SACD, Aho (composer)
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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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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)... —
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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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Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
RecommendedBram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk
A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Kalevi Aho: Trombone Concerto & Trumpet Concerto
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Alain de Rudder (trumpet)
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Written in near proximity, the four movements of each piece follow a similar formal though subtly carried expressive trajectory…Performances, by soloist who gave the premieres, could not be... —
