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Performer: Osmo Vänskä SIBELIUS: FINLAND AWAKES—Patriotic Music: Press Celebration Music. The Breaking of the Ice on the Oulu River. A Song for Lemminkaïnen. Have You Courage? Song of the Athenians (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | AHO Symphonies: No. 2; No. 7 (Osmo Vänskä) (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | AHO Symphonies: No. 2; No. 7, "Insect Symphony" (Osmo Vänskä) (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | MacMILLAN Symphony, "Vigil": (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Osmo Vänskä) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor  | AHO: Chinese Songs. Symphony No. 4 (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | AHO: Clarinet Quintet. Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano. Sonata for Two Accordions (Review by Gavin Dixon) | clarinet | AHO: Flute Concerto. (Review by Laura Rónai) | conductor | AHO: Symphonic Dances, “Hommage a Uuno Klami.“ Symphony No. 11 (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 1. Hiljaisus (Silence). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 10. Rejoicing of the Deep Waters (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 10. Rejoicing of the Deep Waters (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 3. (Review by Robert Kirzinger) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 3. (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 8. Pergamon (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | AHO: Symphony No. 9. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | ALMILA: A Mario (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | ANONYMOUS: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | BAX: Tintagel (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Review by Henry Fogel) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Mark Novak) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Phillip Scott) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Andrew Quint) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by James Reel) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by James Reel) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Andrew Quint) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Andrew Quint) | conductor | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral” (Review by Andrew Quint) | conductor | BERIO: Good Night (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | BRITTEN: Sinfonietta, op. 1. Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, op. 31. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Nocturne, op. 60 (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 3, "Wagner Symphony" (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 4 (version of 1888, ed. Korstvedt) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | BUSONI: Piano Concerto (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | conductor | CRUSELL: Sinfonia concertante in B♭ for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, and Orchestra, op. 3. Concertino in B♭ for Bassoon and Orchestra. Introduction and Swedish Air, for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 12 (Review by David Johnson) | conductor | DAVID, FERDINAND: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, op. 4 (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | EEROLA: Scenes from Northern Caretta (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | ENGLUND, EINAR: The White Reindeer (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | GIAZOTTO: The "Albinoni" Adagio (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | GRIEG, EDVARD: Peer Gynt (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | GUBAIDULINA, SOFIA: Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings. Concordanza, for Chamber Ensemble. Detto II, for Cello and Chamber Ensemble (Review by Mike Silverton) | conductor | HARTMANN, KARL AMADEUS: Symphonies Nos.1–8 (Review by James H. North) | conductor | HARTMANN, KARL AMADEUS: Symphonies Nos.1–8 (Review by Phillip Scott) | conductor | HILLBORG: E-Tangia-Na (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | JACOBSEN, JULIUS: Sonata Serioso (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | JOSEPH I, EMPEROR: Alma Ingrate (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | KAIPAINEN: Stjärnenatten, op. 35 (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | KAJANUS: Finnish Rhapsody No. 1 in d, op. 5. Kullervo's Funeral March, op. 3. Sinfonietta in B♭, op. 16. Aino (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | KLAMI/AHO: Pyörteitä (Whirls) (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | KLAMI, UUNO: Lemminkäinen's Island Adventures. Song of Lake Kuujärvi, for Bartitone and Orchestra. Whirls (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | KLAMI, UUNO: Rag-Time and Blues (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | KLAMI, UUNO: The Cyclist (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | KLAMI, UUNO: Violin Concerto. Suomenlinna—Overture (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | KOKKONEN, JOONAS: Symphonic Sketches. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Symphony No. 4 (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | KOKKONEN, JOONAS: Symphony No. 2. Inaguratio. The Last Temptations (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | conductor | KOKKONEN, JOONAS: The Four Symphonies (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | KORNGOLD, ERICH: Piano Concerto in C (for the Left Hand) (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | conductor | KORTEKANGAS: Migrations (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | KORTEKANGAS: Migrations (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | KROHN: Odalisque (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | KVAM: Querela pacis. Vibrations. Opening (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | LARSSON: Concertino for Trombone and Strings, op. 45, no. 7 (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | LIGETI, GYORGY: The Big Turtle-Fanfare from the South China Sea (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | LINDBERG, CHRISTIAN: Drei Ecke (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | LINDBERG, CHRISTIAN: The World of Montuagretta (Review by Laura Rónai) | conductor | LINKOLA: Chalumeaux Suite (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | LUTOSŁAWSKI: Tune (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | MACMILLAN, JAMES: Cello Concerto (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | MACMILLAN, JAMES: The World’s Ransoming (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Das Lied von der Erde (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 (Review by Gavin Dixon) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by David Reznick) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Review by Mark Novak) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 5 (Review by Phillip Scott) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Gavin Dixon) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6 (Review by Mark Novak) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7 (Review by Phillip Scott) | conductor | MARTTINEN: Symphonies (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | MARX, JOSEPH: Romantisches Klavierkonzert (Review by Lawrence A. Johnson) | conductor | MASCAGNI, PIETRO: Cavalleria rusticana (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | MERILÄINEN: Metamorfora per 7 (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | MILHAUD: Scaramouche Suite (arr. Morita) (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | MORITA: Aubade. Clarinet Polka (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 (Review by Henry Fogel) | conductor | MUSGRAVE: Songs of a Winter’s Evening (Review by Robert Carl) | conductor | MUSGRAVE: Turbulent Landscapes (Review by Robert Carl) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: (arr. & orch. Aho) Songs and Dances of Death (Review by Martin Anderson) | conductor | MUSSORGSKY: (trans. Aho) Songs and Dances of Death (Review by Robert Kirzinger) | conductor | NIELSEN, CARL: Serenata in vano (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | conductor | NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies (Review by Barry Brenesal) | conductor | PACIUS: Die Loreley (Review by David L. Kirk) | conductor | PACIUS: Our Country (Finnish National Anthem) (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | PAGANINI: Cantabile (Review by Robert Maxham) | conductor | PAGANINI: Moses Fantasy (Review by Robert Maxham) | conductor | PAGANINI: Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento. La campanella (Review by Robert Maxham) | conductor | PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Review by Robert Maxham) | conductor | POULENC: Complete Works for Two Pianos (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | POULENC: Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra'. Sonata for Two Pianos. Sonata for Piano, Four-Hands. Capriccio d'après Le Bal Masqué. L'Embarquement pour Cythère. Élégie (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | conductor | PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Romeo and Juliet (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 3 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | RAITIO: The Swans (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RANGSTRÖM: Symphony No. 4 (“lnvocatio“). Vauxhall—Suite (Review by Stephen Ellis) | conductor | RAUTAVAARA: Cantus arcticus (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | RAUTAVAARA: Cantus arcticus—Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | RAUTAVAARA: Dances with the Winds—Flute Concerto (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | RAUTAVAARA: Symphony No. 7, "Angel of Light" (Review by Paul Rapoport) | conductor | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Flight of the Bumble-bee (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | SAINT-SAËNS: Cavatine, op. 144 (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | SANDSTRÖM, JAN: Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra ("Motorbike Concerto") (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | SANDSTRÖM, SVEN-DAVID: Emperor's Chant. Don Quixote—Trombone Concerto No. 2. Wahlberg Variations. A Short Ride on a Motorbike (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | SCHNITTKE: Dialogue for Trombone and Seven Performers (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor | SIBELIUS: 2 Serious Melodies (2 versions) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: 3 Pieces, op. 96 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Andante festivo (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Andante festivo (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Belshazzar’s Feast (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra, op. 47 (versions of 1903-04 and 1905) (Review by David K. Nelson) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Coronation March (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Cortège (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Early versions of Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island and Lemminkäinen’s Homeward Journey, op. 22/1 and 4 (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: En Saga, op. 9. The Dryad, op. 45/1. Dance-Intermezzo, op. 45/2. Pohjola's Daughter, op 49. Night Ride and Sunrise, op. 55. The Bard, op. 64. The Oceanides, op. 73 (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Finlandia (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Finlandia (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Finlandia, op. 26. Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, op. 117 (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Jedermann (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite. King Christian II (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Karelia (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: King Christian II (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Kullervo (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Kullervo (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Kullervo, op. 7 (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Kuolema (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22 (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite. The Wood-Nymph (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite. The Wood-Nymph (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: March of the Finnish Jäger Battalion (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: March of the Pori Regiment (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Masonic Ritual Music, op. 113 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Menuetto (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Morceau romantique (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Organ Music (complete). Religious music (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Overture in E (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Overture in E. Scène de ballet. Kullervo (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Overture in a (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Pan and Echo (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Pelléas et Mélisande (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Preliminary and alternative versions (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Press Celebrations Music (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Presto (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Processional (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Rakastava (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Romance in C (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Scène de ballet (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Suite caractèristique (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Suite champêtre (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Suite for Violin and Strings (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Suite mignonne (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Swanwhite (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 7 (Review by James Miller) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6, 7 (Review by Jerry Dubins) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6, 7 (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6, 7 (Review by Huntley Dent) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 6, 7 (Review by Steven Kruger) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Review by Robert McColley) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Review by James Miller) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Symphonies (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Tapiola (Review by Christopher Abbot) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Tapiola (Review by James Miller) | conductor | SIBELIUS: The Countess’s Portrait (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: The Tempest (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: The Tempest, op. 109 (world première recording of the complete score) (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Tone Poems (complete) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | SIBELIUS: Works for Voice and Orchestra (complete) (Review by Richard A. Kaplan) | conductor | STRAUSS, R./HASENÖHRL: Till Eulenspiegel—Einmal anders! (Review by Alex Ross) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Concert Fantasy in G, op. 56 (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the Lonely Heart, op. 6/6 (both arr. Hough) (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, op. 44 (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concertos (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | TCHAIKOVSKY: Solitude, op. 73/6 (Review by Colin Clarke) | conductor | TÓMASSON: Flute Concerto No. 2. (Review by Laura Rónai) | conductor | TRADITIONAL: March of the People of Pori (Review by Paul A. Snook) | conductor | VÄNSKÄ: Image (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 (Review by Peter Burwasser) | conductor | XENAKIS: Keren per trombone solo (Review by Kevin Bazzana) | conductor |
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