Pekka Kuusisto
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Some purists may take exception to Dausgaard’s tempos or dynamics here and there, but the Bach performances, for the most part, are crisp, lively and expressive, and the BIS recording vivid,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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New. Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND
The Knights, Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Eric Jacobsen, Avi Avital (mandolin), Colin Jacobsen, Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Her style seems rather instinctive, often cinematic in scope, and takes inspiration from many sources, be it poetry, painting or other music…The Knights deliver the music with impeccable ensemble,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Concerto Choice
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Special offer. Salonen / Ravel
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
What Nicolas Altstaedt and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk draw from Esa-Pekka Salonen's multi-layered Cello Concerto is fascinating – an exciting expedition into... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Assorted Programs
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Dessner curates a collection of his compositions, each performed here by some of his favourite musical collaborators. It’s an album of clear-sightedness and honesty; this and integrity are the... — More…
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Thomas Adès: Märchentänze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouvé & Dawn
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Tomas Nuñez (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
[Collon] squeezes every drop of sonic brilliance from the scores. Soloists Nuñez and Kuusisto are also equal to the task, and invest their performances with real sensitive and personal interpretation. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Ilkka Kuusisto: Orchestral Works
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Jorma Hynninen (baritone)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Jaakko Kuusisto
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Special offer. Sibelius: Complete Symphonies
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The Polytech Male Choir & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Provocative, big-hearted and occasionally just plain bonkers, Segerstam is at his flexible best in Nos 1 and 7, where raw emotion, recreative spark and edge-of-seat drama combine to often revelatory... — More…
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Tüür: Peregrinus Ecstaticus
Christoffer Sunqvist (clarinet), Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Tüür's material is passionately direct, with intricate, trailing lines and passages of ominously intense stasis puncuated by explosive climaxes. Lintu shapes it with spirit - and most convincingly. — More…
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Rautavaara: 90th Anniversary Edition
Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marko Ylönen (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Gunilla Süssmann (piano), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian Radio Choir, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Belgium...
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Music of the Spheres
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sam Swallow (vocalist)
Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Adès's appropriately stratospheric writing is despatched with fearless aplomb by Pekka Kuusisto. The main attractions, though, are an electric Jupiter Symphony (played from memory, and it shows... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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