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GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
Orchestral Works [Incls 'The Banks of Green Willow'] BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kriss Russman, James Rutherford (baritone) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/May/2016 ] When George Butterworth joined the army in 1914, his most recent works included the song cycle Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' as well as the Rhapsody 'A Shropshire Lad', which he called 'an orchestral epilogue' to his settings of A. E. Housman's... |
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JOHN PICKARD
Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times BBC Singers, Martyn Brabbins, with Chloë Abbott (trumpet), David Goode (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "This is a marvellous collection, featuring impeccable production values and sound of flawless realism in the best BIS tradition. Not to be missed!" Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
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NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra / Tema con variazioni / Little Suite for Strings; Four Images BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nikos Christodoulou with Geoffrey Douglas Madge (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] In BIS's pioneering series of Skalkottas's orchestral music we are now releasing the sixth instalment. The main work on the present disc is the Second Piano Concerto (1937), a composition which was essential for the composer's early posthumous... |
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GEORGY CATOIRE / IGNAZ FRIEDMAN
Catoire / Friedman: Piano Quintets Bengt Forsberg (piano), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin I), Ulf Forsberg (violin II), Ellen Nisbeth (viola), Andreas Brantelid (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] "High tension late-romantic piano quintets that will please you and broaden your cultural horizons." MusicWeb |
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GUSTAV HOLST / EDWARD ELGAR
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] "The sound reproduction BIS provides on this SACD is vivid and well balanced, quite state of the art. Now as for comparisons with the very plentiful competition, I can say Litton finishes very high in each work." MusicWeb |
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RACHMANINOV
Isle of the Dead / The Rock / Symphonic Dances Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra follow their acclaimed recordings of ballets by Stravinsky with a disc that features the first and last published orchestral works by Sergei Rachmaninov. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 4 [1947] & 7 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] There is nothing unusual about a composer returning to a major work in order to make revisions, but among such works Sergei Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony is a unique case in that it exists in two such different versions that the composer considered... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Symphonies / Scythian Suite / Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos 1-3 / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Litton and the Bergen players brilliantly point up the wit, elegance and joy of this great work, turning out one of its finest performances on record...this superb set of Prokofiev's symphonies. Highly recommended!" MusicWeb Recommended |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: The Three Suites Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2007 ] "Andrew Litton is obviously in sympathy with this miraculous score, and he has coaxed playing of considerable warmth and character from his Bergen players." Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 |
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MENDELSSOHN
Symphonies No. 1 & 4 'Italian' Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "…one of the most enjoyable discs I've listened to in a long time." BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 ***** |
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RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (with Liadov - The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] Since his appointment as chief conductor and later music director in 2003, Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have richly proven a particular affinity for Russian repertoire, both on their numerous tours and in recording. Works by... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 / Scythian Suite, Op. 20 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Mar/2015 ] With his Fifth, Prokofiev achieved something that he had long been aiming for: a big work of wide appeal that at the same time fulfilled the most demanding expectations of form and structure. |
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PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev - Symphony No.6 / Lieutenant Kijé / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton, with Andrei Bondarenko, baritone [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] herald the victorious end of World War Two. In stark contrast to this, his Symphony No.6, which received its first performance in 1947, is one of his deepest and most personal works. |
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GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Old Norwegian Melody with Variations / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "..you can't go wrong with this excellent release. Ole Kristian Ruud knows the music about as well as anyone alive, and it goes without saying that the orchestra does too. There are some wonderful things here, including an effortless, surging... |
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EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite / Two Elegiac Melodies / Two Lyric Pieces / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ] "This is simply the most beautiful record of Grieg's string music in the catalogue, and one of the most beautiful and realistic recordings of strings we have ever heard. Try and hear the disc on SACD equipment with four speakers, and you will be... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (original 1873 version) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Bruckner's 'Wagner Symphony' from Bergen and Dausgaard. |
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FRANCAIX
Chamber Music for Winds Bergen Woodwind Quintet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "There is a nice mixture of whimsy throughout all these pieces, plus a gentle melancholy that is wholly individual…a cornucopia of very French music, which is superbly played." Gramophone Magazine, September 2012 |
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ROS
Ros: Songs of Christmas Berit Opheim, Gjermund Larsen, Rolf Lislevand, Bjorn Kjellemyr Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Nov/2013 ] "There's some gorgeous music in this programme, although it's difficult to follow the thematic thread which allegedly binds it together...The Norwegian Soloists' Choir is excellent." - BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Acide: Festa teatrale Bernard Richter, Raffaella Milanesi, Jennifer O'Loughlin / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] To commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Joseph Haydn, BIS Records and the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien have entered into a collaboration which will result in several releases during 2009. |
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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Concertos Joonas Ahonen (piano) Christian Poltera (cello) / Bit20 Ensemble [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2016 ] Described as 'one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time', György Ligeti (1923 - 2006) was able to constantly reinvent himself. In his earliest works, written in Communist Hungary, the musical language is often... |