Rautavaara, e concertos by various artists on amazon music. Once sibeliuss protege, over his long career he has achieved success in a great number of musical genres, particularly that of opera. He is among the most notable finnish composers since jean sibelius 18651957 rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. Download and print sheet music or learn how to play online. Einojuhani rautavaara sheet music, tabs and lead sheets. Ligeti piano concerto score pdf download by substhotheju. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Instead, in the concertos there is a dreamy, rather unique character that often alternates with a dramatic, sometimes turbulent manner.
Clarinet and piano sheet music book by einojuhani rautavaara 1928. Concertos, an album by einojuhani rautavaara, various artists, leif segerstam, max pommer, jeanjacques kantorow, juha kangas, jukkapekka saraste on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Aug 25, 2009 this fourdisc ondine set collects the complete concertos of einojuhani rautavaara. Other important groups of works include concertos for different solo instruments, among them the three piano concertos, the popular violin concerto 1977, the harp concerto 2000 and the clarinet concerto 200102. Other important groups of works include concertos for different solo instruments, among them the three piano concertos, the popular violin concerto 1977, the. Over his extensive career, he progressed from neoclassicism to strict dodecaphony to freetonal neoromanticism. Between 1968 and 2001, he wrote solo works with orchestra for the violin, cello, double bass, harp, flute, clarinet, organ and the piano. The first piano concerto, the earliest work here, exudes the sort of spiky finnorussian neoclassicism that we find in englund and shostakovich, but from the second piano concerto on rautavaara is very much his own man, and every one of these pieces, even the relatively gnarly concertos for organ and double bass, are well worth getting to know. Jun 21, 2017 this feature is not available right now. If the idea of twelve concertos by rautavaara is too much then dont overlook exploring individual discs including the naxos version of piano concertos 2 and 3.
The colourful flute concerto dances with the winds is a more extrovert piece with nielsen as a fairly certain forebear. The first version received heavy criticism from nikolai rubinstein, tchaikovskys desired pianist. Piano duets sheet music book by einojuhani rautavaara 1928. Clarinet concerto by einojuhani rautavaara 1928 piano. This is a list of compositions by einojuhani rautavaara. Jul 28, 2016 the leading finnish composer einojuhani rautavaara has died at the age of 87.
These include eight symphonies, nine operas and twelve concertos, as well as. Hence the concerto in grand style as he described it. Rautavaara concerto download free sheet music and scores. Rautavaara has also written a large body of chamber music as well as choral and vocal works including allnight vigil for a. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Notes original publisher info, plate numbers and footnotes omitted in reprint this is not the version of the concerto usually played today, and represents the text of version a with altered passages from version b shown as ossia or in footnotes purchase. Jul 28, 2016 einojuhani rautavaaras prolific output included symphonies, operas and concertos.
Print and download in pdf or midi concerto pour piano no 2 opus 18. Listen to your favorite songs from rautavaara, e concertos by various artists now. Vladimir ashkenazy piano, helsinki philharmonic orchestra. He made his major breakthrough with the seventh symphony, angel of light, in the 1990s, but his output includes numerous classic operas, concertos, chamber music works and choral works. The work is in three, linked movements, with the central slow movement longer than the outer movements combined. The first piece of rautavaara i heard was a broadcast in fact the first uk broadcast of cantus arcticus. Rautavaara stopped using opus numbers for his new compositions during the 1970s. Einojuhani rautavaara october 9, 1928 july 27, 2016. He also enjoyed popular success with his 1972 cantus arcticus below, an atmospheric, colourful concerto for taped. The actionpacked opening movement withstands some fairly aggressive interjections from the brass, though by 343 the string writing has taken on a modal quality reminiscent of vaughan williams. Shop and buy piano sonata 2 the fire sermon sheet music. Einojuhani rautavaara piano concerto n2 1st mvt youtube.
This page lists all recordings of clarinet concerto by einojuhani rautavaara 19282016. He is among the most notable finnish composers since jean sibelius 18651957. Aug 25, 2009 listen to your favorite songs from rautavaara, e concertos by various artists now. Youll find a wide selection of einojuhani rautavaara sheet music, songbooks, and music books at sheet music plus. But it is his choral works that have made him a household name, both in his native country and internationally. He was an artist of exceptionally broad scope, at once romantic and intellectual, mysticist and constructivist. One of the most frequently performed of all finnish composers, rautavaara was seen as the heir to sibelius, who in 1955 recommended him for the koussevitzky scholarship to study in america.
List of compositions by einojuhani rautavaara wikipedia. Youll find your einojuhani rautavaara piano solo music at sheet music plus. Rautavaara, e concertos by various artists on amazon. Mathias at bangor university and with einojuhani rautavaara at the sibelius. This superb box is a wonderful successor to ondines similar 4 cd venture for the eight symphonies on ode11452q. Piano sheet music book by einojuhani rautavaara 1928.
Bilateral keyboard symmetry in the music of einojuhani rautavaara. Print and download in pdf or midi terssit thirds einojuhani rautavaara. Rautavaara wrote a great number of works spanning various styles. In 1972, einojuhani rautavaara was commissioned by the university of oulu, finland, to write a piece for its first doctoral degree ceremony. The concertos, in particular, like much of his recent piano music, have a strong. Browse and buy sheet music by the composer einojuhani rautavaara 1928 2016. He purposely returned to the spirit of rachmaninov, as he believed the modernism has no value any more.
But the younger, less worldlywise rautavaara s violin concerto, written more than 20 years earlier, is a different animal, in. It was revised in the summer of 1879 and again in december 1888. Einojuhani rautavaaras reputation as one of the greatest living finnish composers is assured. You see this for ease of reading in quite a few piano pieces, and oncememorablyin the most difficult piece for solo violin ive ever heard hahn here playing ernsts transcription of schuberts erlkonig. Einojuhani rautavaara was one of finlands internationally most successful composers. In contrast to the singlemovement piano concerto no. Concerto for piano and orchestra no 3 gift of dreams. Find einojuhani rautavaara composition information on allmusic.
Eminent finnish composer rautavaara composed in many genres and styles during his 70plusyear career. Einojuhani rautavaara percussion concerto incantations. Einojuhani rautavaara s prolific output included symphonies, operas and concertos. This piano sonata features some rhythmic devices that were previously used in his 1st piano concerto from 1969 uploaded on this channel. The naxos disc of rautavaara contains three works, including the one that indicated his retreat from the earlier avantgarde orientation. Einojuhani rautavaara 9 october 1928 27 july 2016 was a finnish composer of classical music.
Rautavaara wrote a wide range of works in a variety of styles. Ashkenazy did premiere the concerto in this dual role with the. Einojuhani rautavaara composer 19282016 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. In addition, he revised several of his compositions many years after they were originally composed. In his music from the late 1960s onwards, such as the cello concerto no 1 1968 and first piano concerto.
Rautavaara composed his first piano concerto in 1968. He was one of the most notable finnish composers after jean sibelius. Einojuhani rautavaara composer buy sheet music and scores. Although the work employs serial procedures, the style of piano writing is deeply rooted in the romantic tradition combined with rautavaara s idiosyncratic mysticism. Rautavaara, e concertos by einojuhani rautavaara on spotify. Einojuhani rautavaara sheet music and music books at sheet. The musical works that will be referenc ed most frequently are piano concerto.
Einojuhani rautavaara 1928 2016 einojuhani rautavaara 1928 was one of the most colourful and diverse figures in finnish music. Rachmaninoff piano concerto 2 sheet music for piano. Highlights include the violin concerto which won a cannes classical award in 1998, the concerto for birds on tape and orchestra cantus arcticus which remains rautavaaras most popular and most. Einojuhani rautavaara songs for all instruments and levels.
Print and download in pdf or midi piano concerto no. While these 12 works may not make the best argument for the finnish postmodernists status as a great composer his eight symphonies surely make good that claim they certainly make the best argument for his status as an amazingly effective, astoundingly diverse, and wonderfully individualistic composer. This page lists all recordings of piano concerto no. Einojuhani rautavaara was the leading finnish composer of his generation his late style combined modernism with mystical romanticism series of orchestral works inspired by metaphysical and religious subjects immensely popular recordings on ondine label, including bestselling symphony no. Listen to your favorite songs from rautavaara, e piano concertos nos. According to the composer, the intent in writing these works, each of which explores a single interval, was to. Laura mikkola piano royal scottish national orchestra. Rautavaara piano concerto download free sheet music and scores. Laura mikkola piano, royal scottish national orchestra, hannu lintu.
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