Roope Mäenpää’s Sonata for flute and piano (2020) was composed on a small island Utö in the Archipelago Sea (in the Baltic Sea). Isolated from his normal environment the composer didn’t find so much peace or harmony as insecurity and introversion. These sensations of otherness, together with an intensive creative project, left a diary-like mark…
Lauri Mäntysaari’s solo accordion work Élégie (2020-2021) was forming into a serene, melancholic passacaglia, when the devastating news shocked the world: the iconic cathedral of Notre Dame was on fire. The composer decided to reform the plan for his work, going through purgatory towards a distant reminiscence of the earliest example of European musical polyhphony,…
Kalevi Aho’s 4th string quartet was composed in 2021. Lasting 27 minutes, the work is in four movements. This product includes the full score and the parts. Buy now
Aho’s Quintet for oboe and string quartet (1973) is the first one in his prominent oeuvre for oboe. The 30-minute work consists of two virtuosic movements. Buy now
