GRAMOPHONE Review: Sibelius Violin Concerto/Lemminkäinen Suite – Ava Bahari, Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra/Rouvali

🫧 Open on Bubbles Hugely impressed by Ava Bahari here. She is truly a storyteller. There is untold generosity and cleanness to the playing and the best way I can express what sets apart her reading of this oft-performed piece is the value with which she imbues every note, be it part of a singing phrase or a driving rush of pyrotechnics. Nothing is ‘incidental’, every note has a purpose. And it’s generous too, expansive in the best sense with natural sounding rubatos. Her partner in this endeavour – Santtu-M