Salonen, Esa-Pekka

Bach: Transcriptions / Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-08-29

Works: Leopold Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 565); Little Fugue in G minor, transcription for orchestra (after Bach, BWV 578); Edward Elgar: Arrangeme...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

This lush and appealing program will be popular with novice and expert listeners alike. Included are orchestral arrangements of some of Bach's most famous compositions...continue...

Sibelius/Goldmark: Violin Concertos

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-08-22

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Karl Goldmark: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 28
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Goldmark, Karl; Sibelius, Jean
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"...An infectiously enjoyable display...[The Goldmark] is a lovely work that has been coming into its own lately, and Bell's affectionate advocacy - admirably secure, big-hearted...continue...

Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto, Kraft / Lindberg, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2000-04-04

Works: Magnus Lindberg: Piano Concerto; Kraft for orchestra
Performers: Lindberg, Magnus
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Toimii Ensemble

Triumph of the Piano - Keyboard Classics from Bach to Bartók

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-01-18

Works: François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention no 1 in C major, BWV 772; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 13/L 486; Wolfg...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Casadesus, Robert; Crossley, Paul [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Groethuysen, Andreas; Immerseel, Jos van; Leonhardt, Gustav...
Conductors: Szell, George; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra members; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Shostakovich: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2, etc /Bronfman, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-23

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Quintet for piano & strings in G minor, Op. 57
Performers: Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Copes, Ronald; Krosnick, Joel; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Smirnoff, Joel; Stevens, Thomas [Trumpet]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"This goes to the top of my list of recommendations for these works...because of overall quality and the convenience of one-stop shopping... Bronfman excels in...continue...

Franz Joseph Haydn - Suprise and Farewell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-05-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; The Creation, H 21 no 2; Quartet for Strings in D minor, Op. 76 no 2/H 3 no 76 "Q...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marsalis, Wynton; Raskin, Judith; Reardon, John; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Szell, George; Leppard, Raymond; Bernstein, Leonard; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Solomons, Derek; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Bruno, Weil
Ensemble: ; Camerata Singers; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; L'Estro Armonico; New York Philharmonic; Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Tölz Boys Choir; Tafelmusik

Sensemayá - Music of Silvestre Revueltas / Salonen, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-03-02

Works: Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemay; Ocho por radio, for chamber orchestra; La Noche de los Mayas, suite for orchestra (compiled by José Limantour from the film score); Homenaje a Federico García...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group

Hillborg: Clarinet Concerto, Violin Concerto, etc / Salonen

1 CD / Ondine / 1999-02-16

Works: Anders Hillborg: Concerto for Clarinet ("Peacock Tales") (original version); Liquid Marble, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Frost, Martin; Lindal, Anna
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Performances, led by Hillborg's pal Salonen - the liner notes include a relaxed but articulate and revealing conversation between the two - are flat-out superb....continue...

Music in Film

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-01-12

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Adventures of Robin Hood; Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; David Raksin: Laura; Alfred Newman: Captain from Castile; Aaron Copland: Red Pony; Franz Waxman: A Place...
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]; ; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Raksin, David; Newman, Alfred; Copland, Aaron; Waxman, Franz; Tiomkin, Dimitri; Bernstein, Leonard; Heindorf, Ray; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Rozsa, Mi...
Ensemble: Accademia Monteverdiana Chorus; Columbia Studio Orchestra; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; La Scala Philharmonic; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orches...

Classic Wynton

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-11-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: King's March; Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Orga...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; Stillman, Judith Lynn; Tunnell, Charles; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Hunsberger, Donald; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

This new compilation from Sony of some of Wynton Marsalis' finest classical recordings is for anyone who is not yet convinced that he may well...continue...
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Kathleen Battle (soprano); Cho-Liang Lin (violin); William Bennett (flute); Neal Black (oboe); Judith Lynn Stillman (piano); Ian On Awi Watson (harpsichord); An...continue...

Salonen, Börtz, Nordheim, Schmidt: Oboe Concertos /Rosengren

1 CD / Daphne Records / 1998-09-24

Works: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Mimo II; Daniel Börtz: Concerto for Oboe; Arne Nordheim: Boomerang; Ole Schmidt: Concerto for Oboe
Performers: Rosengren, Bengt
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Ruud, Ole Kristian
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Here is one of the first discs devoted entirely to the music of the inventive Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson, who has fused both neo-Romanticism and...continue...

A Portrait of Kaija Saariaho / Saariaho, Hoitenga, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-10-05

Works: Kaija Saariaho: Verblendungen, for orchestra & tape; Jardin secret I, for tape; Laconisme de l'aile, for solo flute; ...sah den Vögeln, for soprano, flute, oboe, cello, prepared piano & electron...
Performers: Hoitenga, Camilla; Rahkonen, Margit; Teikari, Jouko
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Almila, Atso
Ensemble: ; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Kaija Saariaho (b.1951) is one of the most prominent of the younger generation of Finnish composers, along with Magnu Lindberg and Esa-Pekka Salonen (yes, the...continue...

György Ligeti Edition Vol 4 - Vocal Works / Salonen, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-01-28

Works: György Ligeti: Nonsense Madrigals, for 6 men's voices; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble (arr. from "Le Grand M; Aventures, for 3 voices & 7 instrumen...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Chilcott, Bob; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Ebrahim, Omar; Ernman, Malena; Hardy, Rosemary; Hurley, David; Kataeva, Irina; Lawson, Ph...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra members

Debussy: Images, Prélude, La Mer / Salonen, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-01-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer
Performers: Ferguson, Janet
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Salonen's Debussy is distinguished by playing of great finesse, near flawless ensemble and an enviable sophisticated sheen (the Los Angeles orchestra have rarely sounded finer)....continue...

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Salonen, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-11-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Cartoons - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Raymond Scott: Powerhouse; In an 18th-Century Drawing Room (after Mozart's piano sonata No 1),; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaik...
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Faine, Maria Luisa; Glazer, Frank; Herman, Woody; Hogner, Gunter; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kos...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Adler, Samuel; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Herman, Woody; Hu...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; La Scala Theater Orchestra; New ...

This disc includes both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: HansJörg Schellenberger (oboe); Milan Turkovic (bassoon); Frank Glazer, Philippe Entremont, Maria Luisa Faine, Eugene List, Bar...continue...

Age Of Elegance - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10; Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Largo; The ...
Performers: Carroll, Edward; Guimond, Claire; Koyama, Michie; Kuijken, Barthold [Flute/Recorder]; Neil, William [Organ]; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Gosman, Lazar; Ormandy, Eugene; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosos; Brandenburg Collegium; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philadelphia Orchestra; Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Tchaikovsky Cha...

Wilhelm Stenhammar: A Musical Portrait

1 CD / Musica Sveciae / 1996-01-01

Works: Wilhelm Stenhammar: Fantasies (3) for piano, Op. 11; Fylgia for voice & piano; Till en Ros, for voice & piano; Melodi for voice & piano; Sången (The Song), cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra,...
Performers: Erikson, Greta; Forsberg, Bengt; Schuback, Thomas; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; Widlund, Mats
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Arnell, Johan M.; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Parkman, Stefan; ; Sjokvist, Gustav; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; Fresk Quartet

Franz Berwald: A Musical Portrait

1 CD / Musica Sveciae / 1996-01-01

Works: Franz Berwald: Symphony no 4 in E flat, "Sinfonie Naïve"; Piano Quintet no 1 in C minor; Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello & double-bass in B-flat major, "Grand"; Estrella...
Performers: Ehren, Hakan; Jens-Christoph Lemke; Karlsson, Ola; Kingstedt, Solve; Lindgren, Stefan; Lysell, Bernt; Negro, Lucia; Nordin, Lena; Olsen, Ivar
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; ; Westerberg, Stig
Ensemble: ; Berwald Quartet; Lysell Quartet

Sibelius - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Kuolema; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Pelléas et Mélis...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Hove, Carolyn; Krosnick, Joel; Leonard, Ronald; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Smirnoff, Joel
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Ormandy, Eugene; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Lane, Louis; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Sinfonietta; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orc...

Ballet - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-08-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Igor Strav...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Lane, Louis; Black, Stanley; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Rabinowitz, Harry; Williams, John
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Pops Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Liszt - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Work(s), Mephisto Waltzes 1-4, for orchestra, piano or piano, 4 hands; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Liebesträume for P...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Nakamura, Hiroko; Shimizu, Kazune
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Ozawa, Seiji; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Flute - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino"; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F...
Performers: Beauregard, Lawrence; Bennett, William [flute]; Flemström, Per; Hála, Josef; Jamet, Marie-Claire; Johnson, Tommy [tuba]; Kudo, Shigenori; Larde, Christian; Manne, Shelly; Marion, Alain; N...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Rolla, János; Munclinger, Milan; Leppard, Raymond; Domingo, Placido; Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Entremont, Philippe; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Colomb...
Ensemble: Ars Rediviva; Chamber Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; I Solisti Veneti; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmoni...

Lutoslawski: Symphonies 3 & 4, etc / Salonen, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-10-04

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 4; Les espaces du sommeil, for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 3
Performers: Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Greatest Hits - Rachmaninov

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Preludes (13) f...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Laredo, Ruth; Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Gosman, Lazar; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra

Grieg - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite, Op. 56; Heart's melodies, Op. 5; Lyric Suite...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara; Perahia, Murray; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Davis, Colin, Sir; Ormandy, Eugene; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Oslo Philharmonic Chorus; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Debussy: Nocturnes, La Damoiselle élue, etc / Salonen

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-17

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La damoiselle élue; Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, symphonic fragments (arranged by Caplet)
Performers: Rasmussen, Paula; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Schoenberg, Liszt: Piano concertos / Ax, Salonen

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-12-14

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Concerto for Piano, Op. 42; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125
Performers: Ax, Emanuel
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

A Swedish Serenade / Salonen, Stockholm Sinfonietta

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-04-26

Works: Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Lars-Erik Larsson: Little Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 12; Lille Bror Söderlundh: Concertino for oboe & string orchestra; Ingvar Lidholm: Mu...
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta

Hillborg: Clang & Fury

1 CD / Phono Suecia / 1992-09-10

Works: Anders Hillborg: Clang and Fury; Muoodaeyïywooum; Lamento; Celestial Mechanics; Haut-Posaune for trombone & tape
Performers: Kriikku, Kari [Clarinet]; Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Ericson, Eric; Kangas, Juha
Ensemble: ; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra; Stockholm Chamber Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Salonen, von Otter, Cole, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-06-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Chereau, Patrice; Cole, Vinson; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Sotin, Hans; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Portrait of Wynton Marsalis

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-09-20

Performers: Marsalis, Wynton
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Hunsberger, Donald
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet)....continue...