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Critical acclaim

Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine ODE1155-2, recording: Enno Mäemets.

”Without forgetting its traditions, YL's larger male-assembly produces a pithy tone.”

Helsingin Sanomat

/ Jukka Isopuro, 20.3.2010
Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine 1155-2

”Matti Hyökki is one of our musical art's finest premiere-performers: every new piece is sent from his hands and YL's throats to the world as complete and vital.”

Rondo

/ Antti Häyrynen, 3/2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”Mr. Vanska said he was uncertain that an American choir could successfully sing the Finnish texts, so he brought in the superb YL Male Voice Choir”

The New York Times

/ Vivien Schweitzer, 02.03.2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”The best I've seen in a year, and I see 150 performances per year. -Sedgwick Clark, Musical America”

YLE Kulttuurikunto

/ Outi Popp, 01.03.2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”easily the finest concert I've heard so far this season.”

classicalsource.com

/ Gene Gaudette, 01.03.2010
Konsertti
USA Tour February 2010, Kullervo performance at Carnegie Hall, NY Päivi Nisula, soprano, Hannu Niemelä, baritone, Minnesota Orchestra and YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Osmo Vänskä

”Not only did he [Vänskä] have the orchestra playing magnificently, he also had a sensational lineup of vocalists, all Finnish”

classicstoday.com

/ David Hurwitz, 01.03.2010
Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine ODE1155-2, recording: Enno Mäemets.

”One can feel the deep and pompous atmosphere from the choir, and it clearly does not lack the courage to plunge into the pieces”

Keskisuomalainen

/ Kirsi Taivainen, 15.02.2010
Levy
Talescapes Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki. Ondine ODE1155-2, recording: Enno Mäemets.

”The YL Male Voice Choir is an elastic and sophisticated-sounding assembly.”

Yle Radio 1

/ Timo Asikainen, 04.02.2010
Levy
Jean Sibelius: The Voice of Sibelius YL Male Voice Choir, cond. Matti Hyökki, Lahti SO, cond. Osmo Vänskä. BIS-CD-1433

”the key factor to the high-quality content in this album is YL Male Voice Choir”

Scherzo

/ José Guerrero Martín, 2/2009
Levy
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Complete Works for Male Choir Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat, cond. Matti Hyökki, Talla Vocal Ensemble, cond. Pasi Hyökki. Ondine / ODE 1125-2

”it would be a mistake to bypass it”

Audiophile

/ Steven Ritter, 1/2009