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Special offer. André Tchaikowsky: Two Piano Concertos - Piano Sonata
Peter Jablonski (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
For all the gloom and agitation heard here, Tchaikowsky was incapable of not writing melodic motifs and the finale has a Shostakovich-like spikiness; this is very viable if not highly individual... —
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Special offer. The Bells of Dawn
Russian Sacred and Folk Songs
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
The Grand Choir ‘Masters of Choral Singing’, Lev Kontorovich
The singing here...is more sophisticated than you might expect to hear in your average Russian church on a Sunday morning but Hvorostovsky does not over-egg it. In the characteristically lush... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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A frame of applause and ecstatic ovations greet what is one of Karita Mattila's most exciting discs yet… The repertoire takes Mattila's voice into thrilling new regions; and Martin Katz's piano... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Kaipainen: Symphony No. 3 & Bassoon Concerto
Otto Virtanen (bassoon)
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Jouni Kaipainen's first two symphonies were in one and two movements respectively but Kaipainen suggests no conclusions should be drawn from the fact that the Third (2004) is in three.
The latest... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Sakari Oramo conducts Magnus Lindberg
World Première Recordings
Esa Tapani (horn)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
It is Sculpture however that seems most sure of itself stylistically. Its outrageously Romantic conclusion - huge, organ-enhanced orchestra singing out in unabashed heroic tones - is convincing... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Contemporary
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Special offer. Sallinen: The King Goes Forth to France
Tommi Hakala, Jyrki Korhonen, Riikka Rantanen, Lilli Paasikivi, Mari Palo, Laura Nykänen, Jyrki Anttila, Herman Wallén & Santeri Kinnunen
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Philharmonic Chorus, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Okko Kamu
A dark yet wickedly funny opera from 1984 with roots somehow simultaneously in the Hundred Years War, the future, and our own environmentally challenged present, with the spectre of an idealistic... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Olli Mustonen (piano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
How many times have I regretted a shortage of fantasy, flair and fairy-tale imagination in recordings of the Prokofiev piano concertos? Well, here is a disc that akes all those qualities to... —
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Lintu presents a compellingly fresh and clear-eyed account of the definitive four-movement score. His Finnish team, routinely acclaimed for its clarity of articulation, delivers the goods here... —
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Special offer. Pēteris Vasks: 80th Anniversary Edition
Marko Ylönen (cello), Sinfonietta Riga (chamber ensemble), Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds, Juha Kangas, Sigvards Klava
a mesmerising 80th Anniversary Edition for the compelling composer. —
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You’ll be hard pushed to find a disc of Pärt choral music more enjoyable than this. —
