the recordings

Selected discography Here you find some of Roland Pöntinen's best recordings. For a complete discography, click here. Piano Solo Roland Pöntinen plays Liszt (2004) Haddock CD-1907 Pianist Roland Pöntinen – poetic virtuoso par excellence – has recorded an intriguing Liszt programme on his own HADDOCK label. Roland Pöntinen plays Liszt includes famous works like Vallée d’Obermann and Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este as well as a neglected masterpiece: Scherzo und Marsch – a highly virtuosic work, charged with demonic intensity. Another rarely performed masterpiece on the CD is Danza sacra e duetto finale based on themes from Verdi’s Aida. As a recitalist Roland Pöntinen has won the affection of the music-loving public all over the world and he has a devoted following among piano aficionados. He is also one of the most widely recorded of contemporary pianists with over 70 titles on labels like BIS, Philips and c p o. His interpretations of music by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Busoni, Debussy, Ligeti and Rachmaninov are highly acclaimed both on the concert platform and on disc. This CD is the first production on the new HADDOCK label. Evening Bells (2000) BIS CD-1164 "Roland Pöntinen's rich tone and patrician fingerwork perfectly points up the music's sentiment and contrasting moods" (Classics Today) Evocation - Legendary Encores played by Roland Pöntinen (1995) BIS CD-661 "Highest recommendation for piano buffs" (Fanfare) Roland Pöntinen plays Chopin (1995) BIS CD-673 "affectionate ,well-played and frequently insightful account of a miscellany of Chopin genres" (Classical disCDigest) Ferruccio Busoni - Six Sonatinas, Indian Diary, Toccata cpo 999 702-2 "..translucent sonority and texture " (Gramophone) Eric Satie (1986) BIS CD-317 Piano and Orchestra Swedish Music for Winds (1994) Twin Music Östgöta Wind Symphony Roland Pöntinen, piano Sonny Jansson, conductor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Concerto in E major for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1995) BIS CD-688 Roland Pöntinen Love Derwinger Nieuw Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Lev Markiz, conductor "Dynamic bravura pianism " (The Times) Francis Poulenc - Complete Works for Two Pianos (1993) BIS CD-593 Roland Pöntinen Love Derwinger Malmö Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä "Ces deux Suédois ont une irremplaçable vitalité,un élan inné,une facilité irrestible,une invention réjouissante" (Diapason) Alexandr Scriabin (1990) BIS CD-475 Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20 Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 43 Roland Pöntinen Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Leif Segerstam, conductor "Son puissant mais avec une attaque transparente,malléabilité du timbre..."(Le Monde de la Musique) Chamber Music Hans Pfitzner: Complete Piano Works, Violin Sonata cpo 999 704-2 Roland Pöntinen Ulf Wallin Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik "..fascinating discoveries." "Ulf Wallin and Roland Pöntinen are exemplary advocates.." (BBC Music Magazine) Compositions The Winter Trombone (1987) BIS CD-348 Christian Lindberg, Trombone New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra Okku Kamu, conductor "Blue Winter" (Roland Pöntinen) Complete Discography Complete recordings on other labels than BIS Richard Strauss (vol.6) Symphonia domestica, Op.53.Parergon zur Symphonia domestica,Op.73 Roland Pöntinen,(piano); Tonhalle Orchester, Zürich; David Zinman (cond.) recorded May 4th 2002 Arte Nova 74321 98335-2 Ferruccio Busoni Six Sonatinas Indianisches Tagebuch Toccata Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded September 20-23 1999 cpo 999 702-2 Flygel För Flygel Johann Sebastian Bach excerpts from Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 Contrapunctus 1,2,3 & 6 Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded live March 1992 at Södra Teatern,Stockholm + Haydn: Sonata in G minor HOB XVI/44 Hans Leygraf, piano Chopin: Fantasy in F minor Op.49 Staffan Scheja, piano Schubert: Sonata in B flat major D 960 movements 2-4 Janos Solyom, piano LCM C-125 Max Reger The Works for Violin and Piano Vol.4 Sonata in C major Op.72 (1903) Little Sonata in A major Op.103b No.2 (1909) Tarantella in G minor (1902) Albumblatt in E flat major (1902) Ulf Wallin, violin Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded April 25-27, 2000, June 14&15, 2001 cpo 999 857-2 Max Reger The Works for Violin and Piano Vol.3 Sonata in B flat major Op.107 Little Sonata Op.103b No.1 Petite Caprice in G minor Romance in G minor Ulf Wallin, piano Roland Pöntinen recorded in 1999 cpo 999 725-2 Max Reger The Works for Violin and Piano Vol.2 Sonata in C minor Op.139 Suite in the Old Style Op.93 Three Compositions for Violin with Pianoforte Accompaniment Op.79d Ulf Wallin, violin Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded in 1998 cpo 999 643-2 Max Reger The Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 1 Sonata in D minor Op.1 Sonata in F sharp minor Op.84 Ulf Wallin, violin Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded in 1997 cpo 999 452-2 Hans Pfitzner Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 27 Complete Piano Works Ulf Wallin, violin Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded in 1999 & 2000 cpo 999 704-2 Johannes Brahms Works for Piano and Violin- Complete Edition CD 1: Sonata No,1 in G major Op.78 Sonata No.2 in A major Op.100 Scherzo in C minor from the F.A.E-Sonata CD 2: Sonata No.3 in D minor Op.108 Sonata in F minor Op.120 No.1 (arrangement for Piano and Violin) Sonata in E flat major Op.120 No.2 (arrangement for Piano and Violin) Recording: Op.120 Nos 1&2:March 28-30, 1997 Op.78,Op.100:October 12-14, 1997 Op.108,Scherzo:January 10-12, 1998 Arte Nova 74321 59225 2 Hugo Wolf Mörike und Goethe-Lieder Barbara Hendricks, soprano Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded 25-31 October, 1999 EMI Classics 7243 5 56988 2 7 Nordic Songs Nielsen,Grieg,Rangström & Sibelius Barbara Hendricks, soprano Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded 23-27 October 1998, 10-12 January 2002 EMI Classics 7243 5 56884 2 2 My Bach on Viola Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Sonata in C minor Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in D , BWV 1028 Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Sonata in G minor Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in G BWV 1027 Nobuko Imai, viola Roland Pöntinen, harpsichord recorded in 1996 Philips Classics Productions PHCP-1921 Viola Bouquet Works by J. S. Bach, Bloch, Brahms, Eccles, Elgar, de Falla, Fauré, Kodály, Kreisler, Narita, Schumann and Tchaikovsky Nobuko Imai, viola Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded in 1994 Philips Classics Productions 446 103-2 Chaconne- Viola Bouquet 2 Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Frank Bridge, Sally Beamish and Johann Sebastian Bach Nobuko Imai, viola Roland Pöntinen, piano Naoko Shimizu, William Coleman & Antoine Tamestit, viola recorded in August 2000 Philips Classics,Decca Music Group Limited UCCP-1017 (468 314-2) Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Op.45 Suite No.2 Op.17 La Nuit...L’Amour from Suite No.1 Op.5 Staffan Scheja and Roland Pöntinen on two pianos recorded in June,1987 LCM L-103 / LCM C-103 The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & Friends - Live in Stockholm - Edgar Varèse: Ionisation for 12 percussionists and piano (Pilat) Sven-David Sandström: Chained for 4 pianos and 12 percussionists (First Performance) George Antheil: Ballet Mecanique for 4 pianos,10 percussionists and airplane motors on tape The Kroumata Percussion Ensemble: Anders Holdar,Jan Hellgren,Leif Karlsson,Ingvar Hallgren & Anders Loguin Guesting percussionists: Anders Åstrand,Kenneth Fant,Fredrik Björlin,Björn Persson,Anders Dahlstedt Sven Kihlström,Johan Mannerstedt,Markus Leoson & Johan Silvmark Pianists: Roland Pöntinen,Staffan Scheja,Richard Pilat & Carl-Axel Dominique recorded live March 7,1987 at Konserthuset,Stockholm LCM C-102 In tune with Europe Erik Satie: Gnossienne No.1 & Gymnopédie No.1 Isaac Albéniz: Evocacion from Iberia Manuel de Falla: Danza ritual del fuego Roland Pöntinen, piano recorded October 17 1992 in Studio 2, Radiohuset, Stockholm (+ works by Auric, Beethoven, Elgar, Grieg, Mozart, Sibelius, Stenhammar, Verdi, Wagner a.o.) performed by Adolf Fredriks Kammarkör, Amadeus Symfoniorkester, JohnErik Eleby, conductor) KREAB 1 Anna Norberg plays the Flute accompanied by Roland Pöntinen Works by Poulenc, Rhené-Baton, Debussy, Hüe, Doppler, Martin & Villa Lobos recorded 28 & 30 December 1992 and 31 January & 1 February 1993 ARTEMIS ARTE CD 7136 BIS complete discography Second Vienna Vol 3 BIS 1467 Schönberg, Arnold; Webern, Anton Ulf Wallin, violin; Martin Fröst, clarinet; Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano and others Schnittke - Vc-Son. BIS 1427 Schnittke, Alfred Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano Second Vienna Vol 2 BIS 1417 Schönberg, Berg, Webern Roland Pöntinen, piano Second Vienna Vol 1 BIS 1407 Schönberg, Arnold; Webern, Anton Ulf Wallin, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano Brahms - Clarinet BIS 1353 Brahms, Johannes Martin Fröst, clarinet, Roland Pöntinen, Torleif Thedéen Diva BIS 1326 Schubert Ligeti Rota/Pöntinen Rossini Debussy Janacek S.Pöntinen Roland Pöntinen, piano Szymanowski - Piano BIS 1137 Szymanowski, Karol Roland Pöntinen, piano Schumann (2003) BIS 944 Schumann, Robert Martin Fröst, clarinet; Roland Pöntinen, piano. Chopin/Schumann - vc (2002) BIS 1076 Chopin, Fryderyk; Schumann, Robert Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano Enescu - violin (2002) BIS 1216 Enescu, Georges Mihaela Martin, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano. "Café" - Bezaly (2001) BIS 1239 Philippe Gaubert ; Paul Taffanel ; Emil Noblot ; Albert Franz Doppler ; Ferruccio Busoni ; Rhené-Baton ; Georges Enesco ; Charles T. Griffes ; Gabriel Fauré Sharon Bezaly, flute; Roland Pöntinen, piano. Evening bells (2000) BIS 1164 Johann Sebastian Bach, Oliver Messiaen, Franz Liszt, S. Pöntinen, Max Reger, F. Busoni, Kempff Roland Pöntinen, piano. Los Bandidos (2000) BIS 988 Lindberg, Christian;, Mussorgsky, Modest, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Schumann, Robert, Stravinsky, Igor Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano Mendelss. - Conc.Box (1998) BIS 966-68 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix Roland Pöntinen, piano; Love Derwinger, piano; Ronald Brautigam, piano; Isabelle van Keulen, violin; Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/ Lev Markiz Satie - Encore! (1998) BIS 877 Satie, Erik Roland Pöntinen, piano Hindemith - Cello Music (1998) BIS 816 Hindemith, Paul Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano; Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/ Lev Markiz Rainy Day II (1997) BIS 883 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, Sergej Rachmaninov, Franz Behr/ Rachmaninov, Sergei, Fanz Liszt, Isaak Albéniz, Johann Strauss jr., Domenico Scarlatti, Rubinstein, Anton, Debussy, Claude Roland Pöntinen, piano A bird came … (1997) BIS 829 Enescu, George, Sibelius, Jean, Britten, Benjamin, Liszt, Franz, Rota, Nino, Takemitsu, Toru, Henryk Wieniawski, Darius Milhaud, Vincent Persichetti, Frank Bridge Nobuko Imai, viola; Roland Pöntinen, piano Jolivet - Flute II (1996) BIS 739 André Jolivet Manuela Wiesler, flute; Erica Goodman, harp, Patrik Swedrup, violin; Håkan Olsson, viola; Helena Nilsson, cello, Christian Davidsson, bassoon; Tapiola Sinfonietta/ Paavo Järvi; Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Roland Pöntinen, piano C. Schumann - Songs (1996) BIS 738 Schumann, Clara; Fanny Mendelssohn, Alma Mahler Christina Högman, soprano; Roland Pöntinen, piano >Chopin - Mazurkas etc. (1996) BIS 673 Chopin, Fryderyk Roland Pöntinen, piano Hindemith - Violin Son. (1995)BIS 761 Hindemith, Paul Ulf Wallin, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano Orff - Carmina (1995) BIS 734 Carl Orff Lena Nordin, soprano; Hans Dornbusch, tenor; Peter Mattei, baritone; Roland Pöntinen and Love Derwinger, pianos; Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Allmänna Sången; Children's Choir from the Uppsala Choir School/ Cecilia Rydinger Alin Villa-Lobos - Piano I (1995) BIS 712 Villa-Lobos, Heitor Débora Halász, piano; Roland Pöntinen, 2da parte Clockworks (1995) BIS 699 Stravinsky, Igor (arr. Joakim Agnas), André Previn, Bernstein, Leonard, Jan Bach, Mats Larsson Stockholm Chamber Brass; Johan Silvermark, percussion; Roland Pöntinen and Love Derwinger, pianos Mendelss. - Conc.2 Pn (1995) BIS 688 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix Roland Pöntinen, Love Derwinger, pianos; Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam/ Lev Markiz Evocation - Piano-Enc. (1995)BIS 661 Chopin, Fryderyk, Rachmaninov, Sergei, Enrique Granados, Carl Maria von Weber, Moritz Moskowsky, Händel, Georg Friedrich, Manuel de Falla, Fritz Kreisler, Isaac Albéniz Roland Pöntinen, piano French Beauties (1994) BIS 693 Debussy, Claude, Saint-Saëns, Camille; Poulenc, Francis, Ingvar Lidholm, Anders Hillborg, Roland Pöntinen Martin Fröst, clarinet; Roland Pöntinen, piano Janácek - Chamber (1994) BIS 663-64 Janácek, Leos Roland Pöntinen, piano; Ulf Wallin, violin; Mats Rondin, cello Hindemith - Va + Pn (1994) BIS 651 Hindemith, Paul Nobuko Imai, viola, Roland Pöntinen, piano Grieg - Violin and Piano (1994) BIS 647 Grieg, Edvard Dong-Suk Kang, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano Poulenc - Two Pianos (1993) BIS 593 Poulenc, Francis Roland Pöntinen and Love Derwinger, pianos; Malmö Symphony Orchestra/ osmo Vänskä Jolivet - Flute I (1993) BIS 549 André Jolivet Manuela Wiesler, flute; Roland Pöntinen, piano Schnittke - Piano-Qu. (1992) BIS 547 Schnittke, Alfred Tale Quartet; Roland Pöntinen, piano Schnittke - Vl Sonatas (1991) BIS 527 Schnittke, Alfred Ulf Wallin, violin; Roland Pöntinen, piano The Russian Trombone (1991) BIS 478 Goedicke, Alexandr, Piotr Tchaykovsky, German Okunev, Viktor Ewald, Edison Denisov, Prokofiev, Sergei; Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano Scriabin - Piano Conc. (1990) BIS 475 Scriabin, Alexandr Roland Pöntinen, piano; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leif Segerstam The Russian Flute (1990) BIS 419 Prokofiev, Sergei;, Edison Denisov, Otar Taktakishvili, Fikret Amirov Manuela Wiesler, flute; Roland Pöntinen, piano Tubin - Sinfonietta (1988) BIS 401 Tubin, Eduard Roland Pöntinen, piano; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/ Neeme Järvi The Russian Cello II (1988) BIS 386 Prokofiev, Sergei;, Rachmaninov, Sergei Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano Schnittke - Conc. Gr. (1987) BIS 377 Schnittke, Alfred Christian Bergqvist, Patrik Swedrup, violins; Roland Pöntinen, piano; Helén Jahren, oboe; Kjell Axel Lier, harp; New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra/ Lev Markiz Tchaik./ Grieg - Piano..BIS 375 Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich, Grieg, Edvard Roland Pöntinen, piano; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/ Leif Segerstam The Russian Violin (1987) BIS 364 Shostakovich, Dmitri, Stravinsky, Igor, Schnittke, Alfred Christian Bergqvist, violin; Roland Pöntinen The Russian Viola (1987) BIS 358 Rubinstein, Anton; Glinka, Mikhail;  Alexandr Glazunov; Stravinsky, Igor; Shostakovich, Dmitri Nobuko Imai, viola; Roland Pöntinen, piano Gade - Symphonies IV (1987) BIS 356 Gade, Nils Wilhelm Roland Pöntinen, piano; Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi Bäck - Solo Piano (1987) BIS 354 Bäck, Sven-Erik Roland Pöntinen, piano Beethoven - Piano Mus. (1987) BIS 353 Beethoven, Ludwig van Roland Pöntinen, piano Stravinsky - Sacre (1987) BIS 188 Stravinsky, Igor Dag Achatz, piano; Roland Pöntinen, piano The Russian Cello (1986) BIS 336 Stravinsky, Igor, Shostakovich, Dmitri, Schnittke, Alfred Torleif Thedéen, cello; Roland Pöntinen, piano Burlesque Trombone (1986) BIS 318 Rabe, Folke, Kazimierz Serocki, Bernstein, Leonard, Jean-Michel Defaye, Jacques Castérède, Henri Dutilleux, Chopin, Fryderyk/ Julius Jacobsen, Julius Jacobsen, Roland Pöntinen Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano Satie - piano music (1986) BIS 317 Satie, Erik Roland Pöntinen, piano Music for a rainy day (1985) BIS 300 Chopin, Fryderyk, Manuel de Falla,  Scriabin, Alexandr,  Beethoven, Ludwig van, Stenhammar, Wilhelm, Schumann, Robert, Grieg, Edvard, William Seymer, Prokofiev, Sergei;, Debussy, Claude, Satie, Erik Roland Pöntinen, piano Romantic Trombone (1985) BIS 298 J. Guy Ropartz, Saverio Mercadante, Saint-Saëns, Camille; Philippe Gaubert, Joseph Jongen, Sigismond Stojowski, Alfvén, Hugo, Carl Maria von Weber Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano The Virtuoso Trumpet (1985) BIS 287 Arban, Jean Baptiste, Jean Françaix, Antoine Tisné, Arthur Honegger, Peter Maxwell Davis, Rabe, Folke, John Hartmann Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet; Roland Pöntinen, piano Russian Piano Music (1984) BIS 276 Stravinsky, Igor, Scriabin, Alexandr, Shostakovich, Dmitri, Rachmaninov, Sergei, Prokofiev, Sergei;, Aram Khatchaturian Roland Pöntinen, piano Tubin - Chamber (1984) BIS 269 Tubin, Eduard Roland Pöntinen, piano; Nils-Erik Sparf, violin; Pekka Savijoki, saxophone; Lund's Student Choral Society; Janåke Larson, organ/ piano; Neeme Järvi, conductor The Virt. Trombone (1984) BIS 258 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai, Stjepan Sulek, Martin, Frank, Vittorio Monti, Fritz Kreisler, Arthur Pryor, Hindemith, Paul, Luciano Berio Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano Hindemith - Chamber music (1993) BIS 159 Hindemith, Paul Malmö Brass Ensemble; Knut Sønstevold, bassoon; Eva Knardahl, piano; Pekka Savijoki, saxophone; Jussi Siirala, piano; Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano; Edward Tarr, trumpet; Elisabeth Westenholz, piano; Michael Lind, bass tuba; Steven Martin - Chamber (1996) BIS 71 Martin, Frank Jacqueline Delman, soprano; Gunilla von Bahr, flute; Lucia Negro, piano; Hans Fagius, organ; Christian Lindberg, trombone; Roland Pöntinen, piano; Manuela Wiesler, flute; Julian Jacobson, piano