Ilkka Kuusisto: Songs & song cycles
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Ilkka Kuusisto: Songs & song cycles

The vast vocal work of Ilkka Kuusisto has numerous masterpieces which we are bringing to public knowledge. Viisi laulua Helena Anhavan runoihin (Five Songs to poems by H. Anhava) for mezzo-soprano & piano (1993) includes various styles from ragtime to waltz and gentle ballade to Finnish texts.55011-727-3, 14,50 € Buy now Käytännön filosofiaa pienille punamuurahaisille…

Timo-Juhani Kyllönen: Christmas Suite for soprano, trumpet & organ
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Timo-Juhani Kyllönen: Christmas Suite for soprano, trumpet & organ

Christmas Suite for soprano, trumpet (or piccolo trumpet or flugelhorn) and organ was commissioned by the Swedish congregation of Espoo in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. The texts (in Swedish) include Medieval prayers praising Mary and Psalm 96. Duration 16 min.Score & trumpet part 55011-730-3, 24,90 €

Seppo Pohjola: String Quartet No. 5
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Seppo Pohjola: String Quartet No. 5

Seppo Pohjola composed his fifth string quartet in winter 2018. He was inspired to write it by a visit to the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam the previous year, where he was greatly impressed by the vast, comprehensive retrospective and especially the horrifyingly honest self-portraits. The soft opening tones bear an instruction alluding to Schönberg’s…

Kimmo Hakola: Clarinet Concerto
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Kimmo Hakola: Clarinet Concerto

The long-waited solo part with piano reduction and study score for Hakola’s Clarinet Concerto finally available! The concerto created world-wide buzz after its premiere in 2001, which was augmented after the CD release. It is a rich and original work in 4 movements lasting some 40 minutes. Solo part & piano reduction 55011-708-2, 29,90 €…

Einar Englund: Suite from the Ballet “Sinuhe” for piano
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Einar Englund: Suite from the Ballet “Sinuhe” for piano

Sinuhe is based on the best-seller book by Mika Waltari and it acts as an example of a Finnish composition founded on a non-Finnish subject handled in a non-National-Romantic way. The Oriental moods and the Nile do not correspond to the view of a Finnish composition as one favouring topics from the national epic, the…

László Rossa (arr. Scheppler): Duettini for two double basses
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László Rossa (arr. Scheppler): Duettini for two double basses

Duettini for two double basses by László Rossa and Bérengère Scheppler brings along chamber music from the very beginning! In these 15 miniature duos the easy first double bass part consists of only open strings and natural harmonics. This part is to be played by the beginner whilst the second part is intended for an…