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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 / Orchestral Songs Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] MIDEM Classical Award 2007 Winner Disc of the Year & Vocal Award Winner (BBC Music Magazine) |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy / Symphony No 3 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Manhattan Trilogy is certainly ravishing, but the Symphony really deserves to enter the repertoire of orchestras the world-over. And if you love Bruckner, even a little, you must hear it." ClassicsToday.com, Feb 2008, Disc of the Month, Artistic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Karita Mattila Helsinki Recital Karita Mattila (soprano) & Martin Katz (piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 15/May/2007 ] "Given her position as one of the most interesting, exciting sopranos in the world today, Karita Mattila seems to record comparatively little (or is it me?). So it is especially good to have this excellent recital. Never one to rely on the beauty of... |
PETERIS VASKS
Symphony No 3 / Cello Concerto Marko Ylanen (cello) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storga¥rds (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "Recording quality captures the wide and deep dynamics easily.Possibly one of the best discs of the year and certainly on the shortlist...Worth the wait" (SA-CD.Net) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 / The Seasons (July-December) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor and piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] "Ravishingly played, it's a performance as much about desire and memory as about fate, with a particularly spectral account of the first movement and an unusually erotic version of the Andantino. (...) The Seasons, which Eschenbach plays with such... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 / The Seasons (January-June) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor and piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] "The SACD sonics are so clear and wide-ranging and the ensemble balance is so natural that the orchestra occupies a space seemingly independent of any electronic equipment. (…) Eschenbach makes full use of his orchestra's legendary tonal richness and... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 6 / Piano Quartet The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor & piano) [ Ondine SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "This recording of Mahler's Sixth Symphony may well be the Sixth of first choice, sonically and interpretatively." - Jed Distler, The Gramophone, November 2006 |
MARTINU / KLEIN / BARTOK
Memorial to Lidice / Partita for Strings / Concerto for Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 22/Jan/2006 ] BBC Music Magazine's Disc of the Month -- The Gramophone Editor's Choice in January 2006 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 5 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] This release in the successful recording series with The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music Director Christoph Eschenbach features Dmitri Shostakovich's epic and monumental Fifth Symphony, which has become a signature piece of the orchestra. |
PANUFNIK
Heroic Overture / Sinfonia di Sfere / Sinfonia Sacra / etc Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Piquant harmonies and idiosyncratic orchestration - a potent combination, equally powerfully in the execution." Philip Clark, Gramophone, November 2007 |
HAAPANEN / TUOMELA / BERGMAN / O'REGAN / HEINIO / TALVITIE
Talescapes Yl Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyokki / Talla Vocal Ensemble [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] This new recording features the Finnish YL Male Voice Choir, one of the world's best-known male choirs, under its long-time conductor Matti Hyökki. |