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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18, Vol.1 Chiaroscuro Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "Sensitively considered, wonderfully detailed and engagingly scintillant." MusicWeb Recommended |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann & Brahms - Sonatas and Songs Christian Poltéra (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jan/2020 ] During the eighteenth century the cello gradually emerged from the anonymity of the continuo group, and by the beginning of the Romantic era the instrument had become an indispensable tool for composers. |
SZYMANOWSKI / BIRTWISTLE / COPLAND / ADAMS / HINDEMITH
Variations Clare Hammond (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] From Szymanowski to Adams - a century and more of piano variations. |
BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
B. A. Zimmermann - Complete Works for Piano Eduardo Fernández (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2020 ] It was in the 1960s, with the opera Die Soldatenand his Requiem füreinenjungen Dichter, that Bernd Alois Zimmermann became known as one of the leading composers of the German post-war generation. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Works Unveiled Ekaterina Bakanova, Alexandros Stavrakakis (bass), Nicolas Stavy (piano), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Sueye Park (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] This release is the fruit of the French pianist Nicolas Stavy's efforts to uncover unknown works by Dmitri Shostakovich. Spanning some fifty years of the composer's career, these rarities include early piano pieces influenced by Chopin and the... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: The Three Violin Sonatas Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin) Simon Trpčeski (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "Hemsing and Trpceski give Grieg a wonderful rendering! Kudos to Sound Engineer Ingo Petry for a disc well done." AudAud |
CHRISTIAN LINDBERG / OSVALDO GOLIJOV
Emil Jonason plays Lindberg and Golijov Emil Jonason (clarinet), Vamlingbo Quartet / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] Two imaginative works for clarinet performed by a leading young player. Selected by ECHO (the European Concert Hall Organisation) as one of its 'Rising Stars' of the 2009/10 season, the Swedish clarinettist Emil Jonasonhas become increasingly visible... |
LENNOX BERKELEY / RICHARD ARNELL / STEPHEN DODGSON / CONSTANT LAMBERT
Tournament for Twenty Fingers - piano duets Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins (piano four hands) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] A high-spirited journey through English music for piano four hands. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Ensemble Lundabarock; Höör Barock; Ensemble Altapunta Fredrik Malmberg, musical direction / organ [ BIS SACD / 2 CD - released 7/May/2021 ] "The singers' intensity - and the bold, sometimes unusual distribution of instrumental parts - distinguish this Orfeo from earlier recordings. Malmberg's energy that gives this performance a brilliant edge." BBC Music Opera Choice Oct 2021 |
CONSTANTINIDIS / ZEMLINSKY / KALOMIRIS / SCHOENBERG etc
Affinities: Greek and German Art Songs Fanie Antonelou (soprano), Kerstin Mörk (piano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] The Greek soprano Fanie Antonelou and German pianist Kerstin Mörk here join forces in an exciting project, entitled 'Affinities'. In a carefully constructed sequence of 23 songs, they explore the kinship between Greek and German art songs - a varied... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU / BELA BARTOK
Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hiruša (cond) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
MOMPOU / LLOBET / MANEN
Cancons i Danses Franz Halász, guitar [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] Catalonia is among the most distinctive of the various Spanish regions, partly because of the Catalan language and its rich literary tradition. Catalan music and dance are also unique, however, and have little in common with stereotypically 'Spanish'... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17 'Little Russian' / Overture in F major / The Storm / etc Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] "Topped off by in-depth liner notes, everything is executed at the highest level." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos 1 & 3 Gringolts Quartet [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "Like the other release in this series, this is an essential purchase. As before this BIS SACD is beautifully recorded by Swiss Radio, well presented and with scholarly notes. Very highly recommended." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / GEORGE ENESCU
Mendelssohn & Enescu: Octets Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Before Felix Mendelssohn produced his Octet for strings in 1825, only Louis Spohr had composed for a similar combination of instruments. Rather than an octet, however, Spohr's work was a 'double quartet' written for two equal but independent string... |
J. S. BACH
Bach - Secular Cantatas VIII: Celebratory Cantatas Hana Blažíková (soprano), Hiroya Aoki (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Roderick Williams (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] "This is a superb issue in a superb series." MusicWeb December 2017 |
JOSE SEREBRIER
José Serebrier - Composer & Conductor Sharon Bezaly, Alexandre Kantorow, Australian Chamber Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra José Serebrier, Richard Tognetti (conductors) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Substantial concertos and stunning musicianship" MusicWeb Feb 2020 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Haochen Zhang plays Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky Haochen Zhang (piano), Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Dima Slobodeniouk [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2019 ] Winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition, Haochen Zhang is no stranger to a challenge. On this début concerto disc he proves this once more, boldly jumping in at the deep end as he takes on Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2. The demands posed... |
ARVO PART
Pärt: Passio Helsinki Chamber Choir, Nils Schweckendiek [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Aug/2021 ] "What impresses me immediately about this new recording is the lustrous depth of the sound of the choir and solo singers, which brings out every dissonance and resolution almost forensically" Gramophone Editor's Choice Nov 2021.. |
PERTTU HAAPANEN
Reports - choral works by Perttu Haapanen Helsinki Chamber Choir, Petri Kumela, Heikki Parviainen, Nils Schweckendiek (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 10/Apr/2019 ] Playful and with an acute ear for the full range of possibilities of the human voice, Perttu Haapanen has established himself as one of the most exploratory and intellectually curious composers of vocal music active in the Nordic countries. His... |
