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 |
GEORGY SVIRIDOV
Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] "This is a beautiful selection of Sviridov's choral music. There is a subtlety to phrasing of the Latvian Radio Choir's performance of the Trisagion, for example, that often eludes Russian and Ukrainian choirs." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] "The atmosphere and context - music as extraordinary religious expression - is magisterially conveyed here by a choir on top form, with sound engineering that captures them perfectly...In addition the choir's diction is superb." Gramophone |
ANDREJS SELICKIS
Selickis: Paradisus vocis Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Klava [ Ondine / CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] "the Latvian Radio Choir produce their renowned, seemingly effortless sound, honed by Kļava for the last quarter of a century, to great effect, while the disc as a whole offers the listener something of a meditative experience.." Choir & Organ |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín [ Ondine / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] "I like the Gävle strings' trenchant leap into the development section, and they maintain a fine control of those oscillating figures …Jaime Martín is not seeking hidden depths in the Adagio, which flows in unaffected fashion" Gramophone |
BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN
Zimmermann: Violin Concerto, Photoptosis, Die Soldaten Vocal Symphony Leila Josefowicz (violin), Anu Komsi (soprano), Jeni Packalen (soprano), Hilary Summers (contralto), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] "An outstanding release, in terms both of music and performance and, indeed, recorded sound." MusicWeb |
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN / KAIJA SAARIAHO
Salonen / Saariaho: Works for Solo Cello Wilhelmina Smith (cello) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] This solo album by cellist Wilhelmina Smith features works for solo cello by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Kaija Saariaho. Both composers belong to a generation of modernist Finnish composers whose work has gained broad acceptance in musical culture... |