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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta RecommendedHelsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
[The Wooden Prince’s] essential warmth, rooted in folk-like melodies (but never folksiness) , comes across well here in Susanna Mälkki’s recording, since with a feeling for the score’s rubato... — More…
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Record Review, 29th June 2019, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkäinen Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki
Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of ‘Lemminkäinen in Tuonela’ (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding ‘Lemminkäinen’s Return’ canters along... — More…
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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 - 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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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) & Sinfonietta
World premiere recordings of new versions
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds, captured in stunning SACD sound, delivers a suave and subtly nuanced performance — More…
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Anni Kuusimäki (harp)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
If there's a star on this disc it's Anni Kuusimäki, the harpist in the brief but weirdly touching tone-poem The Bard...Zimmermann is determined to peel off the mould of tradition and open up... — More…
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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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Madetoja: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 & Okon Fuoko Suite
Recorded in the Helsinki Music Center, April 2013
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
Storgårds conducts atmospherically. — More…
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