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Toivo Kuula: Legends 2 / Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis; Timo Lehtovaara, choirmaster; Esa Ruuttunen, baritone

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-09-11

Works: Toivo Kuula: Meren virsi (The Song of the Sea), for chorus, Op. 11/2; Juhlamarssi, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 5; Keinutan kaikua, for chorus, Op. 11/6; Hautalaulu, for chorus, Op. 11/5; Juhlakantaat...
Performers: Helin, Pasi [Piano]; Hietaharju, Markku; Ruuttunen, Esa
Conductors: Lehtovaara, Timo; Sakari, Petri; Ampuja, Raine
Ensemble: ; Kaartin Vaskiyhtye; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

This disc of historic Finnish choral works includes two of the six cantatas composed by Toivo Kuula, which have remained mostly unknown to the general...continue...

Aarre Merikanto: Symphonies 1 & 3 / Turku PO; Petri Sakari, conductor

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-09-11

Works: Aarre Merikanto: Symphony no 1 in B minor, Op. 5; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Sakari, Petri
Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958) was one of the greatest ever Finnish composers. His first symphony was written in 1912, when he was 19 and the third...continue...

Grand Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra / Janne Mertanen, piano; Turku PO; Jani Telaranta

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-07-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in F major, Op. 14 "Krakowiak"; Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in A m...
Performers: Mertanen, Janne
Conductors: Telaranta, Jani
Ensemble: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Janne Mertanen has become known primarily as a Chopin interpreter and his repertoire does indeed cover almost all the piano music by this composer. He...continue...