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Music from the Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Music from Estonia Vol.1:01 Heino Eller: Elegia for harp and strings (1931) [12'59]02 - 06 Heino Eller: Five Pieces for string orchestra (1953) [15'21]07 Heino Eller: Tone Poem 'Dawn' (1918) [8'10]08 - 10 Kaljo Raid: Symphony No.1 in C minor (1944) [37'31]Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme JärviChandos CHAN8525 [recorded August 1986; first released 1987][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: SNO Centre, Glasgow, ScotlandRecording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian CouzensMusic from Estonia Vol.2:01 - 04 Artur Lemba: Symphony in C-sharp minor (1908) [39'58]05 Rudolf Tobias: 'Julius Caesar' Overture (1896) [10'08]06 Heino Eller: Tone Poem Videvik 'Twilight' (1917) [6'00]07 Veljo Tormis: Overture No.2 (1959) [11'07]08 Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (1977) [6'14]Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme JärviChandos CHAN8656 [recorded August 1987 & May 1988; first released 1989][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall [01-05], Glasgow and Caird Hall, […]
2024-02-29 04:30:00
Susanna Mälkki conducts Sibelius (CD Review)
by Ryan RossSibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Rakastava, Op. 14; Lemminkäinen, Op. 22. Susanna Mälkki, conductor; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. BIS-2638Anyone who has heard Susanna Mälkki’s performances knows that she approaches conducting with admirable precision and sensitivity. In settings where the music is especially enhanced by these attributes, she’s absolutely first-rate. In situations that call for unbridled passion, however, I’m sometimes left wanting more. This dichotomy plays out across BIS’s new disc of nationally-inflected orchestral fare by Jean Sibelius. By now all of these works have plenty of recordings in the classical catalogue, especially the Karelia Suite and Lemminkäinen Legends (or “Suite,” as it’s often called). The field isn’t nearly Beethoven Fifth-level crowded, but the bar is not exactly low either. In the music here that plays to her strengths, Mälkki and the HPO give wonderful performances. But there are parts that do not always align with her predisposition, and these (for my taste) lead to middling ventures. The […]
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