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 |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic, Susanna Malkki [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 30/Sep/2022 ] "The fluttering opening to Runner, Steve Reich's 2016 piece for 19-strong ensemble of winds, percussion, pianos and strings, recalls the first section of 1988's Different Trains." BBC Music |
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 |
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 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Mika Kares (Bluebeard), Szilvia Vörös (Judith) / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] '[Mälkki] seems to know instinctively when to unobtrusively tighten the emotional screw and when to step back and simply let us take in Bartók's flabbergasting orchestral canvas.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2021 |
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,... |
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... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin Volume 3 Ian Watson & Susanna Ogata [ Coro / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata's acclaimed series on CORO Connections continues with the third disc in their exploration of Beethoven's Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin. The three Sonatas on this volume were published together in 1803 as his Opus... |
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... |
BEETHOVEN
Sonatas For Fortepiano and Violin Volume 2 Susanna Ogata (Violin), Ian Watson (Fortepiano) [ Coro / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Susanna Ogata, violin, and Ian Watson, fortepiano, join forces to record the complete Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin of Ludwig van Beethoven in four instalments. The second CD in the series features Beethoven's tenth Sonata, Op. 96 in G major, as... |
JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Concerto 'Pilgrimage of the Soul') Melina Mandozzi (violin) James Ehnes (violin) Susanna Andersson (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "James Ehnes is the plush-toned soloist, but it is the intense and gritty playing of the Bergeners, and Gardner's evident empathy with Janacek, that make this music so compelling and dramatic." (Sunday Times) |
ORLANDO GIBBONS
Gibbons: Phantasm Susanna Pell (tenor viol), Asako Morikawa (bass viol) / Phantasm [ Linn ECHO / CD - released 1/Dec/2014 ] Gramophone Awards 2004 Winner - Early Music |
JOHN DOWLAND
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland John Holloway (violin, viola) Monika Baer (violin, viola) Renate Steinmann (violin) Susanna Hefti (viola) Martin Zeller (bass violin) [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "it's a ravishing listening experience, exactly the right length, played and recorded stunningly. ECM's notes are up to their usual standards, both as education and entertainment." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2014) |
BRITTEN / CASALS / DUGGAN / MCDOWALL / MUNDY / ORTIZ / PHINOT / MAUERSBERGER / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Lost City: Lamentations Through the Ages Sospiri, Christopher Watson, Miranda Laurence, Robert Vanryne (trumpet), Susanna Fairbairn (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "[I was] captivated by these pieces when I heard them in performance, and they are just as mesmerising on disc."[Oxford Times] |
Susanna Hoffs
When You're a Boy [ Northworld / CD - released 7/Nov/2011 ] |
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... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder / Ruckert-Lieder / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Katarina Karneus (mezzo) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Susanna Malkki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2011 ] "The recorded sound is wonderful, and Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki coaxes a sound of golden warmth from her Swedish orchestra. Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus makes a sound as rich and glossy as a thoroughbred's coat." (The Daily Telegraph) |
SCOTT WHEELER
Wasting the Night (Songs) William Sharp (baritone) / Susanna Phillips (soprano) / Joseph Kaiser (tenor) / Krista River (mezzo-soprano) / Donald Berman (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] 'Songs are simply the most sensuous kind of fun one can have with the combination of words and music,' remarks Scott Wheeler. |
Susanna Baca
The Best of Susanna Baca [ Luaka Bop / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
Susanna Baca
Espiritu Vivo [ Luaka Bop / CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |