SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "There is a great deal to enjoy and commend in these Sibelius performances from Segerstam and the fine Helsinki Philharmonic." - MusicWeb |
PICTURES FROM FINLAND
Kuvia Suomesta: Pictures from Finland Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "A splendid choice as a business gift: a collection of early 20th-century Finnish national romantic orchestral music...gorgeous illustrations ad to a fine CD product." Lauri Kilpiö, Suomen Kuvalehti, March 2008 |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy / Symphony No 3 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Manhattan Trilogy is certainly ravishing, but the Symphony really deserves to enter the repertoire of orchestras the world-over. And if you love Bruckner, even a little, you must hear it." ClassicsToday.com, Feb 2008, Disc of the Month, Artistic... |
SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / The Polytech Male Choir / Leif Segerstam (conductor) [ Ondine / 4 CD - released 19/Mar/2006 ] Leif Segerstam (b.1944) received diplomas from the Sibelius Academy in the violin and conducting. He won the Maj Lind Piano Competition in 1962, and gave his first violin recital in 1963. |
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) |
TANEYEV
Concert Suite / Entr'acte / Oresteya Overture Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy ( with Pekka Kuusisto, violin) [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2005 ] "This is serious music yet without severity and full of appealing humanity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
Helsinki Po/Ashkenazy
Gift Of Dreams, Autumn Gard [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Mar/2000 ] |
Helsinki Po/Gallois
On The Last Frontier, Flute Co [ Ondine / CD ] |
Helsinki Po/Segerstam
Finland - A Celebration Of Mus [ Ondine / 4 CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |
Helsinki Po/Segerstam
Rautavaara: Before The Icons [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] |
Helsinki Po/Segerstam
Tempest [ Ondine / CD ] |
LEEVI MADETOJA
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 35 / Kullervo / etc Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgards [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] "If you're new to Madetoja this is a good place to start; if you already possess the alternative versions...these are still worth investigating." (Gramophone) |
Helsinki Po/Tampere Po/Seger
Classical Images From Finland [ Ondine / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |
Helsinki University Chorus
Sampo Etc [ Ondine / CD - released 27/Apr/1998 ] |
SELIM PALMGREN
Sonata Op 11 / 24 Preludes Henri Sigfridsson (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 28/May/2012 ] "Palmgren has a powerful voice...and demands just the kind of full-blooded, many-faceted performance that Sigfridsson delivers." (BBC Music) |
SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 (transcribed for solo piano) Henri Sigfridsson (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "Not only Sibelius enthusiasts but any lover of piano music will be stimulated by these fascinating transcriptions, their Lisztian virtuosic demands prodigiously met by Sigfridsson...intense imagination is at work here. The combined first movement... |
Houston Grand Opera
Little Women - Opera In 2 Acts [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2001 ] |
RACHMANINOV
Romances Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) & Ivari Ilja (piano) [ Ondine / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] "Not everyone needs to respond to the 'Russian soul', of course; but for those who do, this is a fascinating recital - even if it's best not listened to all in one go." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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) |
Hynninen/Finnish No Orch/Ma
Rautavaara: Vincent - Opera In [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |