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Saraste; Jukka-Pekka
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Mightily Superfluous Excellence: Saraste and Beethoven Cycle No. 176
Raise your hand if you really, truly need another, a new set of the nine Beethoven symphonies—the 176th* such cycle? No one? I thought so.…
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Stravinsky: Firebird; Scherzo fantastique/Saraste
This is a very good performance of The Firebird, make no mistake. Jukka-Pekka Saraste has a keen feeling for the work’s atmospheric effects (the Magic…
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Mahler: Symphony No. Six/Saraste
This live performance is generally well played (aside from a minor slip or two from the percussion) and naturally recorded. The generous depth of the…
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Beethoven: Emperor concerto, etc./Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha’s late-1970s recording of Beethoven’s Emperor concerto with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic stands as a solid and forthright contender in…
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Saraste Sibelius Again/Finlandia C
There have been many fine recordings of the four Lemminkäinen Legends, not least an earlier one by Jukka-Pekka Saraste himself on RCA, coupled with the…
