Klami: Orchestral Works

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This disc contains Klami's two finest orchestral works: Kalevala Suite and Sea Pictures. This latter work shows Ravel's influence very clearly. Its last movement sounds just like Boléro sort of played sideways! There are also clear similarities to the Rhapsodie espagnole, and it's no disparagement of Klami to say that his music has the same brilliance and refinement as the French master's. The major work on this disc, however, is the Kalevala Suite, an evocation of Finnish mythology that really does rank with the great achievements of Sibelius. All of these pieces are very well performed and recorded by a fine Finnish orchestra under the legendary baton of Finnish conductor Jorma Panula. Klami's a terrific composer. You'll really like him. --David Hurwitz

Tracks:

Soumenlinna Overture. Op.30
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: The Creation Of The Earth
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: The Sprout Of Spring
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: Terhenniemi
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: Cradle Song For Lemminkainen
Kalevala Suite, Op. 23: The Forging Of The Sampo
Limminkaeinen's Adventures OnThe Island Of Saari
Sea Pictures: A Foggy Morning
Sea Pictures: Captain Scrapuchinat
Sea Pictures: The Deserted Three - Master
Sea Pictures: Nocturne (Song Of The Watch)
Sea Pictures: Scene de Ballet
Sea Pictures: 3 Bf

Amazon.com

This disc contains Klami's two finest orchestral works: Kalevala Suite and Sea Pictures. This latter work shows Ravel's influence very clearly. Its last movement sounds just like Boléro sort of played sideways! There are also clear similarities to the Rhapsodie espagnole, and it's no disparagement of Klami to say that his music has the same brilliance and refinement as the French master's. The major work on this disc, however, is the Kalevala Suite, an evocation of Finnish mythology that really does rank with the great achievements of Sibelius. All of these pieces are very well performed and recorded by a fine Finnish orchestra under the legendary baton of Finnish conductor Jorma Panula. Klami's a terrific composer. You'll really like him. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Excellent sound, excellent buy.......2006-03-18

The other reviewer's comments were so off-the-mark that I felt that I had to offset them. The sound on this disc is excellent, it is not recorded at a low level or diminished in any way. Perhaps the other reviewer has a manufacturer defect--it happens.

A generous sampling of Klami's best works recorded in 1996 in glorious DDD sound.

Time = 71:46

Brilliant music badly recorded.......2000-12-27

I was happy when found this title on amazon - it is one of my favorite musics. Unfortunately, CD is recorded with very low level of sound, at least in comparison with other CDs I have. If this record should be playing only on special equipment, would be better to make this warning. You are warned now. I am looking now for another recording of Klami, may be by Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (4509-99968-2), unfortunately, not available on Amazon.

Average customer rating:

Klami: Works for orchestra

Manufacturer: Ondine
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000378Q
Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

The Adventures Of Lemminkainen On The Island Of Saari
The Cobblers On The Heath Ov
Karelian Rhap, Op.15
Karelian Market Place, Op.39
In The Belly Of Vipunen - Petri Lindroos/The Polytech Male Chor/Tapani Lanso

Amazon.com

There's much more to Finnish music that just Sibelius. Klami was a contemporary and colleague of the great Finnish composer, and his talents where actually complementary. His basic aesthetic orientation was French, while Sibelius's was German. Klami's best work is all descriptive, and superbly orchestrated. It might interest you to compare Klami's tone poem about Lemminkainen's adventures on the island of Saari to Sibelius's on the same subject (one of his so- called Lemminkainen Legends). Sibelius sounds more primeval, giving more of a sense of mood and atmosphere, while Klami's colors are more vivid, his music more physically active and action driven. Both are wonderful, and aren't you glad that you can make the comparison? -- David Hurwitz

Track Listings:

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Track Listings

The Best of Sparks [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Angel's Song: New Music Salisbury Cathedral

American Music, Texas Style

The Coolest Cuts [Import]

Finest [Import]

All That I Am

A Good Day

Bach: Partitas & Canonic Variations

Around the Corner

An American Songbook [Import]

A Songs that Won the War, Vol. 5: Wing and a Prayer

2 Grandes

15 Grandes de Miguel y Miguel [Original recording remastered]

Daily

Wes Montgomery & The Billy Taylor Trio