BIS

An interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing. [SA]

A recreation of the 1868 Bremen Cathedral premiere of Brahms’ German Requiem with massed choirs and players [PH]

(Déjà Review) Vänskä has made me hear this pieces anew [LM]

The Marmen Quartet have the measure of Ligeti and Bartók [LW]

Near perfection in a Bach recording [PSh]

Luminous and insightful, supple and fluid playing, crisp and clear sound [SA]

(Déjà Review) It is reassuring that in so ephemeral and vulgar a society as ours, music such as this still holds evident value [TB]

(Déjà Review) An epic pilgrimage of the spirit [RB]

(Déjà Review) This developing series is a triumph for the São Paulo Symphony, Roberto Minczuk and the BIS engineers [DH]

Original works for guitar, masterfully played [ZT]

Artist and instrument sound inseparable in both poetry and dynamism [MG]

(Déjà Review) Riches galore on this disc [GF]

(Déjà Review) Lovers of the approachable face of contemporary music should snap this up [TH]

(Déjà Review) Drama and skill, production values of the highest … a major voice in the symphonic canon of the twentieth century [JW]

(Déjà Review) A well documented, brilliantly recorded, excellently played and broadly sympathetic set of readings [JW]

(Déjà Review) Densely coiled and symphonically argued with the highest of skill … charts a grim and determined course [JW]

(Déjà Review) Superbly cogent works performed with stunning intelligence, tonal blend, sectional discipline and conductorly flair [JW]

Fascinating companion pieces to a stunning opera [PRJ]

Michael Collins revisits his British repertoire for BIS [JW]

First recordings of some of the unique output of an enigmatic and complex composer [GH]

(Déjà Review) Likely to appeal strongly to those who are already captivated by Villa-Lobos and by the Latino Copland [RB]

A worthy addition to BIS’s monumental Aho edition [RHa]

Useful programme, fine execution [RWe]

(Déjà Review) Music at once convincing and satisfying [TB]