Browse: Olari Elts (conductor)

The works are markedly different in character, yet both exhibit an underlying enigmatic quality against which an array of moods and textures are explored through an ever-changing post-tonal sound-world.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

If I appear to be in the minority in continuing to view the late Saariaho’s output as a very mixed bag, there’s music on this valuable disc that I’ll return to while it reminds me, again, how... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

Superb performances by Elina Vähälä and Jonathan Roozeman confirm the idiomatic nature of Aho’s writing (having tried out the solo parts himself), and Olari Elts secures a committed response... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…

Estonian composer Heino Eller was a wonderful orchestrator, as revealed in these beautiful, if slightly forgettable, works. Skride, Elts and co, however, give the strongest advocacy for them... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Twilight and Dawn] have long been familiar through Neeme Järvi’s Chandos recordings but the greater refinement of playing and sensitivity of Elts’s readings are their own justification. Certainly... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…

[Glanert's arrangement] manages to be teasing and stirring at the same time...Kriikku's playing is a delight. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This release from Bridge, one of modern music’s most fortunate assets, makes for a bracing, satisfying experience. The prominent Danish composer Poul Ruders (b 1949) wields the orchestra masterfully,... — Sunday Times, 15th January 2017 More…

Big band, electric guitar and symphony orchestra. It's remarkable how successfully they're integrated by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür...The performance is admirably tight and well-coordinated... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…