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Einojuhani Rautavaara: Choral Works / Finnish Radio Chamber Choir & SO

4 CD / Ondine / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Soderstrom, Eric-Olof; Nuoranne, Timo; Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Finnish Philharmonic Chorus; Finnish Radio Chamber Choir; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

After releasing two other boxes with Einojuhani Rautaavara's 8 Symphonies and 12 Concertos, Ondine is pleased to announce the new release of another 4 CD...continue...

Feinberg: Piano Concerto no 1 Op. 20, etc / Sirodeau, Segerstam, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Altarus / 2008-05-01

Works: Samuel Feinberg: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 20; Fantasia no 2 in E minor, Op. 9; Suite for piano (4 pieces in etude form), Op. 11; Preludes (4) for piano, Op. 8; Preludes (3) for piano, ...
Performers: Sirodeau, Christophe
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The world premiere recording of Feinberg's first piano concerto anchors this program of music by the master pianist and composer. Not only was this piano...continue...

Artist Portrait - Matti Salminen

1 CD / Teldec / 2007-06-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbi...
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Salminen, Matti; Tomlinson, John; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Segerstam, Leif; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Monteverdi-Ensemble Des Opernhauses Zürich; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Mozart Orchestra

Juha Uusitalo - The Wagner Album / Leif Segerstam, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Ondine / 2004-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Tannhäuser; Siegfried; Die Walküre
Performers: Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Finnish bass-baritone Juha Uusitalo's first aria album features the best-known arias for male voice from Wagner's operas, including the popular "Song to the Evening Star"...continue...

Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy, Symphony no 3

1 Super Audio CD / Ondine / 2004-02-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Manhattan Trilogy, for orchestra; Symphony no 3, Op. 20
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Einojuhani Rautavaara is internationally one of the best known and most frequently performed Finnish composers. Commissioned by the famous Juilliard School for its centennial celebrations...continue...

The Absolute Sibelius - Violin Concerto, etc / Segerstam

1 CD / Ondine / 2003-03-06

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43
Performers: Kuusisto, Pekka
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Rautavaara: Song of My Heart, etc / Suovanen, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2002-09-19

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Sonnets (3) of Shakespeare, song cycle for high or medium voice & piano (or orchestra); Sonnets (5) to Orpheus, for medium voice & orchestra (or piano); Die Liebenden, song cyc...
Performers: Suovanen, Gabriel
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"The most wonderful thing about Rautavaara's songs is that no matter what the technical basis of his compositional method, he understands that "song" means an...continue...

Rautavaara: Angels and Visitations

2 CD / Ondine / 2002-08-29

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Autumn Gardens (Syksyn puutarhat), for orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 45; C...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gothoni, Ralf; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pommer, Max; Franck, Mikko; Nuoranne, Timo; Legerstam, Leif
Ensemble: ; Finnish Radio Chamber Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

This double CD contains fifteen of Finnish star composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's most popular works or excerpts and delivers a wide-ranging anthology of his music from...continue...

Sibelius: Luonnotar, Orchestral Songs / Isokoski, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Ondine / 2002-04-11

Works: Jean Sibelius: The Echo Nymph (Kaiutar), somg for voice & piano, Op. 72/4; Luonnotar, Op. 70; But my Bird is Long in Homing (Men min fågel märks dock icke), song for voice & piano, Op. 36/2...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"If you haven't encountered this music, you can't do better than to acquire this disc without delay. Sibelius was a terrific song writer, and the...continue...

Rautavaara: Clarinet Concerto, etc / Stoltzman, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2001-02-28

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Garden of Spaces, for orchestra; Concerto for Clarinet; Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61
Performers: Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Stoltzmann's original style, his musicianship, the variety of colors and the dynamics he coaxes out of his instrument, as well as his interest in...continue...

Rouse: Der Gerettete Alberich, Rapture, etc / Glennie, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2000-02-23

Works: Christopher Rouse: Der gerettete Alberich, fantasy for solo percussion & orchestra; Rapture, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Glennie, Evelyn
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Rouse himself is a percussionist, and Evelyn Glennie has been presented with few more effective-sounding vehicles for her virtuosity than this entertaining and often extremely...continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies no 1 & 7 / Segerstam, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Ondine / 1998-09-30

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Note that Segerstam and the Helsinki have done the reverse of most orchestras starting a new cycle. They recorded the tone poems long before setting...continue...

Rautavaara: Harp Concerto, etc / Segerstam, Nordmann, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 1997-09-09

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Harp Concerto; Symphony no 8 ("The Journey")
Performers: Nordmann, Marielle
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Both works are hot off the press: the Harp Concerto was completed only in 2000 for the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Symphony in 1999 for...continue...

The Essential Rautavaara

1 CD / Ondine / 1997-06-10

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; A Requiem in our Time, for brass, Op. 3; Pelimannit (The Fiddlers), for piano; Lintu...
Performers: Gothoni, Ralf
Conductors: Pommer, Max; Lintu, Hannu; Kangas, Juha; Segerstam, Leif; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Finnish Brass Symphony; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

The Houston Grand Opera production of Mark Adamo's proud adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, "Little Women" has been recorded by Ondine. Little Women...continue...

Sibelius: Cantata for the Conferment Ceremony of 1894, etc

1 CD / Ondine / 1995-11-16

Works: Jean Sibelius: Academic March (Promotiomarssi), for orchestra; Cantata for the Helsinki University Ceremonies of 1894, for chorus & orchestra, JS 105; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Cantata...
Performers: Isokoski, Soile; Kortekangas, Jaakko
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Finnish Philharmonic Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"This CD includes three works from the first decade of Sibelius's maturity and two from the last...Under the circumstances any recording that opens up two...continue...

Rautavaara: On The Last Frontier, etc / Segerstam, Gallois

1 CD / Ondine / 1995-02-02

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Anadyomene ("Adoration of Aphrodite"), for orchestra; Concerto for Flute ("Dances with the Winds"), Op. 69; On the Last Frontier, fantasy for chorus and orchestra
Performers: Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Finnish Philharmonic Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The world premiere recording of "On the Last Frontier", based on the work by Edgar Allen Poe, is a very rich and accessible work of...continue...

Sibelius: The Tempest Suites, etc / Segerstam, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Ondine / 1994-09-02

Works: Jean Sibelius: Oceanides, Op. 73; The Tempest; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Composer-conductor Leif Segerstam has recorded the symphonies of Sibelius with the Danish National Orchestra for Chandos to wide acclaim, and more recently has been recording...continue...

Rautavaara: Angel of Light / Segerstam, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Ondine / 1992-04-14

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony no 7 "Angel of Light"; Annunciations, concerto for organ, brass & symphonic winds
Performers: Jussila, Kari
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Kari Jussila rises to the various challenges set for him with what sounds like genuine enthusiasm (his fast fingerwork is amazing) while Leif Segerstam and...continue...

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends, Tapiola / Leif Segerstam

1 CD / Ondine / 1991-11-29

Works: Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Tapiola, Op. 112
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Leif Segerstam gets very good results from the Helsinki orchestra who respond with a keen enthusiasm that is inspiriting...I listened with pleasure throughout." -Gramophone...continue...