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The music of composer Kalevi Aho is difficult to categorize among the various schools of the day. It is broadly expressive, and in these two concertos, Aho uses virtuosity in a thoroughly Romantic way. Yet the rigor of their construction is of a thoroughly modern kind. Consider the solo passage in the middle of the first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 2. It is... what, exactly? A cadenza? Aho uses the word in his informative notes, but it is really more of a distillation of what has happened previously. The entire movement is filled with powerfully difficult violin writing. The edgy Violin Concerto and the lyrical, rather moody Cello Concerto are quite different in character, but both balance complex instrumental writing with long orchestral passages in inventive ways. The Violin Concerto has the unusual feature of having been written not only for its soloist, Elina Vähälä, but also for its orchestra, the Kymi Sinfonietta, and it holds together tightly; both works were conceived in chamber orchestra terms. The Kymi Sinfonietta is a remarkable example of the deep bench of Finnish orchestral music. Both of these works ought to be more widely played in concert, and it may be that this fine recording will help make that happen.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Violin Concerto No. 2 (Kalevi Aho)
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Dirk Lüdemann, SoundEngineer - Elina Vahala, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Hans Kipfer, Producer
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Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Dirk Lüdemann, SoundEngineer - Elina Vahala, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Hans Kipfer, Producer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Dirk Lüdemann, SoundEngineer - Elina Vahala, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Hans Kipfer, Producer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Cello Concerto No. 2 (Kalevi Aho)
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Starke, SoundEngineer - Elisabeth Kemper, Producer - Jonathan Roozeman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Starke, SoundEngineer - Elisabeth Kemper, Producer - Jonathan Roozeman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Starke, SoundEngineer - Elisabeth Kemper, Producer - Jonathan Roozeman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Starke, SoundEngineer - Elisabeth Kemper, Producer - Jonathan Roozeman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Olari Elts, Conductor, MainArtist - Kalevi Aho, Composer - Kymi Sinfonietta, Ensemble, MainArtist - Christian Starke, SoundEngineer - Elisabeth Kemper, Producer - Jonathan Roozeman, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
2023 BIS 2023 (P) BIS
Album review
The music of composer Kalevi Aho is difficult to categorize among the various schools of the day. It is broadly expressive, and in these two concertos, Aho uses virtuosity in a thoroughly Romantic way. Yet the rigor of their construction is of a thoroughly modern kind. Consider the solo passage in the middle of the first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 2. It is... what, exactly? A cadenza? Aho uses the word in his informative notes, but it is really more of a distillation of what has happened previously. The entire movement is filled with powerfully difficult violin writing. The edgy Violin Concerto and the lyrical, rather moody Cello Concerto are quite different in character, but both balance complex instrumental writing with long orchestral passages in inventive ways. The Violin Concerto has the unusual feature of having been written not only for its soloist, Elina Vähälä, but also for its orchestra, the Kymi Sinfonietta, and it holds together tightly; both works were conceived in chamber orchestra terms. The Kymi Sinfonietta is a remarkable example of the deep bench of Finnish orchestral music. Both of these works ought to be more widely played in concert, and it may be that this fine recording will help make that happen.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:13
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elina Vähälä Jonathan Roozeman Kymi Sinfonietta Olari Elts
- Composer: Kalevi Aho
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
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