Ondine - up to 30% off
Until 26th August, we are offering up to 30% off Ondine titles on CD, SACD, DVD, & Downloads.
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: True Fire, Trans & Ciel d'hiver
RecommendedGerald Finley (bass-baritone), Xavier de Maistre (harp)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
[True Fire is] sung with glorious lyricism and clarity by Gerald Finley…Lintu’s agile direction of the excellent Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra balances every detail in Saariaho’s intricate,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Special offer. Saariaho: D’OM LE VRAI SENS
RecommendedKari Kriikku (clarinet), Anu Komsi (soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra partner Kriikku admirably in this enchanting concerto and under Oramo's sensitive direction provide beguiling accompaniments for Anu Komsi in the four Leino... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Contemporary
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Premiere Award
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Touches - Complete Works for Piano and Harpischord
Tuija Hakkila (harpsichord), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
the late Finnish composer’s piano works are full of imagination and resourceful invention, and those shif ting sounds she was always searching for...Hakkila, who was friends with Saariaho for... —
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Special offer. Saariaho: Chamber Works for Strings, Vol. 1
Minna Pensola (violin), Anna Laakso (piano), Atte Kilpelainen (viola), Marko Myohanen (electronics), Antti Tikkanen (violin), Tomas Djupsjobacka (cello), Kaija Saariaho (electronics)
Meta4
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Special offer. Saariaho: La Passion de Simone
Dominique Blanc (narrator), Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Tapiola Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Upshaw's always seems the perfect voice and sensibility for Saariaho's music; and Esa-Pekka Salonen, Saariaho's colleague from their student days, is an intensely engaged and sympathetic director... —
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Coming soon. Kaija Saariaho: Saarikoski Songs, Vista, Three Preludes
Anu Komsi (soprano), Marzi Nyman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
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Special offer. Saariaho - Notes On Light, Orion & Mirage
Karita Mattila (soprano) & Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Orchestre de Paris Orchestre de Paris, Christoph Eschenbach
Saariaho has always had an extraordinary ear for a beauty of sound, best described in terms of light. …performances have that extra edge which live recording brings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works for Strings Vol. 2
Pia Freund (soprano), Marko Myohanen (electronics)
Meta4
This Finnish quartet Meta4 play with keyhole clarity and purpose —
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Special offer. Saariaho: Quatre Instants, Terra Memoria & Émilie Suite
Karen Vourc’h (soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja
Karen Vourc'h...is an eloquent advocate of the heigtened arioso, flexing into and out of speech...[in Terra Memoria] Marko Letonja controls Saariaho's single arc of quizzical and querulous transformations... —
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Trios
Anssi Karttunen (cello), Pia Freund (soprano), Tuija Hakkila (piano), Mikael Helasvuo (alto flute), Steven Dann (viola), Florent Jodelet (percussion)
Zebra Trio
The CD is self-recommending to contemporary-music connoisseurs, but not exclusively to them. —
