BIS
Swedish Chamber Music & Songs (BIS)
The Leipzig School in Sweden represented by a disparate trio of composers [JW]
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.6 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) As they say in the trade: ‘a winner!’ [DC]
Shostakovich: Symphony 4 (BIS)
A great performance of a symphony among Shostakovich’s greatest [TB]
Tippett, Britten & Walton: Works for Piano & Orchestra (BIS)
A must-have programme for seekers of rarely performed mid-20th century British repertoire [DC]
Handel: Great Handel Choruses (BIS)
Look no further for a cross-section of Handel’s best choral music [GF]
Brahms & Schubert: Piano music (BIS)
Clever programming and remarkable playing: Kantorow is the real deal [ST]
Hommages: Works for strings (BIS)
A varied selection that repays repeated hearing; the arrangement of Apollon musagète is a real ear-opener [HC]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Overtures & Suites (BIS)
An appealing and highly recommendable issue [TB]
Schoenberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A valuable and involving musical experience that far outreaches the purely musicological [CC]
Haydn: String Quartets, op. 33 Nos 4-6 (BIS)
In its 20th year, the Chiaroscuro Quartet continues to set the standard for authentic-instrument quartets [DJB]
Nielsen & Aho: Clarinet Concertos (BIS)
(Déjà Review) A clear winner on all accounts and Aho’s concerto is destined to be a standard work [GF]
Haydn: ‘Russian’ Quartets Op. 33 (BIS)
Matchless Haydn from the Chiaroscuro Quartet [DHa]
Brahms: Symphonies 3 and 4 (BIS)
A lovely pairing of Brahms’ last two symphonies, elegantly and fluidly played, in ideal sound [RMo]
Glazunov: Symphonies 1 to 8 (BIS)
Déjà Review) If you like your Glazunov languidly accentuated then this splendidly recorded set from Otaka and the BBC NOW is for you [RB]
Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Solo Guitar (BIS)
A vibrant disc – probably the best collection of Villa-Lobos’s music for solo guitar [GPu]
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) If the Fates Allow (BIS)
A recital of admirable expressive commitment but with question marks concerning the recording [JW]
Schubert: Schubert’s Four Seasons (BIS)
An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A very fine, deeply satisfying account of Brahms’ great masterpiece [JQ]
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 (BIS)
Revelatory – hypnotic in the extreme, close to Scriabin in mystical mode [CC]
Fagerlund: Chamber and Orchestral Works (BIS)
Yet another superb addition to Fagerlund’s discography and a must for any follower of this composer [HC]
JS Bach: French Suites (BIS)
(Déjà Review) The set should be highly rewarding to those who place top priority on gorgeous music [DS]
Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 and 10 (BIS)
A welcome return to the music of Shostakovich by the Jerusalem Quartet [DHa]
Shostakovich: Symphony 8 (BIS)
An interesting and highly individual performance worth hearing. [SA]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A recreation of the 1868 Bremen Cathedral premiere of Brahms’ German Requiem with massed choirs and players [PH]
