Madetoja
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Gamba is adept at remaining alert to the changing moods of each piece, whether it be ensuring that things are kept fizzing along nicely in Leevi Madetoja's Comedy Overture, Op. 53, or bringing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th August 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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While their elder conjures in translucent textures the otherworldly darkness of Lemminkäinen’s sojourn in the Land of the Dead, Madetoja and Pylkkänen opt for galloping drama and pathos in depicting... —
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Record Review, 4th December 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th December 2021
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Oulu Sinfonia, Madetoja Music High School's Girls' Choir, The Soma Ensemble, Rumon Gamba
The playing of the Oulu Sinfonia offers quality in every department, with Rumon Gamba's conducting ensuring exemplary attention to detail; the precise shading of string tone in Kajanus's Adagietto... —
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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The Sibelius Edition Volume 13 - Miscellaneous Works
RecommendedFolke Gräsbeck (piano), Andrew Barnett (glockenspiel), Harri Viitanen (1967 Marcussen organ of Helsinki Cathedral) Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Hannu Jurmu (tenor) & Johan Simberg (recitation)
Finnish Radio Orchestra, Tempera Quartet, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dominante Choir & YL Male...
The final instalment in the Swedish label BIS’s Sibelius survey mops up the odds and ends. There’s an incredible range of material strewn across the four discs in this set. Much of it is superb,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th August 2011
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Special offer. Land of the Midnight Sun - Music and Images from Finland
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo (piano), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Olli Mustonen (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Elina Laakkonen (soprano), Helena Juntunen (soprano), Gustav Djupsjobacka (piano)
Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra,...
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Perhaps Sibelius's finest contemporary...It's vividly performed. —
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Special offer. Madetoja: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 & Okon Fuoko Suite
Recorded in the Helsinki Music Center, April 2013
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Storgårds conducts atmospherically. —
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