The award-winning ensemble Hoor Barock is releasing a full album featuring the music of Antonio Vivaldi. The pride of Sk�ne, Hoor Barock, is the small baroque orchestra that has made a name for itself with it's passionate interpretations of baroque music. The group has been praised for it's virtuosity, sensitivity, stylistic brilliance, and joyful, playful approach to performance. Hoor Barock has four critically acclaimed recordings behind them and won a Swedish Grammy in 2020 together with Dan Laurin. In the new production "Vivaldi in the North," Hoor Barock's temperament and musicianship flourish in Antonio Vivaldi's beautiful and vibrant music. The album includes solo concertos and ensemble works with varying moods and characters. Featured soloists are recorder player Emelie Roos, baroque violinist Hannah Tibell, and lutenist Dohyo Sol. Some of the works on the album deserve special mention - the flute concerto "Il Gran Mogol" was discovered only fifteen years ago and is here recorded for the first time with a recorder instead of a transverse flute. The violin concerto in G major and the string symphony in B minor have a special Swedish (Scanian) connection, as the only surviving manuscripts are preserved at Lund University Library. Hoor Barock has previously recorded works from this nearby library and is keen to highlight the rich historical cultural heritage found there. Vivaldi's music was present in the Nordic countries during the Baroque era and continues to inspire us today. The ever-present drama in Vivaldi's music-whether depicting proud autumn storms, mirror-like icy landscapes, or exuberant dancing joy-can be found in the Nordic nature just as much as in the Mediterranean world of Venice.

Jan H Borjesson - organ

GEORG GULYaS PLAYS JOSe /TURINA / DE FALLA

Goteborg Baroque Magnus Kjellson The long-awaited release of Goteborg Baroque's recording of Dietrich Buxtehude's "Membra Jesu Nostri" is finally out! This legendary musical work has been interpreted countless times, and yet Goteborg Baroque brings something new to the table. Recorded in arstads kyrka outside the Swedish town of Falkenberg, artistic director Magnus Kjellson and his group of musicians succeed in delivering an intimate and genuine rendition of "Membra Jesu Nostri", with the unmistakable quality that the ensemble has become acclaimed for: the live feeling, that of being in the room with the musicians even when listening to a recording. Goteborg Baroque is pleased to share a most human and heartfelt interpretation of one of the most wondrous works in music history.

This CD contains some of my compositions from the years 2020-2022; the period when I studied composition under Staffan Storm at the Malmo Academy of Music. Some works originate from the period just prior to my studies and some from the period immediately after. The four organ works (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 7) summarise quite well my journey as a composer during these years. They begin with the arrangement of the chorale O giv oss, Herre, av den tro, (O give us Lord, the faith) composed in the summer of 2020. After that I explore O glad dig, Guds forsamling nu (O rejoice, the Church of God) with another type of harmony built on chords by fourths. Here the melody of the chorale is treated more freely than in the first chorale arrangement, using more accidentals. The short Gregorian paraphrase Terribilis est builds on a kind of canon technique alternating with warmer, free-floating sonorous islands as a contrast to the canon parts. Polytonality, i.e. The simultaneous use in the music of several melodious tonalities, has become a significant and characteristic ingredient in my music. In the piece entitled In nomine Jesu I explore this technique both by overlapping chords and a more linear melodic sequence. The last organ work has been performed on the gallery organ in the church and the three other organ works as well as the cantata Tatt intill korset (Close to the Cross) are performed on the choir organ. /Hampus

The new album Pasacalle from Monica Groop and Timo Korhonen, two leading Finnish musicians, is a collection of Spanish folk songs combining poetry and music. Monica Groop is known for a diverse career in the fields of opera, lieder and oratorios. She has worked at the Sibelius Academy since 2009 as a Professor of Vocal Arts.Guitarist Timo Korhonen travels the world as a soloist, chamber musician and popular host of master classes.He has performed in over 30 countries and premiered over 40 pieces by composers including Magnus Lindberg, Toshio Hosokawa and Kimmo Hakola.

Solaris is a collection of modern prayers, sung in as many as six languages. Works by Finland's leading composers, such as Rautavaara, Tuomela, Puurtinen, Hofmann and J�rvel�, are complemented by selected older church music, French music, and new Russian vocal music.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

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Vindla String Quartet is something quite unique, a string quartet composing it's own repertoire. In September 2024 they are releasing their second album "Med ljus och lykta" on NAXOS Sweden. The music has it's very own sound, a mixture of influences from classical compositions, jazz, folk and pop. Vindla has established a creative universe, open to new ideas on joint music making. It all started during the Pandemic when restrictions made public performances impossible. The quartet's members started sending bits and pieces of music back and forth to one another, building on each other's ideas. The end result is 9 songs created from the desire to make something together that could not have been done by one of them alone. ' Vindla String Quartet was founded in Malmo in 2008. The quartet is known for it's many collaborations with artists from various genres. Debuting with an album in their own name in 2018 they are recognized as one of Sweden's most interesting chamber music constellations. They aim to widen the idea of what a string quartet can be and do. By making compositions collectively they want to challenge the idea of the composer as a lonesome genius and musicians as interpreters and not creators.

The Royal Danish Brass and Anders Johnsson