Olari Elts
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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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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Maan Varjot, Chateau de l'Ame, True Fire, Offrande
Olivier Latry (organ), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hannu Lintu, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
If I appear to be in the minority in continuing to view the late Saariaho’s output as a very mixed bag, there’s music on this valuable disc that I’ll return to while it reminds me, again, how... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Heino Eller: Violin Concerto; Fantasy; Symphonic Legend; Symphony No. 2
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
Estonian composer Heino Eller was a wonderful orchestrator, as revealed in these beautiful, if slightly forgettable, works. Skride, Elts and co, however, give the strongest advocacy for them... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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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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Erkki-Sven Tüür: Aeris
Christoph Eß (horn), Marc Gruber (horn), Stephan Schottstädt (horn), Timo Steiniger (horn), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, german hornsound, Olari Elts
Elts expertly steers an excellent Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in cycles of constant development and renewal, the rich, dense textures at once driven and spacious as, Tüür notes, the... —
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[Twilight and Dawn] have long been familiar through Neeme Järvi’s Chandos recordings but the greater refinement of playing and sensitivity of Elts’s readings are their own justification. Certainly... —
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Découverte
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Poul Ruders: Symphonies 3-6
Scott Yoo, Flemming Dreisig, Christopher Lichtenstein, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Minczuk, Olari Elts
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[Shostakovich] Hemsing is as fine in the third movement as the first in progressively ratcheting up the tension before easing down into the cadenza, which in turn grows steadily to a searing... —
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Romantic Piano Concertos: Grieg & Chopin
Nikolai Tokarev (piano)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Olari Elts
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Naxos August 2014 New Release Sampler
Martyn Hill (tenor), Mary Carewe (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ralph van Raat (piano), Patrick Messina (clarinet), Nicky Spence (tenor), Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano), Emanuele Buono (guitar), Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano), Joel Hastings (piano), Kirsten Sturm (organ), Raphael Wallfisch...
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