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Pickard: Symphonies 2 & 6 (BIS)

Outstanding performances and recording of significant works by an important composer [GH]

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Sibelius: Tone Poems (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Vänskä is keeping up to the incredibly high standards he has set himself [TH]

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Brahms: String Quintets (BIS)

Highly accomplished playing of two seminal Brahms chamber works in excellent sound [RMo]

Mahler: Symphony No.3 (BIS)

An excellent account, superb sound, but an emotionally cool finale [RMo]

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Hungarian String Trios (BIS)

Fascinating repertoire stunningly performed [NB]

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Weigl: Symphony No 5 (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Music in Brucknerian manner; a symphony that includes a mighty adagio to treasure [RB]
The detailed orchestration has a French brilliance to it [GPJ]

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Schulhoff: Hot Music (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Many pleasures in these near-ideal performances [CC]

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Pickard: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6, Verlaine Songs (BIS)

A first-rate addition to Pickard’s discography, not to be missed [HC]

Manziarly: Chamber Works (BIS)

The troubling art of a pupil of Nadia Boulanger [JW]

De Visee Theorbo Solos BIS SACD 2562

de Visée: Theorbo Solos (BIS)

Music by Louis XIV’s favourite lutenist, played with distinction on a wonderfully resonant, warm instrument [GH]

Henselt, Bronsart: Piano Concerti (BIS)

Unequivocally first-rate, brilliant in every respect – for the lover of 19th-century piano concertos [EJW]

Mozart: Symphonies 34-36 (BIS)

Vivacious performances in crystalline sound with perfect balances among sections [RMo]

Sibelius: Rondo of the Waves (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Exalted performance values and rare vintage Sibelius [RB]

Aho: Contrabassoon & Tuba Concertos (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Merely broaden your horizons or enter an entirely new world, either way – this is something special [DC]

Mignone: Orchestral works (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Brilliant, colourful music by a South American composer whom you will want to get to know better [PSh]

Hellstenius Public Behaviour BIS 2665 SACD

Hellstenius: Public Behaviour (BIS)

Two riveting and provocative vocal works which muse upon modes of communication in modern life. Virtuosic and entertaining [RHa]

Bach JS: Sonatas and Partitas (BIS)

Dazzling virtuosity, sometimes at the expense of the music [ZT]

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JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (BIS)

Excellent and compelling [SG]

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Beethoven: Complete Works for Solo Piano Vol 4 (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Another success … carry on collecting with pleasure [TH]

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5, The Voyevoda, Capriccio italien  (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Popular and not so well known pieces, excellently played and stunningly recorded [JPh]

Sibelius Tone Poems Malkki Helsinki BIS 2638 SACD

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends, Rakastava & Karelia Suite (BIS)

Fine performances, presented in exemplary sound [JQ]

Scarlatti: Sonatas (BIS)

(Déjà Review) A pianist to watch out for, and a recording that need not fear critical listening [ED]

Ruby Hughes (soprano): End of My Days (BIS)

An outstanding recital; elegantly conceived, ideally recorded and beautifully performed [RHa]

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F Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres (BIS)

(Déjà Review) Music-making of a high order [RH]