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Erkki Melartin
12+ albums
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Erkki Melartin (February 2, 1875–February 14, 1937) was a Finnish composer and pupil of Martin Wegelius from 1892-99 in Helsinki, and Robert Fuchs from 1899-1901 in Vienna. Interestingly enough, he shares identical birth and death years with more famous composer Maurice Ravel. As well as composing, Melartin also taught and directed music at the Helsinki Music College, later the Helsinki Conservatory. As conductor of the Viborg Orchestra in 1908-11, and despite chronic health problems, Melartin toured extensively (as far as North Africa and India), conducting the first performance of Gustav Mahler's music in Scandinavia, a movement of the Resurrection symphony in 1909 (see the Finnish Music Information Centre link, [1].) Although Melartin was chiefly a lyricist, the symphony was central to his musical output. He wrote six symphonies (1902–1924) and was the first Finnish composer to bear Mahler's influence. The fourth symphony uses a vocalise like that of Carl Nielsen's Sinfonia Espansiva. The fifth is a Sinfonia brevis ending in a fugue and chorale, while the sixth, harmonically more advanced than the other five, advances stepwise from a C minor first movement — with evocations of Mahler's seventh symphony — to an E-flat major finale. His musical output also includes an opera, Aino (based on the character from the Finnish national epic), a violin concerto, four string quartets, and many piano pieces. His works therefore are divided mainly into large-scale works for orchestra
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Symphony no. 6, op. 100, "Symphony of the Elements": II. Andante
4542Melartin : Prinsessa Ruusunen [Sleeping Beauty Suite] Op.22 : Festive March
2883Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) Suite No. 2, Op. 22: III. Perhosvalssi (arr. J. Panula)
2784Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) Suite No. 1, Op. 22: VI. Haamarssi (Festive March)
2625Hyvyyden voiman ihmeelliseen suojaan
1776Symphony No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 90 "Sinfonia brevis": III. Intermezzo
1777Festive March, Op. 22
1318Melartin : Butterfly Waltz, Op. 22 No. 17 (Perhosvalssi)
1269Prinsessa Ruusunen (Sleeping Beauty) Suite No. 1, Op. 22: IV. Kuutamobaletti (Moonlight Ballet)
11210Melartin : Juhlamarssi, Op. 22 (Festive March, Op. 22)
97albums
Melartin, E.: Symphonies Nos. 1-6
Melartin, E.: Violin Concerto in D Minor / Lyric Suite No. 3 / Sleeping Beauty Suite No. 1
Melartin: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
Melartin: The Solo Piano Works
Melartin: Works for Piano
Melartin: Orchestral Works
Melartin: Aino
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Rakastan, tahdon: Häämarssit ja valssit
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Noche Escandinava II (A Finnish Evening from Buenos Aires, April 24th, 2004)
Finnish Orchestral Favourites
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Northern Pictures
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Children (Classical Favourites For) - Teddy Bear at the Concert Orkesterimusiikin Suosikkeja Lapsille (Nallekarhu Konsertissa)