FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 01:11:27 | 1CD | 330 MbOn this new album violinist Kaija Saarikettu and pianist Juhani Lagerspetz perform Paavo Heininen’s Boston Sonatas.

The project began with a commission from Boston for a violin sonata, prompted by Kaija Saarikettu’s recording of Heininen’s Sonata op.

25.

A short while earlier Heininen had visited Boston.

Even though he is a proponent of absolute music, the things that he saw and experienced in the city became the inspiration for his thought processes.

Tracklist:01. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 102. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 2: I. Capriccio notturno03. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 2: II. Elegiaco04. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 2: III. Symmel05. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 2: VI. Scherzo06. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 2: V. Agitato e pesante07. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: I. Guirlande08. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: II. Duetto09. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: III. Pizzica, fuzzica10. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: IV. Capriccio et pentanomos11. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: V. Pezzo tematico12. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: VI. Aubade13. Boston Sonatas, Violin Sonata, Op. 134 No. 3: VII. Finale