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The Nordic Experience: works by Grieg, Sinding, Gade, Sibelius and Melartin

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Niel...
Performers: Aadland, Harald; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Sonstebo, Jon Wien; Sponberg, Atle; Tateno, Izumi
Conductors: Rasilainen, Ari; Oramo, Sakari; Mann, Paul; Sato, Shuntaro; Pekkanen, Pertti; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

Two and a half hours of cool and timeless classics from the North....continue...

Apotheosis: The Best of Einojuhani Rautavaara / Ashkenazy, piano; Stoltzman, clarinet

1 CD / Ondine / 2011-10-25

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Concerto for Clarinet; Autumn Gardens; Manhattan Trilogy; Concerto for Piano no 3 "G...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Franck, Mikko

This mid-price CD compilation couples the greatest orchestral hits by Einojuhani Rautavaara, one of the most-performed and best-selling classical composers alive. Rautavaara is Finland's most...continue...

Classical Meditation

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: De profundis; Berliner Messe; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1999); Song for Athene; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven, for chorus (arr...
Performers: Barton, William; Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Green, David [Violin]; Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel; Robinson, Christopher; Lawrence, Douglas; Summerly, Jeremy; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Lintu, Hannu; Judd, James; Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Rautavaara: 12 Concertos / Oliveira, Ashkenazy, et al

4 CD / Ondine / 2009-08-25

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Concerto for Violin; Concerto for Cello, Op. 41; Angel of Dusk; Ballad for Harp and Strings (also version for harp & string quartet); Harp Concerto; Cantus Arcticus (Concerto f...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bister, Reija; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gothoni, Ralf; Jussila, Kari; Laine, Esko; Nordmann, Marielle; Oliveira, Elmar; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Ylonen, Marko
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif; Pommer, Max; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Kangas, Juha; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Ashkenazy, Vladimir

"10 full-fledged concertos, one important tone poem masquerading as one, and one spare piece for harp and orchestra are loaded into a convenient set that...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...

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...

Rautavaara: Angel of Light, etc / Vänskä, Alanko, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-08-30

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony no 7 "Angel of Light"; Concerto for Flute ("Dances with the Winds"), Op. 69; Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61
Performers: Alanko, Petri
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Barely three years have elapsed since Leif Segerstam's pioneering account of the Seventh Symphony with the Helsinki Philharmonic on Ondine. Now comes another Finnish version...continue...

Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, etc / Lintu, Mikkola, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-15

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 45; Symphony no 3, Op. 20
Performers: Mikkola, Laura
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Thanks to the enterprise of BIS and Ondine, Rautavaara enjoys generous representation in the catalogue, but this is his first appearance on a bargain label...The...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...

Finlandia- A Festival of Finnish Music / Vänskä, Kang

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-04-04

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Suite for Violin and Strings, Op. 117; Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Väin&#...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Lahti Symphony Orchestra