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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano) Roland Pöntinen (piano), Arctic Philharmonic, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "This is a fine disc. The musicianship is of the highest order and I think Christian Lindberg is a very convincing guide to these scores." MusicWeb |
PIETRO DOMENICO PARADISI
Anna Paradiso plays Paradisi Anna Paradiso (harpsichord / clavichord / fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] As Anna Paradiso writes in her liner notes to this disc 'the history of music is full of fine composers who, for one reason or another, have been largely forgotten.' In the case of Pietro Domenico Paradisi, it is only thanks to his Sonate di... |
VITO PALUMBO
Palumbo: Three Concertos Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello), Dan Laurin (recorder), String ensemble, Gävle Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2018 ] The genesis of this disc was Dan Laurin's idea to commission a concerto for recorder and symphony orchestra. He had performed a number of such works already, but felt that the new, more powerful 'Eagle' recorder developed by the maker Adriana... |
J H ROMAN
The 12 Keyboard Sonatas (Sonatas 8-12) Anna Paradiso (harpsichord/clavichord) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] The music of Johan Helmich Roman, often called 'the father of Swedish music' owes as much to Italy - specifically Naples - as it does to Sweden: the restlessness of the harmonic idiom, the continuous melodic shifts and the theatrical character.... |
BERNSTEIN / COPLAND / MAHLER / PART / MESSIAEN / LISZT / etc
Anne Sofie von Otter - A Simple Song Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (Marcussen organ of St. Jacobs kyrka, Stockholm) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] A brief glance at the list of contents is enough to reveal who the singer is - only Anne Sofie von Otter could have come up with a programme as varied and wide-ranging. And only von Otter could hold it together seamlessly by finding the resonances... |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
GLIERE / THOMAS / DELIBES / MOZART / SIBELIUS / ALYABYEV
Coloratura Anu Komsi (soprano) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] "Anu Komsi's cosmopolitan experience and technical expertise show in the breadth and quality of her programme. And Sakari Oramo makes much of her accompaniments." (BBC Music) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5, 6 Arctic Philharmonic, Christian Lindberg [ BIS2178 / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] Tchaikovsky's final three symphonies form an emotional roller-coaster ride with the most desperate lows (the first movement of the Fourth) and hectic highs (the Finale of the Fifth) before arriving at the resigned lament that is the closing Adagio of... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Swan Lake Ballet Suite Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Lindberg's enjoyable interpretation of Tchaikovsky's Fifth is offset by a stylish and elegant approach to the suite from Swan Lake. The Arctic Philharmonic produces some really refined playing. |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBER
The Rosary Sonatas (with Muffat - Sonata in D) Ariadne Daskalakis (baroque violin) / Ensemble Vintage Köln [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "Likely to become my benchmark for these highly inventive sonatas, especially for those who enjoy intensely emotional playing." (MusicWeb Oct 2015) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin I Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Die Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens, Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Violin music isn't what one normally associates with Franz Schubert, but he did in fact receive his first violin lessons as a young boy from his father. At the age of 11 he was accepted as a member of the choir of the imperial court chapel, and as... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin II Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano) [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Ariadne Daskalakis completes her survey of Schubert's works for the violin. Performed on period instruments. |
KALEVI AHO
Aho: Timpani & Piano Concertos Ari-Pekka Mäenpää (timpani), Sonja Fräki (piano), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] Hugely productive, Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) has composed close to 30 concertos to date. These include works for traditional solo instruments - piano, violin, cello … - but also more unusual ones, such as the theremin or accordion. One project of Aho's is... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Totentanz / Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major / Piano Concerto No.2 in A major Arnaldo Cohen (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] A mercurial performer, conductor and composer, Franz Liszt epitomizes the Romantic genius, and his chosen instrument, the piano, was the emblematic instrument of the Romantic era. This disc brings together the composer's three mature works for piano... |
C. P. E. BACH
Bach, (C.P.E.) - Instrumental Theatre of Effects Arte dei Suonatori, Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord, pianoforte, conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Subversive music by C.P.E. Bach that surprises, moves and speaks to us |
HANDEL
ConcertI Grossi Op. 6 Arte Dei Suonatori / Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This Polish ensemble, little recorded so far, plays them splendidly - 16 technically assured period strings, coloured by harpsichord or organ continuo and a pretty active archlute." BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 ***** |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques Arte dei Suonatori, Martin Gester [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] ""Arte dei Suonatori play [these pieces] with neatness, clarity and buoyant tone. Their fine ensemble spirit is much in evidence and the music's good-hearted energy draws (great) interpretative vim from Martin Gester" Gramophone |
AMIR MAHYAR TAFRESHIPOUR
Tafreshipour: The Doll behind the Curtain Athelas Sinfonietta, Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard [ BIS SACD / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] Based on the short story by the same name by Sadeq Hedayat (1903-51), Iran's first modernist writer, The Doll behind the Curtain is an opera from Iranian-Danish composer Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour and librettist Dominic Power. It explores themes of... |
NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Skalkottas: Sinfonietta, Concerto and Suite Georgios Demertzis (violin), Vassilis Varvaresos (piano), Eleftherios Venizelos, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Byron Fidetzis [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] A disc of previously unrecorded works by the great Greek modernist |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Spagna - Variations on a Spanish Theme Atrium Musicæ de Madrid / Gregorio Paniagua [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Setting off on a sonic journey through Europe, Gregorio Paniagua and his acclaimed ensemble Atrium Musicæ de Madrid took the famous theme known as La Spagna, used widely by composers across Europe for several centuries, as the starting point in their... |
