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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: La Valse and other works Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Sakari Oramo and the RSPO revel in Ravel's masterful orchestrations. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - Orchestral |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Cockaigne Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Jun/2014 ] It was during the winter of 1900-01 that Elgar began to sketch what he hoped would turn into a symphony - his first. But the sketches were quickly absorbed into several shorter pieces, one of which was the Cockaigne overture. |
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CARL NIELSEN
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 'The Four temperaments' / Symphony No. 6, 'Sinfonia semplice' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "A feisty, unfettered Second and a benchmark Sixth; a triumph for all concerned." (recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2015) |
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ANDERS HILLBORG
Eleven Gates / King Tide / Exquisite Corpse / Dreaming River Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo / Alan Gilbert [Exquisite Corpse] / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] As demonstrated by the four works on this disc, the music of Anders Hillborg couples complexity with directness, sensuality with humour, hypnotic meditation with pulsating rhythms, and all is combined with an original sense of form and unfaltering... |
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VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollashas lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as 'a composer with a sparkling individual voice' and an 'orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity'. |
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RORBJORN IWAN LUNDQUIST
Lundquist: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 9 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Umeå Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg, Roy Goodman [ Sterling (Nimbus) / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
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Royal Stockholm Po/Oramo
Schumann: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 [ Sony Classical / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] |
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COATES / GERSHWIN / SOUSA / SCHUBERT / HERBERT / GOUNOD / etc
Strike Up the Band!: Marches from around the world Royal Swedish Airforce Band / Jerker Johansson (Conductor) [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Julius Fučik (1872-1916) was born in Prague and studied at the conservatory in that city at a time when Antonín Dvořák was also a pupil there. He was an extremely productive composer with over 400 works to his name, among them operettas, chamber... |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete ballet choreographed by Peter Wright) Royal Swedish Ballet / Nathalie Nordquist, Anders Nordstrom / Michel Queval (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'outstandingly performed under Michel Queval's baton - and that's just the start. …staging, choreography and dancing (by both corps de ballet and soloists) are all excellent…yet another superb Opus Arte release.' DVD best buy Classic fM |
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CARL TEIKE
Teike: Marches Vol. 1 The Royal Swedish Navy Band, Alexander Hanson [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] German composer Carl Teike came into contact with military music at an early age, but with his modest temperament he never achieved a high rank during his time in the army. |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band Volume 12 Royal Swedish Navy Band, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "The disc is not exactly over-packed but there is plenty of interest. The Sound Off March (1885) injects marching pace oompah but also a bitter battle skirl suited to US Marines...The Swedish band has the manner off to a tee" (MusicWeb) |
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 11 [Includes 'Wolverine March' & 'Bonnie Annie Laurie March'] Royal Swedish Navy Band, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] "This is another desirable addition to a very desirable series." MusicWeb |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlos (Highlights) Jaakko Ryhanen, Lars Cleveman / Royal Swedish Opera Chorus / Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Hold-Garrido Alberto [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] The version here sung in Italian by the Royal Swedish Opera thus largely conforms to the Modena version of 1886 with the addition of certain important components of the 1867 Paris version |
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WAGNER
The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure (arr. Henk de Vlieger) Royal Swedish Orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet) / Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / CD - released 16/Nov/2013 ] Henk de Vlieger's orchestral arrangement of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle boils down this monumental music drama in four parts to a symphonic poem with a duration of a fifteenth of the original score. |
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FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Orchestral Music from the Operas Royal Swedish Orchestra, Lawrence Renes [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/May/2017 ] "Little-known repertoire, superbly played and recorded; go on, treat yourself." MusicWeb |
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Royal Trux
3 Track Ep - LP [ Domino / 12in - released 17/Jun/2013 ] No one ever accused the Trux of being one-sided. You're living in the fabled land of knobs. UnEarth'd: half-formed diamonds swimming in sludgebuckets from the time of the Ultra-Dinosaurs! Nugs of 90s Ur-glam; in the light of this new century, they... |
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Royal Trux
Accelerator (LP) [ Fat Possum / LP - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Vinyl reissue of beloved classic from garage rock icons Royal Trux. Accelerator marked Royal Trux's return to original label Drag City, casting aside the refined garage-rock of their Virgin period in favour of a more destructive, all-encompassing... |
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Royal Trux
Hand of Glory [ Drag City / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] Royal Trux's Twin Infinitives dry run, Hand Of Glory, is being exhumed from the dim-n-dank crow's nest of DCHQ and is once again seeing the light of day! In these days of revitalized Trux fandom with reissues and reunion in the air, what could be... |
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Royal Trux
Hand of Glory [ Drag City / LP - released 28/Aug/2015 ] Royal Trux's Twin Infinitives dry run, Hand Of Glory, is being exhumed from the dim-n-dank crow's nest of DCHQ and is once again seeing the light of day! In these days of revitalized Trux fandom with reissues and reunion in the air, what could be... |