2014

Sir Andrew Davis.

Idenstam Gunnar: Debussy & Ravel [SACD Hybrid]

Stenhammar: Serenade (Lindberg) [SACD Hybrid]

Stenhammar: String quartets (Stenhammar Quartet) [SACD Hybrid]

Arabella Steinbacher (violin)<br/><br/>Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds<br/><br/>Arabella Steinbacher is one of the fastest-rising stars in the world of music today. This young performer is already being hailed as one of the truly great violinists of our times, acclaimed by The New York Times for playing with 'balanced lyricism and fire'.<br/><br/>At the age of 8, Ms Steinbacher was already performing her first violin concerto by the composer. And since then, the work has reappeared throughout her successful career like a leitmotiv. Yet her performance has never appeared on a CD, Following repeated requests from concert audiences, it is now finally 'Zeit Fur Mozart' (= time for Mozart): the fulfilment of a long-cherished wish, not only for Arabella, but also for her many followers. For all those aficionados who want to enjoy Mozart's most playful melodies, this is sure to be a case of 'love at first listen'.

The Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica and its artistic director Terje Tønnesen made their first joint appearance on BIS in 2013 with an all-Britten programme. Released in conjunction with the ensemble's début at the BBC Proms, the disc received critical acclaim, with the reviewer on the website ClassicsToday.com including it 'among the Britten year's outstanding releases' and his colleague in BBC Music Magazine agreeing: 'The Britten centenary can't have produced finer recorded performances than these, with wonderful dynamic shading, bomproof tuning, and real drama.' The team now returns with another programme of 20th-century music for strings - this time by four different composers, and spanning from the years before World War I to a few days before the outbreak of World War II.

Pettersson Allan: Symphonies nos 4 & 16 [SACD Hybrid]