Tapiola Sinfonietta
The Tapiola Sinfonietta is one of the exceptionally large number of top orchestral ensembles that flourish in Finland, five-and-a-half-million souls strong. It is the municipal orchestra of the city of Espoo; Tapiola is a district of that city, and the orchestra is based at Tapiola Hall in the Espoo Cultural Center. In 2022, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, under honorary conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow, backed pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a recording of works for piano and orchestra by Saint-Saëns, including the popular Piano Concerto No. 2.
The Tapiola Sinfonietta was founded in 1987. With 43 members, the group applied itself to the beginning to Viennese Classical-era repertory, performing this music with an ensemble approaching the size originally used. As the orchestra's successes grew, however, the repertory broadened to include Scandinavian works, contemporary music, and more. The group's municipal functions are strong, including performances for school groups and in senior citizen housing complexes, but it has also made numerous foreign tours.
The Tapiola Sinfonietta has proven to be an unusually reliable launchpad for international conducting careers. Its artistic directors have included Jorma Panula, Osmo Vänskä, and violinist-conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow, who was the artistic director from 1993 to 1999 and conductor from 2000 to 2006 and, according to the orchestra, "was of decisive importance to the shaping of the orchestra's current sound." Kantorow was named the orchestra's honorary conductor in 2011, and guest conductors have included Paavo Berglund, Hannu Lintu, and Masaaki Suzuki, among others. It is also notable that the orchestra's membership has been quite stable, enabling the group to perform frequently without any conductor at all.
By 1997, the Tapiola Sinfonietta had begun to attract the attention of top classical labels. It has recorded often for both the BIS and Ondine labels. It has recorded premieres of works by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kaija Saariaho, and Magnus Lindberg. In 2017, the orchestra joined pianist Yevgeny Sudbin for a recording of Beethoven's first two piano concertos, and it was featured, along with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, on a recording of works by composer Matthew Whittall the following year. In 2019, the orchestra and Kantorow backed the conductor's son, Alexandre Kantorow, on a recording of Saint-Saëns' Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4, and 5 on the BIS label. These same forces returned in 2022, this time offering Saint-Saëns' Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, along with other works for piano and orchestra. As of the early 2020s, the Tapiola Sinfonietta has released more than 70 recordings.
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Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Alexandre Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 1 apr 2022
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Tüür : Illuminatio, Symphony No. 8...
Lawrence Power, Genevieve Lacey, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olari Elts, Marko Myohanen
Musica sinfonica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 9 feb 2018
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Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos
Olli Mustonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 mag 2020
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Magnus Lindberg : Violin Concerto - Jubilees - Souvenir
Pekka Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Magnus Lindberg
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 27 ago 2013
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Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos
Jaakko Luoma, Tapiola Sinfonietta
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 8 mar 2019
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Concertos pour alto
David Aaron Carpenter, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Riitta Pesola
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 3 apr 2012
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MOZART, W.A.: Arias (Isokoski)
Soile Isokoski, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Marita Viitasalo, Peter Schreier
Musica vocale (sacra e profana) - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2004
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HAYDN, J.: 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (Die) (The 7 Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross) (Storgards)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, John Storgårds
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2003
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Yevgeny Sudbin, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Osmo Vänskä
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 31 mar 2017
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5
Alexandre Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 3 mag 2019
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SIBELIUS, J.: Humoresques / 2 Serenades / Suite for Violin and String Orchestra / Swanwhite (Kuusisto)
Pekka Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2006
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Liszt: Piano Concertos & Malédiction
Alexandre Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 1 giu 2015
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Kalmuk
Kimmo Pohjonen, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Abdissa Assefa, Samuli Kosminen
Classica - Pubblicato da Westpark Music il 1 set 2002
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon musagète & Concerto for Strings in D Major
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Masaaki Suzuki
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 3 giu 2016
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BACH, J. S.: Violin Concertos (Kuusisto)
Jaakko Kuusisto, Pekka Kuusisto, Tapiola Sinfonietta
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2001
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Serenades Nos. 1 & 2
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Mario Venzago
Classica - Pubblicato da Sony Classical il 22 giu 2018
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Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Carolyn Sampson, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Pascal Rophé
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 3 set 2021
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SIBELIUS, J.: Pelleas and Melisande / Cassazione / Presto / Suite mignonne / Suite champetre / Suite caracteristique (Tapiola Sinfonietta)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2000
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RANTALA, I.: Piano Concerto and Concerto in G sharp major / A flat major / Astorale / Tangonator / Final Fantasy (Rantala)
Iiro Rantala, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jaakko Kuusisto
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2006
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MUSTONEN, O.: Triple Concerto / Petite Suite / Nonets Nos. 1 and 2 / Frogs Dancing on Water Lilies (Rousi)
Pekka Kuusisto, Martti Rousi, Jaakko Kuusisto, Lisa Batiashvili, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olli Mustonen
Classica - Pubblicato da Ondine il 1 gen 2001
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Weber, C.M. Von: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Bassoon Concerto / Andante E Rondo Ungarese
Classica - Pubblicato da BIS il 30 giu 2009
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