Aulis Sallinen:
01. Variations for Orchestra, op.8 '14 Juventas Variaatiota' [10'50]
02. - 04. Violin Concerto, op.18* [17'41]
05. Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March, op.19 (String Quartet No.3 arr. string orchestra) [12'56]
06. Chamber Music III. The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote, op.58# [20'21]
Eeva Koskinen- violin*; Torleif Thedeen- cello#; Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Osmo Vanska
BIS CD560 (recorded April 1992; CD issued 1993)
(digital download; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans)
Recording venue: Tapiola Hall, Espoo, Finland
Recording engineer and Producer: Robert von Bahr
The last two works on this disc have appeared in a number of other issues but the Violin Concerto and the early Juventus Variations, written for a youth orchestra, are rarely encountered. However, Jaakko Kuusisto's fine recording (rather out-shining Eeva Koskinen here) of the Violin Concerto can be found on CPO. The fairly somber, perhaps Shostakovich influenced, Violin Concerto, Sallinen's first major work, was written just before the much more popular Third String Quartet, played here in the later string orchestra version. Chamber Music III, a fantasia for cello and strings takes the form of a Straussian parody, not just in title, with a solo violin stealing in to join the cello. Torleif Thedeen offers a witty performance matching Arto Noras in his recording, also for CPO.
BIS' owner Robert von Bahr offers his usual fine recordings from his trusty DAT recorder.