Kristjan Järvi reviews
Ludovico Einaudi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Max Richter: 18 definitive ambient classical albums you should hear
The best post-classical albums and modern masterpieces to inspire and move you
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – A Dramatic Symphony
Baltic Sea Philharmonic/Kristjan Järvi (Sony Classical)
Fantasia: Anne Akiko Meyers performs Szymanowski and Ravel
Anne Akiko Meyers commissioned Rautavaara to compose this Fantasia, and it was one of the Finnish composer’s final pieces before his death in 2016. Like many of his later works it’s elegiac in character, with a strong, lush tonal base: a warm cushion of orchestral sound supporting the continuous solo line, which hardly has a rest after the first entry.