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Nielsen, Aho: Clarinet Concertos / Fröst, Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-03-07

Works: Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Clarinet, FS 129/Op. 57; Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Clarinet
Performers: Frost, Martin
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Martin Fröst and Osmo Vanska again prove a most persuasive partnership in this latest collaboration. There is something utterly idiomatic about Fröst's approach to the...continue...

Nordic Spell - Aho, Tómasson, Lindberg / Bezaly, Vänskä

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-07-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Flute; Haukur Tómasson: Concerto for Flute no 2; Christian Lindberg: The World of Montuagretta
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo; Wilkinson, Bernhardur; Lindberg, Christian
Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Chamber Orchestra

"Here is the testament to the high standard of creativity and music-making in the Nordic countries. These three concertos are major works, skillfully written for...continue...

Suomalainen Virsi Vol 3 / Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-01-01

Works: Jaakko Kuusisto: Symphonic Suite, Op. 14; Traditional: When safe in God; We praise you, o God; O Lord, I may dwell in Thy hand; Quasimodogeniti; Thanks be to God; I am a lowly worm, a traveller; In t...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Aho: Symphonic Dances, Symphony no 11 / Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-03-06

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 11; Symphonic Dances "Hommage a Uuno Klami"
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Symphony No. 11, like many of Aho's symphonic works, is actually a concerto, this time for the six-member Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, a young Swedish group...continue...

Aho: Symphony no 3; Mussorgsky / Vänskä, Lahti SO, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-04-05

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 3; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death
Performers: Kuusisto, Jaakko; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The first thing that hits you about this disc is the extraordinary range and quality of the sound. As Aho's Third Symphony edges in from...continue...

MacMillan: Confession of Isobel Gowdie, etc / Vänskä, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-10-09

Works: James MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, for orchestra; Tuireadh, version for clarinet & string orchestra; The Exorcism of Rio Sumpúl, for mixed ensemble or chamber orchestra
Performers: Frost, Martin
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

"Martin Frost is the very capable soloist. And, in the finale of 'The Exorcism of Rio Sumpul' it's a joy to hear Stravinskian neo-classicism handled...continue...

Finnish Hymns / Osmo Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-01-01

Works: Martin Luther: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg); Anonymous, Finnish: Jeesus, luona armopöydän (Jesus at the seat of grace), hymn (Finnish Hymn Book, 225); Koska valaissee koint...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

Aho: Chinese Songs, Symphony no 4 / Vahevaara, Vänskä, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-09-19

Works: Kalevi Aho: Chinese Songs, song cylce for soprano voice & orchestra; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Each new encounter with this important Finnish composer reveals new angles...[When] one realizes that Symphony 4 was produced by a 24-year-old composer one can only...continue...

MacMillan: The World's Ransoming, etc / Pendrill, Wallfisch

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-03-04

Works: James MacMillan: The World's Ransoming, for cor anglais & orchestra (Part I of Triduum, an Easter triptych); Concerto for Cello (being Part II of Triduum, an Easter triptych)
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

"...[MacMillan] feels his faith as a mandate to dig into the human psyche through his music, using his programmatic subject matter as a key to...continue...

MacMillan: Symphony Vigil / Vänskä, BBC Scottish SO, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-03-04

Works: James MacMillan: Symphony (Vigil)
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Fine Arts Brass Ensemble

Trombone Concertos from the North / Christian Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-02-04

Works: Christian Lindberg: Arabenne; Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 12 for Trombone, Op. 52; Lars-Erik Larsson: Concerto for Trombone and Winds; Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 9
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Hughes, Owain Arwel; van Beek, Arie; Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Östgöta Wind Orchestra ; Tapiola Sinfonietta

Aho: Symphonies no 2 & 7 / Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-27

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 7 "Insect"
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The Second Symphony comes from 1970, when Aho was still studying with Rautavaara, though he made some revisions in 1995. It is a remarkable work,...continue...

Aho: Symphony no 10, etc / Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-07-11

Works: Kalevi Aho: Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra; Symphony no 10
Performers: Ahmas, Harri; Junttila, Lasse; Saarenpaa, Timo
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

"...This is music with big personality, intellectual and imaginative power. It is also virtually impossible to label. Here is a broadly traditional four-movement symphony, which...continue...

Lindberg Plays Sandstrom

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-06-20

Works: Jan Sandström: Emperor's Chant (Kejsarvisan), for trombone & orchestra; Concerto for Trombone no 2 "Don Quixote"; Wahlberg variations for trombone & orchestra; A Short Ride on a Motorbike, for T...
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Dances with the Winds - Flute Concertos / Alanko, Vänskä

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-08-24

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Concerto for Flute ("Dances with the Winds"), Op. 69; Leonid Bashmakov: Concerto for flute & orchestra ("Impressioni Marine"); Aulis Sallinen: Chamber Music II, for alto flute ...
Performers: Alanko, Petri
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Aho: Symphony no 9, Concerto for Cello / Osmo Vänskä

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-06-17

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 9; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Hoffman, Gary; Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The performances are exemplary and the BIS sound, capturing everything from the quietest whisper to quite the loudest noise I have ever heard in a...continue...

Sallinen: Variations for Orchestra, Violin Concerto, etc

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-12

Works: Aulis Sallinen: Variations for orchestra, Op 8; Concerto for Violin Op. 18; Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March"), Op. 19; Chamber Music III, for cello & str...
Performers: Koskinen, Eeva; Thedeen, Torleif
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta

Aho: Symphony no 8, Pergamon / Vänskä, Ericsson, Lahti

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 8 for organ & orchestra; Pergamon for 4 orchestral groups, 4 reciters & organ
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Pietilainen, Pauli
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

All the Lonely People - Concertos for Trombone / Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-07-05

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto, for trombone & military band in B flat major; Henri Tomasi: Concerto for trombone & orchestra; Nino Rota: Concerto for Trombone in C major; Alfred Schnittke: Dialog...
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta

Aho: Symphony no 1; Hiljaisus: Violin Concerto / Gräsbeck

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-01-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 1; Hiljaisus for orchestra "Silence"; Concerto for Violin
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra