Ondine

Aided by a clean and unfussy recorded acoustic, Oramo and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra bring out the work's remarkable colours and character. In the second movement one senses the Symphony's... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

The music is full of voluptuous, organic melody, rich textures and a subtle yet surging development. Segerstam's performance shows sensitivity, a seamless evolution and lush sound. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

The Concerto No 5, Helsinki, was commissioned for the Helsinki Festival but contains no musical reference to that city. As Brouwer explains: 'I compose in Space or in Lightness and Heaviness,'... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

If there's a star on this disc it's Anni Kuusimäki, the harpist in the brief but weirdly touching tone-poem The Bard...Zimmermann is determined to peel off the mould of tradition and open up... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Brought vividly to life by the 41-piece Tapiola Sinfonietta under fellow Estonian, conductor Olari Elts all three works share a kinship in dynamic, flowing structures generated from often small... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 4 out of 5 starsMore…