Towards the Horizon & Modificata & Incantations

This new recording couples Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara's latest concerto works with an orchestral piece from his early Modernist period (Modificata; 1957/2003). Rautavaara's Second Cello Concerto Towards the Horizon (2009) was written for cellist Truls Mørk and plays continuously in one 20-minute movement. Reviewing the premiere, the Star Tribune noted that the composer "acknowledges a 'taste for eternity' and a vain of mysticism runs through his work."