Instrumental, Piano Solos, Aho (composer)
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Full marks for originailty of concept and for execution, which has all this ensemble's trademark style and communicative nous, and for a fascinating booklet-note by Ivan Moody.ode12732 —
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Kalevi Aho: Ludus Solemnis
Music for and with Organ
Jan Lehtola (organ), Petri Komulainen (horn), Jussi Vuorinen (trombone), Kaija Saarikettu (violin) & Anna-Kaisa Pippuri (oboe)
Aho's writing for organ certainly betrays the same ear for instrumental colour as his orchestral works, and it is refreshing to hear what one might call a 'non-French' approach to the instrument. —
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Sonja Fräki rises to the challenge…of all the music on this disc. —
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Kalevi Aho: Chamber Music
Samuli Peltonen (cello), Sonja Fräki (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin), Pekka Kuusisto (violin)
The works here find him in various states of mind but mostly diligence and distress. The two pieces written to mourn fellow musicians are, in fact, the best. Lamento was created for the funeral... —
