Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra reviews
Pēteris Vasks: Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' etc
Vadim Gluzman (violin); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (BIS)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1-5
Stephen Hough (piano); Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Hyperion)
Magnus Lindberg: Accused; 2 Episodes
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu, et al (Ondine)
Bartók: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Christian Tetzlaff; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu
(Ondine)
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Ondine)
Hannu Lintu completes his Lutosławski symphony cycle in style
‘Altogether, Lintu’s Lutosławki cycle sets a new standard’
M Lindberg: Tempus fugit; Violin Concerto No. 2
Frank Peter Zimmermann; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Ondine)
Hannu Lintu conducts Sibelius's Tapiola, En Saga and Eight Songs
The word ‘sacred’ can also mean ‘set apart’, which may explain the strange fate of Sibelius’s Tapiola. Routinely it’s listed among the composer’s supreme achievements, yet it’s hardly ever heard in concert. When it appears on record it’s usually as a coupling, and even then conductors seem disinclined to take any risks with it. It’s marvellous then to find a conductor taking a genuinely fresh approach. Hannu Lintu’s Tapiola isn’t the grey, remote expanse so many make of it.