Antti Leinonen, Sonja Vertainen, Janne Valkeajoki, Petteri Waris Finnish Accordion Concertos (2024)

Antti Leinonen, Sonja Vertainen, Janne Valkeajoki, Petteri Waris - Finnish Accordion Concertos (2024)

Antti Leinonen, Sonja Vertainen, Janne Valkeajoki, Petteri Waris, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Tomas Djupsjöpacka - Minna Leinonen; Aulis Sallisen; Veli Kujala: Finnish Accordion Concertos (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 276 Mb | Total time: 56:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Records | # ABCD 477 | Recorded: 2024

Finnish Accordion Concertos contains the works of three Finnish composers for accordion. The album opens with Vyöry (2021), composed by Minna Leinonen (b. 1977), one of the rising names of her generation, performed by accordion artist and pedagogue Antti Leinonen as soloist of KPKO. The piece was premiered with the same force in 2022, and the composer says that during the composition process, "worldwide changes swept through society", and in the piece you can hear "accelerating eruptions, flows and culminations".
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra - Finnish Accordion Concertos (2024)  [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Antti Leinonen, Sonja Vertainen, Janne Valkeajoki, Petteri Waris & Tomas Djupsjöbacka - Finnish Accordion Concertos (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 56:36 minutes | 1,11 GB
Classical | Label: Alba Records, Official Digital Download

The Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra made this album in cooperation with the Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival. The release contains three accordion concertos by Aulis Sallinen, Minna Leinonen, and Veli Kujala. All of them are world-premiere recordings. Solists on this release are Antti Leinonen, Sonja Vertainen, Janne Valkeajoki, and Petteri Waris. The ostrobothnian chamber orchestra is conducted by Tomas Djupsjöpacka.