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JOHANNES BRAHMS / GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms: Double Concerto / Viotti: Violin Concerto No 22 / Dvorak: Silent Woods Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Paavo Jarvi [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] This album by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Paavo Järvi, is dedicated in the memory of their longtime artistic partner, pianist Lars Vogt (1970-2022). At... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios / Notturno / Rondo / Arpeggione Sonata Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Pianist Lars Vogt tragically passed away on September 5, 2022 due to a serious illness before this album of Schubert's chamber music was released. This album stands as a great testament of his outstanding career. |
KARITA MATTILA
The Irresistible Karita Mattila (Incls 'Song to the Moon' & 'Round Midnight') Karita Mattila (soprano) with Ilmo Ranta (piano) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Finnish Radio Symphony [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Celebrated soprano Karita Mattila has proved herself to be irresistible in any musical genre. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Handel Variations Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 2/May/2020 ] "if you want an excellent performance with vivid, well balanced sound, this one by Vogt will serve you very well." MusicWeb |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Latin Motets Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral |
SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS / GLIERE
Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra Markus Maskuniitty (horn), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "The playing of Maskuniitty and his three colleagues is simply superb, with exemplary balance between them and the thrilling arpeggio swoops in the last movement" BBC Music Award Finalist - Concerto 2020 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Liebeslieder Aldis Liepiņš & Dace Kļava (pianos) Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] "Under Sigvards Kļava these singers don't wallow in over-sentimentality but give an impressive interpretation of this glorious music, aided by two superb pianists." Choir & Organ |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Al Largo, Cello Concerto No. 2 & Era Anssi Karttunen (cello) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) is among the most important European contemporary voices in classical music. This recording includes some of Lindberg's most recent orchestral works written during and after hiscomposer-in-residence years with the New York... |
HEINO ELLER
Heino Eller: Violin Concerto / Symphony No 2 / etc Baiba Skride (violin) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] "Estonian composer Heino Eller was a wonderful orchestrator, as revealed in these beautiful, if slightly forgettable, works. Skride, Elts and co, however, give the strongest advocacy for them with terrific playing" BBC Music |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / SERGEI PROKOFIEV / KURT WEILL
Shostakovich: Preludes / Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives / etc Benjamin Schmid (violin) Lisa Smirnova (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "What cannot be denied is the passionate engagement of the soloist, a big-toned player…[and] an accomplished jazz musician…this long-gestated project has a dangerous exuberance all its own" (Gramophone) |
UUNO KLAMI / EINAR ENGLUND
Klami / Englund: Violin Concertos Benjamin Schmid (violin) / Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2016 ] "A vital imagination is evinced by every aspect of this disc" MusicWeb |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas / Partitas / Suites [Complete Arrangements For Solo Recorder By Frans Brüggen] Bolette Roed (recorder) [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2016 ] This new Ondine release by Danish-born recorder player Bolette Roed includes the music of Johann Sebastian Bach arranged for solo recorder. The works were arranged by Frans Brüggen (1934-2014), the famous Dutch recorder player and conductor |
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER
Transfiguration - Wagner and Strauss Scenes Camilla Nylund (soprano) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Feb/2011 ] "Nylund is temperamentally suited to this kind of thing - Isolde's so-called Liebestod is the disc's big success...yet she manages the conversational tone of [the Arabella scene] well, and her long address to the tree in Daphne is attractive too" BBC |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JEAN SIBELIUS
Beethoven / Sibelius: Violin Concertos Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Robin Ticciati [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] If Beethoven's Concerto emerges as uncompromisingly provocative, Tetzlaff's Sibelius also errs on the side of danger…In many respects, a real knock-out." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Concerto |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra / Partita for Violin and Orchestra / Novelette Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Jan/2024 ] "This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutosławski's creative development." Five Stars BBC Music January 2024 Orchestral Choice |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance in F minor (with Suk - Fantasy in G minor) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Mar/2016 ] "John Storgårds inspires energetic playing from the Helsinki Philharmonic…once into the fray Tetzlaff draws on an exceptionally wide range of colours and nuances…individual but utterly persuasive…excellent, full-bodied sound." (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op.30 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] The award-winning duo ensemble formed by Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt are returning to the masterworks of European chamber music with this new album that includes Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) three violin sonatas Op. 30. |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Kraus: Viola Concertos David Aaron Carpenter (viola) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Carpenter is a sensitive and knowledgeable guide through these works, which he plays as if they've always been with him. Viola players will surely rejoice that their concerto repertoire now has three challenging and beautiful... |
TRADITIONAL
The Bells of Dawn: Russian Sacred and Folk Songs Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) / The Grand Choir 'Masters of Choral Singing', Lev Kontorovich [ Ondine / CD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] 'This richly beautiful music, little known in the West, suits Hvorostovsky's bass-baritone to a T, its dark creamy texture and plush legato still well preserved, and he delivers the solos with an appropriately un-operatic authority and intensity of f |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Violin Concerto / Isle of Bliss / Angels and Visitations Elmar Oliveira (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "The recording is superbly balanced, spacious and vivid in detail." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Song of Destiny - Works for Choir and Orchestra Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "A clean and deft approach to Brahms. Darkly-hued choral pieces concerning fate and destiny are balanced by the delicious Liebeslieder Waltzes." BBC Music |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "His musicians respond with brilliant, punchy playing but are also capable of dazzling refinement…Altogether, Lintu's Lutosławski cycle sets a new standard" Five Stars BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Orchestral Choice |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Tempus Fugit / Violin Concerto No 2 Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "Under Hannu Lintu, the Finish Radio Symphony Orchestra plays with such clarity and insight that is feels like a beautifully balanced clockwork mechanism - albeit one with a mightily exuberant spirit." The Strad |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Songs Gerald Finley (baritone) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is one of the leading singers and dramatic interpreters of his generation. This is his debut recording with Ondine, already having many award-winning performances on CD and DVD. |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Rubaiyat / Balada / Cantov / Four Songs from Rasputin Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) Mika Pohjonen (tenor) / Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Apr/2016 ] "John Storgårds and the Helsinki Philharmonic, in fine form, record a selection of [Rautavaara's] recent, largely vocal works…well worth hearing" (BBC Music) |
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ARMAS JARNEFELT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jarnefelt: Song of the Scarlet Flower [Full score to the 1919 film] Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "This is lushly orchestrated music with dramatic flourishes that occasionally paint quite an emotional picture" BBC Music |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (orch. Schoenberg) Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 13/Apr/2019 ] "Jaime Martin revels in these marvellously lurid sonorities, pushing the woodwinds to the fore, and generally eliciting incisive, articulate playing from the Gävle orchestra." Gramophone |
VELI-MATTI PUUMALA
Anna Liisa Helena Juntunen, Jorma Hynninen, Tanja Kauppinen, Ville Rusanen / Tapiola Sinfonietta & Helsinki Chamber Choir, Jan Söderblom [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Ondine releases the world premiere recording of Veli-Matti Puumala's (b. 1965) opera Anna Liisa. Puumala's opera features several well-known Finnish opera artists, including Helena Juntunen and Jorma Hynninen. |
SCHUMANN / BACH
Schumann: Adventlied & Ballade vom Pagen und der Königstochter & JS Bach: Cantata BWV 105 Helsinki Baroque Orchestra & Estonian Philharmonic Chamber, Aapo Hakkinen [ Ondine / CD - released 11/May/2019 ] Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir led by Aapo Häkkinen join their forces together with an impressive vocal cast, Carolyn Sampson, Benno Schachtner, Werner Güra, Jonathan Sells and Cornelius Uhle, in this unique... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends & Tapiola Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] |
RAUTAVAARA / HANSON / PROKOFIEV / RESPIGHI / REVUELTAS / etc
The Earthquake Experience: The Loudest Classical Music Of All Time / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, with Kari Jussila (organ) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] This disc brings together some of the loudest, most exciting music ever written - neither music, nor your hearing, will ever be the same! An explosive collection of great tunes, driving rhythms, and sonic thrills. The 140 piece Helsinki Philharmonic... |
MUSSORGSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY / TANEYEV
Hvorostovsky: In this moonlit night Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) & Ivari Ilja (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] "This is a top-choice version of the Songs and Dances of Death and it is rendered even more valuable through being set in the context of equally persuasive performances of Tchaikovsky and Taneyev." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2013) |
PETERIS VASKS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vasks: Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto John Storgards (violin) / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards. Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra /J uha Kangas [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "These are two rewarding lyrical works written during the last decade, generously coupled, passionately performed and luminously recorded." - MusicWeb |
OLLI VIRTAPERKO
Olli Virtaperko: Romer's Gap Joonatan Rautiola (knifonium), Joonatan Rautiola (baritone saxophone), Perttu Kivilaakso (amplified cello) / Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Ville Matvejeff [ Ondine / CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] "Amplified cello and orchestra sounds iffy on paper, but in practice there's something rather striking about this rock-meets-classical concerto" BBC Music |
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SIBELIUS / SCHUBERT / J. STRAUSS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Excellence: The Artistry of Karita Mattila Karita Mattila (soprano) with Ilmo Ranta (piano) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra / Finnish Radio Symphony [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Jan/2005 ] "Mattila's singing is spectacular" - Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos / Capriccio Brillant Lars Vogt (piano/conductor), Orchestre Chambre de Paris [ Ondine / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] This new release is pianist-conductor Lars Vogt's debut album together with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Lars Vogt started his tenure as the new Music Director of the orchestra on 1 July 2020. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 'Emperor' Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "Vogt's playing in the slow movement [of the Emperor] is suitably rapt, and the whole performance radiates that sense of well-being which the piece demands" BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 + 4 Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "The rapport between the soloist and this highly accomplished band of musicians is everything it should be, and more. These are marvellous performances" Gramophone Editor's choice May 2018 |
TALIVALDIS KENINS
Kenins: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Guntis Kuzma [ Ondine / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] The first album of orchestral works by one of Latvia's most prominent composers, Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919-2008), released in October 2020 has received a warm response from music critics around the world. This second volume by the Latvian National... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Jan/2024 ] "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 wonder." Five Stars BBC Music Recording of the Month |
