Janine Jansen, Klaus Mäkelä
4854748 (Decca Classics, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (7 June 2024)
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 16
℗ 2024 Universal Music Operations Ltd
© 2024 Universal Music Operations Ltd
Main country of recording: Norway
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Janine Jansen, Klaus Mäkelä published on 10 June 2024
Janine Jansen, violin
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor, cello
Jean Sibelius:
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio di molto
3 Allegro, ma non tanto
Sergei Prokofiev:
Violin Concerto No 1 in D, Op 19
4 Andantino
5 Scherzo: Vivacissimo
6 Moderato – Allegro moderato
Jean Sibelius:
7 Water Drops (for violin and cello, digital album only)
Janine Jansen releases her first concerto album in nine years, pairing the iconic Sibelius with Prokofiev's 1st - the absolute dream team of Jansen with Klaus Mäkelä and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. The digital album includes Sibelius' earliest written work, Water Droplets for violin and cello, performed by Jansen and Mäkelä (as cellist).
Recorded 5-7 June 2023 at Konserthus, Oslo, Norway.