Olli Mustonen

For a complete list, see the external link for the Finnish Music Information Centre. • Divertimento (1979) for piano and orchestra • Fantasia (1985) for piano and strings • Toccata (1989) for piano, string quartet and double bass • Two Nonets (1995, 2000) for two string quartets and double bass • Concerto for Three Violins (1998) • Sinuhe – sonata for solo oboe (2005–2006) • Jehkin Iivana – sonata for guitar (2004) or piano (2006) • Sonata for cello and piano (2006) • Symphony No. 1 Tuuri (2012) for baritone and orchestra • Symphony No 2, Johannes Angelos (2013) • Symphony No 3, Taivaanvalot (Heavenly Lights) (2020) • String Quintet No. 1 (2015) • String Quartet No. 1 (2017) His composition style combines elements of the neo-classical, neo-baroque and romantic idioms, and he has also used minimalist patterns: 'The Baroque elements echo Stravinsky's Pulcinella or the stylizations of Martinů or Ottorino Respighi; these elements dominate the vivacious and rhythmic fast movements, whereas the slow movements are emphatically Romantic.'

As pianist unless otherwise stated. • Stravinsky: The works for violin and piano (Isabelle van Keulen, violin) – Philips Records (1987/1988) • A Portrait of Olli Mustonen [as composer and pianist]: Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra/Juha Kangas); Six Bagatelles for Piano; Three Preludes for Piano; Ballade for Piano; On all Fours for Piano Four Hands (Raija Kerppo, hands 3 and 4); Three Simple Pieces for Cello and Piano (Martti Rousi, cello); Gavotte for Piano; Two Meditations for Piano; Toccata for Piano, String Quartet and Double Bass (Orion String Quartet; Esko Laine, double bass) – Finlandia Records (1989/1990) • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, op.34; Charles-Valentin Alkan: 25 Preludes, op.31 – London Records (1991) • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky: Children's Album; Balakirev: Islamey – Decca Records (1993) • Beethoven: Piano variations WoO 69, op.76, WoO 79, WoO 78, WoO 80, WoO 70, op.35, WoO 71 – Decca Records (1994) • Stravinsky: Piano Concerto; Capriccio; Movements for Piano & Orchestra (Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor; Deutscher-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin) – London Records (1994) • Beethoven: Piano Concerto, op.61a after the Violin Concerto; Bach: Piano Concerto BWV 1054 (Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie/Jukka-Pekka Saraste) – Decca Records (1994) • Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Music for Violin and Piano (Joshua Bell, violin) – Decca Records (1995) • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt) – Decca Records (1996) • Janáček/Shostakovich/Prokofiev: Works For Cello & Piano (Steven Isserlis, cello) – RCA Red Seal (1996) • Prokofiev: Visions fugitives; Hindemith: Ludus tonalis – Decca Records (1996) • Beethoven: Airs and variations, op.105; Ländler, WoO 11; Variations, WoO 77; Rondo, op.51/1; Variations, WoO 68; Minuet, WoO 82; Ecossaises, WoO 83; Bagatelles, op.126; Allegretto, WoO 61 – London Records (1996) • Bach: 12 Preludes & Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1; Shostakovich: 12 of 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87 – RCA Red Seal (1999) • Beethoven: Diabelli Variations – RCA Red Seal (1999) • Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 (Michael Collins, clarinet; Joshua Bell, violin; Steven Isserlis, cello) – Decca Records (2000) • Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo) – Image Entertainment DVD (2000) • Shchedrin: Cello Concerto, Seagull Suite (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Olli Mustonen, conductor) – Ondine Records (2001) • Olli Mustonen: Triple Concerto; Petite Suite; Nonets Nos. 1 & 2 (Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, conductor) – Ondine Records (2001) • Mustonen plays Sibelius: Pieces, Op. 58; Jääkärien marssi, op.91a; Pieces, op.76; Rondinos, op.68; Bagatelles, op.34 – Ondine Records (2003) • Sibelius: Symphony No. 3; Hindemith: The Four Temperaments (Helsinki Festival Orchestra; Olli Mustonen, conductor) – Ondine Records (2003) • Mozart: Violin Concertos 3, 4 & 5 (Tapiola Sinfonietta; Pekka Kuusisto, violin; Olli Mustonen, conductor) – Ondine Records (2003) • Bach & Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues Vol.2 [completes the collections began in the 1999 recording] – Ondine Records (2004) • Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite, Music for Children – Ondine Records (2006) • Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1; Tchaikovsky: The Seasons – Ondine Records (2006) • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, piano & conductor) – Ondine Records (2007) • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Piano Concerto, op.61a (Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, piano & conductor) – Ondine Records (2007) • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 (Tapiola Sinfonietta; Olli Mustonen, piano & conductor) – Ondine Records (2009) • Respighi: Concerto in modo misolydio (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo) – Ondine Records (2010) • Scriabin: 12 Etudes, Op. 8, 6 Preludes, Op. 13, 5 Preludes, Op. 16, Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70, Vers la flamme (Poème), Op. 72 – Ondine Records (2012)