Melartin's Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 10

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https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9856774--unrecorded-ii
This substantial 4-movement work has been mentioned in the 2025 Unsung Concerts post. It was modern-day-premiered in a concert May 14th last year in Helsinki. A commercial recording was announced as a part of the second installment of Unrecorded not long after that but I didn't notice any early warning of the release date and totally missed it last week...

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I feel like I skimmed a score of this years ago and it's only now being recorded... better late than never. Excellent composer. Very glad too of the first instalment of cpo's new set of his symphonies, e.g.