Johnathan Harvey: BODY MANDALA with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov & Stefan Solom [NMC] "Jonathan Harvey's music juxtaposes moments of disarming simplicity, of naivety almost, with others of considerable sophistication and intricacy. …all but one of these pieces explore different facets of spirituality… Perhaps the most immediately involving is White as Jasmine, based on texts by a 12th-century Hindu saint. Here, soprano Anu Komsi delivers a superbly controlled performance of great vocal beauty. In her first entry, she is virtually indistinguishable from the surrounding instruments (and it's satisfying ... to hear singing in which each pitch can be clearly discerned, vibrato notwithstanding)." Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 Esa-Pekka Salonen: FLOOF [Finlandia-Warner] Esa-Pekka Salonen: WING ON WING [Deutsche Grammophon] Shostakovich: FINNISH FOLKSONGS [Bis] Kaija Saariaho: GRAMMAR OF DREAMS [Ondine] Nielsen: 3. SYMPHONY [Bis] György Kurtag: KAFKA FRAGMENTS OP.24 [Ondine] Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 with Sir Roger Norrington and Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, [Hänssler Classic, CD 93.164] NEW RELEASE NOW IN STORES! ANU KOMSI SINGS EINO LEINO: Saariaho, Kaipainen, Melartin, Kuula, Merikanto, Kortekangas, with pianist Pia Värri [Alba, ABCD 231]