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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) |
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. |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Cinq Reflets de l'Amour de Loin / Nymphea Reflection / Oltra Mar Pia Freund, Gabriel Suovanen / Tapiola Chamber Choir / Finnish Radio Symphony / Jukka-Pekka Saraste [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] "Saariaho, goldsmith of her time - three enchanting works provide a rare pleasure of contemporary music." Jean Vermeil, Classica-Répertoire, February 2005, R10 du mois |
RAUTAVAARA
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Ralf Gothoni (piano) / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Max Pommer & Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductors [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Apr/2004 ] For 35 years Ralf Gothoni has enjoyed a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet) Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This is a performance that ballet lovers and Tchaikovsky fans alike can appreciate and enjoy without hesitation." (9/9 ClassicsToday.com) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hymns in Finnish: laulaa virsiAN 2 Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] This CD features star soprano Soile Isokoski and her long-time accompanist Marita Viitasalo with an anthology from the Finnish hymn book. Recorded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) between 2002-05, this selection of twenty hymns forms the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Laulaa virdia-Hymns in Finnish Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] This CD features star soprano Soile Isokoski and her long-time accompanist Marita Viitasalo with an anthology from the Finnish hymn book. Recorded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) between 2002-04, this selection of twenty hymns forms the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BIZET / GOUNOD / VERDI / PUCCINI
Scene d'amore Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Mikko Franck, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This disc features the great lyric soprano Soile Isokoski with popular love scenes and arias from 19th-century Italian, French and Russian operas marking her greatest successes on stage. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs and other Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. I suspect that the composer him∆self‚ with his love of the soprano voice‚ would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2002) |
W. A. MOZART
Arias (from Cosi fan tutte, Zaide, Le Nozze di Figaro, etc) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Tapiola Sinfonietta / Peter Schreier [ Ondine Crystal Edition / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Here is the perfect singing delivered by the kind of voice whose sheer beauty makes the hairs on the back of your neck prickly." Classic FM Magazine |
SIBELIUS
Kullervo Soile Isokoski (soprano) Tommi Hakala (baritone) / YL Male Voice Choir / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "...the best solo singing the work has ever received. In particular, Soile Isokoski is simply miles away from the matronly mezzos who often take the part of Kullervo's sister." ClassicsToday.com, April 2008, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10 |
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Eri Klas
Salmenhaara, Erkki - La fille en mini-jupe; Suomi-Finland; Le bateau ivre; etc [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Jun/2004 ] Music from the great Finnish composer |
EINAR ENGLUND
Symphony No. 4 'Nostalgic' / Symphony No. 5 'Fennica' / The Great Wall of China Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Eri Klas [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Einar Englund's incidental music will delight and astonish music lovers looking for a refreshing new experience... a delicious Rumba, a bluesy Jazz-intermezzo, and best of all, an absolute scream of a March a la Shostakovich... A more immediately... |
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 |
VAINO RAITIO
Queen of the Flowers: Works for Small Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta / Tuomas Ollila (conductor) [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] "Master of orchestral colour...played beautifully... spendid sound too." (Gramophone) |
SIBELIUS
Karelia (Complete incidental music); Press Celebrations Music Tellu Virkkala (soprano) Anna-Kaisa Liedes (soprano) Juha Kotilainen (baritone) / Tampere Philharmonic Choir. Tampere Philharmonic. Tuomas Ollila, con [ Ondine 20th anniversary / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "Sibelius presented with unshakeable confidence. Outstanding - one of the glories of the catalogue. No Sibelian should be without this disc" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
LEO BROUWER / ALBENIZ / LENNON-MacCARTNEY
Guitar Concerto No. 5, Helsinki / Iberia Suite / From Yesterday to Penny Lane Timo Korhonen (guitar) Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Tuomas Ollila, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] Disc of the Month April 2002 (ClassicsToday.com) |