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Aho: Symphonic Dances, Symphony No 11 / Vänskä, Lahti So

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Composer
AHO, KALEVI
Artist
Osmo, Vanska
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 01, 2004
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1336
UPC
7318590013366

About

Kalevi Aho needs little introduction to people familiar with the BIS label. He is, quite simply, the foremost Finnish composer of his generation as well as the most prolific. This is the ninth disc devoted exclusively to his music and he has contributed single works to numerous other CDs. Aho is unique among contemporary composers in his concern for the music of his immediate forebears and the first half of this disc consists of his homage to the composer Uno Klami (1900-1961). Klami's greatest work, the ballet score 'Whirls' (CD656), was unfinished when the composer died. He was intending to write the definitive Finish ballet based, as one would expect, on stories from Kalevala, the great poem of Finnish mythology that has inspired so much art in Finland. Kalevi Aho undertook to write the missing third act of this ballet so that the ballet could be performed in full and this was the origin of the 'Symphonic Dances' presented here. The second half of the disc comprises Aho's eleventh symphony. Several of Aho's previous symphonies have included a major part for a solo instrument. Here the 'solo' instrument consists of a huge battery of instruments performed by the six members of the Kroumata Percussion Ensemble! Once again Kalevi Aho displays his ability to get under the skin of an instrument and to communicate his insights in a musical language that is readily accessible.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Prelude 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Prelude
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  2. 2 II. Return of the Flames and Dance 04:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Return of the Flames and Dance
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  3. 3 III. Grotesque Dance 05:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Grotesque Dance
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  4. 4 IV. Dance of the Winds and Fires 13:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Dance of the Winds and Fires
    Duration
    13:56
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  5. 5 I. (untitled) 09:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. (untitled)
    Duration
    09:07
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  6. 6 II. Andante - Allegro ritmico 10:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante - Allegro ritmico
    Duration
    10:48
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä
  7. 7 III. Tranquillo 11:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Tranquillo
    Duration
    11:36
    Composer
    Kalevi Aho
    Ensemble
    Kroumata Percussion Ensemble, Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Osmo Vänskä