Leo Brouwer
Guitar Concerto No. 5
Iberia Suite
From Yesterday to Penny Lane
- Seven Beatles Transcriptions
Orchestral
Booklet with liner notes, written by the performing artist, in English, German, French and Finnish
CD
Released:
January 2002
Catalogue No.:
ODE 979-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195097922
Timo Korhonen, dedicatee of the concerto, is resourceful, with a magisterial technique, and here wedded to Brouwer's stylistic manner. The recording is up to Ondine's usual high standards.
Christopher Williams, Fanfare Magazine, January/February 2003
The performances from soloist and orchestra are consistently splendid, and the recording quality is outstanding.
Steven Rings, American Record Guide, September/October 2002
Timo Korhonen is a superb guitarist who takes everything in his clean-fingered stride. The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra shares his zest, the recording is first-class.
John Duarte, Gramophone, May 2002
I doubt that there's a better played, better recorded, more musically varied and appealing guitar and orchestra disc in the catalog. Magnificent!
David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com, April 2002, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10
This CD features Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen with Leo Brouwer's "Helsinki" Concerto, which the Cuban composer wrote in 1991-92 on commission from the Helsinki Festival. The work is dedicated to Timo Korhonen, who is here accompanied by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen. This recording further contains two transcriptions by Brouwer: of Albeniz's Iberia Suite and of seven Beatles tunes.
This CD won a Cannes Classical Award in 2003, in the category 'Solo with Orchestra'.
