2016

Rieu André: Falling in love 2016 [CD]

Luciafirandet som det tar sig uttryck i vår tid har en lång historia, med rötter tillbaka till tidig medeltid. Här återfinns Staffansritten och Staffanssjungningen, stjärnspelen och traditionen "att gå med ljusa stjärnan", och som det senast tillagda elementet ljusgestalten Lucia. Kören Ymna, Göteborg, har hämtat sångerna till denna cd ur glömda jultraditioner och en slumrande visskatt, oemotståndligt vackra melodier som har fått en ny dräkt i körarrangemang av dirigent Johanna Thür. Värme och musikalisk rikedom fyller musiken. Sprakande livsglädje, glöd och pregnans karaktäriserar samspelet mellan Ymna och folkmusikerna i trion NID; Hanna Wiskari saxofon, Mia Marin fioler och Petter Berndalen slagverk.

Johannsson Johann: Orphée 2016 [Digipack / CD]

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi<br/><br/>The warm and tuneful music of Atterberg - one of Sweden's leading composers in the twentieth century - meets the idiomatic spirit and commitment of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi, for volume four in this series.<br/><br/>The third of his nine symphonies, featured here, is a set of three 'West Coast Pictures'. These contrasted movements ('Summer Haze', 'Storm', and 'Summer Night') were inspired by the atmosphere and landscape of the archipelago on the Swedish west coast and written between 1914 and 1916. It achieved great popularity abroad and was in Germany even considered as among the finest symphonic works written so far that century.<br/><br/>The Three Nocturnes are orchestral movements which Atterberg extracted from Fanal (The Beacon), his highly praised third opera, which received thirty performances between its premiere in 1934 and 1957 and is nowadays his most appreciated stage work.<br/><br/>Vittorioso was originally composed as the fourth movement of the Seventh Symphony (Sinfonia romantica) and, like the Three Nocturnes, shares its themes with the opera Fanal; the coupling gives a taste of Volume 5, due for release next year.

Bocelli Andrea: Romanza 1997 (20th anniv./Rem) [CD]

Rachmaninov: All-night vigil (Parkman) [Digipack / CD]

Sokolov Grigory: Schubert & Beethoven [Digipack / 2 CD]