Oksanen

The second solo album by finnish pianist Janne Oksanen includes the Complete Piano Works by Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958). A whopping 15 tracks out of the albums 22 tracks are World Premiere Recordings.

Essai consacré au traitement des femmes dans la Russie de Vladimir Poutine. L'autrice livre une analyse selon laquelle la Russie contemporaine réduit les femmes au silence et utilise le viol comme une arme. …

"Chamber music from two female composers who were overshadowed by men. It's amazing how much great music has gone unperformed because the composer was a woman. ""In the end, Rebecca Clarke and Louise Farrenc didn't compose in the shadow of men, but in spite of men. And their voices carry all the way here."" Dramaturg and freelance writer Maija Alander's text in the album's booklet ends with these words."

On this new Alba album the young and talented Janne Oksanen takes over the entire piano output of Toivo Kuula. To this day Toivo Kuula (1883-1918) stands as one of the most significant Finnish composers. His music is poetic, epic and deep and it showcases a very sophisticated musical taste and tonal language. In his lifetime he was hailed as Finland’s finest composer after Sibelius, who was his mentor and friend. As a whole these 20 pieces portray a versatile palette of different stages of Kuula the composer, from teenage sketches (Air varié) to impressionistic frames from Paris (Satukuva no 2).