Last Warrior Bassoon Concerto Overture to

This new album by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and Aapo Häkkinen together with the Audi Jugendchorakademie and bassoonist Jani Sunnarborg featuring late works by composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) makes an important addition to the recordings of Nordic Classical period works and of early Finnish music. Highlight of the album is the world première recording of Crusell's Viking-themed 'The Last Warrior' (Den sista kämpen) from 1834, the composer's last large-scale composition.