Capriccio (1989) puts the idea of caprice into practice in various ways. The 10-minute-long work in three movements is scored for the same instruments as Mozart’s Serenades for winds. The...

Popular Christmas carols first published in the collection "Joulun aikaan" (The Time of Christmas, 2001) now available as pdf:s. J. S. Bach: Mä seimes ääreen seisahdun (Ich steh' an deiner...

Hele (2018) was written for the musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. It is set up for an ensemble consisting of woodwind quintet, trumpet, percussion and string quintet. Wennäkoski...

The six-movement Per speculum in enigmatae suite (Through a glass, darkly) is published for the first time. Melartin assembled it from different separate pieces. The biblical heading maybe has a...

This work is scored for a string orchestra of twenty players. The piano part is honouring the ‘Beethovenian-Lisztian-Brahmsian’ pianistic tradition. At times it is lean and linear, but the work...

In spring 2006 Kalevi Aho came across the posthumously published The Book of Questions (1974) by Pablo Neruda. It consists of short, exquisite questions which force the reader to look...

Russian-born Victoria Yagling (1946−2011) was an acclaimed cellist who studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Mstislav Rostropovich. She began composing at an early age and continued her studies with Dmitry...

from English-speaking countries This collection of repertoire books contains Maryan Balkwill's selection of songs from English-speaking nations. These pieces offer inspiring repertoire for young cellists complementing the teaching methods of...

New edition of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s first string quartet is based on the composer's manuscript, incorporating corrections and comments by composer's hand in various sources. Score & parts 55011-639-9, € 39,90

A completely new edition of Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Divertimento is based on the composer's manuscript, incorporating corrections and comments by the composer's in various sources. Written in 1953, the 9-minute Divertimento...