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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.

Schubert: Winterreise (Peter Mattei) [Digipack / SACD Hybrid]

Delius: Delius In Norway [SACD Hybrid]

Mattei Peter: Great baritone arias 2011 [SACD Hybrid]

Pianisten Peter Friis Johansson har samlat välrenommerade musiker, som violinisten Johan Dalene och sopranen Sofie Asplund, för ett program som ställer tre generationer av svenska tonsättare bredvid varandra: Andreas Hallén (1846-1925), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) och Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875-1959).<br/><br/>"Fantasirika och välklingande sånger framförda av sopranen Sofie Asplund till Peter Friis-Johanssons nyanserade ackompanjemang." (Jörgen Lundmark, Opus)

Violinisten Johan Dalene vann en mycket välförtjänt Grammis i våras för sitt förra album med Sibelius och Nielsens violinkonserter. På sin nya skiva presenterar han mindre känd 1900-talsmusik för violin och piano, av kompositörer som Arvo Pärt, Lili Boulanger, Grazyna Bacewicz, Maurice Ravel och Sergey Prokofiev, tillsammans med pianisten Christian Ihle Hadland.<br/><br/>Fem radioapparater till Johan Dalene och Christian Ihle Hadlands nya album från BIS: "Färgsprakande och övertygande, verkligen högklassigt spel." (Musikrevyn)