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Vagn Holmboe’s three chamber symphonies span the latter half of his career, from 1951 to 1970. They are wonderful works: sophisticated, tightly contracted, imaginatively scored,
Rautavaara’s late works continue to reveal the hand of a master with a completely assured technique and a serenely confident personal style. Towards the Horizon,
Like many modern composers, Jukka Tiensuu spends a lot of time (no doubt) coming up with intriguing titles for his works, to what end I
This is a remarkable project. Kalevi Aho is a prolific and imaginative composer, and the three works here were composed for these forces to comprise
Haflidi Hallgrímsson was himself a cellist, and these two works reflect his utter confidence in writing for the instrument. The Cello Concerto is a major
A few years ago this performance would have been more competitive than it is today. It’s still very good by any measure, well played and
Frank Peter Zimmermann offers a fresh and exciting view of the Violin Concerto, less sentimental than some, with swift tempos, and in particular a dazzlingly
Uuno Klami was the Finnish Ravel, his music characterized by superb craftsmanship, glittering orchestration, and melodies that sound like you might have heard them before
Kalevi Aho loves a challenge, though at times (as in his recent disc of concertos for contrabassoon and tuba) the effort can seem more an
Panufnik’s music seems to be getting little attention since his death in 1991, and it’s not hard to understand why. Writers on the composer tend
