Finnish composer Kalevi Aho has produced a considerable and varied body of work that continues to grow rapidly. Aho first tackled the genre of string quartet at the very beginning of his composing career, more than fifty years ago, and has only recently returned to it. Aho was only 18 when he completed his String Quartet No. 1 in 1967. Self-taught at the time, Aho took his inspiration from the essentially tonal music he played on the violin or heard on the radio. The Second Quartet was composed in 1970, during his second year of studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Einojuhani Rautavaara and uses fugue technique in each of its movements. The first performance of the quartet received excellent reviews and marked a minor breakthrough for Aho as a composer.

The Third Quartet dates from the following year and marks the end of Aho’s studies with Rautavaara. In this work Aho’s personal language begins to emerge, although the influence of Shostakovich can also be heard. The work was a great success and has been performed more often than any of his other chamber compositions. The three string quartets are performed here by the Stenhammar Quartet, one of Scandinavia’s leading string quartets, whose extensive repertoire gives prominence to contemporary music from the Nordic countries.

01. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 I. Adagio
02. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 II. Presto
03. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 III. Adagio
04. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 I. Vivace
05. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 II. Andante
06. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 III. Presto
07. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 IV. Allegro non troppo
08. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 V. Presto
09. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 VI. Meno mosso
10. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 VII. Adagio
11. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 VIII. Allegretto
12. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 I. Moderato
13. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 II. Andante – Vivace – Andante
14. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 III. Presto
15. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 IV. Andante

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