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Had he not been cut down, whether by accident or design, at the age of 34 by a bullet during the celebrations at the end of the Finnish civil war, Toivo Kuula might have proved to be the great successor to Sibelius, who was twenty years his senior. But alas, his output is limited to two or three symphonic poems, a trio which remains very famous but is still essentially inspired by Franck (a relic of Kuula's years in Paris's Schola Cantorum), a symphony and a Stabat mater, both unfinished, and a handful of works inspired by Finnish national music – which surely mark the path he would have taken had he survived. These pieces for solo piano are (alas again!) by far the shortest of his completed works, and this is their first-ever recording. In them, we discover an original language, very much coloured by tints of Nordic folk music. Finnish pianist Jouni Somero (born 1963) had the brilliant idea of bringing these pearls out of their obscurity. © SM/Qobuz
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Kolme kappaletta, Op. 3b (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Kolme satukuvaa, Op. 19 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Kuusi pianokappaletta in Op. 26 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
2 Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Lampaanpolska (Lamb Polska) (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
DISC 2
Juhlamarssi, Op. 13b (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Air varié in E Minor (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Invention in E Minor (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
South Ostrobothnian Suite No. 1, Op. 9 (Anonyme)
Anonymous, Composer - Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Vanha syyslaulu (Old Autumn Song), Op. 24, No. 3b (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Schottis (Toivo Kuula)
Toivo KUULA, Composer - Jouni Somero, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
Album review
Had he not been cut down, whether by accident or design, at the age of 34 by a bullet during the celebrations at the end of the Finnish civil war, Toivo Kuula might have proved to be the great successor to Sibelius, who was twenty years his senior. But alas, his output is limited to two or three symphonic poems, a trio which remains very famous but is still essentially inspired by Franck (a relic of Kuula's years in Paris's Schola Cantorum), a symphony and a Stabat mater, both unfinished, and a handful of works inspired by Finnish national music – which surely mark the path he would have taken had he survived. These pieces for solo piano are (alas again!) by far the shortest of his completed works, and this is their first-ever recording. In them, we discover an original language, very much coloured by tints of Nordic folk music. Finnish pianist Jouni Somero (born 1963) had the brilliant idea of bringing these pearls out of their obscurity. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jouni Somero
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FC-Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 FC-Records (P) 2018 FC-Records
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