Ondine
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Special offer. Pēteris Vasks: Plainscapes
Sandis Šteinbergs (violin) & Guna Āboltiņa (cello), Jānis Kokins (percussion)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava
this, the second volume from Ondine, focuses on superb performances by the Latvian Radio Choir of the secular side of his trance-inducing, largely homophonic four-part compositions, regarded... —
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Mustonen emphasises the music's stylistic antecedents, rather than looking forward to the expressive ambivalence of Scriabin's later music...Whatever the technical demands involved, Mustonon... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. RAITIO, V.: Fantasia poetica / Fantasia estatica / The Swans / The Column Fountain / Antigone (Finnish Radio Symphony, Saraste)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Special offer. Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, etc.
RecommendedSwedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck presides over the most intrepidly individual and pungently characterful performance of the Lemminkäinen Legends since Leif Segerstam's 1995 Helsinki PO account for this same label.... —
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Building a Library, April 2005, Highly Recommended
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
RecommendedOlivier Latry (organ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
…it is a breathtaking achievement. There is passion, but precision, technically well-nigh faultless. —
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Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Works for Violin and Piano
Pekka Kuusisto (violin) & Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
That [Dithyrambos] should have such an effect is partly a tribute to the spirited musicianship of Pekka Kuusisto and Paavali Jumppanen. If Kuusisto ultimately emerges as the star, that's partly... —
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Symphony No. 7 'Angel of Light', etc.
Kari Jussila (organ)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The Seventh Symphony's opening Tranquillo evokes a calm though powerful atmosphere, with many Sibelian points of reference, especially in recognisable echoes of the Largo fourth movement from... —
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Special offer. Land of the Midnight Sun - Music and Images from Finland
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo (piano), Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Olli Mustonen (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Elina Laakkonen (soprano), Helena Juntunen (soprano), Gustav Djupsjobacka (piano)
Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra,...
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Private Gardens
Camilla Hoitenga (flute), Florent Jodelet (percussion), Anssi Karttunen (cello), Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
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