Newly Discovered Finnish Works

[Justin]

To be released on August 27 from Naxos. All world premiere recordings for violin and orchestra:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8933462--bergstrom-evening-dusk
https://www.naxos.com/SharedFiles/pdf/rear/8.579095r.pdf#

Most of these works are from the 1930s onwards, but the album designates them as highly lyrical, which is why I decided to share this. The only 19th century work is Mustalainen by Elemér Szentirmay, written in 1875. We'll see how this sounds!

[kLAMI]

None of the works will offend the very delicate sensibilities of the moderaters. Most were written for Finnish light music radio broadcasts.
Enjoy!!!

[tpaloj]

On a slightly related note to one of the composers here, Nils-Eric Fougstedt. He was a well-known conductor, organizer and music critic of his time though his compositional legacy is forgotten and largely unknown these days. I recalled looking at his Piano Concerto from 1944 based on the sample score available from MCF. It was nothing too adventurous or modern, a sample to those interested in checking it out below. (Fougstedt produced copious amounts of choral music, some orchestral music, plus a cello concerto and a violin concertino.)
https://youtu.be/i6cc5vo9YCU

I'm looking forward to hearing this disc for the Kaski, Fougstedt and Klami pieces mainly. Thanks for the tip Justin.

[Alan Howe]

the very delicate sensibilities of the moderaters

...who administer and - in one case owns - this website.