Composer: Arto Koskinen
Performer: Joonas Ahonen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA1042
Release: 2024
Size: 906 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Prelude
Fantasia in Sâranga
02. I. Animato
03. II. Presto con fuoco
Fuga indiana
04. I. Prelude. Teneramente
05. II. Fugue. Molto serioso
06. III. “Jor and Jhala”
Fuga libera
07. I. Prelude. Con grazia
08. II. Fugue. Allegro
Triamonia
09. I. Canon. Serioso
10. II. Fughetta. Deciso
11. III. Finale. Molto risoluto
Fantasia in Yaman
12. I. Dolce cantabile
13. II. Teneramente (For Elk)
Fuga seria
14. I. Prelude. Serioso
15. II. Fugue
16. III. Interlude
17. IV. Allegro risoluto
Arto Koskinen is a Finnish composer, pianist and harpsichordist who has devoted his musical life to establishing a dialogue between the Asian, European and Afro-American traditions. In the 1970s, he developed a passion for jazz, then went on to study Indian vocal music at a music and dance school in New Delhi. He also immersed himself in the study of polyphonic techniques from the Baroque era and sought to make them compatible with the melodic principles of oriental music. The result is this ‘Indian fugue’, composed between 1987 and 2000, whose main sources are North Indian classical music, traditional western polyphony and Afro-American improvisations. His compatriot Joonas Ahonen, a polymorphous pianist who has already recorded Le Monde selon George Antheil with Patricia Kopatchinskaja (ALPHA797), is a passionate advocate of Koskinen’s music. This monograph at last spotlights the music of a composer with a highly original voice.