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Pettersson Allan: Violin concerto 2/Symphony 17 [SACD Hybrid]

Pettersson Allan: Symphony No 14 (C Lindberg) [SACD Hybrid]

När The Sixteen inledde sin inspelningskarriär 1982 kunde få förutse hur framgångsrika de skulle bli, eller hur långt de skulle gå i att återupprätta den föga kända och knappt inspelade musiken av dessa fyra mästarkompositörer från 1500-talet. Under detta deras 30-årsjubileumsår firar vi tillsammans med dem en gyllene epok av polyfoni - och av musicerande - genom att presentera deras tolv skivor med denna repertoar i ett tilltalande (och prisvärt) remastrat set om tio CD-skivor.

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.

Russian Masquerade [SACD Hybrid]

Chopin: Piano works (Jorge Bolet) [2 CD]

Bach: The Lute Suites [SACD Hybrid]