NAX

Bachs Juloratorium uruppfördes julen 1734 i domkyrkan i Leipzig. Oratoriet är uppdelat i sex kantater som handlar om julevangeliets olika berättelser, och som ursprungligen framfördes på julens sex viktigaste dagar.<br/>Del 1: Jesu födelse, Juldagen, 25 december.<br/>Del 2: Herdarna får bud, Annandag jul, 26 december<br/>Del 3: Herdarna vid krubban, 27 december.<br/>Del 4: Jesu omskärelse och dop, Nyårsdagen, 1 januari.<br/>Del 5: Kung Herodes reaktion, första söndagen efter Nyår.<br/>Del 6: Vise männens ankomst, Trettondag jul, 6 januari.<br/><br/>Hungarian Radio Choir, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest. Geza Oberfrank, conductor.<br/>Soloists: Ingrid Kertesi, soprano, Judit Nemeth, alto, Jozsef Mukk, tenor, Janos Toth, bass.<br/><br/>"I enjoyed the freshness of approach and the spirited music-making which characterizes the set as a whole."<br/>(Gramophone)

Den 9 september 2010 var det femtio år sedan Jussi Björling avled av en hjärtattack på sitt älskade sommarställe på Siarö i Stockholms skärgård, ännu inte femtio år gammal. Den andra februari 2011 skulle han ha fyllt hundra år. På denna CD finner ni Jussifavoriter som t ex duetten ur Pärlfiskarna, Till Havs, Så kall ni är om handen ur Boheme, Nessun Dorma och Sverige av Wilhelm Stenhammar.

Larsson Lars-Erik: Förklädd Gud 1956-78 [CD]

Tjajkovskij: The Nutcracker [Blu-ray]

CD 1 = Ur svenska hjärtans djup.<br/>CD 2 = Visor och valser.<br/>CD 3 = Sven-Bertil Taube tolkar Evert Taube.

Hodell Åke: Spirit of ecstasy [Vinyl LP]

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.