Kirmo Lintinen: Patikka for violin, violoncello and piano
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Kirmo Lintinen: Patikka for violin, violoncello and piano

Patikka ("Trek") for piano trio (2011) is a perfect chamber music piece for young players. The idiomatic writing for each instrument and clear, memorable characters create a transparent texture. The piece was commissioned by Juvenalia Music Institute for a chamber music competition. 55011-536-1, € 14,50

Jean Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra, New Urtext editions
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Jean Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra, New Urtext editions

The most beloved pieces for string orchestra are now available in the Helsinki Sibelius Edition series as Urtext editions. Andante festivo JS34bScore 55011-399-2, € 12,10 Buy nowRakastava / The Beloved Op.14Score 55011-401-2, € 12,10 Buy nowScherzo Op.4Score 55011-389-3, € 12,10 Buy now

Olli Koskelin: X’seven for violoncello
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Olli Koskelin: X’seven for violoncello

X’seven (2010/18) is the final piece of a solo cello suite consisting of seven compositions which can be performed individually or detached with another X-composition. The works are composed by using the same material viewed at different angles. In the first compositions of X-suite seemingly random fragments join together piece by piece as the work…

Kirmo Lintinen: Rondo burlesque for bassoon and piano
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Kirmo Lintinen: Rondo burlesque for bassoon and piano

The qualitative elements of bars with their upbeats, accents and GPs create a refined musical rhetoric in this piece for bassoon and piano. The roguish poetic metres gambol jerkily along, and although at surface level the music may appear guileless, Lintinen knows his polyphony, judging by the capital roving of his voices even in the…

Tuomas Turriago: Tanguerengue for trumpet and piano
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Tuomas Turriago: Tanguerengue for trumpet and piano

Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores asked Tuomas Turriago to write a piece for a recital in April 2019. The composer tells: "My half-Colombian soul fell in love with the Venezuelan dance merengue at once when it was introduced to me and it has been an important construction material in my music ever since. I decided…