- BIS Records
BIS Records is a
record label founded in1973 by Robert von Bahr. It is located inÅkersberga ,Sweden .BIS focuses on classical music, both contemporary and early, especially works that are not already well represented by existing recordings.
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 andJames MacMillan .Another notable BIS project is the Bach Cantatas by the
Bach Collegium Japan underMasaaki Suzuki .More recently, BIS has embarked on a 5 year Beethoven symphony cycle with Finnish born conductor
Osmo Vänskä and theMinnesota Orchestra . The cycle features 5.0Surround Sound as well as being aSuper Audio CD .ee also
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List of record labels References
* [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Sept03/bahr.htm An Interview with Robert von Bahr] . Dave Billinge, MusicWeb international, retrieved May 14, 2006
External links
* [http://www.bis.se Official site]
* [http://blog.cytrap.eu/?p=177 How copyright infringement against BIS Records was discovered by an iPod user]
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