Monographies/Portraits:
CDs with only the music of Kaija Saariaho
BIS-LP 307 (1986, reprinted 1997)
Verblendungen (RSO, dir. Esa-Pekka Salonen), Sah den Vögeln (Ensemble, dir. Atso Almila), Jardin Secret I, Laconisme de l'aile (Camilla Hoitenga, flute).
Verblendungen, Lichtbogen, Io (Avanti, dir. Jukka-Pekka Saraste), Stilleben.
ONDINE ODE 791-2 (1992)
Maa: Ballet Music in Seven Scenes (Ensemble, dir. Tapio Tuomela).
ONDINE ODE 804-2 (1993)
Du Cristal,...à la fumée, Nymphea (LA Philharmonic, dir. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kronos Quartet, Anssi Karttunen, cello, Petri Alanko, flute).
ONDINE ODE 906-2 (1997)
Private Gardens: Lonh, Près, NoaNoa, Six Japanese Gardens (Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Anssi Karttunen, cello, Camilla Hoitenga, flute, Florent Jodelet, percussions).
PETALS 002 (1998)
Works for cello: Petals, Près, Spins and Spells
Anssi Karttunen, cello
FINLANDIA 3984-23407-2 (1999)
Meet The Composer: Kaija Sariaho (2 CDs reprint from various Finlandia)
Verblendungen, Lichtbogen, Io (Avanti, dir. Jukka-Pekka Saraste), Stilleben,
Jardin Secret II (Jukka Tienssu, harpsichord), Petals (Anssi Karttunen, cello), Lichtbogen (Endymion, cond. John Whitfield)
PETALS 003 (1999)
Two Musical Environments: La Dame à la Licorne, Cloud Music
ONDINE 958-2 (2000)
From the Grammar of Dreams: vocal works (Du glick, flög, Preludi-Tunnustus-Postludi, Miranda’s Lament, Caliban’s Dream, From the Grammar of Dreams, Il pleut, Adjö, Grammaire des reves, Die Aussicht)
Anu Komsi, Piia Komsi, sopranos, Petteri Salomaa, bariton, Avanti! dir.Hannu Lintu
MODE 91 (2000)
New gates: Chamber music (Cendres, Grammaire des rêves, Solar, New Gates)
Ensemble Champs d'action dir. James Wood
NAIVE MO782087 (2001)
Prisma: cd-rom + the audio-CD Private Gardens
SONY CLASSICAL 60817 (2001)
Graal Théathre, Château de l'âme, Amers (Avanti!, BBC Symphony, dir. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gidon Kremer, violin, Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Anssi Karttunen, cello).
Ondine ODE 9970 (2002)
Reprinted
Graal théâtre (first recording of the chamber orchestra version), Solar, Lichtbogen
John Storgårds, violin, Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, cond. Hannu Lintu
Montaigne MO 782154 (2002)
Laconisme de l'aile, Flute Concerto "L'Aile du songe", poems Saint-John Perse
Camilla Hoitenga, flute, Amin Maalouf, reciter, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste, (Kaija Saariaho & Jean-Baptiste Barrière, electronics)
INA 5013 / 275 922 (2002)
Six Japanese Gardens, Trois rivières: Delta
Thierry Miroglio, percussions
http://www.ina.fr/produits/disques/ina-GRM/disque212.fr.html
KAIROS 0012412KAI (2004)
Chamber Music: Cendres, Noa Noa, Mirrors (two versions), Spins and Spells, Monkey Fingers, Velvet Hand, Petals, Laconisme de l'aile, Six Japanese Gardens
Wolpe Trio (Lesley Olson, flute, Scott Roller, cello, Susanne Achilles, piano)
Ondine ODE 1047-2 (2004)
Du cristal, ...à la fumée, Nymphea (Jardin secret III), Sept papillons (first commercial recording)
Anssi Karttunen, cello, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kronos Quartet (Nymphea)
[part of the material also published in Ondine ODE 804-2, 1993]
Ondine ODE 1049-2 (2004)
Cinq reflets de l'Amour de loin, Nymphea Reflection, Oltra mar
Pia Freund, soprano, Gabriel Suovanen, baritone, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Aeon 637 Harmonia Mundi (2006)
Works for cello (Petals, Oi Kuu, Spins and Spells, Mirrors, Sept Papillons, Près)
Alexis Decharmes, cello, Nicolas Baldeyrou, clarinet, Jérémie Fèvre, flute
Ondine ODE 1130-2 (2008)
Notes on Light, Orion, Mirage
Karita Mattila, soprano, Anssi Karttunen, cello, Orchestre de Paris, cond. Christoph Eschenbach
Harmonia Mundi HMC801937.38 (2009)
L’Amour de loin
Daniel Belcher, baritone, Ekaterina Lekhina, soprano, Marie-Ange Todorovich, mezzo
Deutsches Symphonie Orchestra and Choir Berlin, cond. Kent Nagano
Ondine ODE 1173-2
D'Om Le Vrai Sens, Laterna Magica, Leino Songs
Anu Komsi, soprano, Kari Krikku, clarinet, Finnish Radio Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo
Ondine ODE 1189-2
Trios: Mirages, Cloud Trio, Cendres, Je sens un deuxième cœur, Seranatas
Steven Dann, Pia Freund, Tuija Hakkila, Mikael Helasvuo, Florent Jodelet, Anssi Karttune, Ernest Kovacic
Ondine ODE-1217-5
La Passion de Simone
Dawn Upshaw, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir, cond. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ondine ODE-1222-2
Chamber Works for Strings Vol I: Tocar, Vent Nocturne, Calices, Spins and Spells, Nocturne, Nymphéa
Meta4 String Quartet, Anna Lakso, Marko Myöhänen
Ondine ODE-1242-2
Chamber Works for Strings Vol II: Fleurs de Neige, Aure, Du glick flög, Nocturne for viola,
Changing Light, ...de la terre, Die Aussicht, Terra Memoria
Meta4 String Quartet, Pia Freund, Marko Myöhänen
Ondine ODE 1255-2
Quatre Instants, Terra Memoria, Emilie Suite
Karen Vourc’h, Marko Letonja, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Ondine ODE-1276-2
Let the Wind Speak, works for flute
Tocar, Mirrors, Couleurs du vent, Sombre, Oi Kuu, Laconisme de l’aile
Camilla Hoitenga, Anssi Karttunen, Daniel Belcher, Héloïse Dautry, Da Camera Houston
Cedille Records CDR 90000 183
Saariaho x Koh, works for violin
Tocar, Cloud Trio, Light and Matter, Aure, Graal Théâtre
Jennifer Koh, Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Ondine ODE 1309-2
True Fire, Trans, Ciel d’hiver
Xavier de Maistre, Gerald FiHnley, Hannu Lintu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
