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ROBERT DE VISEE
Visée: Theorbo Solos Jakob Lindberg [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/May/2024 ] On paper, this is straightforward music, often consisting of no more than two lines with occasional chordal fillings-in, but Lindberg's theorbo has such a commanding presence that one is simply enthralled... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach on the Rauwolf Lute Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS / CD - released 5/Nov/2021 ] Jakob Lindberg returns to Bach with his 16th-century lute. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Lute By Sixtus Rauwolf: French & German Baroque Music Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "He is stately and expressive in Reusner's Padoana while seizing upon the extravagant trills and strums evoked by the Dufault and the elegant deportment of the Mouton. Lindberg similarly relishes the toccata-like textures, bittersweet harmonies and m |
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DOWLAND / HOLBORNE / BYRD / BRITTEN etc
Nocturnal - lute music from Dowland to Britten Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2018 ] One of today's foremost exponents of his instrument, Jakob Lindberg arrived at the lute by way of the guitar and played both for several years. When he decided to devote himself exclusively to the historic lute repertoire it was with some regret that... |
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JAN ANTONIN LOSY
Losy: Note d'oro - Lute Music Jakob Lindberg (lute by Sixtus Rauwolf, Augsburg c. 1590) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jan/2020 ] "The quality of Losy's music and the superb interpretations by Jakob Lindberg are further enhanced by a third factor - the instrument he plays. He employs a unique instrument with a beautiful and distinctive sound." MusicWeb Recommended |
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Jakob Lindberg, lute / guitar / lute mandorae
Seven Suites of Swedish Folk Tunes [ BIS / CD - released 3/Apr/2002 ] Jakob Lindberg really needs no introduction. As one of the most versatile players of plucked instruments (Renaissance and Baroque lutes, Theorbo, Archlute, Baroque guitar and so on) as well as being a noted scholar of the period, he is in demand all... |
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VIVALDI
Complete Lute Music Jakob Lindberg (lute/archlute) Nils-Erik Sparf (violin) Monica Huggett (viola d'amore) / Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble [ BIS Baroque / CD - released 30/Jun/2004 ] "The lute works of Vivaldi are well-trodden territory, but no one has yet travelled over it so beguilingly as Jakob Lindberg (again), with Nils-Erik Sparf, Monica Huggett and the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble." (Gramophone) |
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MILANO, F. da / DALL'AQUILA, M. / JOSQUIN DES PREZ / RIPA, A. da
Lute Recital: Italian Lute Virtuosi of the Renaissance Jakob Lindberg (six course lute) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "Lindberg's tempos always feel spot on, allowing the music to breathe (as does the exemplary recording)…a captivating conspectus of a golden age aglow with confidences and delights" Five Stars BBC Music |
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REGER
Complete Clarinet Sonatas Janet Hilton (clarinet) / Jakob Fichert (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Played by one of the UK's most popular clarinettists, Janet Hilton, the tonal quality is suitably smooth and mellow, high notes played without an edge to the tone. The recording is very close to the instruments, but admirably clear." (David's... |
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SCHUTZ
St Matthew Passion, SWV 479 Julian Podger (Evangelist) / Jakob Bloch Jespersen (Jesus) / Ars Nova Copenhagen / Paul Hillier [ Dacapo / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "What keeps the attention here is the way that all the solo singers - including those drawn from choir for the minor roles - inject just enough urgency and drama into their singing for us to feel the power of the unfolding story, but not so much as... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor La Cetra Basel; Miriam Feuersinger; Andrea Marcon; Hana Blažíková; Carlos Mena; Jakob Pilgram; Tobias Berndt [ Arcana / 2 CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] 25 years of La Cetra Basel! To celebrate this anniversary, La Cetra and Arcana are releasing the "greatest musical masterpiece of all time", as the work was called in the 19th century: Bach's Mass in B minor. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons / La Notte / Concerto in Re minore per Viola d'amore & Lute Monica Huggett (viola d'amore) Jakob Lindberg (lute) Clas Pehrsson (recorder) / Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "This performance comes out on top of every other recording I have listened to...The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble produces tremendous rhythmic drive, conjuring up real excitement" (Classic CD) |
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Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur
Strands: Live At The Danish Radio Concert Hall [ ECM / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] "When we walked out on stage it felt like a homecoming," says Jakob Bro of this texturally spacious and emotionally charged live recording from Copenhagen, on which three of the defining protagonists of improvisation in Denmark, leading musicians... |
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PER NORGARD
Nørgård: Three Nocturnal Movements / Symphony No. 8 / Lysning Peter Herresthal (violin), Jakob Kullberg (cello) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra John Storgårds, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Celebrating his 90th birthday in 2022, Per Nørgård is undoubtedly one of the most important Danish composers since Nielsen. |
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NORGARD / SORENSEN / HELLSTENIUS / SAARIAHO
Nordsending: Nordic String Trios Trio Aristos: Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin) Alexander Øllgard (viola) Jakob Kullberg (cello) [ BIS / CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] Nordsendingwas the name given by southern Norwegian people of the late Medieval and Early Modern period to magical attacks from the sorcerous sub-Arctic and Arctic. It was the 'broadcast from the north'. Other peoples had other names for it, but they... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Musique and Sweet Poetrie Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] "This exquisite collection of musical gems is arranged so as to represent a tour around musical Europe at the end of the Renaissance. Moreover, on this musical journey we are accompanied by two of the finest musicians around, and by a magnificent... |
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JOHN DOWLAND / HENRY PURCELL
Orpheus in England - Songs and Lute Music Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Jakob Lindberg (lute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg have devised a programme which takes in a wide spectrum of emotions: from the pastoral joyfulness of By a fountain and the melancholy of In darkness let me dwell, we are led via the desperation and drama of Bess of... |
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CATALDO AMODEI / GIOVANNI ZAMBONI / BERNARDO STORAGE
Amodei Emma Kirkby (soprano) Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "BIS have uncovered a notable composer and brought him back to sometimes startling life" (MusicWeb) |
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HANDEL / BACH / DOWLAND / BLOW / SCARLATTI / etc
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc [ BIS / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009 |
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Jakob
Solace [ Universal Music New Zealand / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] The opening bars of 'Solace' and beyond are unmistakably the work of three fellows from Napier, continuing to infiltrate eardrums the world over with their expansive organic instrumentals. |