"Ghosts" - Finnish Brass Music by Aulis Sallinen, Kalevi Aho, Rautavaara, Tuomas Kantelinen - The Guard's Band

Here's a couple Brass music posts by request. This is a fascinating collection, and my favorite works
here are Sallinen's (really love Sallinen's orchestra music) "The Palace Rhapsody" (1997), and imo better still is Kalevi Aho's "Tristia" (1999). In a mere 11 minutes, full of mystery and certain exoticisms, Aho manages to create a work of amazing substance and impact, really on a sonic level of his symphonies. Actually imo this one of his finest works in any genre. Liner notes I have included so I needn't babble ;)

Enjoy.

Ghosts_Finnish_Brass_Music_Tzadik.zip

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Skalkottas - Aho - Strauss

Great disc from MD&G, featuring Oboe Concertos by Nikos Skalkottas (a Concertino) and Richard Strauss. The Strauss is ubiquitous while the Skalkottas is basically unknown. We also get music for Oboe and Cello "Seven Inventions w. Postlude" by Kalevi Aho. Enjoy.

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