Classical Music

Classical Music

(SACD-HYBRID) When winter gives way to spring, something stirs at the very foundations of the Swedish soul. The cultivation of an old but vigorous tradition reaches it's climax every year in Stockholm on April 30th when the Stockholm Academic Male Chorus greets spring in the Skansen open-air museum. On this day, like on no other occasion, the audience expects to hear these spring songs as their composers originally intended: performed by a male chorus. This SACD captures some of the most loved male chorus songs generally performed during this season.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Performing the music of Mozart is like trying to tell a story everyone knows and has heard many times as if it were the very first time it has been told. It is a combination of musical pleasure and a wealth of variation in it's execution. The Concerto for violin nr. 3 in G major was composed in Salzburg in 1775, when Mozart was 19 years of age. We know from his letters that Mozart dreaded the first performance of the work by Concert Master Antonio Brunetti, who, according to Mozart was a blunt, reeking, mediocre violinist. He was however, greatly relieved when Frans Xaver Kolb performed the premiere instead. Kolb was a considerably more accomplished (and probably less offensive-smelling) violinist. The G major Concerto has always been a personal favorite of mine, and together with Rebaroque, I consider it a privilege to make it "ours," To tell, with our own eyes, ears and Jonas Dominique's fantastic wind arrangements, such a beautiful and moving story as this.

This new release features renowned guitarist Georg Gulyas, and vocalist Ivonne Fuchs. The program presented includes works by Benjamin Britten, as well as John Dowland’s Come, Heavy Sleep. This album was produced by Torbjorn Samuelsson, who has received critical acclaim for his previous recordings of Gulyas.

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music