Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Saraste does not need to play to the gallery; Sibelius does that more than adequately...I will be returning to this set often, and I encourage all to do so, too. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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If there’s a better recording of the Second Concerto out there, I haven’t heard it. —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. Bent Sørensen: The Island in the City
Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
neither are overtly or exclusively sorrowful, each arising from an ever-changing tapestry in which memory is constantly present. It ’s a trait characteristic of Bent Sørensen (b1958), acclaimed... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Michael Zev Gordon: The Impermanence of Things
Michael Zev Gordon, Catherine Larsen-Maguire, Carolin Widmann, Huw Watkins (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Ryan Wigglesworth
Gordon says that for years he has been ‘mixing together diverse materials and styles in the same piece’ which sounds easier than it is, and these three works all demonstrate a fine composer’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Concerto Choice
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there's much to commend throughout, especially in the Scherzo and Rondo-Burleske where the woodwind have the lion's share of character; the E flat clarinet shrieks are impressive indeed. A pity... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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Friedrich Cerha: Nacht & Drei Orchesterstücke
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & WR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Emilio Pomárico & Jukka-Pekka Saraste
The SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg, is in fine form, from delicately tolling tubular bells via Bergen woodwind lyricism to immense brass chords —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Special offer. RAITIO, V.: Fantasia poetica / Fantasia estatica / The Swans / The Column Fountain / Antigone (Finnish Radio Symphony, Saraste)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Ralf Gothoni (piano)
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Max Pommer, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Works for Orchestra
John Storgårds (violin), Pia Freund (soprano) & Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Karita Mattila (soprano) & Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris Orchestre de Paris, Hannu Lintu, Jukka-Pekka Saraste,...
