Ondine/Suites Nos. 1-3
 An unknown worth knowing: On the strength of the earlier issue of 'Sintram', Strong's second symphony, I obtained this CD to see if my very favorable impression would stand up. It does, although the works here are not quite as strong as the symphony. The [... more]
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Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisan
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0761195095225 Release Date: 2000-07-25 Running Time: 56 minutes UPC: 761195095225 [... more]
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Sallinen: Kullervo - Opera in
From Amazon.com: Sallinen is one of the great opera composers of the past few decades, although his first two, Ratsumies (The Horseman) and Punainen Viiva (The Red Line), are sadly out of print at the moment. Kullervo sets a powerfully tragic Finnish [... more]
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Rautavaara: Angels and Visita
Great!: The violin concerto is a very energetic and interesting work. Very lovely and myserious at points as well. Brilliant orchestration. Angels and Visitions, also the title of the CD, is an almost impressionistic work, and is superb. All in all [... more]
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Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8
magic music: Having heard 'Angel of Light' some years ago I was keen to hear these new works by the now 73 year old Einojuhani Rautavaara. 'Angel of Light' is a great piece, but the Symphony no. 8 is, in my opinion, even better. The sweep and sense of [... more]
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Rautavaara: Complete Works For String Orchestra
From Amazon.com: The music of Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) is a wily mix of regional Romanticism and many of the European trends in atonality that began in the 1950s. Yet Rautavaara's music is both endurable by and accessible to the [... more]
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos
There's more to Rachmaninov than meets the eye!: I'll bet there are thousands of collectors satisfied that they know Rachmaninov's 1st and 4th concertos inside out. For all of them, and many others, this Ondine recording will be a revelation, and it must [... more]
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Adamo: Little Women - Opera I
From Amazon.com: Mark Adamo's transfer of the Louisa May Alcott novel to the opera stage is an artistic and commercial success. It's been scheduled by numerous opera companies, and this Houston Grand Opera production drew a large audience to its PBS [... more]
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Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit; Le
Artist: Orchestre De Paris; Christoph Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0761195105122 Release Date: 2005-03-08 Running Time: 74 minutes UPC: 761195105122 Tracks: Ondine (Text) 1. Ondine (Orchestral Version) Le Gibet (Text) 2. Le Gibet (Orchestral Version) Scarbo ( [... more]
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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 &
Superb!: This is the best recording of the 7th symphony around and the 1st symphony has to be one of the only "burning through the bone". What I know of the mighty Helsinki Philharmonic is that they are Sibelius-orchestra #1 with vigorous [... more]
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Sibelius: Oceanides; Tempest
Sibelius, rare and well-done.: I had been searching for a modern-day replacement of a venerable recording of Sibelius's "The Oceanides" by Sir Thomas Beecham conducting his Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (now unfortunately "no longer [... more]
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Mattila, Karita - "Wonderful":
Wonderful Karita: Karita Mattila is a total package. You enjoy her whole performance, even though it's (mainly) her glittering, emotion-filled lyric-dramatic soprano voice behing the growing success. A major review of a recent London recital with an [... more]
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