Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8, "The Journey" / Violin Concerto
5/1/2005, 6 Tracks, 56:41
Featuring
Osmo Vänskä
Jaakko Kuusisto
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Einojuhani Rautavaara
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Performer Biography
Jaakko Kuusisto, the violinist and conductor on this album, has won several competitions and reached the finals of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels.
Performer Biography
The Lahti Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, has received multiple Gramophone Awards, Grand Prix du Disque, and Cannes Classical Awards for its recordings of Sibelius's works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rautavaara agrees with Carl Gustav Jung's view that 'The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him.'
Composer Biography
Rautavaara has won numerous awards, including 14 first prizes in composition contests, a Midem Prize for his Seventh Symphony, and a Grammy nomination.
Performer Biography
Osmo Vänskä, the conductor, began his career as a clarinettist and won first prize in the 1982 Besançon International Young Conductor's Competition.
Composer Biography
Einojuhani Rautavaara, the composer, was born in Finland in 1928 and received a grant from Jean Sibelius to study at the Juilliard School in New York.
Recording & Production
The Violin Concerto was recorded in September 2001 and Symphony No.8 in January 2002, both at the Sibelius Hall in Lahti, Finland.
