Features hits by Albinoni, Pachelbel and others, plus masterworks from Bach to Stravinsky and, reflecting BIS's origins as a label, highlights from Nordic composers.

In the compositions of Yoshihiro Kanno (b. 1953) he bases himself on three idioms: Western instrumental music, Japanese traditional instruments and computer music. Combining these various elements freely, he creates scores for Japanese instruments and computer as well as for Western and Japanese instruments. The pianist Noriko Ogawa, acclaimed for a wide-ranging discography comprising music by Mozart and Debussy to Takemitsu and Graham Fitkin, is a champion of Kanno's music, having commissioned three of the works on the present disc, the so-called 'Particle of Piano' series.

The Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica and its artistic director Terje Tønnesen made their first joint appearance on BIS in 2013 with a critically acclaimed all-Britten program, released in conjunction with the ensemble’s BBC Proms début. The team now returns with another program of 20th c. music for strings – this time by four different composer: Bartók, Webern, Prokofiev and Hindemith, spanning the years from before WWI to a few days before the outbreak of WWII. These musicians are completely attuned to each other's dynamics, attack, phrasing, and blend.’ - Fanfare