New edition 2024 of the Finnish choir classics! Joonas Kokkonen’s (1921-1996) Laudate Domini (1966) for mixed chorus and soprano is the most important of Kokkonen’s works for choir. In these five movements the composer demonstrates his skill at achieving orchestral proportions using choral resources. Buy now
Piano reduction available for the first time! Originally for voice & orchestra, Kokkonen’s The Hades of the Birds consists of three songs, two shorter ones framing a longer middle one. The chosen poems were by P. Mustapää and their appeal lay for him in their “simply unique mysticism”. The music merges seamlessly with the moods…
These settings of poems by Eeva-Liisa Manner (Orphic Songs, 1973) is now being published for the first time. The poems draw on ancient mythology, oriental philosophy and mysticism in their own inimitable, unadorned manner. Poet and composer shake hands in this song cycle: the same landscape looks different depending on the lighting and season.55011-696-2, €…
The delightful carol sequence by Joonas Kokkonen now finally available as an arrangement for mixed choir made by Kokkonen’s composition student Jouko Linjama. Includes four Christmas songs (Jouluna, Legenda, Aattoiltana and Metsän joulu). 55011-702-0, € 10,40
The first publication of Joonas Kokkonen’s piece for male choir "Lehvillä puiden" to the poem of Lassi Nummi (1928-2012). 55011-697-9, € 2,90
The popular series of four carols now available on digital download. Suosittu joululaulusarja saatavana nyt sähköisenä lataustiedostona.1. Jouluna (Johannes Suomalainen) 2. Aattoiltana (Ester Ahokainen) 3. Metsän joulu (Oiva Paloheimo) 4. Legenda (Jaakko Haavio)55016-514-4, € 5,90
The corrected and updated edition of the piano reduction of the opera Viimeiset kiusaukset (1973–75) is made by Pekka Asikainen (who has worked with it as a répétiteur for decades) and the conductor Ulf Söderblom. The publication marks the 100th anniversary of Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996), celebrated in 2021. 55011-617-7, € 42,60
