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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, KV622; Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV581 Martin Frost (basset clarinet/clarinet) / Amsterdam Sinfonietta conducted by Peter Oundjian / Vertavo String Quartet [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] "A superb, even stunning, performance and recording of some of the greatest of Mozart's music" (ClassicWeb) |
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... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas (Vol 43) BWV57, BWV110, BWV151 Hana Blazíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Türk (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Three Christmas cantatas from 1725 make up the programme of the 43rd volume in Masaaki Suzuki's and Bach Collegium Japan's highly praised cycle of Bach's cantatas. |
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." |
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) |
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) |
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... |
WEBER
The Symphonies / Bassoon Concerto / Andante e Rondo Ungarese Jaakko Luoma (bassoon) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] Kantorow and the Tapiola Sinfonietta revisit Weber focusing on works by the young composer, before the fame that his opera Der Freischütz would bring. |
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. |
EZEQUIEL VINAO
Arcanum Janet Youngdahl (soprano) / Absolute Ensemble conducted by Kristjan Jarvi [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] Arcanum (Latin for a deep secret or mystery) is a work which takes the listener on a journey through the Bible, the Underworld, the Middle Ages and beyond in search of God, only to discover that divinity is in fact everywhere. |
VARIOUS
Encores Kroumata Percussion Ensemble [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD). |
KALEVI AHO
Symphony No.12 ˜Luosto Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra of Lapland / John Storga¥rds [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2008 ] "Aho's Twelfth Symphony is tailor-made for surround sound. Scoring it for soprano, tenor and two orchestras...it creates a truely awesome spectacular, especially as Bis's engineering is so spectacular and atmosphere at all dynamic levels."... |
KALEVI AHO / CARL NIELSEN
Aho/Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos Martin Frost (clarinet) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Martin Fröst and Osmo Vänskä again prove a most persuasive partnership in this latest collaboration. There is something utterly idiomatic about Fröst's approach to the Nielsen, while he announces the Aho as a major concerto for the new century. At... |
GE GAN-RU
Chinese Rhapsody Margaret Leng Tan (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2005 ] Featuring a Western symphony orchestra accented by Chinese percussion, both Chinese Rhapsody and Wu are perfect introductions to Ge's compositional fusion CD... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Peer Gynt (Complete Incidental Music) Marita Solberg (soprano) Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Ingebjorg Kosmo (mezzo-soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Kristian Ruud [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Putting Grieg's familiar music in the unfamiliar (to us) context of Ibsen's play helps re-focus our attention on works which are in danger of becoming hackneyed" (MusicWeb) |
BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
Crusell: The Three Clarinet Concertos Martin Frost (clarinet) / Gateborgs Symfoniker / Okko Kamu [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] On the strength of his fine musicianship, his unusually inspiring and often unconventional performances and a long series of highly acclaimed recordings, Martin Fröst has become recognized as one of today's most interesting performers. |
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 **** |
