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Hvorostovsky's baritone, still one of the great voices, can combine dark timbre with an emotional warmth to offset the granitic style; while pianist Ivari Ilja, although unable to mimic apocalyptic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Sallinen: The King Goes Forth to France Tommi Hakala, Jyrki Korhonen, Riikka Rantanen, Lilli Paasikivi, Mari Palo, Laura Nykänen, Jyrki Anttila, Herman Wallén & Santeri Kinnunen
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Philharmonic Chorus, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Okko Kamu
A dark yet wickedly funny opera from 1984 with roots somehow simultaneously in the Hundred Years War, the future, and our own environmentally challenged present, with the spectre of an idealistic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2006, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Editor's Choice
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Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid) & Sinfonietta World premiere recordings of new versions
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under John Storgårds, captured in stunning SACD sound, delivers a suave and subtly nuanced performance — More…
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a powerful account of Biber's masterpiece, bringing nobility, exuberance, severity and a strong contemplative dimension as and when the music requires. There is also a lively depictive element... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom & Nine Sacred Choruses Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava
Klava achieves precise chording and proves sensitive to pacing, with the music’s flow carefully measured. Intonation is close to ideal. In the apt acoustic of St John’s Church, Riga, there’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Martinu: Memorial to Lidice & Klein: Partita Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Eschenbach opens with Martinů's Memorial to Lidice… this performance serves to intensify an overriding feeling of despair, the Philadelphians responding with a chilling incisiveness particularly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Rautavaara - The 8 Symphonies Digital recordings, previously released
NO of Belgium, Leipzig RSO, Helsinki PO, Mikko Franck, Max Pommer, Leif Segerstam
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[Frontispiece] is two minutes of Ravel at his quirkiest. Pierre Boulez, commissioned to orchestrate it in celebration of the composer’s centenary in 1975, chose to expand it in texture... The... — More…
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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends & Pohjola’s Daughter Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Textures are sifted with skill, chosen tempi are unfailingly judicious and Lintu shows a canny awareness of the bigger scheme...Ultimately, for all its sterling qualities, there's no getting... — More…
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