Browse: Aho (composer)
This page lists all recordings composed by Kalevi Aho (b.1949).
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Kuusisto: Symphony, Op. 39, Pictured Within & Birthday Variations for M.C.B.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Big, hymnlike tunes emerge from straining and urgent textures, and like so much Finnish music, this is not afraid to look into the abyss. — More…
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Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
RecommendedBram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk
A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Kalevi Aho: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Cello Concerto No. 2
Elina Vähälä (violin), Jonathan Roozeman (cello)
Kymi Sinfonietta, Olari Elts
Superb performances by Elina Vähälä and Jonathan Roozeman confirm the idiomatic nature of Aho’s writing (having tried out the solo parts himself), and Olari Elts secures a committed response... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios
RecommendedMarie-Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin) & Silke Avenhaus (piano)
Neunecker has a fascinating horn sound. She distinguished effectively between open and stopped timbres, but even her open sound is quite narrow and constrained...any new recording [of the Brahms]... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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Aho: Concertante Works for Recorder, Saxophone and Accordion
Eero Saunamäki (recorder), Esa Pietilä (tenor saxophone), Janne Valkeajoki (accordion), Saimaa Sinfonietta, Erkki Lasonpalo
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Aho’s brilliance at problem-solving and technical composition can conceal a slight lack of material carbohydrate…But there is plenteous atmosphere and much colour (however narrow the palette)... — More…
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Those who cherish earlier versions of Neilsen's masterpiece… will know how deep this music runs and how haunting it is. The young Swedish clarinettist give what I must say is the most searching... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Kalevi Aho: Sieidi & Symphony No. 5
Colin Currie
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk, Jaan Ots
Currie, for whom Sieidi was written, delivers a knockout account with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniouk...The Symphony, similarly intense and explosive, is a yet more ambitious... — More…
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Kalevi Aho - Rituals
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano), Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola) & Herman Rechberger (darabuka & djembe)
Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, John Storgårds
Following the Luosto Symphony's premiere, Aho wanted to write on a smaller scale, for chamber orchestra. In the event, however, he produced a concert full of three interlinked works (2006-07)... — More…
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Kalevi Aho: Chamber Symphonies Nos 1–3
John-Edward Kelly (alto saxophone)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Stefan Asbury, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Aho shows that he understands the saxophone's capabilities, inventively blending and contrasting it with the strings. — More…
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