Since you are interested in Jarnefelt: Orchestral Works (Incls 'Symphonic Fantasy'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
SIBELIUS
Complete works for Violin & Piano Jaakko Kuusisto, Nils-Erik Sparf, Madoka Sato (violins) with Bengt Forsberg, Folke Grasbeck (pianos) [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'The soloists, violinist Kuusisto and pianist Gräsbeck, display consummate expertise as partners as well as in their individual expressions' (Classics Today.com) |
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Music for violin and piano (Volume 2) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) Folke Grasbeck (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] This second volume of Sibelius's fascinating youthful production for violin and piano features music from his study years in Helsinki, Berlin and Vienna, including the enchanting Suite in E major and the Sonata in F major |
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The Journey: Violin Concerto / Symphony No.8 Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "Two absorbing musical journeys, both involving the odd aural challenge" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine January 2005 |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Complete Piano Trios (Volume 2) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) Marko Ylanen (cello) Folke Grasbeck (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "Enchantingly drawn accounts of early chamber pieces by an orchestral master. Chamber music making as it should be done." (Gramophone) |
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Complete Piano Trios (Volume 1) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) Satu Vanska (violin) Marko Ylanen (cello) Folke Grasbeck (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "Sibelians can rest assured that these are affectionate, deft performances, ideally recorded. BIS’s booklet is a model of its kind." (Gramophone) |
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Complete Piano Quartets Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) Satu Vanska (violin) Taneli Turunen (cello) Folke Grasbeck (piano) Peter Lannqvist (piano) with Harri Viitanen (harmonium) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] BIS continues with its pioneering series of recordings of the earliest music of the great composer. Most of these works have been buried in libraries until now and they give us wonderful insights into the development of the composer's mind; as well... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Seriously Sibelius (Incls Lemminkainen in Tuonela & Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op.96) Kristiina Makela (soprano) Matleena Vakkilainen (alto) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) Marko Ylanen (cello) / Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Vänskä and his bright-eyed Lahti band are on irreproachable form, and the BIS production crews have come up trumps once again with some resplendently natural sonics. A strong recommendation." (Gramophone Dec 2006) |
ULJAS PULKKIS
Enchanted Garden Sharon Bezaly (flute) Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Malkki [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] In spite of his youth, Uljas Pulkkis (b. 1975) is firmly established in Finnish music. A number of his compositions have won prizes in competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels (for 'Tears for Ludovico') and the Gustav Mahler... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Chamber Music 1 (Includes String Quartets, Piano Trios & Piano Quartets) Tempera Quartet / Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) / Folke Grasbeck (piano) / Peter Lonnqvist (piano) and others [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Make no mistake, the Tempera Quartet do all this material proud, while BIS's unimpeachable production values add further lustre to a fascinating anthology which, like its companion release (3/06), can be confidently recommended." (Gramophone on the... |
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Chamber Music 2 (Incls Piano Quintet, String Duos & Trios, music for violin & cello) Torleif Thedeen / Jaako Kuusisto / Folke Grasbeck / Brass Partout [ BIS Complete Sibelius Edition: Volume 58 / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Annotator Andrew Barnett tells us that the Op 77 Two Serious Melodies, for violin and orchestra, were first heard in March 1916 in Sibelius's arrangement for cello. Soloist Marko Ylönen is a rapt proponent of this headily lovely diptych, while the... |