Osmo Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra - Kalevi Aho: Symphony No.9, Concerto for cello & orchestra (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 61:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-706 | Recorded: 1993, 1995
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 61:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-706 | Recorded: 1993, 1995
In her liner-notes Anne Weller points out that the Eighth and Ninth symphonies – paired at the latter’s premiere – are musical opposites, one dark the other light. A quick run-through of the Ninth rather confirms this, with Christian Lindberg’s mellifluous entry in the first movement quite without angst or aggression. Even the animated orchestration suggests an altogether more optimistic mood. In fact just listen to the passage that begins at 2:44, a lightly sprung piece of baroquerie with some beautifully articulated playing from the soloist.