Ondine was founded in 1985 in Helsinki, Finland, where the company is still based and today offers an extremely eclectic catalogue of both contemporary Finnish music, as well as recordings with major Finnish and international artists. Ondine’s extensive catalogue includes more than 600 recordings (more than 300 of which are available digitally) of artists and ensembles such as conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach, conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Sakari Oramo, Leif Segerstam, John Storgårds and Mikko Franck, orchestras such as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the London Sinfonietta, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic, sopranos Karita Mattila and Soile Isokoski, pianist Olli Mustonen, violinist Pekka Kuusisto and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. The label has also had a long and fruitful association with the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, having recorded the premieres of many of his works and garnering many awards along the way.

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Album Title Catalogue No.
ACKTÉ, Aino: Collected Recordings, 1902-1913 ODE883-2
ADÈS, T.: Märchentänze / Powder Her Face: Hotel Suite / Lieux retrouvés / Dawn (Kuusisto, T. Nuñez, Finnish Radio Symphony, N. Collon) ODE1411-2
AHO, K.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 (Leipzig Radio Symphony, Pommer) ODE765-2
ANDERSON, J.: Alhambra Fantasy / Khorovod / The Stations of the Sun / The Crazed Moon / Diptych (London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony, Knussen) ODE1012-2
ANDERSON, J.: Comedy of Change (The) / Heaven is Shy of Earth (Bickley, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Knussen) ODE1313-2
AUVINEN, A.: Junker Twist / Himmel Punk / Turbo Aria (Finnish Radio Symphony, Lintu) ODE1326-2
BACEWICZ, G.: Piano Concerto / Concerto for 2 Pianos / Overture (P. Jablonski, Brauss, Finnish Radio Symphony, N. Collon) ODE1427-2
BACEWICZ, G.: Piano Works - Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Concert Etudes / Concert Krakowiak (P. Jablonski) ODE1399-2
BACH, C.P.E. / BACH, J.C. / BACH, J.S.: Keyboard Concertos (Injushina, Hamburger Camerata, Gothoni) ODE1224-2
BACH, J. S.: Violin Concertos (Kuusisto) ODE980-2
BACH, J.S. / SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes and Fugues, Vol. 2 ODE1033-2D
BACH, J.S.: Cello Suites Nos. 1-3 / Violin Partitas Nos. 2 and 3 (arr. F. Brüggen for recorder) (B. Roed) ODE1323-2D
BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (arr. for accordion) (Rattya) ODE1209-2
BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Vogt) ODE1273-2
BACH, J.S.: Kunst der Fuge (Die) (The Art of Fugue) (Häkkinen) ODE1437-2
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 (Kaakinen-Pilch) ODE1241-2D
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 (Tetzlaff) (2016) ODE1299-2D
BACH, J.S.: Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1014-1019 (Kaakinen-Pilch, Hakkila) ODE1446-2D
BACH, J.S.: Violin Partitas Nos. 1-3, BWV 1002, 1004, 1006 (arr. for guitar) (Korhonen) ODE1164-2D
BACH, J.S.: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, BWV 1001, 1003, 1005 (arr. for guitar) (Korhonen) ODE1128-2
BALSYS, E.: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Dramatic Frescoes / Reflections of the Sea (Bidva, Baikštytė, Lithuanian National Symphony, Pitrėnas) ODE1358-2
BALTIC SOUNDS - Selection of Music by Baltic Composers from the Ondine Catalogue ODE1395-2
BARTOK, B.: Concerto for Orchestra / MARTINU, B.: Memorial to Lidice / KLEIN, G.: Partita for Strings (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eschenbach) ODE1072-5
BARTOK, B.: Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances / ROZSA, M: Concerto for Strings (Csaba) ODE919-2
BARTOK, B.: Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / BERGMAN, E.: Borealis / STRAVINSKY, I.: Sonata for 2 Pianos (Raekallio, Lagerspetz) ODE806-2