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Grammy Awards, Saariaho (composer)
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Special offer. Saariaho: Reconnaissance
RecommendedHelsinki Chamber Choir, Uusinta Ensemble, Nils Schweckendiek
[In the title-work] Saariaho embraces the often-referenced otherworldly aspects of her palette by setting text about Martians, desert people and universality – think sci-fi madrigal rather than... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Contemporary Music
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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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,... — 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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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Circle Map, Graal théâtre, Vers toi qui es si loin & Neiges
RecommendedPeter Herresthal (violin), Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Clément Mao-Takacs
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra are on fine form as they embrace Kaija Saariaho’s unique soundscape in this collection of works spanning the last 25 years…In both [Vers toi qui es si loin] and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, Concerto Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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Special offer. Saariaho: Adriana Mater
RecommendedFleur Barron (Adriana), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Saariaho puts text first and the singers respond, but articulation from the San Francisco Symphony, which has to muster such depths from rumbling percussion to solos from E flat clarinet and... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Winner - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Saariaho: L'Amour de loin
RecommendedDaniel Belcher, tenor (Jaufré Rudel), Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano (Clémence) & Marie-Ange Todorovitch, mezzosoprano (Le Pèlerin)
Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano's Berlin forces convey every nuance of this shimmering score, and the surround-sound recording is first-rate, making this a set that approaches ideal. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Opera Recording
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