ACO Originals is a series of releases dedicated to new works commissioned by the ACO and recorded live in concert.

Olli Mustonen’s Sonata for Cello and Chamber Orchestra was originally composed for cello and piano and dedicated to the great Heinrich Schiff, with this version for chamber orchestra receiving its world premiere in September 2015. Mustonen believes that music should be a spiritual quest, a search for something beyond oneself. ‘Even a good concert can leave you untouched,’ he comments. ‘To become memorable, I feel it should strive for an experience of transformation, the feeling that you have been taken to another world.’

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TRACKLIST
1–4. OLLI MUSTONEN Sonata for Cello and Chamber Orchestra [14'23]

ARTISTS
Olli Mustonen Conductor
Timo-Veikko Valve Cello
Australian Chamber Orchestra

ALBUM INFO
Release date: 26 June 2020
Label: ABC Classic
Catalogue number: DIGITAL