Composed by Camille Saint- Saens (1835-1921). Edited by Fabien Guilloux and François de Médicis. This edition: Edition of selected works, Urtext edition. Linen. Saint- Saens, Camille. OEuvres instrumentales completes III/4. Edition of selected works, Performance score, anthology. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10304-01. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-500-2

Composed by Paavo Heininen. Fennica Gehrman #55011-500-2. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-500-2).

ISBN 9790550115002.

Even though I was and remain a proponent of absolute music, the things that we see and experience inevitably colour and energise our thought processes. The grand old man of Finnish Modernism Paavo Heininen (b. 1938) turned his impressions of Boston into violin sonatas op. 134 (2016). All the three sonatas - Boston Sonata, Boston Variations and Boston Ballade - were premiered in one concert in Helsinki celebrating the composer's 80th birthday in May 2018 by Kaija Saarikettu (violin) and Juhani Lagerspetz (piano).

Violin, Piano

SKU: FG.55009-532-8

Composed by Thomas Bystrom. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55009-532-8).

ISBN 979-0-55009-532-8.

Thomas Bystrom's (1772-1839) major compositions are his three violin sonatas which were evidently completed in 1797. The original title 'Trois sonates pour le clavecin our pianoforte avec accompagnement d'un violon oblige' recalls the temporary practice of the violin part being considered secondary to the keyboard part so that such a sonata could be performed without the violin if necessary. Actually Bystrom's sonatas are genuine chamber music works rooted in the Classical period, with both parts being necessary contributions to the whole even if the piano tends to dominate the texture.