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Barton seems now to be the equal of any dramatic mezzo before the public. The great element which has enabled her rise to stardom is, of course, her voice-large, rich, fully controlled...These... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Vocal
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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... —
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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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Jean Sibelius: Orchestral Songs
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Like the contemporaneous First and Second Symphonies, a Romantic warmth pulsates from these rich, lyrical works. Mezzo Kielland balances purity and ardour perfectly. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year & Solo Vocal
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Ma's sound in this album has a rather lived-in quality, golden allure replaced by gritty articulacy. Physical exertion and goal-driven intensity give way to nonchalant calm. This works in a... —
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Suomi: Finland 100
A Century of Finnish Classics
Soile Isokoski, Jorma Hynninen & Matti Salminen
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta & Jyvaskyla Sinfonia, Leif Segerstam, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Hannu Lintu & John Storgards
Rautavaara's Summer Thoughts is part of a whole disc reflecting the composer's rather romantic nature-loving works for piano and violin. It's awash in memories from which images are constantly... —
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Sibelius Festival
Ralf Gothoni (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Raija Kerppo (piano), Karita Mattila (soprano), Ilmo Ranta (piano), Jorma Hynninen (baritone)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Songs by Jean Sibelius
Pia Freund (soprano), Tommi Hakala (baritone) & Kristian Attila (piano)
Freund and Tommi Hakala here find an attractively intimate, chamber route into these songs, short-changing on neither enjoyment nor pain…this new collection, with well-balanced natural recording... —
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