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Special offer. Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Rapsodie espagnole, Alborada del gracioso & Pavane
Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
The discipline and quality of the playing is immediately evident in La valse…Yet the salient quality of Trevino’s approach is his preference for slowish tempos and the care he brings to details... —
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Special offer. Rudolf Tobias: Joonas (Jonah Oratorio)
Mirjam Mesak (soprano), Kai Rüütel-Pajula (mezzo-soprano), Mati Turi (tenor), Taavi Tampuu (baritone), Raiko Raalik (bass-baritone), Chorus Mysticus, Singers of the Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
the choirs in splendid voice for Kaljuste. Enno Maemets’s excellent sound and the leaner orchestral textures make every detail crystal-clear. What emerges is a well-wrought work with stylistic... —
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Autumn Gardens
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Autumn Gardens extends the Rautavaarian experience at least one step beyond the Seventh Symphony. You sense it especially in the animated finale, which begins giocoso e leggiero before a Baroque-style,... —
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Under its conductor of 40 years’ standing, Jan Łukaszewski, the Gdańsk-based Polish Chamber Choir produces a beautifully smooth and glowing tone. The overall effect is sweet, like eating too... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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The Tapiola Sinfonietta play admirably well under Janne Nisonen, empowering the music to speak for itself. It’s a fascinating portrait of what else was going on in Vienna in Beethoven’s orbit... —
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Special offer. Thomas Adès: Märchentänze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouvé & Dawn
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Tomas Nuñez (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[Collon] squeezes every drop of sonic brilliance from the scores. Soloists Nuñez and Kuusisto are also equal to the task, and invest their performances with real sensitive and personal interpretation. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Puumala: Anna Liisa
Helena Juntunen, Jorma Hynninen, Tanja Kauppinen, Ville Rusanen, Sanna Kurki-Suonio, Juha Hostikka, Anu Hostikka, Jouni Kokora
Tapiola Sinfonietta & Helsinki Chamber Choir, Jan Söderblom
This recording from last year feels tight and exciting, no mean achievement for the revival of an evidently difficult score dependent on stage hysteria and tension...Anna Liisa is something... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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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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Special offer. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The Polytech Male Choir & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Provocative, big-hearted and occasionally just plain bonkers, Segerstam is at his flexible best in Nos 1 and 7, where raw emotion, recreative spark and edge-of-seat drama combine to often revelatory... —
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Special offer. Eduardas Balsys: Violin Concerto No. 1, Dramatic Frescoes & Reflections of the Sea
Dzeraldas Bidva (violin), Indre Baikstyte (piano), Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas
Balsys is a key figure in Lithuania but not yet hugely known internationally. This recording makes a real case for his rich, colourful orchestral scores, which have a touch of Sibelius about... —
