Jan Lehtola
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Succinct yet informative notes by the composer, and a work that demonstrably starts listeners in at the top of Aho's everexpanding symphonic odyssey. —
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I cannot fault the performances here. —
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Lehtola’s playing and programme notes are outstanding, and the glassy chill of the Virtanen organ at Turku fits the music like a glove. —
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Kalevi Aho: Organ Music
Jan Lehtola (playing the 1907/2008 Åkerman & Lund organ of St Johannes kyrka, Malmö, Sweden)
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Helsinki Chamber Choir certainly have the measure of the piece in their new recording. Conductor Nils Schweckendiek is unafraid to allow space around the music, with some daringly long pauses... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Ruoff does a good job in representing sheer terror in music, just as organist Jan Lehtola does in his bringing this and the other works featured in this recital to life. His polished playing,... —
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Joonas Kokkonen: Requiem & Complete Works for Organ
Jan Lehtola (organ), Suvi Väyrynen (soprano), Joose Vähäsöyrinki (baritone)
Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir, Heikki Liimola
The superb singing of the Klementti Institute Chamber Choir, who sing with clarity and sensitivity, should not go unremarked. —
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