Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Special offer. Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
This is altogether a fine performance [of the Second Concerto], with Christian Tetzlaff a touch more rhythmically alert and characterful than Renaud Capuçon on his recent recording of these... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Concerto
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Sibelius: Symphony No. 5; Two Serenades; Two Serious Melodies; Swanwhite
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
The level of music-making presented here tells its own story. This is a Sibelius recording that’s up there with the finest of any era...And in the two groups of violin-and-orchestra pieces –... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
RecommendedFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
This magnificent new recording completes a strong symphonic portrait of the Polish modernist master…The Third Symphony comes first here in a coruscating performance. Hannu Lintu conducts with... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Sibelius: Tapiola, En Saga & 8 Songs
RecommendedAnne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Lintu has added nothing to the familiar score [Tapiola] – just heard things it seems others haven’t heard before. Best of all is the way he draws out singing lines almost throughout the piece…I’m... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, 16th December 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Nominated - Vocal/Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, Winner - Assorted Program
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Special offer. Magnus Lindberg: Viola Concerto, Absence & Serenades
RecommendedLawrence Power (viola), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Power’s delight in the generously proportioned starring role provided for him by the composer is never in doubt, and the skill with which conductor Nicholas Collon ensures that the orchestra... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - New Work (Viola Concerto)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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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. Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra, Partita for Violin and Orchestra & Novelette
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Jouko Laivuori, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutosławski’s creative development. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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New. Holst: The Planets; Raitio: Moonlight on Jupiter
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
...memorably poised horn-playing and gorgeously liquid woodwind and harp textures... Collon and his Helsinki colleagues do the composer’s weird and wonderful inspiration absolutely proud. —
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Special offer. Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto & Orchestral Works
RecommendedClarient Concerto, Gran Duo, Chorale
Kari Kriikku (clarinet)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto has enjoyed phenomenal success since its 2002 premiere… A marvellous vehicle for the amazing virtuosity of clarinettist Kari Krikku, this is a shiny, sophisticated,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th October 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Contemporary
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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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