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SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "These artists radiate total conviction and a life-enhancing vitality and sensitivity" Penguin Guide |
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KORNGOLD / SIBELIUS / KREISLER / SCRIABIN / FAURE / STENHAMMAR / etc
Smorgasbord [works for cello and piano] Mats Lidstrom (cello) / Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] 'The music is so winning, and so intelligently chosen, that even hearts as hard as that of your average critic are won over ere long … a wonderful disc' - Fanfare, USA |
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GODARD BOELLMANN
Cello Sonatas Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Unfamiliar yet instantly captivating repertoire leaves you wondering why you'd never heard this music before |
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Mats / Morgan
[ Schack Tati ] [ Cuneiform Records / CD - released 27/May/2014 ] Schack Tati, a play on words around the Swedish for chess and French film maker Jacques Tati has all the implied impish humour the title suggests, which will be nothing new to fans of this long running Swedish musical partnership. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 / Viola Sonata Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) Ada Meinich (viola) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "Ashkenazy and his colleagues bring out [the First Trio's] lyrical qualities to the full, with no shortage of momentum where required…Ashkenazy and Ada Meinich certainly bring verve and pungency to the [Viola Sonata]" (Gramophone) |
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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... |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: The Recorder Sonatas Dan Laurin (recorder), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Mats Olofsson (cello) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2022 ] Over the past decades, Dan Laurin has established himself as one of the most interesting recorder players of our time. His more than 30 critically acclaimed releases on BIS range from a seminal 9- disc set of van Eyck's Der Fluyten Lust-hof to... |
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TELEMANN / BACH FAMILY
YevgenThe Father, the Son and the Godfather Dan Laurin (recorder), Henrik Frendin (viola), Mats Olofsson (cello) & Anna Paradiso (harpsichord) / Paradiso Musicale-Paradiso Musicale [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] The Father, the Son and the Godfather is a snapshot of a time when composers were offered a tremendous freedom in their choices of genres and styles and features three composers who knew each other well: J.S. Bach (the father), C.P.E. Bach (the son)... |
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JOHAN HELMICH ROMAN
The 12 Flute Sonatas: Nos 6 - 12 Dan Laurin, recorder Paradiso Musicale (Anna Paradiso, harpsichord; Mats Olofsson, cello; Jonas Nordberg baroque guitar & theorbo) [ BIS / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] In Johan Helmich Roman's lifetime, the recorder was the most common wind instrument in Stockholm, used across the social spectrum - including the Royal music establishment for which the composer was responsible. The transverse flute, on the other... |
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HK GRUBER
Busking / Nebelsteinmusik / Violin Concerto No.1 Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Mats Bergström (banjo) / Claudia Buder (accordion) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / HK Gruber [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Would 'convert anyone who thinks contemporary music is unapproachable' according to the reviewer in The Daily Telegraph. |