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Den mångsidiga mezzosopranen Anne Sofie von Otter presenterar musik från Tyskland under 1920-40-talen, en epok som präglades av en mångfacetterad blandning av klassiska traditioner, populära rytmer och tidig jazz, och som gav upphov till allt från energiska kabaretsånger till vemodiga ballader.

BIS släpper sin största box någonsin! J. S. Bachs samlade vokalverk på 78 SACD med Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki samt solister i samtliga oratorier, passioner, mässor, motetter och sånger. Förutom välljudande musik innehåller boxen hela fyra skivhäften med alla texterna (på engelska/tyska) samt initierade essäer om musiken av välrenommerade Bach-experter.<br/><br/>Complete Sacred Cantatas<br/>Complete Secular Cantatas<br/>St John Passion<br/>St Matthew Passion<br/>Christmas Oratorio<br/>Easter Oratorio<br/>Ascension Oratorio<br/>Mass in B minor<br/>4 Lutheran Masses: in F major, A major, G minor & G major<br/>Magnificat<br/>Motets <br/>5 Sanctus settings: in G major, E major, D major, C major and from J.C. Kerll's Missa superba <br/>(arr. J.S. Bach)<br/>Songs from 2. Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach<br/>Songs from Musicalisches Gesang-Buch Georg Christian Schemelli<br/>Three Wedding Chorales<br/>Movements from the oratorio 'Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt'<br/>Francesco Durante: Kyrie in C minor with J.S. Bach: Christe in G minor<br/>Georg Philipp Telemann, arr. J. S. Bach: from the cantata 'Der Herr ist König': Prahlet, Ihr <br/>Völker & Die Töchter Zion<br/>Georg Philipp Telemann / J. S. Bach: from the motet 'Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt': Jauchzet <br/>dem Herrn, alle Welt; Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren<br/><br/>Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki<br/>Vocal soloists include Hana Blaziková, Carolyn Sampson, Robin Blaze, Yoshikazu Mera, Makoto <br/>Sakurada, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij and Roderick Williams.<br/><br/> Toppbetyg i BBC Music Magazine! "Surely, one of the greatest recording projects of our time if you don't already have them, priceles. <br/><br/>Over 90 hours of sublime music in some of the finest performances and recordings you could wish for" (Andrew McGregor BBC Music Magazine)

För första gången någonsin finns nu en box med Allan Petterssons samlade verk! Innehåller BIS kritikerrosade inspelningar med några av Nordens bästa orkestrar och solister som har vunnit otaliga priser och utmärkelser. Här ryms hans 17 symfonier samt all kammarmusik, vokala verk och sånger. Dessutom medföljer fyra dvd med filmer om tonsättarens liv och verk samt musiker och artister som kände honom. Dags att spela Allan!

Caldara & Zelenka: Missa Providentiae [CD]

Tonsättaren Roberta Settels (1929-2014) från New York har komponerat mycket musik för tv, film och radio. Under flera år på 1970-1980-talet var hon bosatt och verksam i Stockholm, då hon bland annat spelade in musik i Elektronmusikstudion, EMS. "Music in Crisis" var tänkt att bli hennes debutskiva, men den släpptes aldrig på marknaden. Genom Caprice försorg kommer den först nu ut som dubbelvinyl.

Richard Hickox and Opera Australia's Australian premiere production of Dvorák's Rusalka opened to spectacular reviews in March 2007. 'Hickox and the orchestra capture its sudden changeability and dramatic force, elegantly shaping the luscious, sweeping melodies while inflecting the intoxicating, folk music-inspired rhythms with grace and bite', noted The Australian. Chandos recorded the performances live and here releases the opera on a 3-CD set.<br/><br/>Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy-tale The Little Mermaid, Rusalka tells of a water-spirit who falls in love with a prince. Enlisting the help of a witch, Rusalka becomes human so as to marry him. When the prince tires of her, and is unfaithful, she tries to return to the water, but a condition of her becoming human has been violated and she eventually dies together with the remorseful prince. Her story is of human desire, self-sacrifice and the search for enlightenment.<br/><br/>By the time Dvorák came to write Rusalka, he was an experienced opera composer with nine works to his credit; Rusalka was to be his last and is now a seasoned favourite. Part of the secret of the score's magic lies in the instrumental colouring. Dvorák was always inspired in his handling of the orchestra, but in Rusalka he reaches new heights of expressive scene painting. In the hands of Richard Hickox these elements are skillfully realised.<br/><br/>Taking the role of Rusalka for the first time in this production, the Australian-born soprano Cheryl Barker won deserved plaudits for her performances throughout the Australian press. 'It is hard to imagine anyone doing the title role better" (The Australian). 'Cheryl Barker gives an astonishing performance. she manages to capture the ethereal other-worldly quality of the water spirit, both physically and vocally, and her realization that her love for the prince is not returned is heart wrenching' (The Canberra Review). She is joined in leading roles by Rosario La Spina, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Bruce Martin and Anne-Marie Owens who also received excellent reviews. The Sydney Morning Herald, for example, wrote, 'Barker is not the only star. Elizabeth Whitehouse is thrillingly venal as the rival foreign princess, and Bruce Martin, as the water sprite, has insistent potency'.

Dvorak: Symphonic Poem [CD]