Jouni Somero - Selim Palmgren: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 5

For many years the Busoni student Selim Palmgren was the most frequently performed Finnish composer after Sibelius. With a portfolio of nearly 400 piano works, his contribution to the prestige of the Nordic repertoire was significant both in scope and creative artistry. This fifth volume of Palmgren�s complete solo piano music explores oriental moods in Exotic March, Op. 46, and includes two of his best-known and most beautiful pieces, Aftonr�ster, Op. 47, No. 1 (�Evening Whispers�) and the winter magic of Sn�flingor, Op. 57, No. 2 (�Snowflakes�). The Sonatine in F major, Op. 93 marked Palmgren�s return to composition after the death of his wife five years earlier and enshrines nostalgia whilst hinting at neo-Classicism.