Browse: SACD, Aho (composer)
Return to SACD.
Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
Recommended
Bram 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…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Kalevi Aho: Timpani & Piano Concertos
Ari-Pekka Mäenpää (timpani), Sonja Fräki (piano)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Erkki Lasonpalo, Eva Ollikainen
Ari-Pekka Mäenpää, who workshopped the score with Aho, plays it heroically but it’s difficult not to conclude that these lumbering instruments aren’t charismatic enough to headline a half-hour... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
New, Kalevi Aho: Wind Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Aho’s brilliance at problem-solving and technical composition can conceal a slight lack of material carbohydrate…But there is plenteous atmosphere and much colour (however narrow the palette)... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Nielsen & Aho - Clarinet Concertos
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Dedicated to - Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios
Marie-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…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Kalevi Aho: Organ Music
Jan Lehtola (playing the 1907/2008 Åkerman & Lund organ of St Johannes kyrka, Malmö, Sweden)
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Kalevi Aho: Horn Concerto & Theremin Concerto
Annu Salminen (horn), Carolina Eyck (theremin)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds
Virtuosity in the service of imagination is the abiding impression of all Aho's concertos, and the quality of soloists, orchestra, conductor and recording here is fully up to that of the music... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Aho: Symphony No. 12 ‘Luosto Symphony’
Taina Piira (soprano), Aki Alamikkotervo (tenor) & Hannu Lehtonen (saxophone)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, John Storgårds
Like Vaughan Williams's Seventh, Aho's Twelfth is a work of immediate effect yet needs time to make its full impact. — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Strauss: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe), David Pia (cello)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Johannes Goritzki