Discover Pöntinen’s successful New Releases on CD ! On the very latest – Pianorama-Cinematic Music - Pöntinen plays piano music used in films such as Kubrick’s ”Eyes Wide Shut”, Fellini’s ”Amarcord”, Beineix’ ”Diva” and Bergman’s ”Höstsonaten”. The music in Amarcord is not originally written for the piano but here Pöntinen improvises a suite in three parts based on Nino Rota’s wonderful film score. ”an unalloyed pleasure from beginning to end.” David Hurwitz in ClassicsToday.com "While not slavishly imitating the film scores, Pöntinen always somehow manages to evoke the appropriate atmosphere. Pöntinen’s Chopin has all of the longing, loneliness and drama for which you go to see Ingmar Bergman, and I love the plaintive, symbolism of his sensitive Janácek.... Pöntinen’s playing is never less than wonderful, and as expected the recording is faultlessly balanced and atmospheric. Schubert’s Moment musical D780 no.2 is perfectly weighted, and as with many of these performances just leaves you wanting more – preferably in a box set. Snobs like me might avoid compilations of ‘film classics’ like the plague, but this carefully selected programme filled with genuine pearls of musicianship will always be kept close to hand in this household from now on ! ” Dominy Clements in MusicWeb International on PIANORAMA, BIS 1326 ”suprêmement émouvant sous les doigts d’un Roland Pöntinen qui évite tous les pièges du sentimentalisme ou du lyrisme de pacotille...” La libre essentielle homme on Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux Opp.33 & 39, PAN CLASSICS 1076 Hat-trick for Second Viennese School Trilogy with Pöntinen & c:o ”Some extremely beautiful playing here, not only in the Berg Sonata (very Romantic in effect) but more strikingly throughout the Schoenberg works–atmospheric, of course, but also stylish and subtly coloured. ” Calum MacDonald in BBC Music Magazine ”Roland Pöntinen’s warm, exansive tone, wide dynamic range, and steady yet flexible rhythmic sense paint Schoenberg’s piano pieces in Brahmsian hues that the composer probably would have appreciated.”... Jed Distler in Classics Today ”Avec les pièces pour piano réunies sur ce disque, on observe, illuminée par l’intelligence et la clarté du jeu de Roland Pöntinen, la gestation du dodécaphonisme, qui finira par bouleverser la musique du XXe siècle.”... ...”Dans une lettre à Busoni, Schoenberg affirme fort justement que «l’interprétation [de ses œuvres] exige foi et conviction ». Roland Pöntinen en est pourvu, et, s’ajoutant à sa précision et à son toucher particulièrement expressif dans pareille musique, cette foi et cette conviction font de ce disque un vrai bonheur.” Jérémie Szpirglas in Le Monde de la Musique on Schoenberg / Berg: Piano music, BIS 1417 ”The piece was arranged for piano trio by Eduard Steuermann, one of Schoenberg’s most talented pupils, but Ulf Wallin, Torleif Thedéen and Roland Pöntinen make it sound as though it were a blazing original, while it tantalisingly retains its status as pure chamber music. Playing of this degree of sensitivity is rarely encountered either on disc or in the concert hall – indeed, Wallin and Thedéen play throughout with a purity of tone and intonation which encapsulates perfectly the work’s chaste opulence.” Julian Haylock in The Strad on Schoenberg / Webern - Chamber Music, BIS 1467 ”impeccable équilibre entre rigueur et expression.” Patrick Szersnovicz in Le Monde de la Musique ”Ulf Wallin and Roland Pöntinen are one of the truly outstanding duos on the concert platform today and here they reveal their mastery and insight at every turn, abetted by a wonderfully clear acoustic.” Roderic Dunnett in The Strad on Schoenberg - Complete Works for Violin & Piano, BIS 1407