Aho, Kalevi

I Will - Tahdon: Finnish Wedding Music by Merikanto, Kuula, Melartin, Linjama, Kokkonen, Almila / Jan Lehtola, organ

2 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-11-13

Works: Oskar Merikanto: Häähymni (Wedding Hymn) for organ; Toivo Kuula: Wedding March, for piano; Erkki Melartin: Festive March; S. Snåre: Häämarssi Kruunupyystä (Wedding March...
Performers: Lehtola, Jan

Organist Jan Lehtola has gathered together most of the Finnish organ music composed for weddings in a church. He performs on an organ built in...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Helsinki, Finland (2008-09-01_2008-09-02&2009-)....continue...

R. Strauss, Skalkottas & Aho: Concertos and Solos For Oboe / Yeon-Hee Kwak

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-05-22

Works: Nikos Skalkottas: Concertino for oboe & piano; Kalevi Aho: Seven Inventions and Postlude, for oboe & cello; Richard Strauss: Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144
Performers: Kwak, Yeon-Hee; Pia, David [Cello]
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Munchner Rundfunkorchester

The outstanding oboist Yeon-Hee Kwak pays tribute to three twentieth-century composers and gives the recording premiere of the orchestral version of the Concertino for Oboe...continue...

Kalevi Aho: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano; Sonata for Two Accordions /

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-05-10

Works: Kalevi Aho: Quintet for clarinet & string quartet; Trio for clarinet, viola & piano; Sonata for 2 Accordions
Performers: Billmeyer, Susan; DiBello, Gina [Violin]; Kujala, Susanne [Accordion]; Kujala, Veli; Kwak, Sarah; Ross, Anthony; Turner, Thomas; Vanska, Osmo

Renowned for his rich production in the field of orchestral music, Kalevi Aho is also a prolific composer for chamber forces. Here three works spanning...continue...

Aho: In Memoriam Pehr Henrik Nordgren; Nordgren: Saxophone Concerto; Part: Fratres; Masson: Quatain

1 Super Audio CD / Alba / 2012-02-14

Works: Pehr Henrik Nordgren: Concerto for 4 saxophones & string orchestra (with gong), Op. 108; Arvo Pärt: Fratres, for chamber ensemble; Askell Masson: Quatrain, concerto for 4 saxophones, tubular bel...
Performers: Storgårds, John [Conductor, Violin]
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: ; Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

This tribute to the Finnish composer Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944-2008) includes one of his best concertos coupled with works by other composers whose lives were...continue...
Recording information: Rovaniemi Church (08/11/2010-08/13/2010)....continue...

Kalevi Aho: Piano Concerto No. 2; Symphony No. 13

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-06-17

Works: Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Piano no 2; Symphony no 13 'Symphonic Characterizations'
Performers: Siirala, Antti
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

With fifteen symphonies in his work list to date, as well as numerous other orchestral pieces, Kalevi Aho is one of today's most important composers...continue...
Recording information: Sibelius Hall, Lahti, Finland....continue...

Avenue: Finnish Saxophone Masterpieces

1 CD / Alba / 2010-05-11

Works: Perttu Haapanen: Aria, for alto saxophone; Jarmo Sermilä: Contemplation 2, for alto saxophone; Kalevi Aho: Quartet for flute, saxophone, guitar & percussion; Sampo Haapamäki: Avenue, for al...
Performers: Marin, Risto-Matti; Tuomisalo, Olli-Pekka [Saxophone]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academic Saxophone Quartet; Linea; Osuma Ensemble

Olli-Pekka Tuomisalo is completing work on his doctorate in saxophone at the Sibelius Academy. He is recording a series called "Complete Finnish Saxophone Music," which...continue...

Aho: Rituals, etc / John Storgårds, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-06-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: The Book of Questions "Kysymysten kirja"; Concerto for Viola; Symphony no 14 "Rituals"
Performers: Gribajcevic, Anna Kreetta; Groop, Monica
Conductors: Storgårds, John
Ensemble: Lapland Chamber Orchestra

In 2003 Kalevi Aho received the unusual commission of composing a complete concert program. The composer's ambition was to devise a great 'metasymphony' in which...continue...

21st Century Tuba Concertos - Hogberg, Sandstrom, Aho / Oystein Baadsvik, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-05-01

Works: Fredrik Högberg: Rocky Island Boat Bay; Jan Sandström: The Lemon House; Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Tuba
Performers: Baadsvik, Oystein
Conductors: Rondin, Mats
Ensemble: Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

The Norwegian tubaist Oystein Baadsvik has made his mark with a number of highly varied recordings on BIS, including a parade of show-stoppers such as...continue...

Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 12 / Storgårds, Piira, Alamikkotervo, Lehtonen, Lahti SO, etc

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-06-06

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 12 "Luosto"
Performers: Alamikkotervo, Aki; Lehtonen, Hannu; Piira, Taina
Conductors: ; Storgårds, John
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra; London Chamber Orchestra

Continuing a commitment which began in 1989, BIS has released a number of discs dedicated to the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho. These include programs with...continue...

Nielsen, Aho: Clarinet Concertos / Fröst, Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-03-07

Works: Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Clarinet, FS 129/Op. 57; Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Clarinet
Performers: Frost, Martin
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Martin Fröst and Osmo Vanska again prove a most persuasive partnership in this latest collaboration. There is something utterly idiomatic about Fröst's approach to the...continue...

Aho: Concertos / Lipnick. Baadsvik, Rondin, Litton, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-03-07

Works: Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Clarinet; Concerto for Contrabassoon
Performers: Baadsvik, Oystein; Lipnick, Lewis
Conductors: Rondin, Mats; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

"Like the tuba, and in fact many other ostensibly subterranean instruments, the contrabassoon can have a very cantabile character, and while the whole range of...continue...

Paths in Tapiola - Rautavara, et al / Lehtinen, et al

1 CD / Alba / 2005-12-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Isle of Bliss; Seppo Pohjola: Tapiolandia; Ilkka Kuusisto: Tapiola Today; Kalevi Aho: Louhi
Conductors: Lehtinen, Markus
Ensemble: Tapiola Youth Symphony

Remember the last time you listened to Sibelius' gran, dramatic tone poem 'Tapiola' and wondered, "Why doesn't anyone write like this anymore?" Well, they have....continue...

Nordic Spell - Aho, Tómasson, Lindberg / Bezaly, Vänskä

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-07-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Concerto for Flute; Haukur Tómasson: Concerto for Flute no 2; Christian Lindberg: The World of Montuagretta
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo; Wilkinson, Bernhardur; Lindberg, Christian
Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Chamber Orchestra

"Here is the testament to the high standard of creativity and music-making in the Nordic countries. These three concertos are major works, skillfully written for...continue...

Aho: Symphonic Dances, Symphony no 11 / Vänskä, Lahti SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-03-06

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 11; Symphonic Dances "Hommage a Uuno Klami"
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Symphony No. 11, like many of Aho's symphonic works, is actually a concerto, this time for the six-member Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, a young Swedish group...continue...

Ghosts - Sallinen, Rautavaara, etc / The Guards' Band

1 CD / Alba / 2004-01-01

Works: Aulis Sallinen: Palace Rhapsody, Op. 72; Kalevi Aho: Tristia; Einojuhani Rautavaara: A Soldier's Mass; Tumoas Kantelinen: Ghosts
Conductors: Seppälä, Elias; Ampuja, Raine
Ensemble: Kaartin Soittokunta "The Guards' Band [Helsinki]"

Aho: Symphony no 3; Mussorgsky / Vänskä, Lahti SO, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-04-05

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 3; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death
Performers: Kuusisto, Jaakko; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The first thing that hits you about this disc is the extraordinary range and quality of the sound. As Aho's Third Symphony edges in from...continue...

Flute Works From A to Z Vol 1 / Sharon Bezaly

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-06-03

Works: Kalevi Aho: Solo III, for flute; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for flute in A minor, H. 562, Wq. 132; Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for flute, Op. 89; Jurriaan Andriessen: Pastorale d'été, fo...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon

"This is the first in a projected 12-volume series of music for unaccompanied flute...[This] extent of repertoire comes as something of a welcome surprise, and...continue...

Aho: Chinese Songs, Symphony no 4 / Vahevaara, Vänskä, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-09-19

Works: Kalevi Aho: Chinese Songs, song cylce for soprano voice & orchestra; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"Each new encounter with this important Finnish composer reveals new angles...[When] one realizes that Symphony 4 was produced by a 24-year-old composer one can only...continue...

Kalevi Aho: Black Birds, etc / Marjut Tynkkynen

1 CD / Alba / 2000-09-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Accordion Sonata no 1; Accordion Sonata no 2 ("Black Birds" )
Performers: Tynkkynen, Marjut

Aho: Quintet for Oboe, etc / Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-03-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Quintet for oboe & strings; Seven Inventions and Postlude, for oboe & cello; Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola & cello
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble

"The man [Aho] amazes me, and I consider him to be one of the most brilliant composers on the international scene. He is always composing,...continue...

Aho: Quintets / Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-03-04

Works: Kalevi Aho: Quintet for bassoon & strings; Quintet for alto saxophone, bassoon viola, cello & double bass
Performers: Ahmas, Harri; Airas, Anu; Hallantie, Ulla-Maija; Munter, Eero
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sinfonia Lahti Chamber Ensemble

"Kalevi Aho may be the leading Finnish composer today, and before it's all over, may end up one of the most important composers bridging the...continue...

Trombone Concertos from the North / Christian Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-02-04

Works: Christian Lindberg: Arabenne; Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Concerto no 12 for Trombone, Op. 52; Lars-Erik Larsson: Concerto for Trombone and Winds; Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 9
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Hughes, Owain Arwel; van Beek, Arie; Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Östgöta Wind Orchestra ; Tapiola Sinfonietta

Aho: Symphonies no 2 & 7 / Vanska, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-27

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 7 "Insect"
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The Second Symphony comes from 1970, when Aho was still studying with Rautavaara, though he made some revisions in 1995. It is a remarkable work,...continue...

Aho: Symphony no 10, etc / Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1997-07-11

Works: Kalevi Aho: Rejoicing of the Deep Waters, fantasy for orchestra; Symphony no 10
Performers: Ahmas, Harri; Junttila, Lasse; Saarenpaa, Timo
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo

"...This is music with big personality, intellectual and imaginative power. It is also virtually impossible to label. Here is a broadly traditional four-movement symphony, which...continue...

Aho: Symphony no 9, Concerto for Cello / Osmo Vänskä

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-06-17

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 9; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Hoffman, Gary; Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

"The performances are exemplary and the BIS sound, capturing everything from the quietest whisper to quite the loudest noise I have ever heard in a...continue...

Aho: Symphony no 8, Pergamon / Vänskä, Ericsson, Lahti

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 8 for organ & orchestra; Pergamon for 4 orchestral groups, 4 reciters & organ
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola; Pietilainen, Pauli
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Aho: Symphony no 1; Hiljaisus: Violin Concerto / Gräsbeck

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-01-01

Works: Kalevi Aho: Symphony no 1; Hiljaisus for orchestra "Silence"; Concerto for Violin
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: Lahti Symphony Orchestra