Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra is Finland's oldest orchestra and one of the oldest symphony orchestras in existence anywhere. Highly regarded among Finland's regional orchestras, the group has gained international prominence under the popular and iconoclastic conductor Leif Segerstam.
The Turku Philharmonic Orchestra (in Finnish: Turun Filharmoninen Orkestri) was founded in 1790 under the name Turun Soitannollinen Seura, or Musical Society of Turku. The group played the music of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven during the lifetimes of those composers. Until 1927 it was a private musical society, but that year it came under the management of the city of Turku. At that point the group had only 27 musicians, but it began to grow, and the players now number 74. Tauno Hannikainen was the orchestra's first chief conductor of this new era, and most of its conductors have been Finns; exceptions include Igor Bezrodnyi (1986-1990), Jacques Mercier (1990-1995), and Tibor Bogányi (2003-2006). The broadly popular Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu served as chief conductor at Turku from 1998 to 2001. A milestone in the orchestra's development was its move in 1952 into the Turku Concert Hall, the first structure in Finland built specifically for concerts. After an acoustic renovation initiated in the late 1990s, the orchestra continues to perform in the thousand-seat hall. After the tenure of Petri Sakari (2007-2011), Segerstam assumed the position of chief conductor in 2012. The orchestra had recorded intermittently before that, favoring Finnish repertory, but Segerstam brought the group to a new level of prominence. He has led the Philharmonic in recordings on the Alba and Naxos labels, including a series of recordings of little-known Sibelius works on the latter, and an unconventional cycle of Brahms symphonies on Alba. The last installment in that cycle appeared in 2019, and that year Segerstam also led the group in a performance of Beethoven's oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85.
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Sibelius : Scaramouche, Op. 71 (Complete Ballet)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Bendik Goldstein, Leif Segerstam, Roi Ruottinen
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 30 oct. 2015
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Finnish Orchestral Favourites
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Maarit Kirvessalo, Reino Kotaviita, Jorma Panula, Okko Kamu
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 26 ene. 1996
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Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration) & Other Works
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 28 feb. 2020
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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 13 sept. 2019
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Toivo Kuula: South Ostrobothnian Suites 1 & 2, Festive March, Op. 13 and Prelude & Fugue, Op. 10
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Ondine el 11 sept. 2015
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Sibelius : Kuolema, JS 113 & King Christian II, Op. 27
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, Waltteri Torikka, Pia Pajala
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 2 jun. 2015
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Beethoven: Works
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Matti Salminen, Kaisa Ranta, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 11 oct. 2019
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Kalevala Suite / Sea Pictures
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 1 abr. 1998
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 - Leif Segerstam: Symphony No. 294
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Tanja Nisonen, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 21 sept. 2018
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Olli Mustonen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Ian Bostridge, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Olli Mustonen
Clásica - Editado por Ondine el 3 nov. 2023
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Romance
Christina Åstrand, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jukka Iisakkila
Clásica - Editado por Dacapo el 20 nov. 2020
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Early One Morning
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikko Lampila, Keijo Aho, Maarit Kirvessalo, Jorma Panula, Camerata Finlandia
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 1 abr. 2010
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Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 / Piano Concerto No. 1
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Niklas Sivelov, Jorma Panula
Clásica - Editado por Naxos el 4 oct. 1999
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Essi Luttinen, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 4 sept. 2020
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Sulle salaisuuden kertoa mä voisin
Johanna Iivanainen, Jukka Perko, Turku Jazz Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Vellu Halkosalmi
Jazz vocal - Editado por Alba el 16 jun. 2017
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Merikanto: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Petri Sakari
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 19 mar. 2012
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Leif Segerstam: Symphony No. 295
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Soderblom, Leif Segerstam, Roi Ruottinen
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 7 jun. 2019
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Brahms II Segerstam
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Nobu Takizawa, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 16 jun. 2017
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Merikanto: Symphony No. 2 - Ekho
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Anu Komsi, Petri Sakari
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 17 abr. 2013
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 - Segerstam: Symphony No. 288 "Letting the FLOW Go On..."
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Clásica - Editado por Alba el 24 jun. 2016
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Mattila, Karita: Christmas Carols
Karita Mattila, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Pertti Pekkanen
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Ondine el 1 ene. 2002
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