Kalevi Aho: Guitar Concerto; Quintet for Horn; Contrapunctus XIV

Featuring

Ismo Eskelinen
John Storgårds
Ilkka Puputti
Abel Puustinen
Iida Mojzer
Taru Lehto

Lauri Angervo
Lapland Chamber Orchestra
Kalevi Aho
Johann Sebastian Bach

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Composer Biography

Kalevi Aho, one of Finland's foremost contemporary composers, began violin studies and composing at the age of ten.

Performer Biography

Ismo Eskelinen, the guitarist on this album, is acclaimed as one of the world's finest classical guitarists and has performed at major venues globally.

Composer Biography

Kalevi Aho studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Einojuhani Rautavaara, a prominent Finnish composer.

Composition History

Kalevi Aho completed Uuno Klami's unfinished ballet Pyörteitä (Whirls), a significant arrangement of another composer's work.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the presence of the composer, Kalevi Aho, at the Korundi House of Culture in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Performer Biography

The Lapland Chamber Orchestra, featured on this recording, is the northernmost professional orchestra in Finland and the entire EU.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Kalevi Aho's work primarily focuses on large-scale orchestral, chamber, and vocal compositions, including five operas, eighteen symphonies, and forty concertos.