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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.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Concerto Choice
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Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
RecommendedBram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk
A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Aho: Concertante Works for Recorder, Saxophone and Accordion Eero Saunamäki (recorder), Esa Pietilä (tenor saxophone), Janne Valkeajoki (accordion), Saimaa Sinfonietta, Erkki Lasonpalo
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Those who cherish earlier versions of Neilsen's masterpiece… will know how deep this music runs and how haunting it is. The young Swedish clarinettist give what I must say is the most searching... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Kalevi Aho: Sieidi & Symphony No. 5
Colin Currie
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk, Jaan Ots
Currie, for whom Sieidi was written, delivers a knockout account with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk...The Symphony, similarly intense and explosive, is a yet more ambitious... — More…
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Aho: Solo
Samuli Peltonen (cello), Hiyoli Togawa (viola), Piet Van Bockstal (oboe), Simon Reitmaier (clarinet), Bram van Sambeek (bassoon), Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Some of these solo pieces started life as competition works, and it’s easy to see why. They are extremely technically demanding, which may not make for a wholly pleasant listening experience,... — More…
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Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios
RecommendedMarie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Neunecker has a fascinating horn sound. She distinguished effectively between open and stopped timbres, but even her open sound is quite narrow and constrained...any new recording [of the Brahms]... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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All of the works are compelling, and their juxtaposition with Bach is highly effective. This would be a powerful concert programme, a singular journey ideally heard alone and in the dark, which... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Kalevi Aho: Ludus Solemnis
Music for and with Organ
Jan Lehtola (organ), Petri Komulainen (horn), Jussi Vuorinen (trombone), Kaija Saarikettu (violin) & Anna-Kaisa Pippuri (oboe)
Aho's writing for organ certainly betrays the same ear for instrumental colour as his orchestral works, and it is refreshing to hear what one might call a 'non-French' approach to the instrument. — More…
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