The friendship between the Finnish jazz composer Heikki Sarmanto and the great French chansonnier Allain Leprest produced this unique series of piano works. The collection is dedicated to Paris, a city they both loved so dearly.55011-473-9, € 34,50
Kalevi Aho’s Second Piano Sonata (2016) is a tribute to the great giant of the piano sonata, Beethoven. The very opening bars already allude to the older master’s most mammoth sonata, the Hammerklavier, op. 106. 55011-517-0, € 24,50
Ilmari Hannikainen (1892–1955) was the most important Finnish pianist during the first decades of the 1900s. In his lifetime he also was one of the country’s most famous composers. Piano Sonata C minor Op. 1 was completed in 1912, and is one of the largest-scale romantic piano compositions in the Finnish piano repertoire.55011-512-5, € 24,50
DMus Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo’s anthology Finnish Favourites for the Saxophone is an almost complete compendium of works written for saxophone and piano in Finland from the 1930s to the 1950s. Technically the works range from basic level examination standard to challenging music institute standard.55011-479-1, € 39,90
Einari Marvia (1915–97) was a Finnish composer, music publisher and musicologist. He studied composition with Melartin, Madetoja and Palmgren. His style is harmonically rich and original, the influence of Brahms is particularly apparent in the keyboard idiom. Piano Sonata (1945) is published now for the first time – directly as an Urtext edition! 55011-481-4, €…
Tuomas Turriago’s works often have an autumnal character, which is also the case of this piano piece. The fast middle section has relations to his first piano sonata, and his passion for jazz is clearly audible.55011-483-8, € 14,10
Kimmo Hakola sees that the aim of composing for wind quintet should be to have the instrument ultimately breathe and express itself as an organic, coherent subject.Score: 55011-508-8, € 15,50 Buy now
Jennah Vainio has succeeded in masterly fashion in blending different structural elements to form a clear continuum in this 9-minute long work for string orchestra 2001.(score) 55011-504-0, € 19,90
Kai Nieminen’s "Three Quartets of Winter" includes: 1. I Can Hear Northern Lights (1999) was inspired by arctic winter and northern lights. (score and parts) 55011-484-5, € 39,90 Buy now 3. Gestures of Winter… (Time around northern night skies) was a part of "Followers of Sibelius" project in 2017. (score and parts) 55011-486-9, € 39,90
Organum-seura tilasi vuonna 2014 urkuteoksia nuorille soittajille kahdeksalta suomalaiselta säveltäjältä. Teosten vaativuustaso ulottuu helposta peruskurssitasosta haasteelliseen musiikkiopistotasoon asti.The Organum Society in Helsinki commissioned pieces for young organists from eight Finnish composers in 2014. The technical level of the pieces in this collection ranges from easy to challenging music of institute standards.Kokoelma sisältää / The collection…
