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Joonas Ahonen, Pekka Kuusisto - Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' & Violin Sonata No.4 (2017)

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Joonas Ahonen, Pekka Kuusisto - Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' & Violin Sonata No.4 (2017)

Charles Ives - Piano Sonata No.2 & Violin Sonata No.4 (2017)
'Concord' & 'Children’s Day at the Camp Meeting'
Joonas Ahonen (piano) & Pekka Kuusisto (violin)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 199 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Artwork included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2249 SACD | Time: 00:58:55

Charles Ives’s ‘Concord Sonata’ is often described as one of the greatest of American piano works. Published in 1920, at the composer’s own expense, it contains radical experiments in harmony and rhythm and would have to wait until 1939 for its first public performance. In the course of its four movements, Ives depicts some of the famous inhabitants of the small town of Concord in Massachusetts, a centre of the mid-19th century transcendentalism movement. Luminaries of the movement such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are alluded to in various ways in music that includes references to Beethoven, religious and patriotic hymns and circus marches, as well as brief ‘guest appearances’ by a viola and a flute. Lasting 47 minutes on the present recording, Ives’s second piano sonata is a massive work of a staggering complexity, and a true challenge for any performer – a challenge more than readily accepted by the young Finnish pianist Joonas Ahonen, who has previously recorded Ligeti’s piano concerto for BIS.

VA - Summer with Sibelius (2023)

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VA - Summer with Sibelius (2023)

Pekka Kuusisto, Olli Mustonen, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jenny Carlstedt, Arttu Kataja, Ernst Kovacic, Juhani Lagerspetz, Soile Isokoski, Jaakko Kortekangas - Summer with Sibelius (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 555 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 325 Mb | 02:21:28
Classical | Label: Ondine

The surrounding nature always formed an integral source of inspiration for Finland’s ‘national composer’ Jean Sibelius. In his youth the composer imagined birds as various instruments of the orchestra, but also in his mature compositions the element of nature is very much present. When Sibelius moved to his home, Ainola, in 1904 – a place where he was to live and compose until his death in 1957 – his only request was a view to the lake nearby. As Sibelius’ biographer wrote: “When Sibelius first left Helsinki, Järvenpää [where Ainola is located] was to a large extent untouched countryside. Foals and sheep almost nosed their way into the house, and from time to time an elk majestically bestrode the grounds.” This peaceful environment inspired Sibelius to write the main part of his catalogue of works.

Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)

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Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)

Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 281 Mb | Total time: 65:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 9029667740 | Recorded: 2021, 2022

“The Beethoven concerto is a piece of overwhelming power,” says violinist Vilde Frang. “It is somehow more than music – the dimension of it feels almost cosmic. The force of this concerto takes me by surprise, over and over again.” Frang juxtaposes Beethoven’s epic, lyrical work with Stravinsky’s compact violin concerto, which pays spiky tribute to 18th century models. The conductor is Pekka Kuusisto, himself an adventurous violinist, in his role as Artistic Best Friend of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. “It was the chamber musical qualities of the Beethoven concerto that provided the key for me,” says Frang.

Pekka Kuusisto, Olli Mustonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta - Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 (2003)

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Pekka Kuusisto, Olli Mustonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta - Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 (2003)

Pekka Kuusisto, Olli Mustonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta - Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 67:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ondine | # ODE1025-2 | Recorded: 2003

With his sweet, subtly varied tone, lightly brushed bowing and imaginative phrasing, Kuusisto is vividly reponsive to the dancing playfulness of the Allegros and that uniquely Mozartian mixture of innocence and sensuous yearning in the slow movements. Tempi are fleet and buoyant yet never driven. (…) These performances, zestfully accompanied and warmly recorded, capture the poetry, excitement and coltish energy of these miraculous fruits of Mozart's teen years.

Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra) (2022)

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Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra) (2022)

Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for Chamber Orchestra) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 76 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 41 Mb | 00:17:55
Classical | Label: Pentatone

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto presents a new arrangement for string orchestra of Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 3, which Glass derived from his epic film score Mishima. Pekka Kuusisto performs this new arrangement together with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, of which he is Artistic Director as of 2021.

Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - First Light: Muhly & Glass (2021)

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Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - First Light: Muhly & Glass (2021)

Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - First Light: Muhly & Glass (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 47:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC 5186 745 | Recorded: 2020

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra present First Light, the first fruit of Kuusisto’s tenure as the ensemble’s Artistic Director, on which two eminent New York composers are cast in a Nordic light. The album offers the world premiere recording of Nico Muhly’s Shrink (Concerto for Violin and Strings), a unique, remotely-recorded rendition of Philip Glass’ The Orchard by Kuusisto and Muhly, and Kuusisto’s new string orchestra arrangement of Glass’ “Mishima” String Quartet No. 3.

Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works (2021)

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Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works (2021)

Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 219 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 114 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:47:49
Classical | Label: Pentatone

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra present First Light, the first fruit of Kuusisto’s tenure as the ensemble’s Artistic Director, on which two eminent New York composers are cast in a Nordic light. The album offers the world premiere recording of Nico Muhly’s Shrink (Concerto for Violin and Strings), a unique, remotely-recorded rendition of Philip Glass’ The Orchard by Kuusisto and Muhly, and Kuusisto’s new string orchestra arrangement of Glass’ “Mishima” String Quartet No. 3.