Chamber Music By Uuno Klami

Uuno Klami Ensemble · Sirja Nironen · Esa Ylönen · Eero Kesti

2021 · ABCD 460

Credits

Performers: Uuno Klami EnsembleSirja Nironen — CelloEsa Ylönen — PianoEero Kesti — ViolaEssi Höglund — Violin
Composers: Uuno Klami

Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano
1.Moderato molto – Allegro con affettacomp. Uuno Klami (1900-1961)ISRC FIABA20002228:24
2.Andante moltocomp. Uuno Klami (1900-1961)ISRC FIABA20002233:44
3.Moderato molto – Allegro con affettacomp. Uuno Klami (1900-1961)ISRC FIABA20002248:24
From Sonata in B-flat Minor for Viola and Piano
4.Andantinocomp. Uuno KlamiISRC FIABA20002256:20
5.Berceusecomp. Uuno KlamiISRC FIABA20002264:02
Piano Quartet in D Major
6.Tempo giustocomp. Uuno KlamiISRC FIABA20002275:10
7.Molto andantecomp. Uuno KlamiISRC FIABA20002287:52
8.Prestissimo e molto energicocomp. Uuno KlamiISRC FIABA20002294:47

KLAMI: Sonata; Andantino; Berceuse; Piano Quartet Uuno Klami Ensemble—Alba 460—47 minutes
Uuno Klami (b.1900) wrote the bulk of the music here from 1920 to 1922, so we’re talking student work. The first two items are interwound in a curious way. When the pianist of this recording, Esa Yloenen, first came to record the C-minor Violin Sonata, he found two completed movements and only sketches for the third. But Klami had, at almost the same time, begun work on a viola sonata in Bflat minor, and…
American Record Guide
Kammarmusiken röjer vägen för Klamis orkestrala mästerverk
Den seriösa skivsatsningen på Uuno Klamis kammarmusik fyller viktiga luckor och belyser vägen till hans orkestrala mästerverk.
Klassiskt
Uuno Klami: Kammarmusik. Uuno Klami-ensemble: Essi Höglund, violin, Eero Kesti, altviolin, Sirja Nironen, cello, Esa Ylönen, piano. (Alba)
Låt er inte avskräckas av konvolutfotot, som mest påminner om en veckotidningsillustration. Den i höstas utkomna skivan med plock ur Uuno Klamis…
HBL
Excellently played and highly committed performances do these fine works full justice.
MusicWeb International · Hubert Culot · April 12, 2021
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There appear to be almost no recordings of Klami’s chamber music available (or even out of print), so this disc, though short at 47 minutes, helps fill a large gap.
Records International · May 8, 2021
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