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KANCHELI
Symphonies Nos 1, 4 & 5 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / James DePreist (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "The extremes in which Kancheli is such an adept are here in full splendour" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 2 / The Mannheim Rocket Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storga¥rds [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Jun/2004 ] First Recording of John Corigliano's Pulitzer Prize Winning Symphony No. 2 and The Mannheim Rocket |
SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "There is a great deal to enjoy and commend in these Sibelius performances from Segerstam and the fine Helsinki Philharmonic." - MusicWeb |
PICTURES FROM FINLAND
Kuvia Suomesta: Pictures from Finland Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "A splendid choice as a business gift: a collection of early 20th-century Finnish national romantic orchestral music...gorgeous illustrations ad to a fine CD product." Lauri Kilpiö, Suomen Kuvalehti, March 2008 |
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... |
SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / The Polytech Male Choir / Leif Segerstam (conductor) [ Ondine / 4 CD - released 19/Mar/2006 ] Leif Segerstam (b.1944) received diplomas from the Sibelius Academy in the violin and conducting. He won the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1962, and gave his first violin recital in 1963. |
TANEYEV
Concert Suite / Entr'acte / Oresteya Overture Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy ( with Pekka Kuusisto, violin) [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "This is serious music yet without severity and full of appealing humanity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |