Sonja Fräki​ - Kalevi Aho: Works For Solo Piano (2015)

Artist: Sonja Fräki​
Title Of Album: Kalevi Aho: Works For Solo Piano
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: 320 / 24bit FLAC
Total Time: 73:08 min
Total Size: 168 MB / 1.12 GB
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Tracklist:
Nineteen Preludes (1965-68)
01. 1. Tranquillo 1'37
02. 2. Allegro vivace 0'26
03. 3. Semplice 1'42
04. 4. Presto 2'17
05. 5. Grave 2'10
06. 6. Maestoso 1'30
07. 7. Presto 2'02
08. 8. Allegretto 1'13
09. 9. Lento assai 2'10
10. 10. Prestissimo 1'19
11. 11. Andante 0'53
12. 12. Allegro - Maestoso 2'01
13. 13. Allegretto 1'31
14. 14. Grave 1'55
15. 15. Moderato grazioso 1'38
16. 16. Moderato 2'01
17. 17. Andante - Allegro - Adagio 3'05
18. 18. Lento assai, esitante 2'53
19. 19. Tranquillo 1'44
Three Small Piano Pieces
20. 1. Maestoso 2'08
21. 2. Tranquillo 1'10
22. 3. Maestoso 0'33
Two Easy Piano Pieces for Children
23. 1. Andante 1'27
24. 2. Allegretto 0'38
Sonatina for Piano
25. 1. Toccata. Presto 1'37
26. 2. Andante 2'46
27. 3. Prestissimo 1'51
Solo II
28. Tranquillo - Allegro vivace - Adagio 10'42
Sonata for Piano
29. 1. [no tempo marking] 3'18
30. 2. Allegro molto 3'14
31. 3. Tranquillo molto 7'34
Known particularly for his orchestral output – 16 symphonies and 21 concertos to date! – the Finnish composer Kalevi Aho was recently described in Gramophone as having ‘a strong claim to the title of greatest living symphonist’. But as followers of the ongoing releases of his music on BIS will know, Aho has also composed a large number of works for smaller forces – quartets and quintets, duos and solo pieces
On the present disc, the Finnish pianist Sonja Fräki presents Kalevi Aho’s output for solo piano. The disc opens with Aho’s earliest published work, the Nineteen Preludes from 1965-68, including a first version of Prelude No. 8 from 1963. These works display a characteristic fascination with the virtuosic and technically brilliant side of music-making; this quality comes to the fore in the Sonata, with its sparkling first movement and percussive, toccata-like second movement followed by a searching Tranquillo molto, characterized by a trill which continues almost without interruption throughout the movement. Commissioned as a set piece for a piano competition, Solo II is likewise a challenge for any pianist, and forms part of a series of big (roughly ten-minute) solo works for various instruments, of which several have been recorded by BIS.
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