Recordings

Kalevi Aho

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Minea (2008)
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

Double Bass Concerto (2005)
Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
Eero Munter, double bass

Symphony No. 15 (2009-10)
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

BIS-SACD-1866, 11/2013

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Coloratura

Reinhold Glière (1875-1956): Concerto for coloratura
soprano and orchestra, Op. 82
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896):
Scène et air d’Ophelia (from Hamlet)
Léo Delibes (1836-1891):
The Bell Song (from Lakmé)
Aleksander Alyabyev (1787-1851): The Nightingale
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791):
Der Hölle Rache (from Die Zauberflöte)
John Zorn: (1953-): La Machine de l’être
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Luonnotar, op. 70

Sakari Oramo, conductor
Anu Komsi, soprano

BIS-SACD-1962, 9/2012

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Dmitri Šostakovitš

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 34
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102

Okko Kamu, conductor
Andrei Korobeinikov, piano
Mikhail Gaiduk, trumpet

MIR 155 (Mirare), 2/2012

Ilkka Kuusisto – Orchestral Works

Symphony No. 1 (1998)
Concertino improvvisando (2006)
Kun talo alkaa soida
(When the house begins to resound, 1992)

Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Jorma Hynninen, baritone

BIS-CD-1847, 10/2011

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The Sibelius Edition – Vol. 12: Symphonies

Symphonies Nos 1-7
Symphony No. 5 (version 1915)
Alternativ movements and fragments from the
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 ja 7
(world première recording)

Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor

BIS-CD-1933/35 (5 CDs), 5/2011

ClassicsToday 10/10

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The Lahti Symphony Orchestra has participated also in the following volumes of The Sibelius Edition:

– Volume 1: Tone Poems (BIS-CD-1900/02)
– Volume 3: Voice & Orchestra (BIS-CD-1906/08)
– Volume 5: Orchestral Music for the Theatre
(BIS-CD-1912/14)
– Volume 8: Orchestral Works (BIS-CD-1921/23)
– Volume 13: Miscellaneous Works
(BIS-CD-1636/38)

Jean Sibelius – Tempest, Bard, Tapiola

The Tempest, Overture
The Tempest, Suite No. 1
The Tempest, Suite No. 2
The Bard
Tapiola

Okko Kamu, conductor

BIS-SACD-1945, 8/2011

Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2011
ClassicsToday 10/10

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Jaakko Kuusisto – Music from Timo Koivusalo’s film ‘Täällä Pohjantähden alla’ (Under the North Star, 2009)

Alku (5:05)
Akseli hiihtää (0:54)
Akseli raivoissaan (1:08)
Häätö (2:50)
Koskelan pihalta kirkkoon (0:46)
Akseli ja Elina kihlautuvat (1:46)
Tappelu kartanon pellolla (1:14)
Vallankumous alkaa (3:16)
Aku ja Elma (1:40)
Elman kirje Akulle (1:01)
Taistelu (2:55)
Elina synnyttää (1:49)
Aku haavoittuu (1:23)
Punaiset paniikissa (3:40)
Akseli lähtee pakomatkalle (2:31)
Valkoiset saapuvat (2:56)
Loppu [violin solo: Jyrki Lasonpalo] (5:57)

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Armas Järnefelt

Symphonic Fantasy (1895)
Suite in E flat major (1897)
Serenade (1893)
Berceuse for violin and orchestra (1904)

Jaakko Kuusisto, conductor / violin

BIS-CD-1753, 10/2010

KlassikHeute 10-10-10

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Carl Nielsen – The Symphonies

Symphonies Nos 1-6
Helios Overture, Op. 17
Saga-Drøm, Op. 39
Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (symphonies)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra (other works)
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

BIS-CD-1839/40 (three discs), 10/2010

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