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COMPOSERKARG-ELERT SIBELIUS
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PERFORMERKonttori-Gustafsson, Lehtola
Karg-Elert: Music For Piano & Organ / Konttori-Gustafsson, Lehtola
- Toccata
- June 16, 2017
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RELEASE DATEJune 16, 2017
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UPC5060113444196
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CATALOG NUMBERTOCC0419
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LABELToccata
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NUMBER OF DISCS1
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This recording revives long-forgotten sonorities that once would have been very familiar: the sound of piano and organ being played together. It also presents a Sibelius premiere: the arrangement by Sigfrird Karg-Elert of the suite from ''Pelleas and Melisande''. As the popularity of domestic music-making grew through the nineteenth century, it brought first the piano and, then, often the harmonium into well-off living rooms across the western world. Composers naturally responded, with original works and arrangements: Sibelius' Andante catabile was written after a visit to relatives who had both instruments in their salon. Karg-Elert, by contrast, was one of the world's outstanding virtuosi on both harmonium and organ and composed with his concert public in mind. Annikka Konttori-Gustafsson has appeared as a soloist, chamber musician and Lied pianist in her native Finald, of course, but in concert halls across the world, performing a wealth of Finnish music and French twentieth century repertoire. Dr. Jan Lehtola is one of the most successful and progressive Finnish organists of his generation. He has given more than 150 world and regional premieres and can be heard on more than 30 commercial recordings.
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