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Kalevi Aho – Timpani & Piano Concertos

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Catalogue numberBIS-2306 SACD
Release date2018-05-10
Discs1
Orig. sample rate96000Hz
Total time60:17

Hugely productive, Kalevi Aho (b. 1949) has composed close to 30 concertos to date. These include works for traditional solo instruments – piano, violin, cello … – but also more unusual ones, such as the theremin or accordion. One project of Aho's is to write concertos for all of the instruments of the symphony orchestra, from the flute to the contrabassoon, and in 2015 the turn came to the timpani. The work was commissioned by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra for its timpanist Ari-Pekka Mäenpää, and Mäenpää and Aho worked closely together during the writing process. The result is a concerto that explores the instrument's full potential, from the melody opening the concerto, which lasts more than thirty bars, to the rhythmically compelling third movement.

Composed almost 30 years earlier, Piano Concerto No. 1 reflects the composer's interest at the time in numerology, and specifically in so-called cyclic numbers. The colourful and exciting work is however anything but cerebral. Soloist is Sonja Fräki, who chose Aho's music for piano as the subject of her doctoral studies, and whose recording of the solo works (BIS-2106) was released to great acclaim in 2015. With the two works on this disc, no less than 16 concertos by Aho are available from BIS, in recordings that have been praised by reviewers worldwide, and received distinctions including the prestigious ECHO Klassik Award.
 
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  Composer: Aho, Kalevi
  Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra (2015) 28:13
01 I. Barcarola – Presto – cadenza 10:29 $ 2.52 USD
02 II. Intermezzo (Andante) 04:09 $ 1.00 USD
03 III. Allegro ritmico 06:38 $ 1.59 USD
04 IV. Mesto 03:24 $ 0.82 USD
05 V. Presto – Epilogo 03:33 $ 0.85 USD
 
  Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (1988–89) 31:14
06 I. Allegro – Presto – Prestissimo – Meno mosso –
Prestissimo
11:34 $ 2.78 USD
07 II. 06:32 $ 1.57 USD
08 III. Toccata (Allegro molto) 06:33 $ 1.57 USD
09 IV. 06:35 $ 1.58 USD
 
  Album total 60:17
ComposerAho, Kalevi
ConductorLasonpalo, Erkki
Ollikainen, Eva
OrchestraTurku Philharmonic Orchestra
TimpaniMäenpää, Ari-Pekka
PianoFraki, Sonja

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