iOS 9.3: media.release() kills all running audio files

I got two media objects
var media1 = new Media("file1.mp3");
var media2 = new Media("file2.mp3");

When I call the media2.release() method while media1 is playing, then an error will popup in XCode and media1 is stopping imediatelly.

The error message is:

AVAudioSession.mm:692: -[AVAudioSession setActive:withOptions:error:]: Deactivating an audio session that has running I/O. All I/O should be stopped or paused prior to deactivating the audio session.

When I comment the line

[self.avSession setActive:NO error:nil];

in the release method of the CDVSound.m file then the error disappears and media1 is continuing playing after I invoked media2.release().
Tested on v2.2.0 and v1.0.1 of the cordova-plugin-media plugin.