BIS
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)
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]
JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (BIS)
Excellent and compelling [SG]
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: 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]
F Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres (BIS)
(Déjà Review) Music-making of a high order [RH]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (BIS)
Not a library choice but there’s a lot going for this recording of the Eighth [JQ]
Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times (BIS)
A lesser-known facet of Pickard’s output, with a viscerally thrilling performance of the Mass [HC]
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies (BIS)
(Déjà Review) This is a challenging and absorbing listening experience [PJL]
Jarrell: Orchestral Works (BIS)
Gripping, inventive, often beautiful music in superb performance and recording [HC]
Mahler: Symphony No 8 (BIS)
Vänskä’s performance of Symphony of a Thousand; a rave review [EJW]
Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Volume 1 (BIS)
An auspicious first volume of orchestral music by an unfamiliar Finnish composer [NB]
Wilms: The Piano Concertos, Vol 2 (BIS)
If you like the fortepiano, you’ll enjoy this [SFV]
Kuusisto: Symphony (BIS)
Two remarkably cogent pieces, each composed by more than one hand [RHa]
Beethoven: String Quartets Opp 74 & 130 (BIS)
A very fine recording of the Harp Quartet, although the outer movements of the Op130 quartet are lacking in power and thus take the disc down a notch [MZ]
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