the recordings

Selected discography
Here you find some of Roland Pöntinen's best recordings.
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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