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Kaija Saariaho

Saarikoski Songs

Vista · Three Preludes

Anu Komsi, soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor

ODE 1512-2 · CD · September 2026

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Track listing

10 tracks · 53:13

Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

  1. 1 Saarikoski Songs: Luonnon kasvot 5:36
  2. 2 Saarikoski Songs: Jokaisella on tämänsä 3:26
  3. 3 Saarikoski Songs: Kaikki tämä 2:59
  4. 4 Saarikoski Songs: Minussa lintu ja käärme 1:59
  5. 5 Saarikoski Songs: Sumun läpi 6:38
  6. 6 Vista: I. Horizons 15:29
  7. 7 Vista: II. Targets 10:50
  8. 8 Three Preludes: I 2:24
  9. 9 Three Preludes: II 2:22
  10. 10 Three Preludes: III 1:30

Features

World première recordings

Sleeve notes in English

Sung texts with English translation

The artists

Anu Komsi

Finnish soprano Anu Komsi has been praised for her versatile musicianship and her dynamic coloratura voice. Equally at home on both opera and concert stages, she regularly appears throughout Europe and the United States.

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BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra has played a central role at the heart of British musical life since it was founded in 1930. It provides the backbone of the BBC Proms, performing around a dozen concerts in the festival each year.

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Sakari Oramo

Winner of the 2015 Royal Philharmonic Society Conductor of the Year award, Sakari Oramo is Chief Conductor of both the BBC Symphony and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras, and Principal Conductor of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Between 1998 and 2008 he was Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and between 2004 and 2018 he was Principal Conductor of the West Coast Kokkola Opera. After a decade as Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he has now served as their Honorary Conductor since 2012.

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