BIS Records Celebrating 40 Years with 40 of our top-selling titles at special price
Founded in 1973, BIS Records is one of the most highly respected classical labels in the world, praised
• for the sound quality of its recordings, whether released on regular CDs or as Hybrid SACDs with optional surround sound • for the versatility and variety of its catalogue, with repertoire ranging from the most contemporary to music of the Middle Ages, and from mainstream classical (the Three Bs ...) to the downright esoteric • for repeatedly undertaking projects of daunting complexity, such as the 68-disc Sibelius Edition documenting every note the Finnish master ever wrote, and the Complete Bach Cantatas in 55 volumes, with the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki • for being a truly international label: with headquarters in Sweden, BIS makes recordings on all the continents of the world – excluding Antarctica...
BIS-1963 | SACD BIS-275 La Spagna Vivaldi – The Four Seasons EAN 7318599919638 TT: 87’22 EAN 7318590002759 TT: 61’45
The ‘La Spagna’ theme in versions by The Four Seasons for violin and orchestra. Francesco da Milano, Prætorius, de la This disc also includes Concerto for viola Torre, dell Encina, Verardi, Dalza, Kotter, d’amore & lute (RV540) and Concerto for von Constanz, Farnaby, Gulielmus, Weck, flute & bassoon, ‘La Notte’ (RV439). Negri, Josquin des Pres, Ortiz, Trabaci, Sanz, Sweelinck, Pilkington, Judenkönig, de Nils-Erik Sparf, baroque violin Cabezón, Caroso & others Various artists Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Atrium Musicæ, Madrid / Gregorio Paniagua
BIS-317 BIS-500 Satie – Piano music Sibelius – Violin Concerto X 2 EAN 7318590003176 TT: 61’01 EAN 7318590005002 TT: 75’00
6 Gnossiennes; 3 Gymnopédies; Sonatine Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (original bureaucratique; Pièces froides; Embryons and final versions) desséchés; Avant-dernières pensées; Véritables préludes flasques; Les trois Leonidas Kavakos, violin valses distinguées du précieux dégoût; Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä Sarabande No.3
Roland Pöntinen, piano
BIS-635 BIS-791 Vivaldi – Recorder Concertos Bach – Cantatas, Volume 3 EAN 7318590006351 TT: 54’32 EAN 7318590007914 TT: 79’09
Concerto in C minor, RV.441; F major, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV12; ‘La tempesta di mare’, RV.433; C major, Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV54; Ach, RV.443; G minor, ‘La notte’, RV.439; F ich sehe, itzt..., BWV162; Himmelskönig, sei major, RV.434; C major, RV.444 willkommen, BWV182
Dan Laurin, recorder Soloists Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS 40th Anniversary, cont. (2/4)
BIS-935 BIS-941/42 Mendelssohn – Violin Concertos Bach – Christmas Oratorio EAN 7318590009352 TT: 51’11 EAN 7318599419428 TT: 144’50
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (Original Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV248 version); Violin Concerto in D minor Scherzo from Octet, Op.20 Soloists Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki Isabelle van Keulen, violin Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Lev Markiz
BIS-949 BIS-1044 Yoshikazu Mera – Romance Mozart – The Flute Quartets EAN 7318590009499 TT: 45’27 EAN 7318590010440 TT: 56’55
Songs and Arias by Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Flute Quartet in D major, K285; G major, Händel, R.Strauss, Gounod, Satie, Dvořák, K285a; A major, K298; C major, K Anh.171 Grieg, Rachmaninov & J.S. Bach/Gounod (285b)
Yoshikazu Mera, counter-tenor Sharon Bezaly, flute; Salzburger Solisten Japan Philharmonic SO / Shigeo Genda
BIS-1065 BIS-1125 Händel – Sacred Cantatas Sibelius – Lahti – Vänskä EAN 7318590010655 TT: 67’28 EAN 7318590011256 TT: 78’27
Salve Regina; O qualis de coelo sonus; Trio Finlandia; The Swan of Tuonela; Alla Marcia Sonata in G minor; Coelestis dum spirat from ‘Karelia Suite’; Excerpts from ‘The aura; Laudate pueri (Psalm 112) Tempest’ and ‘Pelléas et Mélisande’; Valse triste; Tapiola and other works Emma Kirkby, soprano London Baroque Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä
BIS-1135 BIS-1181 Emma Kirkby – Christmas Music Nordic Light EAN 7318590011355 TT: 66’49 EAN 7318590011812 TT: 70’28
Vocal and instrumental works by Böddecker, Nordic Music for Strings by Grieg, Nielsen, A. Scarlatti, Pachelbel, J.S. Bach and Corelli Henriques, Larsson, Rangström, Wirén, Jansson, Söderlundh, Tauro, Sibelius, Bull, Emma Kirkby, soprano Alfvén and Järnefelt London Baroque Royal Strings / Magnus Ericsson
BIS-1185 BIS-1191 | SACD Telemann – Overture & 3 Concertos Grieg – Piano Concerto EAN 7318590011850 TT: 76’45 EAN 7318599911915 TT: 79’09
Overture (Suite) in A minor; Recorder In Autumn, concert overture, Op. 11; Concerto in F major; Concerto in A minor for Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16; flauto dolce and viola da gamba; Recorder Symphony in C minor Concerto in C major Noriko Ogawa, piano Dan Laurin, recorder Bergen PO / Ole Kristian Ruud Mark Caudle, viola da gamba Arte dei Suonatori
BIS-1248 BIS-1263 | SACD Classical Trombone Concertos Mozart – Clarinet Concerto EAN 7318590012482 TT: 62’28 EAN 7318599912639 TT: 64’18
M. Haydn: Concerto in D major. Wagenseil: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622; Concerto in E flat. Albrechtsberger: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 Concerto in B flat major. L. Mozart: Concerto in D major Martin Fröst, basset clarinet/clarinet Vertavo String Quartet Christian Lindberg, alto trombone Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Peter Oundjian Australian Chamber Orchestra / R. Tognetti BIS 40th Anniversary, cont. (3/4) BIS-1285 BIS-1318 Tuba Carnival Brautigam plays Haydn concertos EAN 7318590012857 TT: 61’19 EAN 7318590013182 TT: 75’54
Originals and arrangements for tuba and Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII/11; F major, string orchestra, including Vivaldi: Winter Hob. XVIII/3; D major, Hob. XVIII/2; G (from The Four Seasons) and music by major, Hob. XVIII/4 Baadsvik, Grieg, Plau, Lundén-Welden, Stevens, Arban and Monti Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano Concerto Copenhagen / Lars Ulrik Øystein Baadsvik, tuba Mortensen Musica Vitae / Bjørn Sagstad
BIS-1390 | SACD BIS-1432 | SACD Freddy Kempf plays Chopin Études Tchaikovsky & Glazunov: Violin Concertos EAN 7318599913902 TT: 64’08 EAN 7318599914329 TT: 70’58
Twelve Études, Op.10 Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82 Twelve Études, Op.25 Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op.42 (arr. Glazunov); Violin Concerto in D major, Freddy Kempf, piano Op.35
Vadim Gluzman, violin Bergen PO / Andrew Litton
BIS-1434 BIS-1508 Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel Yevgeny Sudbin plays Scarlatti EAN 7318590014349 TT: 77’23 EAN 7318590015087 TT: 75’45
Fratres; Spiegel im Spiegel; Dopo la vittoria; 18 Keyboard Sonatas: K20; K27; K30; Bogoróditse Djévo; I Am the True Vine; K87; K197; K365; K426; K427; K429; K435; Annum per annum; Var. zur Gesundung von K448; K455; K466; K487; K492; K545 Arinuschka; Für Alina; Quintettino; Concerto piccolo über B-A-C-H for trumpet; Cantus in Yevgeny Sudbin, piano memory of B. Britten
Performers incl.V. Gluzman, vln; A. Lubimov, pno; H. Hardenberger, trpt; Berlin Phil. Wind Quintet; Swedish Radio Choir; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
BIS-1523 | SACD BIS-1536 | SACD Fröst Plays Weber – Clarinet Concertos ’Victorious Love’ – Songs by Henry Purcell EAN 7318599915234 TT: 74’09 EAN 7318599915364 TT: 71’40
Concerto No.1 in F minor, Op.73; Concerto Sweeter than roses; When first Amintas...; No.2 in E flat major, Op.74; Quintet in B flat The Plaint; They tell us that you mighty major for clarinet and strings, Op.34 (arr. for powers above; From silent shades; Music string orchestra); Concertino in E flat major, for a while; If music be the food of love; The Op.26 bashful Thames etc
Martin Fröst, clarinet Carolyn Sampson, soprano Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow L. Cummings, harpsichord; E. Kenny, lutes; A-M Lasla, bass viol; S. Sexton & A. Morris, violins; J. Rogers, viola
BIS-1539 | SACD BIS-1568 | SACD Mozart – Flute Concertos Yevgeny Sudbin plays Scriabin EAN 7318599915395 TT: 81’52 EAN 7318599915685 TT: 57’23
Concerto in G major, KV313; Andante in Alexander Scriabin: Étude, Op.8 No.12; C major for flute and orchestra, KV315; Sonata No.2 (Sonate-Fantaisie), Op.19; Concerto in C major for flute, harp and Étude from Three Pieces, Op.2; Four orchestra, KV299; Rondo in D major for flute Mazurkas from Op.3; Sonata No.5, Op.53; and orchestra, KV Anh.184; Concerto in D Nuances from Four Pieces, Op.56; Poème, major, KV314 - Cadenzas by Kalevi Aho Op.59; Sonata No.9, ’Messe noire’, Op.68; Valse, Op.38 Sharon Bezaly, flute Julie Palloc, harp Yevgeny Sudbin, piano Ostrobothnian Chamber Orch. / Juha Kangas
BIS-1591 | SACD BIS-1616 | SACD Grieg – Peer Gynt Suites Beethoven – Symphony No.9 EAN 7318599915913 TT: 70’50 EAN 7318599916163 TT: 65’46
Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46; Peer Gynt Su- Symphony No.9 in D minor, ’Choral’, Op.125 ite No.2, Op.55; Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak (version for wind band); H. Juntunen, soprano; K. Karnéus, mezzo- Old Norwegian Melody with Variations, soprano; D. Norman, tenor; N. Davies, bass Op.51; Bell Ringing, Op.54 No.6 Minnesota Chorale Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä Bergen PO / Ole Kristian Ruud BIS 40th Anniversary, cont. (4/4) BIS-1661 | SACD BIS-1701/02 | SACD Grieg – Choral Music Bach – Mass in B minor EAN 7318599916613 TT: 60’22 EAN 7318591701026 TT: 107’31
E. Grieg: Ved Rondane; Jeg lagde mig så Mass in B minor, BWV232 sildig; To religiøse kor [Blegnet, segnet; Ave, Maris Stella]; Margrethes vuggesang; Carolyn Sampson & Rachel Nicholls, Kveldssang for Blakken; Landkjenning; soprano; Robin Blaze, alto; Gerd Türk, Våren; I Folketone - based on Det var tenor; Peter Kooij, bass engang from Lyric Pieces, Op.71; Fire Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki Salmer
Det Norske Solistkor / Grete Pedersen
BIS-1705/06 | SACD BIS-1758 | SACD Händel – Twelve Grand Concertos Beethoven – Piano Concertos 4 & 5 EAN 7318591705062 TT: 163’39 EAN 7318599917580 TT: 70’27
12 Concerti grossi, Op.6 Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58; Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73, Arte dei Suonatori / Martin Gester ‘Emperor’ Yevgeny Sudbin, piano 3 discs for the price of 2 Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä
BIS-1817 | SACD BIS-1841 | SACD Trio Zimmermann plays Mozart’s Bach – Motets Divertimento EAN 7318599918419 TT: 75’28 EAN 7318599918174 TT: 59’25 J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn..., BWV225; Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K563 Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV229; Jesu, meine Schubert: String Trio in B flat major, D471 Freude, BWV227; Lobet den Herrn, alle Hei- den, BWV230; Fürchte dich nicht, BWV228; Trio Zimmermann: Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh.159; Der Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin Geist hilft..., BWV226; O Jesu Christ, meins Antoine Tamestit, viola Lebens Licht, BWV118 Christian Poltéra, cello Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki
BIS-1894 | SACD BIS-2007 | SACD Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 24 and 25 Mozart – Music for the Oboe EAN 7318599918945 TT: 55’29 EAN 7318599920078 TT: 55’52
Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K 491 Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370; Oboe Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K 503 Concerto in C major, K 314; Violin Sonata in B flat major, K 378 (arranged for oboe and Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano piano) Die Kölner Akademie / Michael A. Willens Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboe & direction B. Brovtsyn, violin; M. Rysanov, viola; K. Blaumane, cello; L. Ogrintchouk, piano Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
BIS-5013 BIS-5020 The Zappa Album Malena Ernman – My Love EAN 7318590050132 TT: 50’07 EAN 7318590050200 TT: 67’45
Arrangements for Baroque ensemble of: Arrangements for voice and guitar of Night School; Sofa; Black Page #2; Uncle favourite arias and songs. Including Rossini Meat; Igor’s Boogie; Zoot Allures; Big (Una voce poco fa), Bizet (Habanera Swifty; T’Mershi Duween; Alien Orifice; The & Seguidilla), Ravel, Legrand, Mozart, Idiot Bastard Son; RDNZL; Son of Orange Schubert, Ellington, Lindberg and Nilsson County; Echidna’s Arf (of You); Inca Roads; G-Spot Tornado Malena Ernman, mezzo-soprano Mats Bergström, guitar Ensemble Ambrosius
The SACD titles included in this selection are all Hybrid Super Audio CDs that can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) and in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD)
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