Kalevi Aho: Guitar Concerto; Quintet for Horn and String Quartet

Release Date: 24th May 2024
Catalogue No: BIS2666
Label: BIS
Length: 64 minutes

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Aho: Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra

Work length28:43

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Ismo Eskelinen (soloist)
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds

I. Introduzione

Track length2:51

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II. Allegro molto

Track length5:23

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III. Interludio

Track length1:49

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IV. Andante cantabile

Track length6:23

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V. Misterioso

Track length4:05

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VI. Presto

Track length4:06

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VII. Epilogue

Track length4:06

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Aho: Quintet for Horn and String Quartet

Work length23:21

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Ilkka Puputti, Abel Puustinen, Iida Mojzer, Taru Lehto, Lauri Angervo

I. Misterioso

Track length4:32

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II. Con moto

Track length5:14

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III. Adagio

Track length8:06

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IV. Vivace

Track length5:29

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Bach, J S: Contrapunctus XIV

Work length12:47

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Lapland Chamber Orchestra
John Storgårds

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Although the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho is best known as a symphonist, his constantly expanding catalogue includes numerous concertos as well as countless chamber works and arrangements of works by other composers. This disc brings together works from these three genres. The Guitar Concerto, dedicated to Ismo Eskelinen, posed many challenges for Aho, who is not a guitarist himself. It is a seven-movement work exploring the different ways the guitar can be used – sometimes with far from traditional techniques –and exploring its sonic possibilities. The Quintet for Horn and String Quartet was commissioned by Ilkka Puputti, who had previously premièred Aho’s Solo X for horn. Particularly demanding for the soloist, the quintet explores various atmospheres, in turns mysterious, whimsical, dramatic and dance-like. Contrapunctus XIV from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Art of the Fugue was left unfinished owing to the composer’s declining health. As he was dissatisfied with previous attempts to complete it, Aho decided to write his own, aiming to remain true to Bach’s style. This completion exists in several versions, including the one for string orchestra heard here, expertly performed by the Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds.

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