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Overall, a varied look at one of the most interesting composers around. — More…
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Nouveauté
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Kaija Saariaho: True Fire, Trans & Ciel d'hiver
RecommendedGerald Finley (bass-baritone), Xavier de Maistre (harp)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
[True Fire is] sung with glorious lyricism and clarity by Gerald Finley…Lintu’s agile direction of the excellent Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra balances every detail in Saariaho’s intricate,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Compendium
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Contemporary Music
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Outi Tarkiainen: The Earth, Spring's Daughter & Saivo
RecommendedVirpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano), Jukka Perko (soprano saxophone), Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds
The Finn depicts her country’s landscape in this concerto, presenting the instrument in eerie new light. It’s paired with a haunting song cycle that utilises every force of the orchestra. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing
RecommendedSacred Choral Works
Kārlis Rūtentāls (tenor), Ieva Ezeriete (soprano), Dace Strautmane (contralto), Agata Burkina (soprano), Rūdolfs Bērtiņš (tenor)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
The Latvian Radio Choir under Sigvards Klava sing, as expected, with a scintillating beauty. None of this programme…could be labelled technically easy. Fortunately the singers' intonation, balance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight Sun Variations and other works
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
In some ways, Ondine’s second disc of music by Outi Tarkiainen paints the composer in a slightly different light – more personal and reflective, less an artist railing against injustice. In others,... — More…
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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes
RecommendedWorks For Violin and Orchestra
Simone Lamsma (violin), Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino
The two Serenades which Rautavaara composed at the very end of his life for Hilary Hahn were first recorded by their dedicatee last year, but it's more illuminating still to hear them in the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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These utterly fearless unaccompanied singers bring precision to the most complex textures while retaining a palpable grasp of the music’s emotional heart, imbuing it with an engaging sense of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Recording of the Month
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The performance from these Latvian musicians is as soulful as could be imagined...[Plainscapes] – with exquisite gradations of vibrato from the two strings – is invested with rare space, profundity... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Rolf Wallin: Five Seasons; Whirld; Stride; Spirit Wu Wei (sheng), Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin), Ida Nielsen (electric bass guitar), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga
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Rautavaara's First Symphony, written in 1955 in four movements, was recast in 1988 – not wholly convincingly – as a diptych. In 2003 Rautavaara added a new slow movement based on a song composed... — More…
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