H K GRUBER / KURT SCHWERTSIK
Gruber & Schwertsik: Works for trumpet and orchestra Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Mats Bergström (banjo) & Claudia Buder (accordion) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, HK Gruber [ BIS / CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] "The disc's centrepiece is HK Gruber's trumpet concerto Busking...The most involving passages, to my ear, are those in which banjo and accordion cut loose from their idiomatic moorings, joining the trumpet in freer interplay." Gramophone |
Jacob Young Trio (Jacob Young, Mats Eilertsen, Audun Kleive)
Eventually [ ECM / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] Jacob Young's fourth leader-recording for ECM not only presents the guitarist's first pass a the guitar trio format, but moreover offers a broader view of his compositional pallet, as he, bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Audun Kleive explore a wide... |
TARREGA
Guitar Recital Mats Bergstrom (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "'Dreamy' may not be a keyword for everything on the disc, but the beauty of the playing, the care over nuances and the technical assurance, which is no end in itself, are all the time in evidence and makes this one of the most satisfying guitar... |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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... |
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)... |
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... |
FROM YESTERDAY TO PENNY LANE
From Yesterday to Penny Lane Goran Sollscher (guitar) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mats Rondin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 21/Oct/2000 ] Delightful arrangements of TheBeatles for Guitar and orchestra |