2014

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Västerås Sinfoniettas årliga julkonserter tillsammans med Västerås Musikklasser vid Fryxellska Skolan har blivit ett begrepp! Här kommer det bästa från orkesterns och barnkörernas live-konserter med legendariske Jan Åke Hillerud som dirigent. Välkända julsånger (t ex Staffan var en stalledräng, Sankta Lucia, Nu tändas tusen juleljus, Let it snow, Winter wonderland) blandas med bland annat utdrag ur Bachs Juloratorium och en julig version av Verdis triumfkör ur Aida! Samt mycket mer!

Works: Ancora. Berlin song. Brothers. Bye bye mon amour. Canzone popolare. Corale. Corale Solo. Discovery at night. Giorni Dispari. I giorni. Indaco. L'origine nascosta. L'Ultima Volta. Le onde. Luce. Nefeli. Nightbook. Nuvole bianche. Oltremare. Primavera. Questa notte. Reverie. Sarabande. Two trees. Una mattina. Walk. Waterways.

Larsson Lars-Erik: Förklädd gud 2014 [CD]

För 25 år sedan fick den brittiske lite lätt egocentriske violinisten Nigel Kednnedy sitt stora genombrott med Vivaldis Årstiderna. Nu är det dags igen att plocka upp detta verk, i annan tolkning. Nigel har samarbetat med Damon Reece, som jobbat med Massive Attack och Goldfrapp. Bland sångarena på albumet märks Zee Gachette och Xantoné Blacq, (Amy Winehouse's band).

Yiruma: Piano music [2 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.