Fennica Gehrman

First edition of Rautavaara's early male choir work in a version for SATB choir. The composer also made some minor changes to the strictest dodecaphonic texture since expression had become more import...

A composition in which the moods are at least to some extent dream-like, with five calm, melodic sequences and four rhythmically dashing dances. The title refers to Fellini's film 'Città della donne'...

In this work the baritone is an instrument among the others. The main themes are erotic with texts by Ugo Foscolo, John Keats and Franz Kafka.

Selim Palmgren ist 'der Chopin Skandinaviens' genannt worden und andere haben in ihm einen zweiten Schumann gesehen - Letzerer war übrigens das Ideal seiner Jugendjahre. Nachdem er selbst ein ausgezei...

Rautavaara's Cantus arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra) is his most popular orchestral work. This idiomatic, ear-opening transcription captures the essence of Rautavaara's musical language, ha...

This beautiful work for 2 clarinets, timpani and strings was written for Arvid Järnefelt's play 'Kuolema (The Death). The play became notable for its incidental music: a group of six compositions crea...