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Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17 'Little Russian' / Overture in F major / The Storm / etc cover
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17 'Little Russian' / Overture in F major / The Storm / etc
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Jun/2006 ]
"Topped off by in-depth liner notes, everything is executed at the highest level." (MusicWeb August 2006)
Un moto di gioia: Opera and Concert Arias cover
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W.A.MOZART
Un moto di gioia: Opera and Concert Arias
Miah Persson (soprano) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Sebastian Weigle
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jun/2006 ]
"With atmospheric surround sound, orchestral playing in the first division, a model booklet including the sung texts - please, some other companies, take note! - the singing of one of the best young lyric sopranos of the day, this disc has all the...
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 -10 (SACD Box Set) cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 -10 (SACD Box Set)
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
[ BIS SACD / 11 SACD - released 7/Jul/2024 ]
Each of Gustav Mahler's ten symphonies is a sprawling epic, full of emotional turmoil. According to the composer, the symphony 'must be like the world. It must embrace everything'.
Schubert: Music for Violin II cover
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Music for Violin II
Ariadne Daskalakis (violin), Paolo Giacometti (fortepiano)
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 4/Dec/2020 ]
Ariadne Daskalakis completes her survey of Schubert's works for the violin. Performed on period instruments.
Christian Lindberg - 2017 cover
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Noûs cover
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PHILIPPE LEROUX
Noûs
Claude Delangle (soprano saxophone), Odile Catelin-Delangle (piano)
[ BIS / SACD - released 3/Dec/2020 ]
Claude and Odile Delangle perform music for saxophone and/or piano.
Divertissement: Works by Ibert, Bernard, Bartok & Ippolito cover
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IBERT / BERNARD / BARTOK / IPPOLITO
Divertissement: Works by Ibert, Bernard, Bartok & Ippolito
C/O Chamber Orchestra
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 4/Jun/2021 ]
The c/o chamber orchestra is a collective of thirty young musicians from over a dozen different countries. Playing without a conductor, the orchestra is dedicated to that particular collaborative process which is the essence of chamber music. For...
A. E. Pratté: Works for the Harp cover
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ANTON EDVARD PRATTE
A. E. Pratté: Works for the Harp
Delphine Constantin-Reznik (harp) / Norrköping Symphony Orchestra / Daniela Musca
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Oct/2021 ]
"Deftly played and recorded in superb sound, this concerto plus two solo works make a fine introduction to his compositions." BBC Music
Musique and Sweet Poetrie cover
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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...
Barber & Ives: String Quartets cover
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SAMUEL BARBER / CHARLES IVES
Barber & Ives: String Quartets
Escher String Quartet
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ]
An American ensemble performs quartets by two compatriots
Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos 84-100 cover
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KAIKHOSRU SORABJI
Sorabji: 100 Transcendental Studies, Nos 84-100
Fredrik Ullen (piano)
[ BIS Records / 2 SACD - released 3/Dec/2020 ]
The final instalment in a monumental undertaking.
Symphony no. 3 in D major 'Polish' Op. 29 / Dances from the operas cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 3 in D major 'Polish' Op. 29 / Dances from the operas
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ]
"Järvi's reading of the symphony… exhibits great vitality and, more importantly, an abiding warmth and affection for what one can safely say is…. Tchaikovsky's most lyrical symphonic creation. The middle movements especially repay Järvi's lightness...
Symphony No. 5 / Capriccio Italien / The Voyevoda cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 / Capriccio Italien / The Voyevoda
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Feb/2005 ]
On the third volume of the Neeme Järvi / Gothenburg SO cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies, the turn has come to Symphony No. 5 - one of the composer's 'fate symphonies'. The work, which begins in deathly sadness but ends in a jubilant mood, was first...
Symphony No.6 'Pathatique' / Francesca da Rimini cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 'Pathatique' / Francesca da Rimini
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 22/Jul/2006 ]
"The sound is very impressive indeed. As usual with BIS the music is presented in very natural sound but even by their high standards this recording is extremely clear and detailed and has a very wide dynamic range." (MusicWeb July 2004)
Edda, part 1 - The Creation of the World cover
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JON LEIFS
Edda, part 1 - The Creation of the World
Gunnar Guobjarnsson (tenor) Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (bass-baritone) / Schola Cantorum / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Hermann Baumer
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ]
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Choral -- "It's been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait. As for the music itself, it will come as a very pleasant surprise to those familiar with Leifs' other works. The influence of Icelandic...
Complete Organ Music (Incls Die Kunst der Fuge) cover
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J.S. BACH
Complete Organ Music (Incls Die Kunst der Fuge)
Hans Fagius (organ)
[ BIS / 5 SACD - released 1/Apr/2005 ]
These single layer SACDs can only be played back on an SACD player) - "One of the best complete recordings of Bach's organ music. Fagius demonstrates a magnificent understanding of Bach's organ music, and the instruments used are excellent."
The Four Beasts' Amen cover
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HANS-OLA ERICSSON
The Four Beasts' Amen
Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ) Susanne Rydan (soprano) Tommy Bjark (percussion) Anders Hannus (sound direction/electronics)
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/May/2006 ]
"‘Wow!’another winner from BIS – buy it, now" (MusicWeb July 2006)
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Hardenberger/Preston
Prieres Sans Paroles
[ Bis / SACD - released 2/Jul/2001 ]
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)
Helena Juntunen (soprano) Katarina Karnaus (mezzo) Daniel Norman (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) Minnesota Chorale & Orchestra / Osmo Vanska
[ BIS SACD / 5 SACD - released 1/Sep/2009 ]
"History will tell us whether this cycle stands above those of other conductors and orchestras, but for now I'm placing my copy at the top of an already rather distinguished pile of references." (Recording of the Month Jan 2010 MusicWeb)
Symphony No.9 'Choral' cover
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.9 'Choral'
Helena Juntunen, Katarina Karnaus, Daniel Norman, Neal Davies / Minnesota Chorale & Orchestra / Osmo Vanska
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2006 ]
"Vänskä gives us the shock and awe of Beethoven. So many Beethoven sets fall at the final hurdle, but Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota players bring their best, overwhelming form to this symphony." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2006)
Sigurd Jorsalfar (incidental music for baritone, male choir and orchestra, Op.22) / etc cover
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GRIEG
Sigurd Jorsalfar (incidental music for baritone, male choir and orchestra, Op.22) / etc
Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Garild Mauseth (narrator) / Male-voice choir from the Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Bergen Philharmonic / Ole Kristian Ruud
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Mar/2004 ]
"..you really need to hear this sensational disc. The Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak offers about eight minutes of orchestral Sturm und Drang as intense as anything by Berlioz or Mahler; and as recorded here it sounds like a tone poem of Jon...
Complete Concertos [4 hours on 1 SACD] cover
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MENDELSSOHN
Complete Concertos [4 hours on 1 SACD]
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Ronald Brautigam, Roland Pöntinen & Love Derwinger (piano) / Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2008 ]
Ultra Extended Playing Time. These products can only be played on a machine with SACD capability. They cannot be played on a conventional CD player. These concertos span Mendelssohn's complete oeuvre, from 1822 to 1844.
The Complete Solo Lute Music cover
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JOHN DOWLAND
The Complete Solo Lute Music
Jakob Lindberg (lute)
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Aug/2008 ]
This pioneering recording, which was first released in 1995 as a set of four conventional CDs, contains the complete solo lute pieces ascribed to John Dowland.
I Wonder as I Wander cover
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / MAHLER / BRITTEN
I Wonder as I Wander
James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
[ BIS / SACD - released 4/Dec/2020 ]
Baritone James Newby explores the theme of wandering in his début recital album.
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1 cover
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CHARLES IVES / BERNHARD GANDER
Ives: Piano Sonata No. 1
Joonas Ahonen (piano)
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 2/Jul/2021 ]
Of the two large piano sonatas composed by Charles Ives, No. 2 ('the Concord Sonata') is by far the best known, overshadowing its sibling. The First Piano Sonata is comparably ambitious, however, and with a playing time of more than 40 minutes,...
A Piazzolla Trilogy cover
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ASTOR PIAZZOLA
A Piazzolla Trilogy
Karen Gomyo (violin), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 6/Aug/2021 ]
Karen Gomyo's violin takes centre stage in this homage to Astor Piazzolla.
Piano Trios Op.1 No.3 & B flat major 'Archduke' cover
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Trios Op.1 No.3 & B flat major 'Archduke'
Kempf Trio
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jul/2004 ]
"...make room for pianist Freddy Kempf and his cohorts, whose individual and collective agility dazzles the ear and serves the composer well...Certainly this release bodes well for a complete Beethoven cycle from the Kempf trio, and represents its...
The Sound of Sibelius (Incls 'The Swan of Tuonela' & 'Karelia Suite') cover
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SIBELIUS
The Sound of Sibelius (Incls 'The Swan of Tuonela' & 'Karelia Suite')
Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ]
SIBELIUS IN SURROUND SOUND! The present recordings of The Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen's Return and Finlandia are previously unreleased.
Zeitstimmung / Rough Music / etc cover
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GRUBER
Zeitstimmung / Rough Music / etc
Martin Grubinger (percussion) HK Gruber / chansonnier / Tonkanstler Orchestra / Kristjan Jarvi
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2006 ]
It has been said about HK Gruber (b. 1943) that he 'throws off labels as fast as pundits can affix them. Neo-romantic, neo-tonal, neo-expressionistic, neo-Viennese: he isn’t any of these things, so much as a sentient composer who keeps responding to...
Opera at Eszterhaza cover
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JOSEF HAYDN
Opera at Eszterhaza
Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ]
"The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson…" BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 ****
Requiems cover
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FAURE / DURUFLE
Requiems
Miah Persson (soprano) Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Olle Persson (baritone) / Swedish Radio Choir / Fredrik malmberg (conductor)
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ]
Musical settings of the Mass for the Dead have a tendency to dwell on the dramatic high points of the day of judgement and the trumpets of doom (Dies irae and Tuba mirum) – partly for the reason that they really are dramatic high points.
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 6 'Pastoral' cover
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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 6 'Pastoral'
Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vanska
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2007 ]
"The outstanding SACD sonics let nothing stand between the listener and a visceral encounter with Beethoven's genius. These performances represent the difference between interpretations whose curiosity value rapidly wanes with each encounter,...
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7
Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vanska
[ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Aug/2008 ]
Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Orchestral - "A triumphant final instalment in Vanskas acclaimed Minnesota Beethoven cycle. The BIS recording has exceptional clarity...a dynamic range that catches every graduation of the orchestra's scrupulously...
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 544, (excerpts) cover
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 544, (excerpts)
Nancy Argenta (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Gerd Tark (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2005 ]
"The overall performance, combined with different presentation options, make it a serious contender for first choice." - MusicWeb March 2005
Symphonies Nos 9 & 12 cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphonies Nos 9 & 12
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ]
"The latest instalment in Mark Wigglesworth's ongoing survey of Shostakovich's symphonies offers many of teh virtues that were apparent in some of his earlier releases. Apart from outstanding demonstration sound...there is the impressive orchestral...
Symphony No.8 cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.8
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ]
"an interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing." (MusicWeb March 2006)
The Golden Age of the Cornet cover
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Golden Age of the Cornet
Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet) / The Royal Norwegian Navy Band (Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps) / Ingar Bergby
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ]
The Royal Norwegian Navy Band is one of five professional military bands in Norway. With its 32 full-time musicians this highly popular ensemble performs both in Norway and abroad.
Cantatas (Vol 29) Nos 2, 3, 38 & 135 cover
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 29) Nos 2, 3, 38 & 135
Pascal Bertin (counter tenor) Dorothee Mields (soprano) Gerd Turk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Nov/2005 ]
"This release further enhances the reputation of the series as one of the glories of the CD era" (MusicWeb Feb 2006)
Concertos for Two and Three Pianos cover
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W.A. MOZART
Concertos for Two and Three Pianos
Ronald Brautigam and Alexei Lubimov (fortepianos) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss (direction and fortepiano)
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ]
"In short, this CD is a delight from begin to end. It will make you want to see and hear the two pieces performed live because only then can one fully enjoy the virtuosic playfulness and beauty of the musical interchange between the two pianos in the...
Piano Works Vol. 1 (Includes the Pathatique Sonata) cover
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Works Vol. 1 (Includes the Pathatique Sonata)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
[ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2004 ]
"The playing is riveting. Brautigam draws out the "Pathetique" sonata's first-movement introduction with plenty of rhetorical emphasis yet keeps the dotted rhythms in sharp focus...Whether in SACD surround-sound or conventional two-channel stereo...