A handpicked collection of piano gems. Contents: Amy Beach: Exiles · Lili Boulanger: Cortège · Brahms: Hungarian Dance no. 6; Intermezzo A major · Chopin: Étude E major; Marche funèbre; Prelude E minor · Debussy: Golliwog’s Cakewalk · Massenet: Elegie · Mozart: Fantasia no. 3 D minor · Prokofiev: Visions fugitives 1 · Rachmaninov: Prelude…
Siri Brander (1866–1934) was one of the first female composers to be played by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Elegie (originally for piano) was arranged for string orchestra by A. E. Westerlind and first performed in 1894. More than 120 years later it was recovered in the archives. The small treasure of pure salon romanticism has…
Kalevi Aho composed this piece for oboe in 2015 for the 60th anniversary of his brother Keijo Aho, who also premiered the work. The 10-minute work has five movements and is suitable also for advanced students. Each movement portrays a muse of the Greek mythology. 55011-493-7, € 13,90
Kalevi Aho composed ER-OS in 2015 as a wedding gift for conductor-clarinetist Osmo Vänskä and violinist Erin Keefe and named the work with the initials of their names. The virtuosic work is divided in three parts, the overall duration c. 11 minutes. 2 Playing scores: 55011-687-0, € 18,90
Pitkään toivottu, alun perin 1990-luvulla julkaistu Pianokoulu aikuisille jälleen saatavilla! Anna soida! on kätevä opas niille, joiden pianonsoiton opiskelu on syystä tai toisesta keskeytynyt tai lykkääntynyt. Sisältää monipuolista ja virkistävää ohjelmistoa, kaikille tuttuja kappaleita ja klassisia pienoishelmiä. Koskaan ei ole liian myöhäistä oppia soittamaan! Tvåspråkig utgåva fin-sve. 55011-636-8, € 34,90
Uuno Klami (1900–1961) became one of the leading Finnish Modernists during the 1920s. His sonata for viola and piano in B flat minor (1920) stayed forgotten for a long time until in 2016 the violist Eero Kesti took the demanding task of editing the very challenging manuscript which was full of unclear corrections. The sonata…
In spring 2020 the coronavirus began to spread throughout the world and in many places people were subjected to quarantine. It was then that the Japanese violist Hiyoli Togawa proposed to the record label BIS to release a viola disc entitled Songs of Solitude of short pieces by different contemporary composers as a reflection of…
According to Jouni Kaipainen, the fourth string quartet (2006) is one of the key works of Seppo Pohjola (b. 1965) and holds a place as a landmark in Finnish quartet literature. It is the longest (ca. 33 min) of Pohjola’s five string quartets and has the widest thematic arcs of his quartets. Score & parts…
Mot natten (Towards night, 2018) found its inspiration and name in Finnish poet Bo Carpelan’s (1926-2011) posthumous poetry collection though the movements are not tied to specific poems. Duration ca. 11’30. 55011-685-6, € 24,00
Linjama’s second string quartet (2018) is subtitled Allerheiligentag III. The material for the Allerheiligentag cycle is a Finnish folk chorale for All Saints’ Day (the other works in the cycle are a string trio, a piece for orchestra and solo works for viola da gamba and violin). The quartet is in three movements tensed in…
