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Cover: Einar Englund – Cello Concerto · Symphony No. 6 "Aphorisms"

Einar Englund

Cello Concerto

Symphony No. 6 "Aphorisms"

Jan-Erik Gustafsson, cello
Tampere Philharmonic Choir
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor

ODE 951-2 · CD · March 2000

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Track listing

9 tracks · 54:58

Einar Englund

  1. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1954) 22:48
  2. 1 I. Moderato 9:47
  3. 2 II. Adagio 7:50
  4. 3 III. Allegro conciso 5:05
  5. Symphony No. 6 "Aphorisms" (1984) 32:40
  6. 4 I. Prologi eli logos (Prologue or Logos) 7:22
  7. 5 II. Liitoksessa kokonainen (In juncture the whole) 4:26
  8. 6 III. Scherzo 6:16
  9. 7 IV. Niiden ohitse jotka astuvat samaan virtaan (Past those who step into the same stream) 3:01
  10. 8 V. Tätä maailmanjärjestystä (This world order) 3:26
  11. 9 VI. Finale 7:45

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original Finnish and in English

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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Tampere Philharmonic Choir

The Tampere Philharmonic Choir was founded in 1990 and consists of about 90 active members under the current artistic leadership of Timo Nuoranne. The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra is the choir's most important partner, but the choir has also appeared with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Estonian Theatre.

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Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, comprising 97 musicians, is one of Scandinavia's leading symphony orchestras. In autumn 2013, young Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali succeeded Hannu Lintu as new Chief Conductor and continued in his post until 2023.

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