classical music: Esa-Pekka Salonen

classical music: Esa-Pekka Salonen

classical music:

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Hallelujah Junction
Hannu Rantanen, Kari Tenkanen, ...

Nonesuch, 2008

The two-disc Hallelujah Junction serves as a compelling soundtrack and companion piece to composer John Adam's memoir of the same name. It also functions as an eloquent, stand-alone survey of Adams' more than twenty-year affiliation with Nonesuch Records, opening with Part One of his 1986 label debut, Harmonielehre. Included are excerpts from his ...

Classic Wynton

Jean-Baptiste Arban, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1998

Heard this with NEW appreication.........
This is such a wonderful mix. I especially love the Haydn concerto finale in E flat. I was listening to this cd when my grandson (almost 3) heard the glorious music of the trumpet for the first time. He loved seeing the photos of Mr. Marsalis (which I embellished, ...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

Sergey Rachmaninov, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Sony, 2001

WOW!!!
It doesn't get any better than this. As good, yes, but not better. I know whereof I speak; I am a pianist and teacher and I own seven cd's of the Rach 3. Each pianist has a slightly different approach--not enough to change the essence of the piece, but enough to put ...

Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky & Lutoslawski

Witold Lutoslawski, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Telarc, 2008

Brilliant program of surprising delights
As far as I know[I do not have the booklet] this is the first recording of the Lutoslawski Piano Sonata. And what a debut it is!!! Its style might be considered like late Prokofiev's sonata's[a mix of the eight and nine] mixed in with an unexpected[for Luto] lyricism ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits

Yo-Yo Ma, Sergey Rachmaninov, ...

Sony, 1994

One of the best CD I own
This is one of the best I own. The music is so great, hard to explain...so moving, especially the first track. It reminds me of Russia a lot. I listen to it everyday while driving to work. I highly recommend it.

Liszt: Greatest Hits

Franz Liszt, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Sony, 1995

Excellent
This CD begins with an energetic Mephisto Waltz, flawlessly conducted with a minute and meticulous attention to detail by the illustrious Eugene Ormandy. The waltz is followed by the first momvement of Liszt's first piano concerto, a foreboding, majestic monument to ...

Joshua Bell ~ Sibelius · Goldmark - Violin Concertos / Los Angeles Philharmonic · Salonen

Jean Sibelius, Karl Goldmark, ...

Sony, 2000

Bell and Salonen: A Fine Collaboration!
Joshua Bell continues to mature as a soloist. With every passing year his tone becomes ever more rich and luxurious and his technique now literally sparkles with virtuosity. And given the fact that this recording of the Sibelius and Goldmark Violin Concertos is five ...

Saariaho - L'Amour de Loin / Dawn Upshaw, Gerald Finley, Monica Groop, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish National ...

Gerald Finley, Dawn Upshaw

Philips, 2005

Saariaho a dépassé elle-même.
Kaija Saariaho has never been one to shy away from the characteristics associated with her sex. Her music is not accidentally expressive of these characteristics, as if she can't help herself from being nurturing, warm, shapeless, womblike and so on, but is ...

Credo

Ludwig van Beethoven, John Corigliano, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

Great style
As a concert pianist myself I can say "Brava!!!" I have heard almost all recorded versions of the Choral Fantasy by Beethoven as well as several live performances. Grimaud's sense of style, rhythm and form is superb! I highly recommend her recording as the best on the ...

György Ligeti Edition 4: Vocal Works (Madrigals, Mysteries, Aventures, Songs) - The King's Singers / ...

Gyorgy Ligeti, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Sony, 1997

where's the dead weight?
This is an amazing disc, one of the best in Sony's monumental Ligeti Edition series. On Sony's Ligeti Edition 4, the _Nonsense Madrigals_ were premiered. These six pieces for six voices, composed in the late-80s/early-90s, are some of the composer's finest ...

Grieg: Greatest Hits

Edvard Grieg, Andrew Davis, ...

Sony, 1994

Wonderful!!!
I bought this for my husband but fell in love with it myself. I had never heard of it but now consider Edvard Grieg my favorite composer. It is magnificent.

Debussy: Nocturnes; La Damoiselle élue; Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Claude Debussy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...

Sony, 1994

Lesser-known Debussy
This offering from Sony Classics features three lesser-known works by the French impressionist master Claude Debussy. The three Nocturnes (Nuages, Fetes, and Sirenes) show Debussy at his most visual. He describes Nuages as the slow changing night sky, Fetes as a ...

Naive & Sentimental Music

John Adams, David Tanenbaum, ...

Nonesuch, 2002

Postmodern Polyphony
Reading this bunch of intelligent reviews for John Adam's work is a great experience. No one seems to be bored by this score and the music intonates lots of different feelings. Personally I find this music a masterpiece. Not because of all the obvious skill ...

The Essential Igor Stravinsky

John Reardon, Don Garrard, ...

Sony, 2003

A Fabulous Introduction to Igor Stravinsky!!
Sony Music's "The Essential Igor Stravinsky" truly lives up to its title. This double-CD set includes nearly every important piece of work (either in part or in whole) by the great Russian composer. The set also presents the pieces in chronological order beginning in ...

Reflection

Truls Mørk, Johannes Brahms, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

Understanding the Intricacies of the Schumann/Brahms Love Triangle
Whispers, poems, and pages have been floating around for years about the strangely romantic triangle that bound the composers Robert Schumann, Clara Wieck Schumann and Johannes Brahms - secrets that will be forever the purview of intuitive writers and philosophers and ...