2014

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.

Now That's What I Call Summer [Digipack / 3 CD]

Fredriksson Marie: Äntligen/Bästa 1984-2000 [CD]

'Deep Purple - In Concert '72 (2012 mix)' is a fantastic live album, originally recorded at the Paris Theatre on Lower Regent Street in London for the BBC's "Sounds Of The Seventies" radio programme on the 9th March 1972. Remixed in 2012 and now available on CD, with the bonus track 'Maybe I'm A Leo (Sound Check) version available for the first time on CD.

Outlaws: Outlaws/Hurry sundown 1975-77 [2 CD]

Outlaws: Playin' to win + Ghost riders 1978-80 [CD]

Henrik Åberg blev känd för den stora publiken över en natt när han 1995 vann finalen av TV4:s program "Sikta mot stjärnorna" där han framförde Elvis Presleys låt "Blue Hawaii". Sedan dess har Henrik hunnit med att delta i Melodifestivalen, släppt flera album, haft flera Svensktoppshits och medverkat i många TV- och radioprogram. <br/><br/>Men det är tack vare Henriks intensiva turnerande över hela Norden som han lyckats få en stor och hängiven publik som besöker hans konserter. Detta har inte minst märkts under julturnéerna "Elvis Christmas" med publiksuccé överallt.<br/><br/>Efterfrågan på ett julalbum har under dessa turnéer varit stort och här är det första, med titeln "Mitt julalbum".<br/><br/>Skivan är en härlig blandning av stämningsfulla och svängiga julsånger och rymmer både klassiska pärlor såsom "White Christmas" och "Silent Night", rockiga nummer som "Blue Christmas", countrydoftande "When the snow is on the roses", Henriks fantastiska version av "O Helga natt" och ett par helt nyskrivna originallåtar i julens tecken.<br/><br/>Men för Henrik känns nog en låt lite extra speciell då Elvis Presley's egna legendariske bassångare Ray Walker från The Jordanaires - 80 år ung och still going strong - medverkar i duetten "In my father's house" och därmed uppfyller en av Henriks stora musikaliska drömmar.