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Special offer. Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes
RecommendedWorks For Violin and Orchestra
Simone Lamsma (violin), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino
The two Serenades which Rautavaara composed at the very end of his life for Hilary Hahn were first recorded by their dedicatee last year, but it's more illuminating still to hear them in the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Modificata, Towards the Horizon & Incantations
RecommendedWorld Première Recordings
Truls Mørk (cello), Colin Currie (percussion)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
A late and lush harvest of works by octogenarian Einojuhani Rautavaara continues apace. Here we have eagerly awaited documentation of his two latest neo-Romantic concertos, in beautifully recorded... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Contemporary
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Kaivos (The Mine)
Hannu Niemelä (Simon), Johanna RusanenKartano (Ira), Jorma Hynninen (Commissar) Jaakko Kortekangas (Priest), Mati Turi (Marko), Petri Pussila (Vanha) & Tuomas Katajala (A miner)
Kaivos Chorus & Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
The Mine of the title is a microcosm of both society and the individual soul - and its inhabitants are cast from strength. The great Jorma Hynninen is in untarnished voice as the dictator figure,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Angels and Visitations
RecommendedElmar Oliveira (violin)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Rautavaara's wholly original Violin Concerto is hauntingly accessible and grips the listener completely...Segerstam provides a shimmering backing and directs a committed and persuasively spontaneous... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Rautavaara's First Symphony, written in 1955 in four movements, was recast in 1988 – not wholly convincingly – as a diptych. In 2003 Rautavaara added a new slow movement based on a song composed... —
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Rubaiyat, Balada, Cantov & Four Songs from Rasputin
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Mika Pohjonen (tenor)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki Music Centre Choir, John Storgårds
John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic, in fine form, record a selection of [Rautavaara’s] recent, largely vocal works…well worth hearing —
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Autumn Gardens
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Autumn Gardens extends the Rautavaarian experience at least one step beyond the Seventh Symphony. You sense it especially in the animated finale, which begins giocoso e leggiero before a Baroque-style,... —
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Special offer. Einojuhani Rautavaara: Works for Cello and Piano
Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano)
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Special offer. Rautavaara: 90th Anniversary Edition
Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marko Ylönen (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Belgium...
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Special offer. Rautavaara: Aleksis Kivi
Jorma Hynninen, Lasse Pöysti, Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Helena Juntunen, Gabriel Suovanen, Marcus Groth, Lassi Virtanen, Jaakko Hietikko
Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Markus Lehtinen
Idyll turned to nightmare, optimism to disillusionment, creative fruitfulness to barren schizophrenia and premature death. The tragic fate of the founder of Finnish-language literature has haunted... —
