Browse: BIS (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label BIS.
-
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
-
Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
-
BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
CD
$15.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Alfred Schnittke & Arvo Pärt: Choral Works
RecommendedRaul Mikson (tenor), Maria Melaha (soprano), Karolina Kriis (soprano), Marianne Pärna (alto), Ave Hännikäinen (alto), Toomas Tohert (tenor), Kaia Urb (soprano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Kaspars Putniņš
The performance by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Kaspars Putiniņš is really impressive with a particularly rich and sonorous bass sound that is absolutely tailor- made for this... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Choral
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Panache is Kantorow’s strength throughout the program, but it is combined with probing emotional maturity, which is rare. I doubt that any prediction will come true for him other than the prediction... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
hugely impressive in that you simply can't tell Sudbin's playing apart from that of his 12-year-old daughter Bella...I’d have been happy for a complete sequence of original Tchaikovsky pianism,... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
Masaaki Suzuki plays Bach Organ Works, Vol. 3 on the Great Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral
Masaaki Suzuki (organ)
Suzuki’s performances are at times quite measured, even understated, although that makes the moments when flair shines through all the more exciting. Overall it is the magisterial sense of the... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, October 2019, Editor's Choice
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
If not the last word, Zimmermann’s interpretations are the most impressive I have heard in recent years. The tone is magnificently focused, occasionally throaty but without excessive vibrato.... — More…
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Instrumental Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
The music fair kidnaps the listener's attention at the outset and does not random it until the gripping, wholly satisfying close...The performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stunning... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Contemporary
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
[In the title-work] Saariaho embraces the often-referenced otherworldly aspects of her palette by setting text about Martians, desert people and universality – think sci-fi madrigal rather than... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2023
-
Gramophone Magazine, September 2023
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
-
Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Winner - Best Choral Performance
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Contemporary Music
-
BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
CD
$15.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedBenjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
It’s fascinating how much his two recordings have in common…what principally differentiates the two sets are the solo singers…Benjamin Bruns’s Evangelist and Christian Immler’s Christus are compelling,... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Recording of the Month
-
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
-
Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Offer,
John Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo and other Chamber Works
Susan Bickley (mezzo), Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins
Pickard has a compositional voice that is truly sui generis. Each work sounds different from any of the others (the composer’s stated goal) and all are expertly performed by members of the Nash... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Contemporary
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
