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Beethoven: The complete piano variations [6 SACD Hybrid]

"Min favorit bland traditionella svenska julskivor har mycket länge varit "Aftonpsalm och julesång" (Proprius) med Anders Öhrwall, Adolf Fredriks Bachkör och Håkan Hagegård som solist. Nu har den fått en konkurrent i "Christmas songs", där manskören Orphei Drängar under ledning av Cecilia Rydinger Alin förför med ett körsound som är oändligt nyansrikt och av högsta internationella klass. Till den kvinnliga friktionen hör också sopranen Ida Falk Winland som i nummer som "Koppången" och "Stille Nacht" ger musiken en passionerad glöd. Överhuvudtaget blir jag rätt så tagen av hur mycket denna "Christmas songs" vågar utmana det folkligt varma och mysiga i julrepertoaren - utan att gå ifrån den traditionella grunden. Det här är julmusik som vi känner igen den, fast som stor konst."<br/>(Dagens Nyheter)<br/><br/>Orphei Drängar male-voice choir / Cecilia Rydinger Alin<br/>Ida Falk Winland, soprano<br/>Linné Brass Quintet<br/>Members of the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

Sibelius: The essential Sibelius [15 CD]

Berwald: Symfoni 1-4 [2 CD]

Vivaldi: Four seasons (Drottningholm Baroque) [CD]

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.

Villa-Lobos: Complete Choros & Bachianas [7 CD]