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... |
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... |
Mats Eilertsen, Haarmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
And Then Comes The Night [ ECM / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a distinctive presence on ECM recordings by, amongst others, Tord Gustavsen, Trygve Seim, Mathias Eick, Nils Økland, Wolfert Brederode and Jakob Young and has long maintained several projects of his own,... |
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... |
LIDSTROM / SHOSTAKOVICH
Lidström & Shostakovich - works for cello and orchestra Mats Lidström (cello), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ BIS / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] Vladimir Ashkenazy and Mats Lidström began their collaboration in London in the 1980s, during Ashkenazy's tenure at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra where Lidström was principal cellist. They have since appeared together in concert as well as on... |
Mats Eilertsen
Rubicon [ ECM2469 / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen has been a strong and supportive presence on a dozen ECM sessions to date. With Rubicon he steps forward to present his own music, with an international cast. The album features compositions originally written in... |
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) |
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... |
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. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
My Love Malena Ernman (mezzo) & Mats Bergstrom (guitar) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] A selection of romantic songs for Valentine's Day |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] Ashkenazy Completes Lifelong Project To Record Each Of Rachmaninov's Works With Piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our times, crowns his lifelong project to record each of Rachmaninov's works with piano... |
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 |
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)... |
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. |
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 |
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... |
HOGBERG / SANDSTROM / AHO
21st-Century Tuba Concertos Oystein Baadsvik (tuba) / Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra / Mats Rondin [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Øystein Baadsvik started playing the tuba at the age of fifteen. He soon decided to explore the tuba's possibilities as a solo instrument and, at the age of eighteen, he won the first prize in a Norwegian national competition for soloists. |
FERNEYHOUGH
Shadowtime - a thought-opera Mats Scheidegger (guitar) / Nicholas Hodges (piano & speaker) / Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart / Nieuw Ensemble / Jurjen Hempel (conductor) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 14/May/2006 ] "Wonderful sounds,musical moves that tell, technical exigence turned to eloquence: I listened spellbound." Andrew Porter, Times Literary Supplement |
AULIS SALLINEN
Works for String Orchestra (Complete) Hanna Juutilainen, flute / Mats Rondin, cello. Finnish Chamber Orchestra. Okko Kamu, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] "Combining conductor Okko Kamu and composer Aulis Sallinen is a guarantee of topnotch music-making....This is a fine introduction to Sallinen." - Fanfare |
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 |