Kari Karjalainen has arranged these popular piano pieces by Erkki Melartin to different brass ensembles. The three pieces are: Tanssilaulu op. 16 / 3 Legend I op. 6 / 1 Polska op. 119b / 6 -for brass quartet (2trp-2trb) Buy now -for brass quartet (2trp-hn-trb) Buy now -for brass quintet (2trp-hn-trb-tb) Buy now
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 spiritual rather than a religious connotation, though some of the movements – and the title – are programmatic. 55011-630-6, € 12,50
The first five symphonies by Erkki Melartin (1875–1937) represent the Finnish National Romantic music heritage based on Austo-German orchestral tradition. Melartin considered the Symphony No. 3 as his “testament” and a “description of a battle towards enjoying life”. The new Melartin symphonies editions of are born as a project of Erkki Melartin Society with the…
The Little Quartet for Four Horns op. 185 by Erkki Melartin was commissioned by the progenitor of Finnish horn playing, Holger Fransman (1909-1997). The transcription for four saxophones (soprano/alto, alto, tenor, baritone) is faithful to the original horn version. 55011-533-0, € 19,90
A work commissioned by Holger Fransman. The Helsinki Music Institute’s horn class received this three movement quartet for the spring concert in May 1936 when a composition for four French horns was a rarity in Finland. The quartet was performed for decades as Fransman’s arrangement. This edition is based on the original version of the…
