The Alba new release nuorvala 7.13 provides an essential overview of one of Finland’s most original musical voices, Finnish composer Juhani Nuorvala, who has always been slightly outside the Finnish mainstream. The album includes six works from 1994 to 2012. Artist on the disc are top names in Finnish music life at the moment: soprano Tuuli Lindeberg, tenor Topi Lehtipuu, cello player Juho Laitinen, viola da gamba player Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, fluteist Mikael Helasvuo, clarinet players Heikki Nikula ja basset and Harri Mäki. Also performing are the reknowned early music ensemble Battalia conducted by Kirmo Lintinen.