Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen / Kronos Quartet
Uniko [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Jan/2012 ] "Uniko is like an ocean tide coming in. Big waves of sound build in complexity, animation and sometimes sheer frenzy..." The New York Times |
Korhonen Timo
Chopin: Works For Guitar [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |
HAKOLA / HOSOKAWA
Guitar Concertos Timo Korhonen (guitar) Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The intensity of Hakola's response to the music compels attention through every bar of the [central] movement...The Oulu Symphony Orchestra are on fine form throughout and Santtu-Matias Rouvali directs with assurance." (Gramophone) |
Kriikku/Finnish Radio So
Clarinet Concertos [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Nov/2000 ] |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: All Night Vigil / Sacred Choral Works Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The All-Night Vigil Op. 52 for mixed choir, also known as the Vesper Service, was written between May 1881 and March 1882. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "Vogt is an artist with much to communicate, and this is a distinguished addition to the discography of the Goldberg Variations in all their glorious elegance." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2015) |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing: Sacred Choral Works Kārlis Rūtentāls (tenor) Agata Burkina (sop) Rūdolfs Bērtiņš (tenor) / Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "an astonishing richness which invites repeated listening. It has the effect of a healing balm and I cannot recommend it too highly for those who require restoration from life's vicissitudes." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - October 2015 |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Du cristal, ...a la fumae; Nymphea (Jardin secret III) / Sept Papillons Kronos Quartet / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, with Anssi Karttunen, cello [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "In terms of style , Kaija Saariaho has achieved what many Finnish composers have struggled for in vain - to move completely out of the shadow of Sibelius. The performances are stunning. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic combine... |
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... |
Kuusisto P/Helsinki Po/Ashk
Concert Suite For Violin & Orc [ Ondine / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] |
Kuusisto/Helsinki Po/Segerstam
Sibelius: Complete Symphonies [ Ondine / 4 CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: The Essential [Incls Violin Concerto & Karelia Suite] (2 CDs with Photo Album) Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] The year 2015 marks a special 150th anniversary of Sibelius' birth. Ondine takes an early step to celebrate this occasion by releasing a special anniversary edition 'Jean Sibelius: The Essential Orchestral Favourites'. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 'Dumky' Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2018 ] "Jabbing at accents, pulling at rhythms, leaping between extremes of volume and mood, it was an anxious, even neurotic rendition of this trio - and that is meant as a compliment." New York Times |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Lars Vogt plays Schubert [Incls '4 Impromptus, D899'] Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 15/May/2017 ] ""Lars Vogt plays them so convincingly, with both considerable elegance and the immediate drama which is such a prerequisite in late Schubert" Pianist Magazine |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K280, K281, K310 & K333 Lars Vogt (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] After a cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos, solo albums of works by Bach and Schubert in addition to a number of award-winning recordings of piano chamber music on Ondine label, pianist Lars Vogt releases an album of Piano Sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin [27, 32, 35] Lars Vogt (piano) & Christian Tetzlaff (violin) [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "A delight from beginning to end. Would it be too much to hope that this might be the start of a series?" (Gramophone Editor's Choice February 2013) |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24 Lars Vogt (piano / conductor), Orchestre Chambre de Paris [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] "He sounds on top form, with his typically vivid articulation and sparkling touch, while his generously lyrical phrasing incorporates unfailing attention to detail." Five Stars BBC Music Concerto Choice |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Four Ballades Lars Vogt (piano) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Feb/2020 ] "A wealth of seldom-heard orchestral detail emerges, with exquisite wind-playing especially prominent. Nothing is extraneous; every gesture seems bent towards maximum expressivity." Gramophone Editors Choice Jan 2020 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Piano Concerto No 3 Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "Vogt and the Tetzlaff siblings approach the Allegro [of the Triple] with warmth and a bristling energy…The crucial opening [of the C minor Concerto] just misses utter serenity here, but a devilish Rondo is pure delight." BBC Music |
ARTURS MASKATS
Maskats: Accordion Concerto Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga (conductor), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion) [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Latvian composer Arturs Maskats (b. 1957) has been at the center of Latvian cultural life for decades, especially in the field of theater and opera. Besides operas, incidental music and film music, his catalogue of works includes several orchestral... |