JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Schöpfungmesse / Harmoniemesse Christoph Prégardien, Ruth Ziesak, Susanna Spicer, Bernarda Fink / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine July 2002 - Editor's Choice |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual." Five Stars BBC Music Christmas 2021 Orchestral Choice |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Morricone conducts Morricone Susanna Rigacci (soprano), Gilda Buttà (piano) & Ulrich Herkenhoff (panpipes) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ennio Morri [ EuroArts / DVD - released 9/Nov/2016 ] A genuine première and, over and above that, starring the greatest motion picture composer of the present day: Ennio Morricone. Morricone is well-known to moviegoers his soundtracks are invariably warmly melodic and superbly suited to the films... |
DIETER AMMANN / MAURICE RAVEL / BELA BARTOK
Ammann, Ravel and Bartók: Piano Concertos Andreas Haefliger (piano), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic suffuse the music with prodigious colour and staggering precision. Colour and precision similarly inform Ravel's Left-Hand Concerto." Gramophone |
THOMAS BEVERIDGE
Beveridge: Yizkor Requiem Christine Goerke (Soprano) / Alberto Mizrahi (Cantor) / Susanna Poretzky (Mezzo-soprano) / Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra / Norman Scribner [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] Yizkor Requiem: A Quest for Spiritual Roots seeks to combine the memorial services of the Jewish and Catholic religions. |
RUBBRA / BRITTEN
The complete recorder works The Flautadors / Dante Quartet / Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) Susanna Pell (viola da gamba) Patricia Rozario, soprano [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] "It is especially good to hear the recorder consort works on this CD. They are rare and beautifully played. The recording likewise is excellent. I heartily recommend this fascinating project." (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / WOLF / KREISLER
Old Souls - Chamber Music for Flute and Strings Gili Schwarzman, Guy Braunstein, Alisa Weilerstein, Amihai Grosz, Susanna Yoko Henkel [ Pentatone / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Old Souls presents masterworks of Beethoven, DvoĆák, Wolf and Kreisler in new arrangements for flute and strings, played by a group of outstanding young musicians. Guy Braunstein's arrangements display these well-known pieces in a fresh new light,... |
PURCELL / LEONARD COHEN / NICK DRAKE
If Grief Could Wait Giovanna Pessi (baroque harp) / Susanna Wallumrød (voice) / Jane Achtman (viola da gamba) / Marco Ambrosini (nyckelharpa) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Unique, intimate album initiated by Swiss baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and featuring the pure, non-classical voice of Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød. Best known for her work in pop and indie-rock contexts (including the duo Susanna and the... |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: The Wooden Prince Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2019 ] The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin are - together with the earlier opera Bluebeard's Castle - the only stage works by Béla Bartók. They stand apart from the more abstract and often more explicitly folk-related character of the music that... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius - Suites Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] "Mälkki and the orchestra remarkably conjure the dark, swirling soundworld of 'Lemminkäinen in Tuonela' (the Hades of Finnish legend). And the concluding 'Lemminkäinen's Return' canters along in roistering style." BBC Music |