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"The takeaway from this album is its enormous range of tonal colour and mood. This is remarkable, considering that it was created entirely without electronics. Kumela can produce an astonishing variety of bumps, scrapes, squeaks, creaks and pitched sounds from his guitar."

"Turriago plays energetically, and his booklet texts are disarmingly straightforward. [- -] The newest works – Da Lontano…, Somber, and the virtuoso etude Jitters – are the strongest ones, making one look forward to more."

"Kromos is a rewarding listening experience. This is, naturally, due to Eskelinen’s splendid musicianship, but also much to the diversity of styles and ideas in the chosen six works."

"Voice of Generations is a mishmash, but also an inspiring example of open-minded repertoire planning."

"The combination of flute, viola, and harp creates a heavenly balanced and rich sound, and one regrets that the recording is so short, only a good thirty minutes."

"The music here covers more than forty years, even if Aho’s perennial youthfulness makes that seem improbable. [- -] The performances are as full of feeling as the music, and the recorded sound is bright and immediate."

"The experience is powerful yet also exhausting, and a feat of strength for the musicians, who perform it brilliantly."

"In both works Hannu Lintu obtains glorious playing from the musicians of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the members of the engineering team can congratulate themselves on recorded sound that ranges from chamber-music delicacy to knee-weakening power at the climaxes."

Finnish-French composer-musician Sarah Palu touches a deep chord in the soul with her début album Ikivirta [Everflow]. It is a journey through soundscapes featuring a multitude of musical influences, but always connected by a scarlet thread. Palu plays the kantele and the harp, and what she finds fascinating in music are the connection to her inner self on the one hand and connections between people on the other.