Palmgren: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4 Jouni Somero

• Selim Palmgren (1878 - 1951): The Rushing of Spring Brooklets, SP 343:
• 1 Palmgren: The Rushing of Spring Brooklets, SP 343 02:13
• Valse d'amour, SP 325:
• 2 Palmgren: Valse d'amour, SP 325 07:07
• Nocturne in 3 Scenes for Piano, Op. 72a:
• 3 Palmgren: Nocturne in 3 Scenes for Piano, Op. 72a: No. 1, Stars Twinkling 03:09
• 4 Palmgren: Nocturne in 3 Scenes for Piano, Op. 72a: No. 2, Song of the Night 03:26
• 5 Palmgren: Nocturne in 3 Scenes for Piano, Op. 72a: No. 3, Twilight 02:37
• 3 Fantasier for Piano, Op. 82:
• 6 Palmgren: 3 Fantasier for Piano, Op. 82: No. 1, A Summer Phantasy 03:51
• 7 Palmgren: 3 Fantasier for Piano, Op. 82: No. 2, A Dream of Fall 03:26
• 8 Palmgren: 3 Fantasier for Piano, Op. 82: No. 3, A Memory 03:23
• Triptych, Op. 81:
• 9 Palmgren: Triptych, Op. 81: No. 1, A Dream of Spring 03:05
• 10 Palmgren: Triptych, Op. 81: No. 3, Rhapsody 04:21
• 11 Palmgren: Triptych, Op. 81: No. 2, A Lullaby for Wounded Hearts 02:46
• Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87:
• 12 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 1, Preludium 01:18
• 13 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 2, Humoreski 01:38
• 14 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 3, Kesäinen laulu 02:54
• 15 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 4, Staccato 00:56
• 16 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 5, Maininki 02:08
• 17 Palmgren: Uusia klaveeriskitsejä, Op. 87: No. 6, Epiloogi 01:36
• Pieni romanssi, SP 219:
• 18 Palmgren: Pieni romanssi, SP 219 00:38
• Juhlatilaisuus, SP 118:
• 19 Palmgren: Juhlatilaisuus, SP 118 00:23
• Vakava välikohtaus, SP 323:
• 20 Palmgren: Vakava välikohtaus, SP 323 00:29
• 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 49a:
• 21 Palmgren: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 49a: No. 1, Finnish Song 03:22
• 22 Palmgren: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 49a: No. 2, Scherzino 01:47
• 23 Palmgren: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 49a: No. 3, Cantilena 04:13
• 24 Palmgren: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 49a: No. 4, A Longing Waltz 04:07
• 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76:
• 25 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 1, Spinning Song 01:35
• 26 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 2, Étude in A-Flat Major 01:11
• 27 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 3, Lullaby 01:24
• 28 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 4, Étude in A Minor 01:03
• 29 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 5, Contradictions 00:53
• 30 Palmgren: 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 76: No. 6, The Pinwheel 01:28
• Total Runtime 01:12:27

Info for Palmgren: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 4

Selim Palmgren studied with Busoni and developed a formidable technique, later becoming one of the leading Nordic composer-pianists of his generation. This fourth volume of Palmgren’s complete piano works reveals yet more remarkable contributions to 20th-century piano literature including one of his masterpieces, the Nocturne in Three Scenes, a compound of Impressionist and Romantic elements. His fruitful years in America are reflected by the jazz-influenced Three Fantasies and throughout one can hear examples of the beautiful folk-based music that is so much a feature of his compositions.

Jouni Somero, piano

Jouni Somero
(born in 1963) is one of the most active performers among present Finnish musicians. So far he has given over 3,200 concerts all over the world, including Australia, Japan, Ukraine, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Spain, Suisse, France, Sweden, Estonia, Russia, Brazil, Canada and Finland.

He began studying organ when he was eight years old but switched to the piano at the age of twelve. He studied piano in Switzerland and at the Music Academy in Cologne under Professor Herbert Drechsel and under the legendary Hungarian pianist Georges Cziffra, he deepened his knowledge of the interpretation of Liszt's music. Michael Ponti, the American virtuoso, has also acted as Somero's musical advisor. During 1981-89 Somero lived in Germany, working, among other things, as an assistant at the Music Academy of Düsseldorf. From 1990 Somero has pursued his career solely as a concert pianist. He was awarded a diploma at the International Music competition in Rio de Janeiro.

Jouni Somero's recording career began in 1989 (with Liszt's 12 Transcendental Etudes), after which he has made over 100 recordings for different labels (Naxos,BMG,MILS,Jubal,FC-Records,Grand Piano etc) These include Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier 1 & 2 and Die Kunst der Fuge, Liszt's Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses, Liszt's arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies No. 1 and 5, the Bach arrangements, by Busoni, Brahms and Kempff, Henselt's Concert Etudes op.2, Schubert's Wanderer-Fantasy, and the world premier recording of several piano works by Felix Blumenfeld, Benjamin Godard, Hans Seeling and Hugo Reinhold. He recorded also Complete Piano Works by Sergei Bortkiewicz,Pjotr Tchaikowsky and Erkki Salmenhaara. His wide repertoire includes all the solo piano works of Rachmaninov, Tsaikowsky and Bortkiewicz as well as seldom heard music by, among others, Alkan, Godowsky, Henselt, Rubinstein, Reinhold, Godard, Seeling, Cui, Blumenfeld and Gottschalk. He has also made many piano arrangements of orchestral, operetic and pop music.

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