Concertos, Aho (composer)
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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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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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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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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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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... —
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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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Aho - Tuba and Contrabassoon Concertos
Øystein Baadsvik (tuba), Lewis Lipnick (contrabassoon)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Mats Rondin, Andrew Litton
…Aho's ascetic-declamatory vein (imagine the most stygian late Schnittke but with a greater sense of direction and purpose) encourages and rewards rehearing, as do the superb playing and recording. —
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Kalevi Aho: Horn Concerto & Theremin Concerto
Annu Salminen (horn), Carolina Eyck (theremin)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds
Virtuosity in the service of imagination is the abiding impression of all Aho's concertos, and the quality of soloists, orchestra, conductor and recording here is fully up to that of the music... —
