Pekka Kuusisto
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Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Tomas Nuñez (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[Collon] squeezes every drop of sonic brilliance from the scores. Soloists Nuñez and Kuusisto are also equal to the task, and invest their performances with real sensitive and personal interpretation. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Pekka Kuusisto's lark does not take the usual, vertical ascent. It flutters, peruses, reflects; this flight, slower-paced and more solemn than most contemporary accounts, is highly personalised...the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Recording of the Month
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Coming soon. Lost Landscapes
Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto, Brad Lubman
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Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND
RecommendedThe Knights, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Eric Jacobsen, Avi Avital (mandolin), Colin Jacobsen, Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Her style seems rather instinctive, often cinematic in scope, and takes inspiration from many sources, be it poetry, painting or other music…The Knights deliver the music with impeccable ensemble,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Occurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 3
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Mario Caroli (flute), Thurídur Jónsdóttir (tape), Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
[Bjarnason's] Violin Concerto opens the album with a spectacular performance by soloist Pekka Kuusisto. Intensely virtuosic, the violin is nonetheless always part of a greater whole: from folky,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Rautavaara: 90th Anniversary Edition
Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marko Ylönen (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Belgium...
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Salonen / Ravel
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
What Nicolas Altstaedt and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk draw from Esa-Pekka Salonen's multi-layered Cello Concerto is fascinating – an exciting expedition into... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Assorted Programs
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Some purists may take exception to Dausgaard’s tempos or dynamics here and there, but the Bach performances, for the most part, are crisp, lively and expressive, and the BIS recording vivid,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Music of the Spheres
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sam Swallow (vocalist), Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Adès's appropriately stratospheric writing is despatched with fearless aplomb by Pekka Kuusisto. The main attractions, though, are an electric Jupiter Symphony (played from memory, and it shows... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Works for Violin and Piano
Pekka Kuusisto (violin) & Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
That [Dithyrambos] should have such an effect is partly a tribute to the spirited musicianship of Pekka Kuusisto and Paavali Jumppanen. If Kuusisto ultimately emerges as the star, that's partly... —
