Ondine
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This is a beautiful selection of Sviridov’s choral music. There is a subtlety to phrasing of the Latvian Radio Choir’s performance of the Trisagion, for example, that often eludes Russian and... —
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Special offer. Vivit!
Choral Works By Max Reger and Rudolf Tobias
Ene Salumäe (organ) & Siim Selis (piano)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Daniel Reuss
Stylistically, [Tobias] is a sort of Baltic Bairstow...transcendental without being revolutionary, intimate, not vain, and highly responsive to text and atmosphere. Reger, by contrast, favours... —
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Special offer. Crusell: The Last Warrior; Bassoon Concerto & Overture to The Little Slave Girl
Jani Sunnarborg (bassoon), Frank Skog (reciter), Audi Jugendchorakademie, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Aapo Hakkinen
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Special offer. Vaino Raitio: Queen of the Flowers
Works for small orchestra
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Tuomas Ollila
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Special offer. Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Music I-VIII
Arto Noras (cello), Alexis Roman (alto flute & flute), Nahoko Kinoshita (oboe), Gocho Prakov (clarinet), Sanna Wihinen (bassoon) & Marielle Harri (french horn), Ralf Gothóni (piano & conductor)
Jyväskylä Sinfonia & Meta 4 String Quartet
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Special offer. Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) & Sinfonietta
World premiere recordings of new versions
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds, captured in stunning SACD sound, delivers a suave and subtly nuanced performance —
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (orch. Schoenberg)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
In utilising the relatively modest-sized forces of the Gavle Symphony orchestra, conductor Jaime martin succeeds in bringing far greater textural clarity to the orchestration than many other... —
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this is a distinguished cycle, made more valuable by its inclusion of all the posthumous items. —
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Special offer. Vasks: Pater noster, Dona nobis pacem & Missa
Latvian Radio Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Klava
…the beauty of the music is hardly disputable. Some commentators find his current style too simplistic, neo-Romantic and sentimental… but even they must acknowledge the superb performances... —
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this well-recorded set remains a faithful, sonically-superb issue … Admirers of this fine, mercurial artist need not hesitate to acquire this set. —