Uuno Klami: Kalevela Suite; Sea Pictures; Karelian Rhapsody (1994)

While the world of pre-Sibelius Finnish music is thinly populated with composers -- Karajan, the only Finnish composer before Sibelius of note, stopped after hearing Sibelius' music -- the world of post-Sibelius Finnish music is densely populated with composers. In addition to Melartin, Madetoja, and Merikanto, there was Uuno Klami, the subject of this 1993 Chandos disc with Petri Sakari leading the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. While in terms of sound, Klami was quite far from Sibelius -- there are few grinding ostinatos, ... Read More

While the world of pre-Sibelius Finnish music is thinly populated with composers -- Karajan, the only Finnish composer before Sibelius of note, stopped after hearing Sibelius' music -- the world of post-Sibelius Finnish music is densely populated with composers. In addition to Melartin, Madetoja, and Merikanto, there was Uuno Klami, the subject of this 1993 Chandos disc with Petri Sakari leading the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. While in terms of sound, Klami was quite far from Sibelius -- there are few grinding ostinatos, fewer pounding rhythms, and fewer still gnarly forms and nary a gnomic harmony -- in terms of subject matter, the two were similar to the point of plagiarism -- Sibelius wrote a Karelia Suite and a Kalevala Symphony while several decades later Klami wrote a Karelian Rhapsody and a Kalevala Suite. Klami's pieces here were among his most popular in his lifetime, and they are still his most immediately appealing today. Melodic, direct, evocative, and colorful, Klami's music is in fact... Read Less

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