Concertos, Merikanto, A (composer)
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Hedlund plays with sweetness and passion, though occasionally seems a little careful in the technically challenging passages —
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Special offer. Suomi: Finland 100
A Century of Finnish Classics
Soile Isokoski, Jorma Hynninen & Matti Salminen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Leif Segerstam, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hannu Lintu & John Storgards
Rautavaara's Summer Thoughts is part of a whole disc reflecting the composer's rather romantic nature-loving works for piano and violin. It's awash in memories from which images are constantly... —
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Special offer. Aurora Borealis: The Magic of Northern Lights
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, Tuomas Ollila-Hnnikainen, Oleg Soldatov, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu, Juha Kangas
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Special offer. Aurora Borealis
Magic of the Mysterious North
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Max Pommer, Leif Segerstam, Tuomas Ollila, Oleg Soldatov, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu, Juha Kangas
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Special offer. Merikanto, A: Piano Concerto No. 2, etc.
Matti Raekallio (piano)
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila
Merikanto's Second and Third Piano Concertos (from 1937-8 and 1955 respectively) are typical of his later output – contrapuntally inventive and impressionistic in scoring. Both have an engaging... —
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto in E minor & Merikanto: Cello Concerto No. 2
Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Dramatically conveyed and powerfully unified, [the performance] opens up an unexpected scenario of Russian cantilena melody and ballet step.Under the imaginative and tight direction of their... —
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Liisa Pohjola: Selected Recordings 1969-2004
Liisa Pohjola (piano), Olli Pohjola (flute), Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo