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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... — More…
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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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Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4; Jeux vénitiens Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Three key works, each from an essential point in Witold Lutosławski’s career, add up to a thrilling portrait of the modern Polish master. All are played with searing energy by the Finnish Radio... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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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... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Thomas Adès: Märchentänze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouvé & Dawn Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Tomas Nuñez (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[Collon] squeezes every drop of sonic brilliance from the scores. Soloists Nuñez and Kuusisto are also equal to the task, and invest their performances with real sensitive and personal interpretation. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Julian Anderson: Alhambra Fantasy RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
Anderson's confidence in handling and shaping his musical material and his wonderfully precise ear for instrumental colour have been constants in his music… Oliver Knussen's beautifully integrated... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Contemporary
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you can’t but be stunned by the fearless skill of Sigvards Klava’s choir as they navigate the most jagged, fragmented notes and pitches – the musical equivalent of climbing Mount Everest just... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral
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The Bells of Dawn Russian Sacred and Folk Songs
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
The Grand Choir ‘Masters of Choral Singing’, Lev Kontorovich
The singing here...is more sophisticated than you might expect to hear in your average Russian church on a Sunday morning but Hvorostovsky does not over-egg it. In the characteristically lush... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Here is choral singing of beguiling sophistication, beautifully recorded, that captures the score’s full range of expression, from hushed moments of introspective awe to rolling climaxes of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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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,... — More…
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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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Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing RecommendedSacred Choral Works
Kārlis Rūtentāls (tenor), Ieva Ezeriete (soprano), Dace Strautmane (contralto), Agata Burkina (soprano), Rūdolfs Bērtiņš (tenor)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
The Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava sing, as expected, with a scintillating beauty. None of this programme…could be labelled technically easy. Fortunately the singers' intonation, balance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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