King's Singers

The King's Singers mark Valentine’s Day with a collection of some of the world's finest love songs.

Steven Isserlis & Olli Mustonen

Belying its young composer’s reputation as the enfant terrible of early Soviet music, ‘the most popular cello sonata of the twentieth century’—Steven Isserlis’s verdict on the Shostakovich—takes its place alongside two other Russian masterpieces, from pre-Revolutionary Prokofiev to Kabalevsky in the Khrushchev era.

Jaakko Kuusisto

Jaakko Kuusisto takes on every violinist’s ultimate challenge, Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV?1001–1006

Jun Märkl / Malmö Opera Orchestra

Albert Lortzing’s works explore a variety of subjects, from romantic fairy tales to heroic calls for political freedom, which inevitably led to bans on performance. With the exception of recordings of the complete operas, of which there are in any case very few, these opera overtures are exceptionally rare on disc.

SANTTU-MATIAS ROUVALI

Alpha begins a complete cycle of the symphonies by Sibelius (and of his symphonic poems) with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and its new musical director, Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

JOE LOVANO

The great saxophonist Joe Lovano has appeared on a number of ECM recordings over the last four decades, including much-loved albums with Paul Motian, Steve Kuhn and John Abercrombie. "Trio Tapestry" is his first as a leader for the label,

ARMAS JÄRNEFELT

Ondine julkaisee Jaakko Kuusiston johtaman Gävlen sinfoniaorkesterin levytyksen Armas Järnefeltin (1869-1958) Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta -elokuvaan säveltämästä musiikista.
Kahden cd-levyn julkaisu on ensilevytys Mauritz Stillerin vuonna 1919 ohjaaman mykkäelokuvan täydestä musiikista.