Kalevi Aho

Commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic for the Philharmonie chamber music series. The Wind Quintet No. 2 dates from 2014 and is scored for flute (piccolo, alto flute), oboe (english horn), clarinet (...

Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) composed Sonata III (2022) for the accordionist Janne Valkeajoki. It is in six fairly short movements performed without a break. The quick first movement (Allegro assai) generates...

Prelude, Toccata And Postlude by Kalevi Aho for Cello and Piano.

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry wrote a number of piano miniatures of which the most effective and evocative set is the Shulbrede Tunes. The title refers to Shulbrede Priory in Lynchmere, England. T...

COMPOSER'S NOTE The solo flute piece Solo III consists of two contrasting movements. the slow first movement was a commission from the Cruselk Week Music Festival in Uusikaupunki, Finland, for the Sca...

Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) is best known for his symphonies and string quartets, but it is generally not known that he composed many film scores. His feeling for the orchestra and sense of drama...

The Essential Flute is a volume that will be a welcome addition to any flautist's collection. It contains six popular and tuneful works, with composers ranging from Mozart to Joplin and styles that va...

Aho's completion of Bach's Contrapunctus XIV. This edition is suitable for wind ensemble of four or more players. Parts for C-instruments, B-flat-instrument and E-flat-instruments are provided.

This work reveals Aho the sensual lyricist. The texts are Chinese love songs by three poets (in Finnish). According to Aho this work aspires to the intolerable lighness of life and existence - a phras...

This album has been compiled as a tribute to Henry Purcell in the 300th anniversary year of his death. Purcell did not write a great deal of organ music, so Bryan Hesford has taken works from varied s...