Iceland Symphony Orchestra
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There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Dag Wirén: Sinfonietta, Serenade for Strings, Symphony No. 3 & Divertimento
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
There’s no mistaking [Gamba’s] affection for the idiom: his 70-minute anthology would seem intent on seducing the general collector. Very attractive it is too…An eminently recommendable disc. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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…a vital, vividly scored and eventually stirring piece. When d'Indy escapes from his determination to build most of it from the same two themes, he comes up with moments of breathtaking poetry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Vincent d’Indy - Orchestral Works Volume 3
Sigurður Flosason (saxophone)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba...draws deeply sympathetic playing from his orchestra, leaving us to wish that d'Indy had always composed thus. — More…
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Vincent d’Indy - Orchestral Works Volume 5
Louis Lortie (piano)
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
For me, the palm goes to the delightful and generally ignored Saugefleurie, where duty bows before inspiration. Throughout, the playing is warm and unfussy. — More…
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Rumon Gamba plays the [Symphonie Italienne] straight, without fuss, and the results are excellent. — More…
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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Karelia Suite & Finlandia
RecommendedIceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari
Most impressive. In its keen intelligence, fiery snap and thrust, Petri Sakari's account of the four Legends proves more than a match for the finest. The Iceland SO may not be world-beaters,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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This is an ideal coupling of Sibelius symphonies, played with a palpable feel for the idiom by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra...there is an urgency to the playing, allied to a sense of the characteristic... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2001, Budget Choice
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Petri Sakari gives us the most natural, unaffected and satisfying Midsummer Vigil to be heard on disc. He's light in touch, responsive to each passing mood and every dynamic nuance, self-effacing... — More…
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