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Pianist Emmi Karoliina Uimonen's Emmi U. Trio plays the first gig of The Album Release Tour in tenho of their new album on the train.

After a series of symphonic recordings, one of the greatest musicians of our time completes his love of Jean Sibelius with solo performances of the composer's intimate piano pieces. Vladimir Ashkenazy recorded these works at Jarvenpaa Hall - which has the best acoustics in Finland - and at Ainola, the composer's own home. For "Valse triste", one of the most popular Sibelius pieces, Ashkenazy recorded the composer's transcription twice, first at Jarvenpaa, and then at Ainola using the composer's piano.

Toivo Kuula (1883–1918) is one of the many composers who died at a tragically young age – 35 in his case, the result of an alcohol-fuelled pub brawl. The striking quality of the music he wrote during his short life points to the immensity of the loss not only to Finnish culture but to music more generally – as this first album of two, presenting his entire output of songs for solo voice and piano, makes abundantly clear.

Sports Megamix 2018.1 is a 3CD box set of exercise music to workout to. Released by Quadrophon, it is actually three megamixes spread over three discs so a total of 111 songs are featured.