Tapiola Sinfonietta
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Alexandre Kantorow (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
The virtuosity is breathtaking, yet nothing is hard-pressed, for the younger Kantorow has that hallmark of the greatest performers of always appearing to have plenty of time...In short, this... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, Concerto Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Quarterly Critics Choice, Autumn 2022, Orchestral Music & Concertos
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 'L'Égyptien'
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this…Believe me, [Kantorow] is the real deal – a firebreathing virtuoso with a poetic charm... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Previous recordings gave notice of unwavering commitment and dedication to this unfamiliar music, and this album marks yet another significant achievement, offering spirited, richly detailed... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 & other works for solo instrument and orchestra
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) & Heini Kärkkäinen (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Kees Bakels
Right from the opening appassionato phrase on the G string, Jean-Jacques Kantorow goes for broke… Kantorow can be delicate too, while his brisk speeds… ensure that nothing sags - the second... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Joseph Martin Kraus: Viola Concertos
World Première Recordings
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), with Riitta Pesola (cello)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen
Their Haydnesque scale and formal clarity suggest they're all early works. There's a passionately Strum und Drang quality to the bleak opening unisons, but Kraus was clearly a fine melodist;... —
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He was a masterly orchestrator, and as a result – as passionately played by the Tapiola Sinfonietta, under Janne Nisonen’s direction – these skilfully-crafted works emerge as noble rediscoveries. —
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Special offer. Puumala: Anna Liisa
Helena Juntunen, Jorma Hynninen, Tanja Kauppinen, Ville Rusanen, Sanna Kurki-Suonio, Juha Hostikka, Anu Hostikka, Jouni Kokora
Tapiola Sinfonietta & Helsinki Chamber Choir, Jan Söderblom
This recording from last year feels tight and exciting, no mean achievement for the revival of an evidently difficult score dependent on stage hysteria and tension...Anna Liisa is something... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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The Tapiola Sinfonietta play admirably well under Janne Nisonen, empowering the music to speak for itself. It’s a fascinating portrait of what else was going on in Vienna in Beethoven’s orbit... —
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In The Shadow of War
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Hugh Wolff, Gábor Takács-Nagy
this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression...What... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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