Brahms

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 & Four Ballades [CD]

Brahms: Ungerska Danser 1 - 21 [CD]

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (Alsop) [2 CD]

Fem Radioapparater till Blomstedt!<br/>"Blomstedt fyller varje fras med liv inifrån. Det finns en vishetens liv och glädje i spelet. Så jäkla läckert och sanslöst bra gjort!" (Musikrevyn i P2)<br/><br/>Högsta betyg i DN till Blomstedt!<br/>"När Blomstedt och Gewandhausorkestern i Leipzig nu fullbordar sina inspelningar av Brahms fyra symfonier med en tredje volym är det som om han stod mitt i det musikaliska flödet, för att bli ett med dess skiftande intensitet och livliga rörlighet. Med den orkester som han kanske älskat allra mest genom åren, dess varma klang och dess andning. Som vore den här musiken gjord av ren och skär kärlek." (Martin Nyström, DN)

Brahms: Symphony No 2 (Herbert Blomstedt) [CD]

Brahms: Works For Chorus & Orchestra [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.