Composer: Ernst Mielck
Performer: Juha Kotilainen, Academic Male-Voice Choir of Helsinki, Lyran Academic Female-Voice Choir, Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir
Orchestra: Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra, Ylioppilaskunnan Soittajat
Conductor: Mikk Murdvee
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0174
Release: 2013
Size: 252 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Macbeth Overture in F Minor, Op. 2
02. Altbohmisches Weihnachtslied, Op. 5
03. Dramatic Overture in D Minor, Op. 6
04. Altgermanisches Julfest, Op. 7
Suomalainen sarja (Finnish Suite) in D Minor, Op. 10
05. I. Lento – Allegro – Lento
06. II. Allegretto grazioso
07. III. Scherzo
08. IV. Andante
09. V. Finale: Vivace
Recorded in the Uusi Paviljonki Hall, Kauniainen, Finland, on 27–28 October 2012 (Macbeth Overture, Dramatic Overture and Finnish Suite) and 23–24 February 2013 (Altböhmisches Weihnachtslied and Altgermanisches Julfest)
The early death of the Finnish composer Ernst Mielck, in October 1899, two days before his 22nd birthday, robbed music of an extraordinarily gifted musician – he was also a fine pianist – and perhaps one of the major voices of the next generation: the rapid evolution in his language in the three years covered by this CD is striking. The two overtures and cantatas make clear that he was already a gifted composer in the post-Schumann Romantic tradition, and the Finnish Suite written in the last year of his life brings a striking simplification of his textures and what seems to have been a nascent nationalism.