Ondine
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Rautavaara: Modificata, Towards the Horizon & Incantations
RecommendedWorld Première Recordings
Truls Mørk (cello), Colin Currie (percussion)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
A late and lush harvest of works by octogenarian Einojuhani Rautavaara continues apace. Here we have eagerly awaited documentation of his two latest neo-Romantic concertos, in beautifully recorded... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Contemporary
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Vogt strikes a fine balance between lyricism and brilliance, teasing out meaning through ebb and flow, relishing the tenderness of the slow movements yet without excessively loosening the corsets... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
RecommendedSoile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Soile Isokoski's voice has matured into a powerful instrument without losing its distinctively plangent expressiveness and intense way with words… Segerstam… provides spacious yet vividly dramatic... — More…
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Disc of the Year & Vocal Award Winner
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedTruls Mørk (cello)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
there is little doubt that the present performance of the First Concerto is even more incisive than its predecessor...Petrenko draws out a wealth of fascinating detail from the orchestral accompaniment...The... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Here is choral singing of beguiling sophistication, beautifully recorded, that captures the score’s full range of expression, from hushed moments of introspective awe to rolling climaxes of intense... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Overall, a varied look at one of the most interesting composers around. — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Olli Mustonen: Symphony Nos. 2 & 3
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Olli Mustonen
Mustonen’s Second Symphony awakens gradually, moving as a flower turning its head to the sun. The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra yawns and stretches, and we’re halfway through the first movement... — More…
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Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight Sun Variations
and other works
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
In some ways, Ondine’s second disc of music by Outi Tarkiainen paints the composer in a slightly different light – more personal and reflective, less an artist railing against injustice. In others,... — More…
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This is Brahms playing of the highest quality. Lars Vogt secures an ideal balance between the intellectual and emotional components of these two epic works…Vogt’s achievement is all the more... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Concerto Choice
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The choral singing is ideally balanced, full of nuance. None of the climaxes sound forced or overbearing...listening to the piece in toto in one sitting provides an immensely satisfying experience. — More…
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