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The BIS recording is excellent, with state-of-the-art sound, and Vanska's performance has impressive power and atmosphere; he keeps the music moving and casts a strong spell. —
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Sibelius - Violin Concerto
RecommendedLeonidas Kavakos (violin)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
It's difficult to conceive of a masterpiece in any other form than it is. The impression the listener receives from Sibelius's Fifth Symphony – or The Rite ofSpring or La mer – must convey what... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, February 2003, First Choice
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Manfred Huss and his brilliant period band - with gleefully whooping, rasping horns - relish to the full the colour and crackling energy of these overtures, without short-changing the delicate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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Tubin: Symphony No. 7, Piano Concertino & Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 & Pelléas and Mélisande Suite
RecommendedGothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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The young British pianist Clare Hammond is fast building a reputation as a stylish interpreter of the new or less familiar... The real interest is the set of six Etudes by Unsuk Chin (b.1961),... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Anders Eliasson: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4; Trombone Concerto
Anders Paulsson (soprano saxophone), Christian Lindberg (trombone), Joakim Agnas (flugelhorn), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson, Sakari Oramo
the soloists give their works everything and the conductors don’t shirk on Eliasson’s firm principles, even if Oramo has more to work with. —
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Aho’s brilliance at problem-solving and technical composition can conceal a slight lack of material carbohydrate…But there is plenteous atmosphere and much colour (however narrow the palette)... —
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For pianist Yevgeny Sudbin and conductor Osmo Vänskä it’s playfulness that prevails in the outer movements [of the Second Concerto]…Sudbin’s cadenzas are highlights: hints of jazz harmonies... —
