Chamber, Aho (composer)
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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: Chamber Works
Osmo Vänskä (clarinet), Sarah Kwak & Gina DiBello (violins), Thomas Turner (viola), Anthony Ross (cello), Susan Billmeyer (piano) & Veli Kujala & Susanne Kujala (accordions)
What’s most intriguing about this review disc is that it features Osmo Vänskä not as a conductor but as a soloist...Vänskä the soloist - now eloquent, now earthy - is a real delight...Not to... —
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Kalevi Aho: Oboe Concerto & Sonata
Piet van Bockstal (oboe), with Yutaka Oya (piano)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
There’s a chamber-like intensity to this concerto – a heightened instrumental clarity if you will – and oboist Piet Van Bockstal is a gentle and evocative soloist throughout...Fine music and... —
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Full marks for originailty of concept and for execution, which has all this ensemble's trademark style and communicative nous, and for a fascinating booklet-note by Ivan Moody.ode12732 —
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Strauss: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe), David Pia (cello)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Johannes Goritzki
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J.S. Bach, Boulez, Aho & Prokofiev: Flute Sonatas & Solo Works
Brandon Patrick George (flute), Steven Beck (piano), Jacob Greenberg (piano)
The young American flautist makes his solo recording debut with a nuanced programme. His sound is developed and clear, but would benefit from more focused phrasing. —
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