Pekka Kuusisto

Pekka Kuusisto – Glass: String Quartet No. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · March 18, 2024 · Comments off

Pekka Kuusisto - Glass: String Quartet No. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto presents a new arrangement for string orchestra of Philip Glass’s String Quartet No. 3, which Glass derived from his epic film score Mishima. Pekka Kuusisto performs this new arrangement together with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, of which he is Artistic Director as of 2021.
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Pekka Kuusisto, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra & Malin Broman – Recharged by nature (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 23, 2023 · Comments off

The second joint album of the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra (OCO) and its artistic director, Malin Broman. ‘Recharged by nature’ contains music from some of today’s most interesting composer names on the Sweden-Finland axis. For all works, it is a first recording.

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Pekka Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta – Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra (2006/2015) DSF DSD64

SACD / DSD By admin · September 27, 2023 · Comments off

Pekka Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta – Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra (2006/2015)
DSF Stereo DSD64, 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:04:16 minutes | 2,54 GB | Genre: Classical
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For lovers of Sibelius’s famous Violin Concerto, this album offers an ideal opportunity to discover his less-performed works for violin and orchestra, played by celebrated Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Known as a cutting edge musician, Kuusisto is acclaimed for his tone, technique, infectious enthusiasm and his imaginative interpretations, all of which are on display here. The Tapiola Sinfonietta, one of the top professional orchestras in the Nordic countries, is famous for its fine performances of classical, contemporary and less familiar chamber orchestra repertoire.

Pekka Kuusisto and composer Jean Sibelius seem to be an ideal match. After his highly successful debut recording, playing the Sibelius concerto, Kuusisto returns here as soloist and conductor of the Tapiola Sinfonietta for another strong showing with some of Sibelius’ lesser-known works for violin and orchestra.

This album was mastered using our 2xHD proprietary system. In order to achieve the most accurate reproduction of the original recording we tailor our process specifically for each project, using a selection from our pool of state-of-the-art audiophile components and connectors. The process begins with a transfer to analog from the original DSD master, using cutting edge D/A converters. The analog signal is then sent through a hi-end tube pre-amplifier before being recorded directly in DXD using the dCS905 A/D and the dCS Vivaldi Clock. All connections used in the process are made of OCC silver cable.

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Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk – Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · July 12, 2023 · Comments off

Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk - Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Nicolas Altstaedt, Pekka Kuusisto, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk – Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:20 minutes | 978 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alpha Classics

Nicolas Altstaedt presents here his version of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s monumental Cello Concerto, originally composed for Yo-Yo Ma, and given its Finnish premiere by Altstaedt under the composer’s direction. In partnership with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, he reveals its full expressive dimension here: “The first movement opens with what, in my sketchbook, was called “Chaos to line”’, says Esa-Pekka Salonen. Chaos, a metaphorical comet, a rhythmic mantra with congas and bongos, a wild dance… Salonen goes on to say of the third movement: “I imagined the orchestra as some kind of gigantic lung, expanding and contracting first slowly, but accelerating to a point of mild hyperventilation which leads back to the dance-like material”.

The coupling is the famous Ravel’s Duo (to give it the original title used at its premiere), which Nicolas Altstaedt and Pekka Kuusisto have been performing and refining ever since 2010, and which it was high time to record.
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Pekka Kuusisto – Symmetria Pario: Creation (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · June 23, 2023 · Comments off

Symmetria Pario Creation explores the “beginnings of things,” the origin of the universe as expressed in music, and various creation stories from different cultures around the world. BUT when listening to this album one does not need to know anything about science or even the inspiration behind these works to enjoy the music. Clarice’s work proves this instantly upon hearing the first moments of track 1.

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Pekka Kuusisto – Muhly: Shrink (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 24, 2022 · Comments off

Pekka Kuusisto - Muhly: Shrink (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

The adventurous Pekka Kuusisto, who successfully premiered Daníel Bjarnason’s Violin Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl 2019, returns as the protagonist for the recent piece dedicated to him by the prolific Nico Muhly. Kuusisto also collaborates on this program with composer and sound artist Ellen Reid (p r i s m), who will share some of her own extraordinary music.
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Pekka Kuusisto & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra – Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 13, 2022 · Comments off

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra present First Light, the first fruit of Kuusisto’s tenure as the ensemble’s Artistic Director, on which two eminent New York composers are cast in a Nordic light. The album offers the world premiere recording of Nico Muhly’s Shrink (Concerto for Violin and Strings), a unique, remotely-recorded rendition of Philip Glass’ The Orchard by Kuusisto and Muhly, and Kuusisto’s new string orchestra arrangement of Glass’ “Mishima” String Quartet No. 3.

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