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Leevi Madetoja: Symphonies 1 & 3; Okon Fuoko Suite...

In an earlier review on Expedition Audio from about a year ago (March 12th to be exact), I recommended John Storgårds’ recording of Leevi Madetoja’s Symphony No. 2 with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra on the Ondine label. This current release from January 2013 is of...

Leevi Madetoja: Symphony No. 2; Kullervo; Elegy / Helsinki PO, Storgards Mar12
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Leevi Madetoja: Symphony No. 2; Kullervo; Elegy / ...

Leevi Madetoja’s Kullervo, Op. 15 opens with a sforzando by strings and timpani followed by a loud, sustained tremolo and timpani roll. Horns enter in unison with a commanding call, trading back and forth, then growing softer, fainter, receding into the distance until the music has all...