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Rautavaara’s late works continue to reveal the hand of a master with a completely assured technique and a serenely confident personal style. Towards the Horizon, his Cello Concerto No. 2, is an introspective, poetic work...

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Release Date: February 28, 2012

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Hvorostovsky’s voice is perfectly weighted and his artistry honed by long experience sufficient to give these songs his finest interpretation. Now in his fiftieth year, Dmitri Hvorostovsky has been singing internationally for almost a quarter...

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Release Date: January 31, 2012

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Peteris Vasks makes an important point that every listener to his music should know: every one of his compositions is about Latvia, in some way tells the story of his homeland. Another thing you should...

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Release Date: January 31, 2012

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This CD features Finnish star soprano Soile Isokoski and her longstanding duo partner Marita Viitasalo, piano, with a selection of Lieder by Richard Strauss. Soile Isokoski is hailed as one of the finest singers in...

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Release Date: January 31, 2012

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MARJATTA THE LOWLY MAIDEN (WOR

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Release Date: November 15, 2011

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February 2012 ----- It's a good thing people buy the disc before they read the notes. What sane person buys a CD, even one of contemporary music, in order to digest an essay called "Universality,...

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Release Date: November 15, 2011

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Christian Tetzlaff is an absolutely fabulous violinist, and this repertoire suits him perfectly. His tone is unfailingly sweet, penetrating, and lyrical, but never burdened with excessive vibrato. His intonation is as accurate as we have...

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Release Date: November 15, 2011

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Ondine’s devotion to the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara has been of considerable standing and of great depth. Here we have a disc of highlights of pieces from their catalogue. The only complete works are Cantus...

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Release Date: October 25, 2011

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SAARIAHO Clarinet Concerto, “D’Om le vrai sens.” Laterna Magica. Leino Songs • Sakari Oramo, cond; Finnish RSO; Kari Kriikku, (cl); Anu Komsi (s) • ONDINE 1173-2 (67:31 Text and Translation) Over the years my admiration...

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Release Date: September 27, 2011

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Following in the tradition of Liszt's Beethoven transcriptions, these arrangements are faithful to the original yet exploit the potential of the piano in many ways. This CD release features the popular Symphonies Nos. 2 and...

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Release Date: August 30, 2011

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Release Date: August 30, 2011

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This is one of those programs that adds up to more than the sum of its parts. David Aaron Carpenter plays a sensational viola, and he’s very capably accompanied by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Helsinki...

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Release Date: August 30, 2011

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Let's start with the "filler", because it's a very interesting one. Rautavaara's The Fiddlers originally was composed as a piano suite, as played here, and later arranged for string orchestra. For this performance, a fine...

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Release Date: June 28, 2011

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy the National Symphony Orchestra presented a new work by Peter Lieberson called "Remembering JFK," an orchestral piece with movie star Richard Dreyfuss...

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Release Date: May 31, 2011

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REVIEW: Korngold’s lushly scored Symphony in F?, completed in 1952, has been well, if belatedly, served on disc. The first recording appeared only in 1972, with Rudolf Kempe conducting the Munich Philharmonic. Since then there...

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Release Date: April 26, 2011