Composer: Oskar Merikanto
Performer: Jan Lehtola
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Release: 2024
Size: 657 MB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Fantasia chromatica, OM 038
02. Trauermarsch, OM 279
Konzert-Etüden, OM 119
03. No. 1, Moderato energico
04. No. 2, Moderato
05. No. 3, Lento – Moderato con moto
06. No. 4, Moderato (alla barcarola)
07. No. 5, Allegretto (quasi veloce)
100 Chorale Preludes, Op. 59
08. No. 7 in C Major
09. No. 17 in G Major
10. No. 18 in G Major
11. No. 19 in G Major
12. No. 20 in G Major
13. No. 22 in E Minor
14. No. 24 in E Minor
15. No. 25 in E Minor
16. No. 26 in E Minor
17. No. 28 in D Minor
18. No. 30 in D Major
19. No. 33 in D Major
20. No. 34 in D Major
21. No. 37 in B-Flat Minor
22. No. 38 in B-Flat Minor
23. No. 44 in F-Sharp Minor
24. No. 45 in F-Sharp Minor
25. No. 47 in E Major
26. No. 48 in E Major
27. No. 52 in F Major
28. No. 55 in F Major
29. No. 59 in D Minor
30. No. 61 in D Minor
31. No. 63 in D Minor
32. No. 65 in B Major
33. No. 67 in B Major
34. No. 68 in B Major
35. No. 69 in B Major
36. No. 73 in G Minor
37. No. 74 in G Minor
38. No. 75 in G Minor
39. No. 77 in G Minor
40. No. 79 in E-Flat Major
41. No. 83 in E-Flat Major
42. No. 85 in E-Flat Major
43. No. 87 in C Minor
44. No. 90 in C Minor
45. No. 91 in A-Flat Major
46. No. 94 in A-Flat Major
47. No. 95 in A-Flat Major
48. No. 96 in F Minor
49. No. 97 in F Minor
50. No. 98 in F Minor
51. No. 99 in F Minor
52. No. 100 in F Minor
Prelude & Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1 (Arr. for Organ by Oskar Merikanto)
53. I. Prelude, MWV U 116
54. II. Fugue, MWV U 66
Heikki Klemetti (1876–1953) was one of the most important figures in the Finnish music of his day: author, organiser, musicologist, editor, educator, folksong collector and, above all, choral composer. His work as an organist and composer for the organ has largely been forgotten, an omission this first-ever album of his organ music seeks to correct. The influence of Ostrobothnian folksong can readily be heard, and there are obvious points of contact with the musical language of Sibelius, not least in the unemphatic dignity and nobility of the style, with the modal harmonies occasionally calling to mind another of Klemetti’s contemporaries: Vaughan Williams. International organ virtuoso Dr Jan Lehtola is one of the most successful and progressive Finnish organists of his generation. As well as a successful concert and academic career he has recorded for the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) and can be heard on more than 50 commercial recordings, many of them with Toccata Classics. Jan Lehtola studied the organ in Helsinki, Amsterdam, Stuttgart and with Naji Hakim in Paris. In 2000 he gave his Sibelius Academy debut recital and in 2005 he completed a Doctorate with his dissertation on Oskar Merikanto as a transmitter of European influences to Finland. He is also active as a lecturer, at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts, Helsinki, and a teacher of master-classes.