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[In memorial tribute to composer Kaija Saariaho (October 14, 1952-June 2, 2023) we offer this re-post from our archives.] L’Amour de Loin is one of
It’s a cliché to label small-scaled, chamber-dimensioned, period-performance-informed recordings of the Eroica as “Beethoven-lite”. But that’s exactly what Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Sinfonia Grange au
This almost knocked me over. I truly have not heard a voice of this grandeur in years: it sounds as if it’s enormous, the tone
To mark Esa-Pekka Salonen’s 60th birthday year in 2018, Sony/BMG
Good as Credo, Hélène Grimaud’s first album for DG was,
Esa-Pekka Salonen is not a conductor that you normally associate
Everything about the way this set was put together is
Esa-Pekka Salonen’s compositional work continues its upward trajectory with his new (2009) Violin Concerto (subtitled “Out of Nowhere”). It’s his finest piece to date, and
Orango was planned as a satirical opera to be presented at a celebration of the 15th Anniversay of the October Revolution in 1932. Shostakovich got
The first movement and passacaglia of the concerto are simply gorgeous, from Lisa Batiashvili’s dusky but rich timbre to Esa-Pekka Salonen’s crystal-clear accompaniments. The rest
