EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: 12 Concertos (Collector's Edition) Elmar Oliveira (violin) Marko Ylönen (cello) Esko Laine (double bass) Reija Bister, Marielle Nordmann (harp) Patrick Gallois (flute) [ Ondine / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This first-ever edition of Einojuhani Rautavaara's complete twelve concertos (written and recorded to this date) follows on the great success of the release of his eight symphonies, in a special box set. |
ROLF WALLIN
Act Kroumata Percussion Ensemble / Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / John Axelrod / Jukka-Pekka Saraste / Jaap van Zweden [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Act" is the première recording on Ondine of Norvegian composer Rolf Wallin - one of Scandinavia's leading composers and a figure of increasingly international renown who celebrates his 50th birthday in 2007. Three of his works are featured in world... |
JULIAN ANDERSON
Khorovod / The Stations of the Sun / The Crazed Moon / Alhambra Fantasy / etc BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Julian Anderson opens his account with a debut recording of formidably accomplished works...The works on this, his long overdue debut disc, are deeply atmospheric and whet the appetitie for the next release of his music, out soon. Talk about waiting... |
LOEFFLER / RUGGLES / HANSON / COWELL
Americascapes Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] All four American composers on this new album by the Basque National Orchestra and conductor Robert Trevino wrote music that was known, played and esteemed during their lifetimes, but none of them ever had a huge 'hit' and so the pieces here are... |
JULIAN ANDERSON
Anderson: Heaven Is Shy Of Earth Susan Bickley (mezzo) / London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Oliver Knussen [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION TOP THREE - Contemporary |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Angel of Light (Symphony No 7); Annunciations (Concerto for Organ, Brass Group and Symphonic Wind Orchestra) Kari Jussila (organ) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Feb/2005 ] The remarkable international success of the albums Angel of Light and Angels and Visitations has brought Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) fame in the United States and throughout Europe. |
Various Artists
Angels & Visitations [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2006 ] |
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. |
Ora Avanti! Chamber Orchestra
Arena 2, Coyote Blues Etc [ Ondine / CD ] |
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 |
Garanca/Vilumanis/Lnso
Arie Favorite [ Ondine / CD ] |
JOSEF SUK
Asrael Op 27 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "This performance is magnificent. Asrael has been recorded before...Ashkenazy's performance here is as fine as any of them; indeed, he brings more sheer excitement to the finale than any other conductor on disc" (ClassicsToday 10/10) |
RAUTAVAARA / SIBELIUS / SALLINEN / PINGOUD / etc
Aurora Borealis: The Magic of Northern Lights Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra / Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra [ Ondine / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The Northern Lights have been a dazzling natural phenomenon for thousands of years and have contributed to the image of Finland as a fascinating country full of mystery - 13 superb photographs, a guiding text and 12 tracks of Finnish classical music. |
ANTTI AUVINEN
Auvinen: Junker Twist / Himmel Punk / Turbo Aria Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Nov/2020 ] This new Ondine release by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu presents a new contemporary voice within Finland's contemporary music scene: Antti Auvinen. |
ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tuur: Awakening (Arkamine) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Daniel Reuss [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: Concertos for 1 & 2 Pianos / Overture / Music for Strings, Trumpets & Percussion Peter Jablonski and Elisabeth Brauß (piano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] "Bacewicz's music certainly thrives on its high metabolic rate, its impatience, even, for which this brilliantly executed new album makes no apology." Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2023 |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: Piano Works Peter Jablonski (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] BBC Music AWARD NOMINATION 2023 - INSTRUMENTAL |
Janne Rattya
Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variation [ Ondine / CD - released 28/May/2012 ] |
THE BACH FAMILY
Keyboard Concertos Anastaia Injushina (piano) / Hamburger Camerata, Ralf Gothoni [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "This music is an apt vehicle for Anastasia Injushina's limpid pianistic facility and taste, but the touches of individuality in the writing and in the work's significance in the development of the keyboard concerto are outweighed by reams of stock |