Forbes Classical CD of the Week

…These recordings from the 70s and 80s, released on Warner’s budget label Apex in 2002, are an excellent way to ready the appreciation for the wonderful music of Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947). He isn’t among the 66 composers included in Robert Reilly’s “Surprised by Beauty – A Listener’s Guide to the Rediscovery of Modern Music”*, but if there ever will be an all-new third edition, he’s bound to be among the first to be included!…

-> Classical CD of the Week: Madetoja -- Kullervo Without Sibelius

L.Madetoja, Orchestral Works, Helsinki Philharmonic, Tampere Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jorma Panula, Paavo Rautio, Leif Segerstam (conductors), Apex/Warner

#CDoftheWeek: #Madetoja on @WarnerClassics - https://t.co/BEWbCNMxGN #NotSibelius#finni… https://t.co/AuQU6GWF8D pic.twitter.com/0gyuunp7BY — Jens F. Laurson (@ClassicalCritic) July 29, 2016