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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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The works are markedly different in character, yet both exhibit an underlying enigmatic quality against which an array of moods and textures are explored through an ever-changing post-tonal... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Concerto Choice
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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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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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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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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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Kalevi Aho: Trombone Concerto & Trumpet Concerto Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), Alain de Rudder (trumpet)
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Written in near proximity, the four movements of each piece follow a similar formal though subtly carried expressive trajectory…Performances, by soloist who gave the premieres, could not be... — More…
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Nielsen & Aho - Clarinet Concertos Martin Fröst (clarinet)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
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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Kromos is Sebastian Fagerlund’s way of exploring his own and the guitar’s capabilities...t’s also a wonderful way for the versatile Finnish guitarist Ismo Eskelinen to open this recital of 21st-century... — More…
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