Roland Pöntinen
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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedMartin Fröst (clarinet), with Janine Jansen (violin), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), with Roland Pöntinen (piano), with Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Roland Pöntinen (piano)
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Fröst revels in the deep-plush velvet of his chalumeau regions - and, indeed, sustains this timbre throughout the instrument's register...the ensemble creates cutting-edge rhythmic urgency,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber
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Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas & Trio
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Torleif Thedéen (cello)
…the young Swede Martin Fröst plays with elegant phrasing and beautiful, even produced tone… In the two sonatas, he's perfectly matched by his compatriot Roland Pöntinen in performances which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2006, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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Intensity without exaggeration: that ’s the elusive quality which the Swedish violinist Ulf Wallin brings to the opening movement of Elgar’s Violin Sonata...Wallin holds a pleasing sense of... — More…
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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
RecommendedMatt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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If you didn’t know, you could easily accept this as an original. It helps that Ulf Wallin’s rich tone favours the lower tessitura where much of the music still resides, and that there’s a flow... — More…
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[G Major Sonata] Wallin plays with a sweet tone, producing some lovely pianos in the second movement, and pianist Pöntinen is agreeably responsive throughout. All three movements are notably... — More…
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Special offer. The Sibelius Edition Volume 9 - Chamber Music II
Chamber works for cello, string duos & trios, music for kantele, music for brass ensemble, and more
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I) & Laura Vikman (violin II), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Laura Vikman (violin...
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Russian Ballads
Sergey Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Kissin
Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Schwabe's big, brawny tone and evident rapport with Pöntinen certainly pack a punch in the opening movements of the Prokofiev and Shostakovich sonatas in particular, but he's just as compelling... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Mendelssohn - Complete Concertos
Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Ronald Brautigam (piano) & Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Ronald Brautigam (piano), Roland Pöntinen (piano) & Love Derwinger (piano)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Lev Markiz
[On the original release] a winning soloist [Isabelle van Keulen] with a soft tone like the finest-spun silk – plus strength to match, when required — More…
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