Heikki Klemetti single-handedly elevated Finnish choral culture to international standards.
Instruments
The organ used for this recording is the main organ of Tampere Cathedral, a significant National Romantic cultural monument in Finland, which was fully restored in 2021 under the supervision of Jan Lehtola, the performer on this album.
Recording & Production
This recording includes all of Heikki Klemetti's organ works with opus numbers, as well as eleven unnumbered pieces, rectifying their historical obscurity.
Composer Biography
Heikki Klemetti studied music at the Orchestra School with Jean Sibelius, a celebrated Finnish composer, and at the Helsinki Music Institute with Oskar Merikanto, another celebrated Finnish composer and musician.
Composer Biography
Heikki Klemetti, born in Kuortane, Finland, was a polymath who excelled as a choir conductor, composer, music critic, musicologist, community organizer, editor, educator, author, and scholar.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Heikki Klemetti believed that planning was a distraction for his creative process, preferring an impulsive and improvisatory approach to composition.
Performer Biography
Dr. Jan Lehtola, the organist on this album, is an international organ virtuoso who has given over 160 world and regional premieres and recorded more than 50 commercial albums.
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