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Rautavaara: Modificata; Incantations; Towards The Horizon / Colin Currie, Truls Mork

1 CD / Ondine / 2012-02-28

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Concerto for Cello no 2 ("Towards the Horizon "); Modificata, for orchestra; Percussion Concerto ("Incantations")
Performers: Currie, Colin; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: ; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

This new recording couples Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's latest concerto works with an orchestral piece from his early Modernist period (Modificata; 1957/2003). Rautavaara's Second Cello...continue...

Aho: In Memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren; Nordgren: Saxophone Concerto; Part: Fratres; Masson: Quatain

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-02-14

Works: Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Concerto for 4 saxophones & string orchestra (with gong), Op. 108; Arvo Pärt: Fratres, for chamber ensemble; Askell Masson: Quatrain, concerto for 4 saxophones, tubular bel...
Performers: Storgårds, John [Conductor, Violin]
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: ; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

This tribute to the Finnish composer Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944-2008) includes one of his best concertos coupled with works by other composers whose lives were...continue...
Recording information: Rovaniemi Church (08/11/2010-08/13/2010)....continue...

Jukka Tiensuu: Vie; Missa

1 CD / Ondine / 2010-11-16

Works: Jukka Tiensuu: Vie, concerto for orchestra; Missa, for clarinet & orchestra; False memories I-III, for orchestra
Performers: Kriikku, Kari [Clarinet]
Conductors: Storgårds, John

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Until fairly recently Tiensuu's music was regarded as complex and rather avant-garde. His most recent works, however, as the ones recorded here show a...continue...
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto; The Bard

1 CD / Ondine / 2010-08-31

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; The Bard, Op. 64; The Wood Nymph (Skogsrået), melodrama for speaker, piano, 2 horns & string orchestra, Op. 15
Performers: Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Storgårds, John

Frank Peter Zimmermann is featured here in the virtuoso Sibelius Violin Concerto, one of the most spectacular late Romantic works in its genre. Its dazzling...continue...
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Romantic Violin Concertos / Christina Åstrand, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Dacapo / 2009-08-25

Works: Niels Gade: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 56; Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller: Concerto for Violin in C major, Op. 69; Rued Langgaard: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, BVN 82
Performers: Åstrand, Christina; Hautala, Ville
Conductors: Storgårds, John

While Danish Romantic violin concertos aren't exactly ten a penny, these three important examples of the genre firmly establish that the great Romantic violin concerto...continue...

Nordgren: Spellbound Tones, etc / Petri Kumela, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2006-04-01

Works: Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Come da lontano, Op. 122; Spellbound Tones, Op. 132; Quintet for Guitar and Strings, Op. 119; Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 126
Performers: Djupsjobacka, Tomas; Kangas, Tiila; Koskela, Silva; Kumela, Petri; Lampela, Ulla; Toivonen, Tero; Vikman, Laura
Conductors: ; Storgårds, John
Ensemble: Lapland Chamber Orchestra; Tempera String Quartet

Born in the island province of Aland but a native of the Ostrobothnian town of Kaustinen since the early 1970s, Pehr Henrik Nordgren studied with...continue...

Ponce: Works for Guitar / Eskelinen, Storgards, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2004-05-01

Works: Manuel Ponce: Diferencias sobre la folía de España y fuga; Estrellita; Sonata for Guitar no 3; Concierto del Sur for Guitar
Performers: Eskelinen, Ismo
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: Lapland Chamber Orchestra

Mozart Jubileum / Isokoski, Garanca, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2002-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Zaide, K 344 (334b); Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto f...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Hakala, Tommi; Hynninen, Jorma; Isokoski, Soile; Kriikku, Kari [Clarinet]; Kuusisto, Pekka
Conductors: Vilumanis, Alexander; Klas, Eri; Storgårds, John; Schreier, Peter; Mustonen, Olli
Ensemble: ; Estonian State Symphony Orchestra; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Tapiola Sinfonietta

This CD is a unique compilation of Mozart highlights, featuring six of Ondine's star singers and instrumentalists with some of their most popular Mozart-interpretations. Included...continue...