Roland Pöntinen
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedMartin Fröst (clarinet), with Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), with Roland Pöntinen (piano), with Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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Fröst revels in the deep-plush velvet of his chalumeau regions - and, indeed, sustains this timbre throughout the instrument's register...the ensemble creates cutting-edge rhythmic urgency,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Chamber
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The Sibelius Edition Volume 9 - Chamber Music II
Chamber works for cello, string duos & trios, music for kantele, music for brass ensemble, and more
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I) & Laura Vikman (violin II), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Laura Vikman (violin...
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New. Hans Pfitzner: Chamber Works
Franz Schubert Quartett, Robert Schumann Trio, Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen, Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher
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Tubin: Symphony No. 7, Piano Concertino & Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi
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The album makes a welcome change from the endless recycling of clarinet warhorses elsewhere in the catalogue. Plaudits to Sony for giving Fröst freedom to traverse this breadth of repertoire,... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber
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Russian Ballads
Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Kissin
Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Schwabe's big, brawny tone and evident rapport with Pöntinen certainly pack a punch in the opening movements of the Prokofiev and Shostakovich sonatas in particular, but he's just as compelling... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Szymanowski’s substantial Violin Sonata is the earliest work on this new release featuring his music for violin and piano, and receives the most satisfying performance here. Sueye Park and Roland... —
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If you didn’t know, you could easily accept this as an original. It helps that Ulf Wallin’s rich tone favours the lower tessitura where much of the music still resides, and that there’s a flow... —
