Bis

Beethoven: The complete piano vVariations [6 SACD Hybrid]

Den svenske violinisten Johannes Marmén bildade "sin" kvartett 2013 då han studerade vid Royal College of Music i London. Sex år senare vann de första pris vid två olika internationella tävlingar för stråkkvartetter, i Frankrike respektive Kanada. Nu släpper de sitt debutalbum på BIS, med stråkkvartetter av György Ligeti och Béla Bartók.<br/><br/> Högsta betyg till Marmen Quartet i Musikrevyn i P2!<br/>"En otroligt fin skiva. Jag blir väldigt sugen att höra mer av den här kvartetten. Sjukt bra!" (Musikrevyn)

Schubert: The symphonies (Dausgaard) [4 SACD Hybrid]

Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Brandenburg project [3 SACD Hybrid]

Thalberg Sigismond: L'art Du Chant [2 SACD Hybrid]

Balducci Nicolo: Amore Dolore [SACD Hybrid]

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The excerpts have in most cases been taken over without alterations; only occasionally has an essential vocal line been replaced by wind instruments.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/>.