Klassiskt

Efter sin kritikerrosade inspelning av Galina Ustvolskajas fem symfonier tar dirigenten Christian Karlsen, tillsammans med Svenska Kammarorkestern, nu sig an de orkestrala och konsertanta verken av Anders Hillborg, Sveriges mest spelade nu levande tonsättare. Bland annat piano- och cellokonserten, med solisterna Tamara Stefanovich och Nicolas Altstaedt.

Violinstjärnan Alina Ibragimova som tidigare spelat in otaliga album på Hyperion har släppt sitt första på BIS! Tillsammans med sin trogna vapendragare, Cédric Tiberghien, ska hon spela in Beethovens samtliga violinsonater. Första volymen av tre innehåller Op. 12 och 24.

Fagerlund Sebastian: Beneath [SACD Hybrid]

Bach: Goldberg Variations (Trio Zilliacus) [SACD Hybrid]

Trio Zimmermann: A Retrospective [5 SACD Hybrid]

Martin Fröst, clarinet<br/>Janine Jansen & Boris Brovtsyn, violins;<br/>Maxim Rysanov, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello;<br/>Roland Pöntinen, piano<br/><br/>Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet is core repertoire, not just for clarinettists but also in the entire chamber music genre. As such, it has been on Martin Fröst's 'to-be-recorded list' for a long time, and when he gathered a dream-team of string players for a concert in Stockholm in February 2013, it was the perfect opportunity for BIS to organize a recording session. Brahms's Quintet was written in 1891 by a composer who only a year previously had renounced composing, but whose creative urge had been reawakened by his encounter with the leading clarinettist of the time, Richard Mühlfeld. Some 120 years later, Fröst - one of today's most highly regarded musicians and the recipient of the 2014 Sonning Prize - steps into Mühlfeld's shoes, in the company of Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov and Torleif Thedéen. As a complement to this substantial work - with a duration of almost 35 minutes - Martin Fröst has transcribed six much-loved songs by Brahms, performing them with his chamber music partner of long standing, the eminent pianist Roland Pöntinen. The songs, composed between 1866-1886, range from high lyricism (Die Mainacht) to bitter-sweet nostalgia (Wie Melodien...), via the humourous Vergebliches Ständchen. To these new recordings has been added a substantial 'bonus' - Martin Fröst's performance with Pöntinen and Thedéen of the Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, which Brahms composed for Mühlfeld in the same year as the quintet. Originally released in 2005, the recording of the Trio received a warm welcome, including an Editor's Choice in Gramophone, as well as a 'Disc of the Month' on website ClassicsToday.com.

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) tillhör en av 1900-talets viktigaste kompositörer, med sin speciella mix av västerländsk konstmusik och japansk kultur. På detta nya album från BIS tolkar BBC Philharmonic fyra verk inspirerade av poesi, konst och natur, under ledning av Christian Karlsen och med Jacob Kellermann som gitarrsolist!