"A winter themed album that ingeniously combines the modern with the traditional."

"The varied use of vocal technique and storytelling go naturally hand in hand throughout this album."

"Trumpet player Ilkka Arola has a background both in jazz as well as in Arabic music. In this new release these influences truly shake hands in...

"One of the best folk music albums in a more traditional style that I've heard for a long time."

"Haapanen writes for the orchestra as for a collective of virtuosi and the FRSO do not let him down in this scintillating performance."

"Kuula can create a powerful sense of atmosphere – I won’t fall back on the cliché of 'brooding northern forests', but you know what I mean...

"If this recording doesn’t sweep up an indecent quantity of prizes, there’s something wrong with the world."

"For all the sophistication of Rautavaara’s harmonic language, what he is doing here, basically, is weaving a spell – and I defy you not to be...

"Risto-Matti Marin’s recital of unknown Finnish Romantic piano music is a triumph. The works he has chosen all arouse surprised respect – who knew? – and...