Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Schoenberg & Sibelius: Violin Concertos
RecommendedHilary Hahn (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
The Schoenberg is simply astonishing. Hahn and Esa-Pekka Salonen shows how much beauty and brilliance there is in this work. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th May 2009
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Grammy Awards, 51st Awards (2008), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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It’s a large, densely orchestrated work in which he experiments with “cosmic” textures, though it sounds far from experimental in an avant-garde sense. Using material from Knock, Breathe, Shine,... — More…
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Orchestral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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There is much playing here of a clarity, velocity and exactitude that can make the jaw drop, and he, Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony seem to be on the same conceptual page throughout.... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Concerto
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Dutilleux: Correspondances
RecommendedBarbara Hannigan (soprano), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Here is an oeuvre, not only of precise, masterly workmanship, but infused with emotional warmth and, beyond that, with profound passions, evidenced not least in Dutilleux's sympathy for the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Contemporary
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Reflection
Helene Grimaud (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Truls Mørk (cello)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Esa-Pekka Salonen
…even if her Schumann Concerto had come out on its own… I'd still strongly recommend it. From her first two forte chords it is clear this is going to be something special. Every single phrase,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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Echoes of Time
RecommendedLisa Batiashvili (violin), with Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Esa-Pekka Salonen
[the Shostakovich] receives a deeply considered interpretation, its emotional narrative vividly etched by both soloist and conductor...Batiashvili begins the Cadenza in deep contemplation but... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Disc of the Month
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Concerto
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There’s no recording yet of his 2017 opera The Girl of the Golden West (you can blame the industry’s economics), but every other milestone since the mid-1980s is here in performances that continue... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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