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Efter sina inspelningar av Tjajkovskijs och Barbers konserter, som belönades med en Diapason d'or, Editor's Choice i Gramophone och Concerto Choice i BBC Music Magazine, samt Nielsen och Sibelius, även den utsedd till Editor's Choice i Gramophone, tar sig den svensk-norske violinisten Johan Dalene an tre av de mest älskade konserterna för violin i hela repertoaren, komponerade under tre olika epoker.

Dirigenten Christian Karlsen och London Philharmonic Orchestra presenterar Galina Ustvolskajas (1919-2006) fem symfonier. Hennes musik har beskrivits som "med en laserstråles intensitet, kapabel att genomborra metall." Först efter hennes död blev Ustvolskajas originella och kompromisslösa begåvning slutligen erkänd.

Royal Swedish Orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet) / Lawrence Renes<br/><br/>Henk de Vlieger's orchestral arrangement of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle boils down this monumental music drama in four parts to a symphonic poem with a duration of a fifteenth of the original score. Unlike certain other arrangements, de Vlieger's follows the chronology of the operas so that the irrevocable process towards the twilight of the gods is clearly delineated. His method has been to select and link together the most important orchestral passages in the score, already closely interconnected as a result of Wagner's leitmotif technique The excerpts have in most cases been taken over without alterations; only occasionally has an essential vocal line been replaced by wind instruments. Quite possibly, Wagner himself would have objected to the undertaking, but in fact one of his own strongly held convictions was that the text - or rather its content - should be continuously present, by means of the hidden-away orchestra exploring the dramatic background to the action presented on stage. With this orchestral arangement the turn has thus come for the Royal Swedish Orchestra to take its place on centre stage, in music which has been part of its repertoire for close to 120 years at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. (Some of that impressive history is reflected in the CD booklet through images from Ring productions past and present.) The conductor Lawrence Renes, recently named music director at the Royal Swedish Opera, has admired de Vlieger's arrangement since it was premièred, in 1991, by his own mentor, the conductor Edo de Waart. The arrangement has been recorded previously, but never before by a bona fide opera orchestra. The result is indeed an adventure, as well as a sonic spectacular, and an excellent calling card for a fine orchestra all too often relegated to the shadows.<br/><br/>"Hovkapellet stryker sångpartierna och rensar bort 86 procent av musiken. Så här har ni aldrig hört Wagners operor förr." <br/>/CarlHåkan Larsén (Sydsvenskan) <br/><br/><br/>.

Toppbetyg i Hifi & Musik!<br/>"Petterssons sånger försvarar sin plats, och Mattei ger dem rättvisa. Och lyssna noga på Bengt-Åke Lundins fördjupande pianospel."<br/>(Stig Jacobsson, Hifi & Musik)

Tre större verk för piano och orkester av engelska tonsättare, som alla på sitt eget sätt avviker från 1800-talets traditionella modell med en virtuos solist i kamp mot orkestern. Tillsammans med BBC Symphony Orchestra under ledning av George Vass presenterar Clare Hammond ett originellt program som ger ett unikt perspektiv på hur pianokonserten speglade de musikaliska strömningarna i det brittiska 1900-talets mitt.

Mozart: Great Mass in c Minor [SACD Hybrid]

Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas (Paul Wee) [2 SACD Hybrid]