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Matti Salminen is one of the leading bass singers of our time. The winner of two Grammys built his career on powerful performances of Wagner, Mozart and Mussorgsky roles at nearly every prominent opera house and concert hall in the world. On this new recording, Matti Salminen performs rarities outside the standard repertoire and delivers a personal account of orchestral songs from compatriot Finnish composers, including the great Jean Sibelius. Accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under its new chief conductor John Storgårds, Salminen is completely at home singing this music. Many of these songs about nature and love deserve a greater attention and this recording forms a perfect vehicle for discovering exactly that.