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Bach: Goldberg Variations (Trio Zilliacus) [SACD Hybrid]

Efter de första tre kvartetterna ur op. 33 som kom i maj 2023 - en inspelning som hyllades av kritiker för sin "exceptionellt trogna tolkning som går rakt till verkens hjärta" (Diapason) och som belönades med flera utmärkelser - presenterar Chiaroscuro Quartet nu de sista tre kvartetterna i samlingen. I förhållande till tidigare kvartetter markerar dessa födelsen av den klassiska stråkkvartettgenren. Mozart var en som hämtade inspiration från dem till sina egna kvartetter.

Gramophone Editor's Choice: April 2026<br/>"Early orchestral music, some from his first three operas, by Puccini, conducted by someone whose love of the composer's vivid and sweeping sound world is evident in every bar." (Gramophone)

Martin Fröst, clarinet<br/>Janine Jansen & Boris Brovtsyn, violins;<br/>Maxim Rysanov, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello;<br/>Roland Pöntinen, piano<br/><br/>Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet is core repertoire, not just for clarinettists but also in the entire chamber music genre. As such, it has been on Martin Fröst's 'to-be-recorded list' for a long time, and when he gathered a dream-team of string players for a concert in Stockholm in February 2013, it was the perfect opportunity for BIS to organize a recording session. Brahms's Quintet was written in 1891 by a composer who only a year previously had renounced composing, but whose creative urge had been reawakened by his encounter with the leading clarinettist of the time, Richard Mühlfeld. Some 120 years later, Fröst - one of today's most highly regarded musicians and the recipient of the 2014 Sonning Prize - steps into Mühlfeld's shoes, in the company of Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Maxim Rysanov and Torleif Thedéen. As a complement to this substantial work - with a duration of almost 35 minutes - Martin Fröst has transcribed six much-loved songs by Brahms, performing them with his chamber music partner of long standing, the eminent pianist Roland Pöntinen. The songs, composed between 1866-1886, range from high lyricism (Die Mainacht) to bitter-sweet nostalgia (Wie Melodien...), via the humourous Vergebliches Ständchen. To these new recordings has been added a substantial 'bonus' - Martin Fröst's performance with Pöntinen and Thedéen of the Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, which Brahms composed for Mühlfeld in the same year as the quintet. Originally released in 2005, the recording of the Trio received a warm welcome, including an Editor's Choice in Gramophone, as well as a 'Disc of the Month' on website ClassicsToday.com.

Dirigenten Christian Karlsen och London Philharmonic Orchestra presenterar Galina Ustvolskajas (1919-2006) fem symfonier. Hennes musik har beskrivits som "med en laserstråles intensitet, kapabel att genomborra metall." Först efter hennes död blev Ustvolskajas originella och kompromisslösa begåvning slutligen erkänd.

Klarinettkonsert och andra verk för klarinett av Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart med Martin Fröst tillsammans med Tyska Kammarfilharmonin med flera.

London Symphony Orchestra och chefsdirigenten Sir Antonio Pappano fångar två brittiska mästerverk som fortfarande förvånar och inspirerar. Följ med på en resa genom kosmos med Gustav Holsts älskade svit "Planeterna", en av 1900-talets mest visionära skapelser. Arnold Bax "Tintagel" avslutar albumet med ett svepande porträtt av Cornwalls karga kustlinje.