Aho
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Lindberg and Aho Clarinet Concertos
RecommendedJulian Bliss (clarinet), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Taavi Oramo
It's exciting to hear [the Lindberg] taken up by Julian Bliss, a clarinettist who thrives in this scampering sound world...The cadenza is Bliss's own; from its restrained opening to repeated... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Concerto
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Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Cello Concerto No. 2
Elina Vähälä (violin), Jonathan Roozeman (cello), Kymi Sinfonietta, Olari Elts
Superb performances by Elina Vähälä and Jonathan Roozeman confirm the idiomatic nature of Aho’s writing (having tried out the solo parts himself), and Olari Elts secures a committed response... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Kalevi Aho: Moonlight Concerto For Viola & Percussion; Concerto For Alto Flute & Strings
Sharon Bezaly (flute), Hiyoli Togawa (viola), Alexej Gerassimez (percussion), Lahti Symphony Orchestra, St Michel Strings, Anja Bihlmaier, Erkki Lasonpalo
Aho sensibly scores [the Concerto for Alto Flute] for strings, rather than full orchestra, yet there are multiple moments where Bezaly is required to weave in and out of the ensemble and never... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Contemporary
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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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Those who cherish earlier versions of Neilsen's masterpiece… will know how deep this music runs and how haunting it is. The young Swedish clarinettist give what I must say is the most searching... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Kalevi Aho: Guitar Concerto; Quintet for Horn and String Quartet
Ismo Eskelinen; Ilkka Puputti; Lapland Chamber Orchestra; John Storgårds
Eskelinen seems entirely at one with the work, his touch nimble and clean; clearly a fine player. The Lapland Chamber Orchestra accompany sensitively… It is splendidly played, and BIS’s sound... —
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Aho: Symphony No. 15
Eero Munter (double bass)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Jaako Kuusisto, Dima Slobodeniouk
I have only praise for the Lahti Symphony Orchestra displaying an unfailing instinct for Aho’s turbulent sound-world of absorbing textures and enticing rhythms. Each conductor seems impeccably... —
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The works are markedly different in character, yet both exhibit an underlying enigmatic quality against which an array of moods and textures are explored through an ever-changing post-tonal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Concerto Choice
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Sharon Bezaly - Nordic Spell
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, Bernhardur Wilkinson, Christian Lindberg
It is plain to hear why the composers were so inspired by her artistry, and also why BIS is making a significant commitment of recording her: this is the most technically assured, breathtakingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Aho’s brilliance at problem-solving and technical composition can conceal a slight lack of material carbohydrate…But there is plenteous atmosphere and much colour (however narrow the palette)... —
