Jan Lehtola - Klemetti: Works for Organ (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 2 Organ Pieces, Op. 23: No. 1, Prelude
02. 2 Organ Pieces, Op. 23: No. 2, Canzona
03. Canzona, Op. 44 No. 1
04. Festive Overture, Op. 44 No. 2
05. Laetare Jerusalem, Op. 44 No. 3
06. Cantilena, Op. 45 No. 3
07. Toccata, Op. 51 No. 1
08. Impromptu, Op. 51 No. 2
09. Cantilena, Op. 51 No. 3
10. Elegia, Op. 51 No. 4
11. Ad perennis vitae fontem
12. Prelude to Hymn No. 177 "O How Lovely"
13. Lullaby for a Responsory to Announcements
14. Kleines Präludium
15. Fantasy
16. Präludium
17. 4 Organ Chorales: No. 1, Appeared to the Shepherds
18. 4 Organ Chorales: No. 2, Day Turned to Evening
19. 4 Organ Chorales: No. 3, God Is Our Refuge
20. 4 Organ Chorales: No. 4, O Wondrous Wedding Hall
21. Toccata romantica

Heikki Klemetti (1876–1953) was one of the most important figures in the Finnish music of his day: author, organiser, musicologist, editor, educator, folksong collector and, above all, choral composer. His work as an organist and composer for the organ has largely been forgotten, an omission this first-ever album of his organ music seeks to correct. The influence of Ostrobothnian folksong can readily be heard, and there are obvious points of contact with the musical language of Sibelius, not least in the unemphatic dignity and nobility of the style, with the modal harmonies occasionally calling to mind another of Klemetti’s contemporaries: Vaughan Williams.

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