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Around Europe - works & transcriptoins for tuba by Jarnefelt, Shostakovich, Dumitru, Monti, Mozart, Strauss, Puccini et al. / Harri Lidsle, tuba; Tuomas Turriago, piano

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2013-02-12

Finnish tuba player Harri Lidsle performs music for tuba along with arrangements. He has been a member of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra since 1990; founded...continue...

Perchitarrasola: Finnish & Italian Music for Guitar by Nieminen, Koskinen, Klami, Maggio, Pavia, Porro / Patrik Kleemola, guitar

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2013-01-08

This is a disc of Finnish and Italian music for guitar. Patrik Kleemola is one of the most prominent Finnish guitarists to emerge in recent...continue...

Lyrical Cornet

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (8), Book 1, Op. 12; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Waltz, lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/2; Bedstemors menuet (Grandmother's Minuet), lyric piece for piano, Op. 68/2; Me...
Performers: Harjanne, Jouko; Kari Hanninen

Most of the songs on this recording, which have been transcribed for cornet and piano, come from Grieg's lyrical songs - perhaps his most performed...continue...
Recording information: Nurmes, Hannikainen-Hall (01/05/2011-01/07/2011)....continue...

Chiaroscuro

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549; Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 533 "Little Prelude and Fugue"; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D...
Performers: Hirvonen, Pasi

Pasi Hirvonen studied at the Sibelius Academy, graduating with his Doctor of Music in 2007. He has won several national and international accordion competitions, such...continue...
Recording information: Joensuu Conservatoire Concert Hall (2010)....continue...

Steps To The Past: Works by Strauss, Gounod, Chabrier, Hyytinen / Tommi Hyytinen, French horn

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Louis-François Dauprat: Sonate en Fa majeur pour Cor et Harpe; Charles Gounod: 6 pièces mélodiques originales; Emmanuel Chabrier: Larghetto, for horn & orchestra; Carl Reinecke: Noctur...
Performers: Hyytinen, Tommi
Conductors:
Ensemble: Golden Horns

Tommi Hyytinen is one of the most versatile of today's young Finnish horn players. In addition to the modern French horn, he has specialized in...continue...
Recording information: Helsinki (2008/2009)....continue...

Herbert Lindholm: Happy Days / Amko Strings

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Herbert Lindholm: Sea Air, fantasy for flute, guitar & strings, Op. 41; Concertino Carelia, for solo violin & strings, Op. 64; Concertino Orlando, for solo clarinet, harpsichord & strings, Op. 58; La...
Performers: Bunda, Susanna; Carlson, Anna; Kukkonen, Paivi; Laasko, Markku; Lindholm, Herbert; Sadovnitchaia, Natalia; Tikkanen, Rauno; Vaisanen, Heidi
Conductors: Tikkanen, Rauno; Lindholm, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Amko Strings

Born in Finland in 1946, composer Herbert Lindholm studied flute at the Sibelius Academy and taught flute at the Kuopio Conservatoire from 1969 until 2009....continue...
Recording information: Kuopio Music Centre (05/2009)....continue...

Kai Nieminen: Aquarelles / John Mills

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Kai Nieminen: Acquarelli della notte no 1, for guitar; Homenaje á Andres Segovia, for guitar; Fragmentos de la vida del mar, for guitar; Estampes, for guitar; The Temple, for guitar; Acquarell...
Performers: Mills, John [Violin]

British guitarist John Mills studied at the Royal College of Music. Since his London debut and North American tour in 1971, Mills has given nearly...continue...
Recording information: Vaajakoski Church (05/2005).

Includes cd rom material: unspecified by various composers....continue...

Imaginary Landscapes / Sibelius, Lehto, Fagerlund

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Aarre Merikanto: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor; Jean Sibelius: En saga, Op. 9; Sebastian Fagerlund: Imaginary Landscapes, for chamber orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Lehto: Woodwind Quintet
Conductors: Pekkanen, Pertti
Ensemble: Turku Ensemble

The Turku Ensemble is a chamber music group founded in 1984 by friends in Turku, Finland. The members are teachers at the Turku Music Academy...continue...
Recording information: Sigyn Hall, Turku, Finland (05/2008)....continue...

Kai Nieminen: Paths into the Wintry Night & Dreams of Summer

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Kai Nieminen: Yö, for kantele; Menneestä ajasta ja hiljaisuudesta, for kantele; Tarantula, for kantele; Itämaisia satuja, for ensemble
Performers: Aijala, Heidi; Honkonen, Ulla; Minkkinen, Aino
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Ensemble: Virtaa Quartet

This is a disc of music for kantele: three works for solo kantele and one for kantele quartet. The kantele was born in ancient times...continue...
Recording information: Keltinmäki Church (2005-2006)....continue...

Reflections of Light

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Perttu Haapanen: Prism, for solo horn; Harri Wessman: Sonata for french horn & piano; Eero Hameenniemi: Aria, for solo horn; Eroico - Meditativo - Pensieroso, for solo horn; Olli Kortekangas: Threnod...
Performers: Hyytinen, Tommi; Laitila, Tiina; Toivonen, Tero

This is a disc of music for solo horn and horn and piano by Finnish composers. French horn player Tommi Hyytinen graduated from the Sibelius...continue...
Recording information: Joensuu (2006-06-09_2006-06-10&2006-)....continue...

Poems of Remembrance

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-06-14

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Serenada, for guitar; Toru Takemitsu: Folios, for guitar; Pekka Kostiainen: 7x7, for guitar; Herbert Lindholm: Sacromonte, for guitar, Op. 54; Harri Wessman: Episodes (4) for guita...
Performers: Nieminen, Kai

Kai Nieminen is both a composer and a master guitarist. It is therefore only natural that his oeuvre should contain a wealth of music for...continue...
Recording information: Juuka Church, Finland (06/19/2006-06/21/2006)....continue...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas BWV 1001, 1003 ja 1005

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Performers: Tarjasalo, Jari [Guitar]

Finnish guitarist Jari Tarjasalo graduated from the Sibelius Academy and later studied with William Waters in Barcelona. Since his debut in 1987 he has performed...continue...
Recording information: Church of Inkoo (02/2006-03/2006)....continue...

Diablo Verde

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; Astor Piazzolla: Jeanne y Paul, tango (for film, Cadaveri eccelente); El penúltimo, tango (for film, Cadaveri Eccelenti); Milonga sin palabras, for ...

Duo AcCello, the name of this accordion/cello ensemble, was founded in 2001. This recording, their first, is a collection of Spanish and Argentinian moods. Both...continue...
Recording information: Joensuu Conservatoire Concert Hall (2008)....continue...

Mental Folk

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-05-10

Works: Jukka Harju: Swedish Suite, for ensemble; Tuomo Eerikäinen: Bulgarian Suite, for ensemble; Karjalan kunnailla, for ensemble; Oskar Merikanto: Soi vienosti murheeni soitto (Play Softly, Thou Tune...
Performers: Koskela, Sami
Conductors:
Ensemble: Golden Horns

The Golden Horns is a horn quartet whose members are all full-time classical musicians. They formed this quartet as a creative escape from their classical...continue...
Recording information: Conservatory Hall, Joensuu, Finland (2009)....continue...

Audite, Silete! / Divina Musica

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Michael Praetorius: Audite, silete; Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Daniel Friderici: Cantate Domino, for chorus; Anonymous, Piæ Cantiones: Cedit Hiems Eminus; Ave Maris Stella; Psallat scholarum,...
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Ensemble: Audite, Silete!

Fifteen songs for the Christmas season are performed by the female vocal ensemble Divina Musica. Notes are in Finnish only....continue...
Recording information: JJ Voice Oy; Jokiaudio-studiot....continue...

In South American Twillight

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Emile Desportes: Pastorale mélancolique; Pastorale joyeuse; Émile Pessard: Andalouse, for flute & harp; François-Joseph Gossec: Tambourin; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Prelúdios (5), for g...
Performers: Nieminen, Kai
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Ensemble: Duo Upingos

Two Finnish musicians offer a program of transcriptions for oboe and guitar. Oboist Juha Markkanen studied at the Sibelius Academy and is now principal oboe...continue...
Recording information: Juuka Church, Finland (08/08/2007-08/09/2007)....continue...

Cantus Sollemnis

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Russian Orthodox Chant: Hymn of the Cherubim; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Work(s); Luigi Cherubini: Work(s); Giuseppe Sarti: Kiitä, sieluni Herraa (Bles...

The female vocal quartet Divina Musica offers sacred music from the 11th century onwards....continue...

In the Woods

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Homenaje - M. de Falla; Darius Milhaud: Ségoviana, for guitar, Op. 366; Albert Roussel: Ségovia for guitar, Op. 29; Jorge Gomez Crespo: Norteña for guitar; Toru ...
Performers: Nieminen, Kai

Guitarist Kai Nieminen studied at the Sibelius Academy and the University of Hyväskylä. He has given recitals and appeared as a soloist with orchestras in...continue...
Recording information: Juuka Church (05/21/2004-05/23/2004)....continue...

The Renaissance Album

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Philip Rosseter: Prelude, for lute; Though Far from Joy, for voice & lute; What Then Is Love But Mourning; A Fantasia, for lute (Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book, 37); John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes...
Performers: Malinen, Janne [Guitar]; Tritschler, Robin

Tenor Robin Tritschler and guitarist Janne Malinen offer a program of lute songs and solos from the English Renaissance. Texts of the songs are included....continue...

Frederico Moreno Torroba: Tres Nocturnes; Castillos de España

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Federico Moreno Torroba: Nocturnos (3), concerto for 2 guitars & orchestra; Castles of Spain, for guitar
Performers: Ikaheimo, Mikko [Guitar/Lute]; van Gemert, Rody
Conductors: Nissila, Jyri

Finnish guitarist Mikko Ikäheimo studied at the Sibelius Academy and at the Basel Music Academy in Switzerland. He was awarded first prize at the international...continue...
Recording information: Roihuvuori Church, Helsinki, Finland (10/16/2008-10/17/2008)....continue...

Fragilia / Janne Malinen, Miki, Harvey and Rees

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Minoru Miki: A Young Sprout, for guitar; Dusan Bogdanovic: Balkan Miniatures (6) "For World Peace"; Carlo Domeniconi: Variations on an Anatolian Folksong, for guitar; Jonathan Harvey: Sufi Dance, for...
Performers: Malinen, Janne [Guitar]

Finnish guitarist Janne Malinen studied at the Savonlinna Music Institute and the Sibelius Academy. He also did postgraduate work at the London Royal Academy of...continue...
Recording information: Juuka Chruch (05/20/2006); Savonlinnasali (05/20/2006); Juuka Chruch (06/27/2005-06/28/2005); Savonlinnasali (06/27/2005-06/28/2005)....continue...

Everything but the City

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Minette, arranged by A.Pfeifer for descant zither, or by J.Ruck for 2 guitars (from opera "The Engli; Märchenbilder (3), for guitar (arranged from the opera "Pollicino"; also ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Helsinki Guitarduo

The Helsinki Guitar Duo was formed by Rody van Gemert and Mikko Ikäheimo in 2001. Their repertoire embraces music from the Renaissance to the music...continue...

Il Viaggio

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Kai Nieminen: Concerto for violin & orchestra ["Il viaggio del cavaliere...(inesitente)"]; In Mirrors of Time (Through Colours of Autumn), for orchestra; Concerto for viola, harp & 12 strings ("La Se...
Performers: Erkki Palola; Kuusimaki, Anni
Conductors: Iisakkila, Jukka

Finnish composer Kai Nieminen is also a masterly guitarist. It is therefore only natural that his music should contain a wealth of works for this...continue...
Recording information: Promenad Hall, Pori (10/2007)....continue...

In a Brass Mood / Brass5, Donner, Tamper and Linkola

1 CD / Pilfink Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Henrik Otto Donner: Joensuu-fanfare, for brass ensemble; Jukka Linkola: Brass Quintet no 2; Lasse Eerola: Harmio, for brass ensemble; Esko Heikkinen: Reykjavig saga, for brass ensemble; Ari Romppanen...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brass5

Notes for this disc of music for brass quintet are in Finnish....continue...
Recording information: Carelia-sali, Joensuu (05/26/2002-06/06/2002)....continue...