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The young, rising pianist Janne Oksanen performs the complete piano works of Toivo Kuula on his debut album. His playing on this record is powerful, rich and colourful thus shedding light to these rare piano gems and giving them the interpretation they deserve. The album includes Kuula’s best known pieces like The Wedding March, La Folia and Fairytale Pictures as well as many rare pieces.
To this day Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) stands as one of the most significant Finnish composers. His music is poetic, epic and deep and it showcases a very sophisticated musical taste and tonal language. In his lifetime he was hailed as Finland’s finest composer after Sibelius. Kuula’s music has been said to entail rare power and raw energy, which exposes the listener for self-reflection. As a whole these 20 pieces portray a versatile palette of different stages of Kuula the composer. Included are unforgettable melodies, heartbreaking stories and top-class pianism.
Oksanen (born 1994) talks about the recording: ”The album manifested itself as a result of a snowball-effect. Initially I was supposed to play Kuula’s piano works only once at Sibafest 2018. The show raised a lot of interest and I ended playing it in 7-8 cities. I received so much positive feedback from these concerts that I understood there was need for a record: it was almost inevitable to do it just for the sake of cultural service.” © Alba Records
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3 Piano Pieces, Op. 3b (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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2 Song Transcriptions, Op. 37 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Air Varie (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Invention (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Old Autumn Song, Op. 24 No. 3 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Schottis (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Festive March, Op. 13b (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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6 Piano Pieces, Op. 26 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Alba (P) 2019 Alba
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Alba (P) 2019 Alba
Lampaanpolska (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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3 Fairy-Tale Pictures, Op. 19 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
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Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Alba (P) 2019 Alba
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Janne Oksanen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Alba (P) 2019 Alba
Album review
The young, rising pianist Janne Oksanen performs the complete piano works of Toivo Kuula on his debut album. His playing on this record is powerful, rich and colourful thus shedding light to these rare piano gems and giving them the interpretation they deserve. The album includes Kuula’s best known pieces like The Wedding March, La Folia and Fairytale Pictures as well as many rare pieces.
To this day Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) stands as one of the most significant Finnish composers. His music is poetic, epic and deep and it showcases a very sophisticated musical taste and tonal language. In his lifetime he was hailed as Finland’s finest composer after Sibelius. Kuula’s music has been said to entail rare power and raw energy, which exposes the listener for self-reflection. As a whole these 20 pieces portray a versatile palette of different stages of Kuula the composer. Included are unforgettable melodies, heartbreaking stories and top-class pianism.
Oksanen (born 1994) talks about the recording: ”The album manifested itself as a result of a snowball-effect. Initially I was supposed to play Kuula’s piano works only once at Sibafest 2018. The show raised a lot of interest and I ended playing it in 7-8 cities. I received so much positive feedback from these concerts that I understood there was need for a record: it was almost inevitable to do it just for the sake of cultural service.” © Alba Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:38
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Janne Oksanen
- Composer: Toivo Kuula
- Label: Alba
- Genre: Classical
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