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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra (Includes Six Humoresques) Pekka Kuusisto (violin and conductor) / Tapiola Sinfonietta [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 "...the total effect warrants my recommending this disc for Best of the Year honors" (Audiophile Audition) |
SAINT-SAENS
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Suite in D for orchestra Noriko Ogawa (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow. [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Jean-Jacques Kantorow and the Tapiola Sinfonietta continue their survey of the orchestral music of Saint-Saëns with the first two piano concertos performed with obvious delight by Noriko Ogawa. |
W. A. MOZART
Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Olli Mustonen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "These performances, zestfully accompanied and warmly recorded, capture the poetry, excitement and coltish energy of these miraculous fruits of Mozart's teen years." BBC Music, Jan. 2004, Disc of the Month: Orchestral Choice |
SALLINEN / TAKEMITSU / PENDERECKI
20Th Century Music For Flute And Orchestra Petri Alanko (Flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD ] Aulis Sallinen is among the best known contemporary Finnish composers. Born in Salmi in 1933, he studied composition with Arre Merikanto and Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and subsequently joined the teaching staff there, after... |
NICOLAS BACRI
Sturm und Drang Sharon Bezaly (flute) François Leleux (oboe) Riitta Pesola (cello) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] This highly accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a team whose previous recordings on BIS have been enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A disc of works by... |
GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / DEVIENNE / FAURE
Aperitif Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Sharon Bezaly is a treat! |
W. A. MOZART
Arias (from Cosi fan tutte, Zaide, Le Nozze di Figaro, etc) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Tapiola Sinfonietta / Peter Schreier [ Ondine Crystal Edition / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Here is the perfect singing delivered by the kind of voice whose sheer beauty makes the hairs on the back of your neck prickly." Classic FM Magazine |
BLOCH / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
reVisions Steven Isserlis (cello) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Gábor Takács-Nagy [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Expect nothing po-faced from Steven Isserlis, a cellist never afraid of taking risks and revealing his heart...Refined playing by the Tapiola Sinfonietta add to the pleasure." (The Times) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Chamber Symphonies (arr. Barshai) Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 21/Dec/2004 ] "This is a challenging and absorbing listening experience. Strongly recommended" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
W. A. MOZART
Serenades KV361 & KV100 Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] Founded in 1987, the Tapiola Sinfonietta belongs to the élite of Finnish orchestras. Conceived as a typical Viennese classical orchestra, the Tapiola Sinfonietta comprises 41 musicians who often appear in various chamber ensembles and as soloists. |