (BBC Music) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 14 & 21 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, with Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] "[This issue] proves every bit as immediate and lively in musical approach as its predecessors. Brautigam, bearing out his reputation as a musical and intellectual powerhouse, animates every note and phrase marking" (BBC Music) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 26 "Coronation" Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Die Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] Ronald Brautigam returns with the third instalment in his series of Mozart's piano concertos and is joined again by Die Kölner Akademie conducted by Michael Alexander Willens. The present disc includes Piano Concerto No.26 in D major, K 537,... |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) / Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] Ronald Brautigam performs three works that bridge the Classical and the Romantic |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete ballet) / Pavane pour une infante défunte Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] "The playing throughout is of the highest class, from the first horn's apparently relaxed top Fs … to the vibrato-free flutes that Ravel himself wrote for, the clarinets' piano playing in the furiously fast 'Danse generale', and the chorus's impeccab |
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STENHAMMAR
Serenade Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/May/2014 ] 'Finland has Sibelius, Norway has Grieg and Denmark Nielsen - so what about Sweden?' there is a growing international awareness of Stenhammar's great skills as an orchestrator |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On the Waterfront Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] 1944 saw the premiere of the ballet Fancy Free, 25-year old Leonard Bernstein's first major composition as well as the first in a string of scores for the stage and film. In order to celebrate the centennial of Bernstein's birth in 1918, Christian... |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: La Valse and other works Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Sakari Oramo and the RSPO revel in Ravel's masterful orchestrations. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - Orchestral |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Cockaigne Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Jun/2014 ] It was during the winter of 1900-01 that Elgar began to sketch what he hoped would turn into a symphony - his first. But the sketches were quickly absorbed into several shorter pieces, one of which was the Cockaigne overture. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 'The Four temperaments' / Symphony No. 6, 'Sinfonia semplice' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "A feisty, unfettered Second and a benchmark Sixth; a triumph for all concerned." (recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2015) |
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VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollashas lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as 'a composer with a sparkling individual voice' and an 'orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity'. |
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WAGNER
The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure (arr. Henk de Vlieger) Royal Swedish Orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet) / Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] Henk de Vlieger's orchestral arrangement of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle boils down this monumental music drama in four parts to a symphonic poem with a duration of a fifteenth of the original score. |
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FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Orchestral Music from the Operas Royal Swedish Orchestra, Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/May/2017 ] "Little-known repertoire, superbly played and recorded; go on, treat yourself." MusicWeb |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs For New Life and Love Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] "[Hughes] and the excellent Joseph Middleton create a remarkable sound world of intense intimacy, captured by BIS in demonstration-quality sound" Gramophone |
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BRIAN ELIAS / CAROLINE SHAW / JOHN TAVENER / ERROLLYN WALLEN / MAURICE RAVEL / GUSTAV MAHLER / etc
End of My Days Ruby Hughes (soprano) / Manchester Collective [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jan/2024 ] "Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes's collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc to concentrate the mind and enfold the soul." Choral & So |
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PURCELL / BENNET / STROZZI / SESSA
Heroines of Love and Loss Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), Jonas Nordberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] "the striking feature of this disc is the array of powerful pieces by Italian women composers…to all them Ruby Hughes brings an exemplary understanding and stylishness." Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2017 |
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KALEVI AHO
Aho: Solo Samuli Peltonen (cello), Hiyoli Togawa (viola), Piet Van Bockstal (oboe), Simon Reitmaier (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Marie Luise Neunecke [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Seven instrumental solos by the Finnish symphonist |
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KAVLEVI AHO
Aho: Chamber Music Samuli Peltonen (cello), Sonja Fräki (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Pekka Kuusisto (violin) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Four leading Finnish musicians perform works by their compatriot. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Eine Alpensinfonie [An Alpine Symphony] / Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Frank Shipway, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Orchestral Finalist |