Leif Segerstam
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Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends & Tapiola
RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The four Legends first began to surface in Sibelius's mind in 1893, at the same time as he was working on his Kalevala opera, The Building ofthe Boat, the prelude to which became The swanof... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Sibelius: Swanwhite – Complete incidental Music
Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Riho Eklundh (narrator)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Svanevit (Swanwhite) is a Symbolist fairy tale, relatively sunlit and delicate…Segerstam conducts with the measured, grave pace and detail that characterises the rest of this series — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
RecommendedSoile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Soile Isokoski's voice has matured into a powerful instrument without losing its distinctively plangent expressiveness and intense way with words… Segerstam… provides spacious yet vividly dramatic... — More…
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Disc of the Year & Vocal Award Winner
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There may be a musical pigeonhole into which Leif Segerstam can be fitted, but if so, it’s one of the strangest objects in the known universe…[his Brahms] has a generous, expansive, warmly expressive... — More…
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Beethoven: König Stephan; Leonore Prohaska; Opferlied, Germania
Claus Obalski (narrator), Roland Astor (narrator), Ernst Oder (narrator), Angela Eberlein (narrator), Reetta Haavisto (soprano), Päivi Severeide (harp), Johanna Lehesvuori (soprano), Merja Mäkelä (alto), Maikki Säikkä (soprano), Kristina Raudanen (alto), Andreas Nordström (tenor), Niklas Spångberg...
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Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
Pia Pajala (soprano) & Sari Nordqvist (mezzo-soprano)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Rautavaara - The 8 Symphonies
Digital recordings, previously released
NO of Belgium, Leipzig RSO, Helsinki PO, Mikko Franck, Max Pommer, Leif Segerstam
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Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8 & Harp Concerto
Marielle Nordmann (harp)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
The Concerto (2001) is predominantly reflective and highly imaginative in its use of texture...[Nordmann] gives a performance of great distinction and subtlety...Excellent playing from the Helsinki... — More…
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 - Leif Segerstam: Symphony No. 294
Tanja Nisonen (horn)
Leif Segerstam
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