SACD, Fagerlund (composer)
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Fagerlund: Terral, Strings to the Bone, Chamber Symphony
Sharon Bezaly (soloist)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, John Storgårds
I found the works on this disc an exciting discovery, and the performances are sui generis: Storgårds, Bezaly, and the musicians of the Tapiola Sinfonietta are all in top form. Sound quality... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Fagerlund & Aho: Bassoon Concertos
RecommendedBram van Sambeek (bassoon)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu, Dima Slobodeniouk
A truly captivating disc…Bram van Sambeek takes everything in his evidently extensive stride. The agility, conviction, impish humour and searing seriousness all stem from a remarkably rounded... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Oceano
Chamber Music by Sebastian Fagerlund
Minna Pensola (violin), Atte Kilpeläinen (viola), Tomas Djupsjöbacka (cello), Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet), Paavali Jumppanen (piano), Hervé Joulain (horn)
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The Finn’s natural outlet for his tautly robust, driving energy has been in opera and orchestral works. Yet his chamber music is no less compelling…By turns ferociously rhythmic, playful and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade & WaterAtlas
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Altstaedt gives a bravura performance [of Nomade] that captures every colour and nuance of the work, from the plaintive to the soaring to the percussive, while Hannu Lintu’s attentive reading... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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Sebastian Fagerlund: Darkness in Light
Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
The Violin Concerto Darkness in Light (2012) was composed for and dedicated to Pekka Kuusisto, who gives a dazzlingly virtuoso account of it here…[Ignite (2010)] is an invigorating and virtuosically... — More…
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Von Otter is spectacular, capturing the nuance of her character’s complexities and adapting her performance to suit the regular interplay with the chorus. Fagerlund’s imaginative response to... — More…
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Fagerlund: Döbeln
Anu Komsi (soprano), Annika Mylläri (soprano), Lasse Penttinen (tenor), Sören Lillkung (baritone) & Robert McLoud (bass)
West Coast Kokkola Opera & Kokkola Opera Festival Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
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To my ears, he broadens the distinctive orchestral style forged by Magnus Lindberg but, aided by that close harmonic grind, humanises it at the same time…His is often highly calorific and thrilling... — More…
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Sebastian Fagerlund: Isola
Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk
a composer who can side with his great countryman Sibelius without the slightest need for self-protective irony. These are three strong, freshly poetic pieces, that make themselves understood... — More…
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