We have recorded SACD-discs since 2005. All of our recordings are made in DSD or DXD-format to quarantee the best sound quality possible. Here are some record's that we have recorded or otherwise been involved.

ODE 1122-5

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
YL Male Voice Choir
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano

Jean Sibelius
Kullervo

Editroom: Recording, mixing, mastering and SACD-authoring
Hybrid SACD (recorded in DXD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)
Recording location: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki


Recorded in

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra: ‘Kullervo’ grabs Diapason Gold
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra have scored this year’s “Diapason d’Or” for orchestral music. The award is presented each year by French magazine Diapason and considered one of the most coveted prizes in the world of classical music. The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra received the critics’ appraisal for their recording of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ choral symphony ‘Kullervo’, which some have already named as either “a candiate for the best (version) yet” or even as the leading interpretation of this work available on the market today. In his laudatio of the ‘Kullervo’ disc, journalist Christian Merlin wrote that "Leif Segerstam's forceful interpretation, (puts him) at the top of the discography” and that Soprano Soile Isokoski was “simply unsurpassable." For label Ondine, this is already the second time they have managed to take pole position at the Diapason awards, following another Sibelius recording (“Lemminkäinen Legends” by Mikko Franck and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2000).

The state-of-the art fidelity of Ondine's engineering is a great advantage in itself.
While quintessentially Finnish, Ondine's production nevertheless fulfils Sibelius' intent to make this music universal in appeal. Warmly recommended.
© 2008 John Miller and SA-CD.net

Happily, the rest of the work satisfies in equal measure. ... Still, you will find an extra deftness to the string playing, particularly in "Kullervo's Youth", and some outstanding contributions from the all-important woodwinds (the crazy repeated-note oboe solo in the first movement has never gone better). "Kullervo Goes to War" also benefits from the excellent clarity of the engineering (in all formats), which gives the timpani additional presence at no sacrifice of natural balances between sections. In short, we're spoiled for choice in this work, and I for one am not complaining. [4/3/2008] --David Hurwitz

 

ODE 1132-5

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

Josef Suk
Asrael

Editroom: Recording, mixing, mastering and SACD-authoring
Hybrid SACD (recorded in DXD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)
Recording location: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki


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ODE 1090-5

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor

Einojuhani Rautavaara
Manhattan Trilogy
Symphony No. 3

Editroom: Recording, mixing, mastering and SACD-authoring
Hybrid SACD (recorded in DXD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)
Recording location: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki


Recorded in

This is actually the second recording of the Third Symphony for Ondine, and it's just that much better played and certainly better recorded than its otherwise excellent Leipzig predecessor. Manhattan Trilogy is certainly ravishing, but the Symphony really deserves to enter the repertoire of orchestras the world-over. And if you love Bruckner, even a little, you must hear it. [1/22/2008] --David Hurwitz

ODE 1099-5

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Olli Mustonen, conductor
Olli Mustonen, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

 

Editroom: Recording, mixing, mastering and SACD-authoring
Hybrid SACD (recorded in DXD; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)
Recording location: Tapiola Hall [1] [2], Espoo


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..My overall response to this disc is very positive indeed; it gave me a vary happy hour or so of meeting old friends in new clothes, hearing many things which I didn't remember before, particularly inner parts from the orchestra and countermelodies from the piano

As to the recording, I have already referred to the excellent balance and sound-staging. It was put down with the new extra-high resolution DXD 5.0 and mastered with DSD. There are some lovely moments of rich tone in true pianissimos, and the orchestra never threatens to overwhelm the light textures of the piano, as often happens with a full modern symphony orchestra. I can hardly wait for the next issue in the series!

In summary, this will probably be one of my top SACDs of 2007; moreover it is a wholly Finnish enterprise, and underlines yet again the richness and vibrancy of the modern Scandinavian music scene.
-- SACD.net

Enno Mäemets ljudbild är föredömligt naturlig, samtidigt varm och klar, och balansen mellan pianot och orkestern i det närmaste idealisk.
-- Mats Liljeroos HBL 30 Maj 2007

BRIDGE 9221

Virtuoso Accordion
Mikko Luoma, accordion

Sampo Haapamäki (b. 1979): Power* (2001)
Jukka Tiensuu (b. 1948): Aufschwung (1977)
Zolo (2002)
Vladimir Zubitsky (b. 1953): Carpathian Suite (1974)
Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947): Vagabonde blu (1998)
Gérard Grisey (1946-1998) Passacaille* (1967)
Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) Jeux d'anches (1990/91)
* premiere recordings

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing and CD-mastering
Recording location: Kakskerran Church [1] [2], Turku, Finland

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ODE 1100-5
Karita Mattila
Helsinki Recital - recorded live at sell-out concerts at the Finnish National Opera -
Duparc / Saariaho / Rachmaninov / Dvorák

Martin Katz, piano, Karita Mattila, soprano

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing,
mastering and SACD-authoring.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

Ondine's superb multi-channel recording faithfully projects the larger-than-life effect, with audience applause retained at both ends of the evening and each song group.
...This Cd has much to tell us about Mattila's distinctive musicianship, her commitment to the music of our time and her uninhibited dramatic temperament.
-- David Guttman
International Record Review, June 2007

Karita Mattila is a phenomenon - her cover photograph on this disc proclaims it, and the publicity puff on the back cover tells us it was "recorded live at sell-out concerts at the Finnish National Opera". ... There are lamentably few lieder discs available on SA-CD so far. Perhaps producers think that you don't need anything more than redbook CD for just one singer and a pianist. This superb multi-channel DXD recording puts one on an ideal seat in the audience for what was evidently a tremendous series of performances... This is a very well-filled disk, at over 76 mins - well done, Ondine...
-- SA-CD.net

...Karita Mattilan kaksi konserttia Suomen kansallisoopperassa viime vuoden lokakuussa olivat suuri yleisö- ja arvostelumenestys.... Erityinen kiitos on annettava esitysten korkealuokkaiselle äänitykselle. Lauluääni ja piano-osuus ovat hienossa tasapainossa ja lisäksi yleisön taholta tulevat hälyäänet on onnistuttu vaimentamaan minimiin. Kaiken kaikkiaan levystä välittyy elävän konsertin sähköinen ilmapiiri ja taiteilijoiden vahva eläytyminen esitystilanteeseen....
-- YLE Radio 1 / Veikko Ylikojola

Mattila is probably at her best when she is recording live. (...) This new Ondine CD ranks at the very top of her entire discography. (...) Mattila has performed this programme together with Martin Katz so frequently that her polished interpretation demonstrates an accomplished maturity.
-- Harri Kuusisaari Rondo-Classica, May 2007, Recording of the Month

ODE 1091-2
Magnus Lindberg
Toru Takemitsu
Hans Werner Henze
Works for guitar

Timo Korhonen, guitar

Recording location: Naantali Church, Naantali, Finland

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing, CD-mastering

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...Korhonen's playing is outstanding throughout. The music is awash with rippling arpeggios, airy harmonics, lyrical melodies and sometimes violent strumming; these Korhonen relates to their more rational syntactic underpinnings with the skill of an interior designer who happens to be possessed of a peculiar genius. ...recorded sound is up to Ondine's usual high standard.
-- Robert Levett
International Record Review, April 2007

ODE 1089-2

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra,
conductor Hannu Lintu.
Otto Virtanen, bassoon in Bassoon Concerto

Jouni Kaipainen Symphony No.3;
Bassoon Concerto

Editroom: Basson Concerto recorded in DXD Editroom: Recording, editing, CD-mastering

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The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra's playing is electrifying, superbly marchalled by Hannu Lintu, with Otto Virtanen the exemplary soloist. Ondine's sound is of demonstration quality. Splendid.
-- Guy Richards Grammophone, March 2007

ODE 1086-5
Peteris Vasks
Symphony No. 3, Cello Concerto

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Marko Ylönen, cello

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

...Without question Peteris Vasks is one of the major composers active today... ...and this, its premiere recording, also is splendid in every way, including the excellent SACD multichannel sonics. If you care at all about contemporary music then you will add this disc to your collection without delay
-- David Hurwitz

AVCL-25119

Izumi Tateno [1]:
Hayashi, Sueyoshi, Tanikawa, Schulhoff

Hybrid SACD
(recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 /
SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

Editroom: Artistic producing, recording, editing, mixing and mastering

 

ODE 1082-5
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Sonata No. 1
Peter Tchaikovsky
The Seasons

Olli Mustonen, piano

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing,
mastering and SACD-authoring.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

ODE 1080-5
Jean Sibelius
Luonnotar, Orchestral Songs

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Soile Isokoski, soprano

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

Finnish soprano Soile Isokoski has never made a more beautiful recording than this... She has all of the interpretive intelligence of her compatriot Karita Mattila, but her voice catches the microphones better, sounding richer and smoother throughout its range. The engineering in both stereo and SACD multi-channel formats is uniformly outstanding, and the booklet includes complete texts and translations. A marvelous release in every respect.
--David Hurwitz

Die klangliche Realisierung ist ausgezeichnet gelungen – der finnische Toningenieur Enno Mäemets zeigt einmal mehr, dass er zu den besten Tontechnikern gehört. Der Klang des Orchesters ist sehr differenziert eingefangen, solistische Einwürfe heben sich leicht aus dem glitzernden Orchesterklang hervor, ohne künstlich hervorgezogen zu wirken.
-- Tobias Pfleger

...And the recording, excellent in CD stereo, is utterly stunning in multichannel SACD: airy, large-scale, immediate and detailed with diamond clarity. ...Between performance and recording this would be my prime recommendation for Luonnotar, but this whole disc's a Sibelian essential.
-- Michael Scott Rohan, BBC Music Magazine, July 2006

AVCL-25076

Izumi Tateno [1]:
Yoshimatsu, Takacs, Nordgren, Mompou.

Hybrid SACD
(recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 /
SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

Editroom: Artistic producing, recording, editing, mixing and mastering

ODE 1074-5
Jean Sibelius
Works for Violin and Orchestra

Tapiola Sinfonietta
Pekka Kuusisto, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Editroom: Recording, editing, mixing.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

Pekka Kuusisto made a terrific recording of that work for Ondine, and it's great to see him back in the remaining music for violin and orchestra... ... The engineering, whether in stereo or multichannel formats, is just as splendid as the performances. The music may not be Sibelius' most popular, but it's great stuff, and these players don't let you forget that fact for as much as a second. Terrific! [7/18/2006]
-- David Hurwitz

AVCL-25093

Izumi Tateno [1]
Korngold and Nordgren

Korngold part -
recording in Finland, Tapiola Hall

Editroom: Artistic producing, recording, editing, mixing and mastering

 

ODE 1064-5
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Book of Visions, Adagio Celeste, Symphony No. 1

National Orchestra of Belgium
Mikko Franck, conductor

Editroom: Editing, mixing, mastering and
SACD-authoring.

Hybrid SACD (recorded in ; SACD Surround 5.0 / SACD Stereo / CD Stereo)

This is a stunning disc.... ... Once again the performances of this work and the symphony are all that anyone could ask, and the sonics, whether in stereo or multichannel formats, are fully up to the quality of the interpretations. A knockout, not to be missed! [2/6/2006]
-- David Hurwitz