BIS Records is a record label founded in 1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located in Åkersberga, Sweden. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Ã…kersberga is a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm, and the seat of ÖsterÃ¥ker Municipality in Sweden. ...

BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings. Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Early music is European classical music before the classical music era and after Ancient music. ...

The company has recorded the complete works of Sibelius. Other composers of the Nordic countries and Balticum are also well represented in their catalogue, including Nikos Skalkotas, Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish, Jón Leifs, Geirr Tveitt and James MacMillan. Sibelius redirects to this article. ... Nikolaos Skalkottas Nikolaos (Nikos) Skalkottas (Greek: Νικόλαος Σκαλκώτας) (born 1901 in Chalcis, died 1949 in Athens) was a Greek composer of 20th-century music. ... Kalevi Aho (born 9 March 1949 in Forssa, Finland) is a Finnish composer. ... Sally Beamish (born 1956 in London) is a British composer. ... Jón Leifs (May 1, 1899 - July 30, 1968) was an Icelandic composer. ... Geirr (Nils) Tveitt (October 19, 1908–February 1, 1981) was one of Norways most distinguished composers in the 20th century. ... There are a few people with the name James M(a)cMillan: James MacMillan, a Canadian fur trader James MacMillan, a musician James McMillan, a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Another notable BIS project is the Bach Cantatas by the Bach Collegium Japan under Masaaki Suzuki. The Bach Collegium Japan (BCJ) is an orchestra and chorus specialising in Baroque music. ... Masaaki Suzuki (Japanese 鈴木雅明) is an organist, harpsichordist and conductor, and musical director of the Bach Collegium Japan. ...

More recently, BIS has embarked on a 5 year Beethoven symphony cycle with Finnish born conductor Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra. The cycle features 5.0 Surround Sound as well as being a Super Audio CD. The conductor Osmo Vänskä (* 28. ... The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra that was founded in 1903 by Emil Oberhoffer as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. ... It has been suggested that Multichannel audio be merged into this article or section. ... Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical audio disc aimed at providing much higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the compact disc. ...

See also

• List of record labels

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References

• An Interview with Robert von Bahr. Dave Billinge, MusicWeb international, retrieved May 14, 2006

External link

• Official site