Saariaho/ Mattila/ Rantanen/ Salomaa - Works for Orchestra

On her 60th anniversary in 2012, this 4-CD collector's box contains recordings of fourteen orchestral works by Grammy-awarded Kaija Saariaho, many of them featuring vocal or instrumental soloists. These recordings feature such acclaimed soprano soloists as Pia Freund, Anu Komsi and Karita Mattila, as well as conductors Christoph Eschenbach with the Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen with the L.A. Philharmonic, and Jukka-Pekka Saraste with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Kaija Saariaho is New York Carnegie Hall's Composer-in-Residence since the beginning of the current 2011-12 Season.