Esa-Pekka Salonen
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it is very good to have Salonen's version of the Second Symphony restored to the catalogue; he captures its elusive qualities, and the LA strings sound at their most potent here in the surging... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th March 2013
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Shostakovich: Prologue to Orango & Symphony No. 4
RecommendedLos Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
The Prologue makes a curious yet first-rate companion to the mighty Shostakovich Four. Salonen's approach to this half-human, half-monster Symphony is well-calculated...the LA recording adds... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd July 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Les Espaces du sommeil
RecommendedJohn Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Lutoslawski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 & Les espaces du sommeil
RecommendedJohn Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 29th Awards (1986), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Alice Sara Ott: Wonderland
Alice Sara Ott (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Alice Sara Ott gives a strong-centred account with plenty of power and flair; and she is much blessed to have as her companions the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, sounding fabulous under... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' & Strauss: Metamorphosen
Sinfonia Grange au Lac, Esa-Pekka Salonen
The Strauss, to open, shimmers with deconstructed clarity, its intertwining lines following their own course and yet largely in the pursuit of these whole – there is no over-egged intensity... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Arvo Pärt: Symphony No. 4
Los Angeles Philharmonic & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen & Tõnu Kaljuste
Like much of Pärt's other works, it weaves the effect of musical suspension in time, helped by motivic and stylistic similarities across its three movements...The Estonian Philharmonic Choir... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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There’s no recording yet of his 2017 opera The Girl of the Golden West (you can blame the industry’s economics), but every other milestone since the mid-1980s is here in performances that continue... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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