Einojuhani Rautavara

Jointly commissioned in 2011 by four choirs around the world (Netherlands, Australia, England and Sweden), this large-scale choral work sets the words of all six parts of the ordinary of the Mass (the...

Rautavaara's most popular songs from his opera Aleksis Kivi. Included is also Sydämeni laulu (The Song of My Heart) which has already become a classic. Texts in Finnish.

Work for Guitar Solo composed in 1977.

UA Helsinki, 29. Mai 1970

La légèreté folklorique est également le caractère dominant de la présente "Musique de banquet pour le duc Johan" (en allemand : "Musique de table pour le duc Johan"), une suite décontractée et sonore...

Additional to the original scoring for flute, piccolo, alto flute, and bass flute, the flute part in the piano reduction contains ossias for alto flute instead of the bass flute. 'The flute concerto '...

UA Helsinki, 2. April 1959 CD Jean Sibelius Quatett, FACD 355

Whispering of Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara was commissioned by American violinist Hilary Hahn as part of her CD project Encores. During her stage life Hilary Hahn noticed a lack of exciting...

Rautavaara reworked his touching song from the opera Aleksis Kivi for cello and piano in 2000, to commemorate his late composer colleague Lepo Sumera. The melody is calm, in the style of chanson sans...