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Esa Pietilä & Skatta String Quartet: Aphelium Journeys

String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3, Saxophone Quintet

 

Icons of Blue, Black & Sun, String Quartet No. 2

1-3) I. Blue   06:39

II. Black   10:06

III. Sun   05:19

 

Valleys of Soliloquy, String Quartet No. 3

4.-6) I. Murmurs in Shadow   12:16

  II. Folded Light   04:36

III. The Distant Voice   10:03

 

7) Blazing Flames, for Saxophone and String Quartet   27:21

 

Skatta String Quartet:

Erkki Lasonpalo, 1st violin ( 2nd violin on Blazing Flames)

Aleksi Kotila, 2nd violin (1st violin on Blazing Flames)

Max Savikangas, viola

Artturi Aalto, violoncello

Esa Pietilä, Tenor Saxophone (on Blazing Flames)

 

Recorded at Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa, Finland, June 2.-4. 2025
Record engineer: Enno Mäemets
Mixed and mastered by Enno Mäemets at Editroom
Produced by Esa Pietilä
©Esa Pietilä
Cover Design Sanna Vauhkonen

Alba Records, release date: Oct. -25