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About this recording
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five two-fers, featuring each two best-selling CD titles from its back catalog. The focus is on five star artists: sopranos Soile Isokoski and Karita Mattila, baritone Jorma Hynninen, violinist Pekka Kuusisto, and clarinetist Kari Kriikku. This anniversary edition is limited and special-priced: 2 CDs for less than the price of 1.
For more information on each individual CD, click on the following links:
Features
LIMITED OFFER -
2 popular CDs in one slipcase,
available for less than the price of 1 CD
Press
Hynninen (...) is particularly renowned for his interpretations of Schubert, making this bargain set indispensable to any lover of Lieder or any of his fans who do not already own these discs. (...) Hynninen's personae in both cycles emerge as very real and very human, operating in a vividly realised, naturalistic context. Gothóni is simply the best pianist I have heard in this music since Gerald Moore. (...) I am happy to endorse Hynninen's artistry as being at least on a par with (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Ian Bostridge), if not superior.
Ralph Moore, MusicWeb-International, June 10, 2010
The artists
Jorma Hynninen
Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.
