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H.K. Gruber: 3 MOB Pieces; Busking; Kurt Schwertsik: Divertimento Macchiato / Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Swedish CO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-22

Works: HK Gruber: Mob Pieces (3), for 7 interchangeable instruments & percussion; Busking, for trumpet, accordion, banjo & string orchestra; Kurt Schwertsik: Divertimento Macchiato, for trumpet & orchestra ...
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Buder, Claudia; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]
Conductors: Gruber, H.K.
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

The common denominator of the three works presented here is the soloist Håkan Hardenberger. In 1999, the celebrated trumpet player asked HK Gruber to arrange...continue...

Kalevi Aho: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano; Sonata for Two Accordions /

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-05-10

Works: Kalevi Aho: Quintet for clarinet & string quartet; Trio for clarinet, viola & piano; Sonata for 2 Accordions
Performers: Billmeyer, Susan; DiBello, Gina [Violin]; Kujala, Susanne [Accordion]; Kujala, Veli; Kwak, Sarah; Ross, Anthony; Turner, Thomas; Vanska, Osmo

Renowned for his rich production in the field of orchestral music, Kalevi Aho is also a prolific composer for chamber forces. Here three works spanning...continue...

A Kaleidoscope / Peter Mattei

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (chamber version); Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas song; Peter Cornelius: Die drei Kön...
Performers: Alin, Folke; Astrand, Anders; Canning, Andrew; Derwinger, Love; Forsberg, Bengt; Gustafsson, Carl-Lennart; Johansson, Per; Lidstrom, Lars-Erik; Mattei, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Nordin, Lena; Pont...
Conductors: Alin, Cecilia Rydinger; Sund, Robert; Paavo, Järvi; Graden, Gary
Ensemble: ; Allmänna Sången ; Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Uppsala Musikklasser

With his magnificent voice and magnetic stage personality, the Swedish baritone Peter Mattei delights audiences at the Metropolitan in New York, La Scala in Milan,...continue...

S'il Vous Plait / piano works transcribed for accordion

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-03-10

Works: Louis-Claude Daquin: 3ème Suite, 1er livre de pièces de clavecin; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C minor, K. 11; George Frederick Handel: Suite...
Performers: Miki, Mie

Hailed as ‘Queen of the classical accordion’, Mie Miki made her first public appearance at the age of five, and has since then given countless...continue...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (10/2009)....continue...

Gubaidulina: Deceitful Face of Hope and Despair, etc/ Bezaly

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-04-03

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and Despair; Seven Last Words
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Miki, Mie; Thedeen, Torleif
Conductors: Venzago, Mario
Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Considered by many to be the most important Russian composer since Shostakovich, Sofia Gubaidulina is well represented in the BIS catalogue. The present disc will...continue...

Antiquities - Machaut, Bach, Isaac, Dowland / Imai, Miki

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-06-01

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Felix virgo/Inviolata/Ad te suspiramus; Ma fin est mon commencement; Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006; Sonata ...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Miki, Mie

Sonorities - Japanese Accordion Music / Mie Miki

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-05-01

Works: Toshio Hosokawa: Melodia 2, for accordion; Melodia, for accordion; Hikaru Hayashi: A Bee Crosses Over the Strait; Maki Ishii: Lost Sounds 2 for accordion and tape, Op. 33b; Tango Prism, Op. 73; Yuji ...
Performers: Miki, Mie

What's A Nice Chord Like You...? - Nuorvala: Chamber Music

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-07-25

Works: Juhani Nuorvala: Impromptus (3) for clarinet & kantele; Quartet for Strings no 2; What's a Nice Chord Like You Doing in a Piece Like This?; Quartet for Strings no 1 "Dancescapes"; Twitching Gait for ...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Luoma, Mikko; Poutanen, Risto; Valo, Jari
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avanti Quartet

Precious: Christmas Music With Yoshikazu Mera

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-08-30

Works: Anonymous, Swedish: How Great Thou Art (Tune; Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast; Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust; Richard Rodgers: If I Loved You, song (from "Carousel"); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Gil G...
Performers: Ezrin, Andy; Goldstein, Gil; Mera, Yoshikazu; Nakagawa, Eijiro; Russ, Rosa; Sanders, Marlon; Sharifi, Jamshied; St. Michel, Arif; Wittman, Ben; Yoshida, Jiro
Conductors: Yoshida, Jiro
Ensemble: The Orchestra

Yoshikazu Mera domonstrates aspects of his remarkable talent that we have not encountered before in this selection of songs with a Christmas flavor. The album...continue...
Personnel: Jiro Yoshida (guitar); Elena Barere (violin); Sue Pray, Crystal Garner, Carol Landon, Sarah Adams, Juliet Haffner, Richard Sortomme (viola); Jeremy Turner, Jerry Grossman , Caryl Paisner (c...continue...

Into the Depth of Time / Mie Miki, Nobuko Imai

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Toshio Hosokawa: In die Tiefe der Zeit; Yoshiro Irino: Suite for Viola solo; Yuji Takahashi: Like Swans leaving the Lake; Like a Water-Buffalo; Ins Tal; Isang Yun: Duo for Viola and Accordian
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Miki, Mie

Gubaidulina: Silenzio, De Profundis, etc / Draugsvoll, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-03-20

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Pieces (5) for Accordion, Violin and Cello "Silenzio"; De profundis, for bayan; Et expecto, sonata for bayan; In Erwartung (In Anticipation), for saxophone quartet & 6 percussionis...
Performers: Balk-Moller, Arne; Brendstrup, Henrik; Draugsvoll, Geir
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Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet