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JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Kraus: Viola Concertos David Aaron Carpenter (viola) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Carpenter is a sensitive and knowledgeable guide through these works, which he plays as if they've always been with him. Viola players will surely rejoice that their concerto repertoire now has three challenging and beautiful... |
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VELI-MATTI PUUMALA
Anna Liisa Helena Juntunen, Jorma Hynninen, Tanja Kauppinen, Ville Rusanen / Tapiola Sinfonietta & Helsinki Chamber Choir, Jan Söderblom [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] Ondine releases the world premiere recording of Veli-Matti Puumala's (b. 1965) opera Anna Liisa. Puumala's opera features several well-known Finnish opera artists, including Helena Juntunen and Jorma Hynninen. |
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Hough/Tapiola Sinfonietta/Nagy
Hough: Broken Branches [ Bis / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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ERKKI-SVEN TUUR
Tuur: Illuminatio / Whistles and Whispers from Uluru / Symphony No 8 Lawrence Power (viola), Genevieve Lacey (recorders) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Feb/2019 ] "Brought vividly to life under fellow Estonian, conductor Olari Elts all three works share a kinship in dynamic, flowing structures generated from often small motifs, lush with post-Romantic, post-serial chromaticism." BBC Music |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Symphony in E flat major, Symphony no.3 Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen [ Ondine / CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] "Passionately played by the Tapiola Sinfonietta, under Janne Nisonen's direction, these skillfully-crafted works emerge as noble rediscoveries," wrote the BBC Music Magazine on the second volume in the ongoing Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) complete... |
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BERNHARD HENRIK CRUSELL
Crusell: Concertante Wind Works Anna-Maija Korsima-Hursti (clarinet), Ib Lanzky-Otto (horn), László Hara (bassoon) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/1990 ] Finnish clarinetist and composer who was born on 15 October 1775 and died on 28 July 1838. Crusell studied music in Stockholm, Sweden and lived there for the rest of his adult life. Crusell was the father-in-law of Frans Preumayr. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Yegveny Sudbin (piano), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/May/2017 ] Yvgeny Sudbin at his best is an artist capable of reminding us of that and there is plentiful evidence in these rondo finales" Gramophone |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concertos Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Aug/2015 ] "it is hard not to be impressed by Kantorow in the concertos, but the Malédiction is why you should buy the disc." Gramophone |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / etc Alexandre Kantorow (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "...this disc completes a Saint-Saëns piano concerto set that has few peers and none that are better." Five Stars BBC Music Concerto Choice July 2022 |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 3-5 Alexandre Kantorow (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow (conductor) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/May/2019 ] "It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this." Gramophone June 2019 |
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MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Pascal Rophé [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Carolyn Sampson is a delightful and highly engaging soloist. She sings the slow, lyrical songs beautifully, investing words and music with great feeling." Recording of the Month Oct 2021 MusicWeb |
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RAUTAVAARA
Angel of Dusk: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra / Symphony No 2 / Pelimannit (Fiddlers) Esko Laine (double-bass) Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone |
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IIRO RANTALA
Piano Concerto / Astorale / Tangonator / Final Fantasy Iiro Rantala (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jaakko Kuusisto (violin & conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 19/Mar/2006 ] "this emotional roller coster ride, this fire work of the senses is the most outrageous and exciting thing we could imagine being performed in a classical concert hall at the moment." - Tobias Fischer, tokafi online magazine, February 2006 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Arias Soile Isokoski (soprano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Schreier [ Ondine / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] "The silvery warmth of her timbre, occasionally reminiscent of Schwarzkopf in her earlier recordings, is the near-ideal instrument for Countess Almaviva, Elvira and Fiordiligi." (Sunday Times) |
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HUMMEL / MOZART / WINTER / ROSSINI
Bassoon Concertos Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen (Concertmaster) [ Ondine / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] As an instrument, the bassoon has had a remarkable history. Beginning with its Renaissance ancestry as the dulcian, it developed during the Baroque period into an almost indispensable part of the ensemble. Antonio Vivaldi recognized the versatility... |
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CRUSELL / DUPUY / BERWALD / BRENDLER
Bassoon Concertos Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen (Concertmaster) [ Ondine / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] This second album of early 19th century bassoon concertos by Jaakko Luoma and Tapiola Sinfonietta includes four delightful concerto gems written for Frans Carl Preumayr (1782-1853), proficient and talented bassoonist who moved to Stockholm in 1802.... |
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WEBER
The Symphonies / Bassoon Concerto / Andante e Rondo Ungarese Jaakko Luoma (bassoon) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] Kantorow and the Tapiola Sinfonietta revisit Weber focusing on works by the young composer, before the fame that his opera Der Freischütz would bring. |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Janne Nisonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta [ Ondine / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] The Tapiola Sinfonietta play admirably well under Janne Nisonen, empowering the music to speak for itself. It's a fascinating portrait of what else was going on in Vienna in Beethoven's orbit and thus valuable on its own terms. - Gramophone |
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SAINT-SAENS
Violin Concerto No.3: Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Heini Karkkainen (piano) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Kees Bakels & Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - '..this is a disc of pure delight with stunning performances, especially from Jean-Jacques Kantorow, of a marvellous programme.' (BBC Music Award Finalist 2008 - Orchestral) |
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KALEVI AHO
Chamber Symphonies Nos 1 - 3 John-Edward Kelly (alto saxophone) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Stefan Asbury, Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Aho shows that he understands the saxophone's capabilities, inventively blending and contrasting it with the strings." BBC Music Magazine, August 2012 ***** |
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Kantorow/Tapiola Sinfonietta
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto 1 [ Bis / CD ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bizarre Bazaar Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jan Soderblom [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] New from Kari Kriikku |
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MOLTER
Clarinet Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 4 (with Mozart - Clarinet Concerto) Kari Kriikku (clarinet) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / John Storgards (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 22/Feb/2007 ] "Even better than Benny Goodman, Kari Kriikku swings the classics!" - Laurence Vittes, Audiophile Audition Web Magazine |
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WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Martin Frost (clarinet) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "This is an absolutely wonderful disc in every way. Weber's clarinet music is delightful, and it's hard to imagine it being better played or recorded. Martin Fröst has such a supple, liquid timbre that at times you could almost swear there were words... |
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Mustonen/Tapiola Sinfonietta
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1/2 [ Ondine / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Jul/2007 ] |
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Mustonen/Tapiola Sinfonietta
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & [ Ondine / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] |
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Mustonen/Tapiola Sinfonietta
Beethoven:piano Concertos 4&5 [ Ondine / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Olli Mustonen (piano & conductor) / Tapiola Sinfonietta [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This is the first of three volumes featuring the five Beethoven Piano Concertos and the piano version of the Violin Concerto on hybrid SACD, all performed by Olli Mustonen in the role as soloist and conductor of the Tapiola Sinfonietta. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos Olli Mustonen (piano/conductor), Tapiola Sinfonietta [ Ondine / 3 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Ondine celebrates Beethoven's 250th anniversary of birth by re-issuing Olli Mustonen's Beethoven cycle with the Tapiola Sinfonietta. The three volumes were originally released in three separate volumes in 2007-9 as ODE 1099-5, ODE 1123-5, and ODE... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra (Includes Six Humoresques) Pekka Kuusisto (violin and conductor) / Tapiola Sinfonietta [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 "...the total effect warrants my recommending this disc for Best of the Year honors" (Audiophile Audition) |
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MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Violin Concerto, Jubilees & Souvenir Pekka Kuusisto (violin & director) / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Magnus Lindberg [ Ondine / CD - released 11/May/2017 ] "Lindberg's Violin Concerto of 2006 is the standout work...It manages to balance substance with style, and poetry with virtuosity, in ways that can almost stand comparison with Berg." Gramophone |
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W. A. MOZART
Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Olli Mustonen (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "These performances, zestfully accompanied and warmly recorded, capture the poetry, excitement and coltish energy of these miraculous fruits of Mozart's teen years." BBC Music, Jan. 2004, Disc of the Month: Orchestral Choice |
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SALLINEN / TAKEMITSU / PENDERECKI
20Th Century Music For Flute And Orchestra Petri Alanko (Flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD ] Aulis Sallinen is among the best known contemporary Finnish composers. Born in Salmi in 1933, he studied composition with Arre Merikanto and Joonas Kokkonen at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and subsequently joined the teaching staff there, after... |
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NICOLAS BACRI
Sturm und Drang Sharon Bezaly (flute) François Leleux (oboe) Riitta Pesola (cello) Lisa Batiashvili (violin) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] This highly accessible, colourful and melodic music is here interpreted by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Jean-Jacques Kantorow, a team whose previous recordings on BIS have been enthusiastically received by the reviewers. A disc of works by... |
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GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / DEVIENNE / FAURE
Aperitif Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Sharon Bezaly is a treat! |
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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 |
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BLOCH / BRIDGE / HOUGH
In The Shadow of War Steven Isserlis (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression." (5 Stars BBC Music) |
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BLOCH / DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
reVisions Steven Isserlis (cello) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Gábor Takács-Nagy [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Expect nothing po-faced from Steven Isserlis, a cellist never afraid of taking risks and revealing his heart...Refined playing by the Tapiola Sinfonietta add to the pleasure." (The Times) |
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Tapiola Sinfonietta
French Orchestral Music [ Bis / CD ] |
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Tapiola Sinfonietta
Raitoe:queen Of The Flowers [ Ondine / CD ] |