HINDEMITH
Das Marienleben (1948 version) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "…the cycle's angular vocal lines… are powerfully compelling when sung with such smoothness of phrase as Isokoski supplies here. Her strong sense of story-telling matches the pictorialism of the piano part, magnificently played by Marita Viitasalo."... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hymns in Finnish: laulaa virsiAN 2 Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] This CD features star soprano Soile Isokoski and her long-time accompanist Marita Viitasalo with an anthology from the Finnish hymn book. Recorded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) between 2002-05, this selection of twenty hymns forms the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Laulaa virdia-Hymns in Finnish Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] This CD features star soprano Soile Isokoski and her long-time accompanist Marita Viitasalo with an anthology from the Finnish hymn book. Recorded by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) between 2002-04, this selection of twenty hymns forms the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
R. Strauss: Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) & Marita Viitasalo (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "positive qualities burn from within during songs such as 'Zueignung' and 'Morgen!'...and especially in the lesser-known 'Befreit', a performance whose subtle empathy is a summation of what has always made Isokoski such an endearing figure on the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BIZET / GOUNOD / VERDI / PUCCINI
Scene d'amore Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Mikko Franck, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This disc features the great lyric soprano Soile Isokoski with popular love scenes and arias from 19th-century Italian, French and Russian operas marking her greatest successes on stage. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs and other Lieder Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski, conductor [ Ondine 20th Anniversary / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "Strauss singing doesn't come much better than this. I suspect that the composer him∆self‚ with his love of the soprano voice‚ would have been enthralled by Isokoski's glorious singing." (Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2002) |
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 |
SIBELIUS
Kullervo Soile Isokoski (soprano) Tommi Hakala (baritone) / YL Male Voice Choir / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "...the best solo singing the work has ever received. In particular, Soile Isokoski is simply miles away from the matronly mezzos who often take the part of Kullervo's sister." ClassicsToday.com, April 2008, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10 |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Kammermusik Stephen Waarts (violin) Timothy Ridout (viola) Ziyu Shen (viola d'amore) / Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2020 ] "Stephen Waarts plays the solo part with brilliant attack...Eschenbach has a special feeling for this music, and his project is well worth exploring." BBC Music Five Stars Concerto Choice Dec 2020 |
Stolzman/Helsinki Po/Segerstam
Rautavaara: Garden Of Spaces [ Ondine / CD - released 4/Apr/2005 ] |
Suovanen/Helsinki/Segerstam
Rautavaara: Song Of My Heart [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Nov/2006 ] |
Tampere Gustafsson Po, Tamper
Cello Conc, Aphorisms Sym 6 [ Ondine / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] |
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Eri Klas
Salmenhaara, Erkki - La fille en mini-jupe; Suomi-Finland; Le bateau ivre; etc [ Ondine / CD - released 29/Jun/2004 ] Music from the great Finnish composer |
EINAR ENGLUND
Symphony No. 4 'Nostalgic' / Symphony No. 5 'Fennica' / The Great Wall of China Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Eri Klas [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Einar Englund's incidental music will delight and astonish music lovers looking for a refreshing new experience... a delicious Rumba, a bluesy Jazz-intermezzo, and best of all, an absolute scream of a March a la Shostakovich... A more immediately... |
GEORGE ENESCU
Symphony No. 2 / Chamber Symphony Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Orchestral |
PANUFNIK
Heroic Overture / Sinfonia di Sfere / Sinfonia Sacra / etc Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgards [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] "Piquant harmonies and idiosyncratic orchestration - a potent combination, equally powerfully in the execution." Philip Clark, Gramophone, November 2007 |
Tampere Po/Grin Leonid
Symphonies 1-6 [ Ondine / 3 CD ] |
Tapani/Finnish Rso/Lintu
Kaipainen:horn/Cello Concertos [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] |
Tapiola Choir, Ala-Poll-Nen Ka
Rainbow Sounds [ Ondine / CD ] |
Tapiola Choir/Pohjola Erkki
Dreams - Contemporary Works Fo [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |