Finnish Piano Quartets

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from Telos:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/finnische-klavierquartette/hnum/5974529
Featured are early works by Ilmari Hannikainen (Op.2) and Helvi Leiviskä (Op.1), plus the Nocturne by Armas Launis.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Very attractive soundbites. I'm immediately interested. Many thanks, Alan.

[britishcomposer]

You can listen to a live recording of the Hannikainen here:
http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,1329.msg20850.html#msg20850
I am sorry that they did not record the Launis quartet which they performed back in 2008. My recording of the quartet was marred by technical problems.

[eschiss1]

I remember being very curious about the movement headings of the Hannikainen at the time, having been unable to turn up much information about the piece - manuscript, score, performance reports, anything - that might clue me in...