Ahmas

A welcome introduction to the Finnish composer whose organ music echoes Petr Eben’s angular tonalism. The organ’s clean, immediate sound adds brilliant clarity. The sonata deserves wide currency. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Mezzo Ulla Raiskio herself discovered Marttinen’s poems so we have her to thank for the existence of the piece. She sings with all the passion (both railing and veiled) that the woman’s descent... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…