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Cover: Karol Szymanowski · Zoltán Kodály · Alfred Schnittke – Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Karol Szymanowski · Zoltán Kodály · Alfred Schnittke

Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Heini Kärkkäinen, piano

ODE 827-2 · CD · October 1994

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Track listing

8 tracks · 65:37

Karol Szymanowski

  1. Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 9 21:48
  2. 1 I. Allegro moderato, patetico 9:47
  3. 2 II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce 6:20
  4. 3 III. Finale: Allegro molto, quasi presto 5:34

Zoltán Kodály

  1. Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 4 19:25
  2. 4 I. Fantasia: Adagio di molto 8:49
  3. 5 II. Allegro con spirito 10:34

Alfred Schnittke

  1. Sonata for Cello and Piano 24:34
  2. 6 I. Largo 4:36
  3. 7 II. Presto 6:28
  4. 8 III. Largo 13:29

The artists

Jan-Erik Gustafsson

Cellist Jan-Erik Gustafsson began his studies with Markku Luolajan-Mikkola at the West Helsinki Music Institute. He studied further with Mikhail Homitser and Frans Helmerson at the Edberg-Musikinstitut in Stockholm, completing his soloist diploma examination in 1992.

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Heini Kärkkäinen

Heini Kärkkäinen (b. 1966) began studying the piano with Dimitri Hinze in Jyväskylä and in 1984 went on to study with Liisa Pohjola at the Sibelius Academy, where she graduated in 1991. She further studied with Ralf Gothóni and with Jacques Rouvier in Paris. In 1984, she won the Ilmari Hannikainen Piano Competition, and she came second in the Maj Lind Piano Competition two years later. In 1993, she was nominated Young Artist of the Espoo International Piano Week. From 1997-2000, she was the recipient of a three-year State artist grant.

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