Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works for Strings Vol. 2

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This Finnish quartet Meta4 play with keyhole clarity and purpose — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017

Release Date: 11th Nov 2016
Catalogue No: ODE1242-2
Label: Ondine
Length: 64 minutes

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Saariaho: Neiges

Work length4:17

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Meta4

V. Fleurs de neige (Version for String Quartet)

Track length4:17

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Saariaho: Aure

Work length5:49

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Antti Tikkanen, Atte Kilpeläinen

Saariaho: Du gick, flög (Version for Voice & Cello)

Work length3:54

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Pia Freund, Tomas Djupsjöbacka

Saariaho: Nocturne

Work length6:00

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Atte Kilpeläinen

Saariaho: Changing Light

Work length5:50

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Pia Freund, Antti Tikkanen

Saariaho: …de la Terre

Work length14:42

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Minna Pensola, Marko Myöhänen

Saariaho: Die Aussicht (Version for Voice & String Quartet)

Work length3:58

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Pia Freund
Meta4

Saariaho: Terra Memoria for String Orchestra

Work length19:38

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Ondine releases the long-awaited second instalment of Kaija Saariaho's (b. 1958) chamber works with the award-winning Meta4 string quartet. The recording also includes three chamber music songs together with soprano Pia Freund. Kaija Saariaho (b. 1958) is one of the most important Finnish contemporary composers. She is equally known for her operas, the oratorio La Passion de Simone, orchestral works and concertos and also for rich small-scale works. Saariaho's instrumental style is particularly richly manifested in her works for strings, where she makes use of a variety of playing techniques. Meta4, formed in 2001, is one of the internationally most successful Finnish string quartets. In 2010 they received the Echo Klassik Award and in 2012 were awarded both the Record of the Year by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and the Emma prize (the Finnish Grammy) for Classical Album of the Year. Soprano Pia Freund is a versatile artist and a well-known interpreter of Kaija Saariaho's works. She has sung roles at Saariaho's operas and as a soloist at the premiere of Saariaho's La Passion de Simone oratorio. Freund has recorded Saariaho's vocal works in two previous Ondine albums (ODE 1049- 2, ODE 1189-2).

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February 2017

This Finnish quartet Meta4 play with keyhole clarity and purpose

Kaija Saariaho: Chamber Works for Strings Vol. 2

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