Uuno Klami (1900-61) : Suite for string orchestra (1937)

I. Rubato, quasi recitativo 0:00
II. Menuetto 4:05
III. Tranquillo 7:45
IV. Allegro vivo 10:25
Performed by the Tapiola Sinfonietta conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

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Some fascinating shifts of mood in this brilliant composition. The strings seem, in my opinion, to suggest a range of emotions such as rumination, playful coyness and urgency. Whatever interpretation a listener might make, the quality of Klami's writing remains, without doubt, exceptional.