classical music: Sakari Oramo

classical music: Sakari Oramo

classical music:

Sakari Oramo

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for Two Pianos & Percussion; Romanian Dances

Bela Bartok, Sakari Oramo, ...

Warner Classics, 2005

An Exciting Recording of Familiar and Unfamiliar Bartók Works
Sakari Oramo is becoming a conductor to watch. Though widely acclaimed in Finland he is known in this country mainly through his high quality, carefully programmed, innovative recordings - and this all-Bartók program is a fine example of his creativity. Oramo ...

Grieg and Sibelius Songs

Edvard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, ...

Warner Classics, 2004

Suttle beauty of music and voice with fabulous artistry
It is a pure golden find in musical recording when you are being able to enjoy such a perfect performamce at home. I did listen it again and again with such a joy. The majical voice of Karita Mattila soars gently above most beautiful music. Even I do not know Finnish ...

Sibelius, Lindberg: Violin Concertos

Magnus Lindberg, Jean Sibelius, ...

Sony Classics, 2007

The Immensely Talented Batiashvili
The young and inordinately talented and beautiful Elisabeth ('Lisa') Batiashvili has conquered Europe and is making strong impressions here in the USA. She is an artist to watch and follow as her intelligence and musicality make her an important member of the echelon ...

Julian Anderson: Book of Hours
Julian Anderson, Martyn Brabbins, ...

Nmc Records, 2006

Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra

Camille Saint-Saens, Sakari Oramo, ...

Hyperion UK, 2001

Renaissance Man
Saint-Saens was a Renaissance man: botany, astronomy, archeology, mathematics, natural history, and philosophy were subjects he participated in throughout his life. He wrote articles, read papers at scientific societies, contributed notes to learned journals on the ...

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1-4 / Paganini Rhapsody
Sergey Rachmaninov, Sakari Oramo, ...

Warner Classics, 2007

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Complete Works for Guitar, Vol. 1
Leo Sowerby, Heitor Villa-Lobos, ...

Ondine, 1995

This disc apparently offers the premiere recording of Introduction to Choros , a sort of rhapsodic medley on themes from other works by Villa-Lobos. It's a lightweight and entertaining piece, performed well enough here to be enjoyable. The Concerto is also played well, but not enough to beat the best of several competitive recordings, especially ...

Northern Highlights: The Ultimate Finnish Orchestral Favourites
Einar Englund, Heino Kaski, ...

Ondine, 2001

John Foulds: Three Mantras

John Foulds, Sakari Oramo, ...

Warner Classics, 2005

Ignore the other reviews
Finding fault with this music because it fails to accurately incarnate the devices of an exotic musical culture completely misses the point. If this is musical kitsch, then so is The Dance of the Seven Veils and Mahler's employment of Chinese pentatonic scales in Das ...

John Foulds: Dynamic Triptych; Music-Pictures III

John Foulds, Sakari Oramo, ...

Warner Classics, 2006

ANOTHER FIVE STAR HELPING OF FOULDS
I was delighted to discover the music of John Foulds, the now almost forgotten English composer, through the CBSO and Sakari Oramo's first disc of his music which was released on Warner Classics in 2004. Foulds (1880-1939)was, like Holst, fascinated by Indian music ...

Aram Khatchaturian: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra/Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Aram Khatchaturian, Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), ...

Orfeo, 2004

Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concertino; Clarinet Quintet
Kari Kriikku, Carl Maria von Weber, ...

Ondine, 1997

Nordgren: Symphonies 3 & 5
Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Sakari Oramo, ...

Ondine, 2000

Villa-Lobos: Chôros No.11

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sakari Oramo, ...

Ondine, 1999

This is music like a giant fresco in sound.
Chôros no. 11 is in my opinion Villa-Lobos' greatest achievement. Every time I am astonished about this highly original music which seems to come from a complete other world which is so far removed from the western orchestral music we are used to hear. Dazzling and ...

Bartók: Works for Violin

Michel Portal, Bela Bartok, ...

Valois, 2006

Bartok Ravishingly Performed
On this mid-price double CD album are collected most of the important violin works by Bela Bartok. The only major things missing are the early first violin concerto and the second violin/piano sonata. But included are the Second Violin Concerto, 'Contrasts' for violin, ...