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…
Erkki Melartin: Little Quartet for Four Saxes, arr. Eskola
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…
Kai Nieminen: Piano Trios
Three piano trios were commissioned by Trio LaRue and composed in 2004-2016.In der Winterzeit (inspired by Paul Klee’s painting Winterwinde) was composed in 2004 and revised in…
Colour Keys the Piano ABC, Teacher’s Guide B
Colour Keys Piano ABC is designed for young beginners, suitable for both private and group lessons. This method book applies the ideas of Zoltan Kodály who believed…
Matthew Whittall: As One Listens to the Rain
The long-lasting admiration for the poetry of Octavio Paz inspired Matthew Whittall to compose this captivating choir piece. A constant ostinato motif is carried throughout the piece…
Kalevi Aho: Solo XIII for trombone
Kalevi Aho’s "Solo" series for different instruments gets a new addition with this piece for trombone, which has been a cherished instrument for the composer. The virtuoso…
Matthew Whittall: Lauantaisauna (Saturday Sauna) for mixed choir
This charming work to a poem by Niilo Rauhala describes the holy place of peace, meditation and closeness, best experienced in the cathedral of nature on a…
Armas Järnefelt: Berceuse (Kehtolaulu)
The most beloved tune by Armas Järnefelt (Jean Sibelius’ brother-in-law) was written in 1904 for violin and piano. It is now available in two new versions: for…
Heikki Sarmanto: Impressions de Paris for piano
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…
Kalevi Aho: Piano Sonata No. 2 – Hommage à Beethoven
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…
Ilmari Hannikainen: Piano Sonata
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…
Finnish Favourites for the Saxophone – Suomalainen saksofonikokoelma
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…
Einari Marvia: Sonata for piano Op. 16
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…
Tuomas Turriago: Somber for piano (2017)
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…
Kimmo Hakola: Wind Quintet op. 96 “Compressions” (2017)
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:…
Jennah Vainio: Frozen Liquid
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,…
Kai Nieminen: Three Quartets of Winter
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, €…
Album for Young Organists – Kokoelma nuorille urkureille
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…
Kimmo Hakola: String Quartet No. 4 op. 95
Kimmo Hakola’s String QuartetNo. 4 Op. 95 was composed in 2016 and is dedicated to Meta4 Quartet. In composer’s words, it is "the floundering, playful, if necessary…
Kai Nieminen: Urkuteoksia / Works for Organ
Nieminen has written four pieces for organ published here for the first time: 1. From Winter’s Night, 2. Temple II, 3. Preghiera (di Francesco di Assisi), and…
Louhos-Nummi: Pianoetydejä 4 (Piano Studies 4)
Suositun Pianoetydejä-sarjan 4. osa jälleen saatavana! Vihko sisältää eri säveltäjien laatimia monipuolisia harjoituksia perustasoittain. The fourth part of the etude collection is available again!55011-196-7, € 19,60
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Angel of Light (Symphony No. 7)
Rautavaara made his major breakthrough with Angel of Light (1995). To mark the 25th anniversary of the work’s premiere we are publishing an entirely new edition of…
Rossa-Szilvay: Duettini for two cellos (Colourstrings Cello ABC)
In these miniature duos, the easy first cello part is taken from the A volume of the Colourstrings Violin ABC. The second cello part is intended for…
Pirkko Simojoki-Géza Szilvay: Viola ABC (Books A-C)
These colourful and illustrative viola tutors are ideally suited for small viola players. A new and expanded edition (2019) of the Book A is better suited for…
Lars Karlsson: Who can sail without a wind (Vem can segla förutan vind)
for organSea often inspires Åland-born Lars Karlsson. In this fantasy the Åland folk tune "Vem kan segla" (Who can sail without a wind) is shown in different…
Paavo Heininen: Sonatas for violin and piano op. 134
The grand old man of Finnish Modernism Paavo Heininen (b. 1938) turned his impressions of Boston into three violin sonatas.Boston Sonata: 55011-500-2, € 32,30 Buy nowBoston Ballade:…
Jyrki Linjama: Sonata da chiesa III for harpsichord
This "church sonata" has three movements, each of which has a definite liturgical character. The cantus firmus of all of the movements are based on ancient choral…
Kalevi Aho: Solo XII for viola
Kalevi Aho has continued composing his popular Solo pieces for different instruments. Solo XII for viola was born in 2016 in memoriam Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016).55011-480-7, € 11,90
Jyrki Linjama: Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen (The Sky is Blue and White)
for violin and pianoNocturnes & scherzos based on a Finnish folk song. Suitable tor teaching purposes as the technical and esthetical solutions in the music open paths…
Erkki Melartin: Little Quartet for Four Horns / Pieni kvartetti neljälle cornille Op. 185
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…