
This is a clever and interesting collection. Both Madetoja’s Kullervo and Klami’s Kalevala Suite will be well known to fans of Finnish music (and who
This disc completes Ondine’s cycle of Leevi Madetoja symphonies. It’s
Leevi Madetoja composed his magnificent Second Symphony in 1918, during
This set reissues at mid-price the contents of two full CDs containing Leevi Madetoja’s complete symphonies and other selected orchestral music. Sibelius overshadowed Madetoja’s reputation,
Premiered in 1930 but composed a few years earlier, Okon Fuoko stands with the Second and Third Symphonies as one of Leevi Madetoja’s orchestral masterpieces.
Leevi Madetoja’s reputation today rests largely on his two fine operas: Juha, and The Ostrobothnians. He also composed a good deal of orchestral music that
Volume 2 of Alba’s series featuring Leevi Madetoja’s orchestral works opens with the Symphony No. 1, completed in 1916. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable, masterfully crafted
This lovely disc makes the perfect introduction to Leevi Madetoja’s mature sound world. The two sets of excerpts from his operas, the works on which
This third volume of orchestral music by Leevi Madetoja includes a couple of CD premieres, first among them the very substantial Symphonic Suite for Orchestra