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Vocal Works
83 tracks
- Adjö (original title: 'Ju lägre solen'), for soprano, flute and guitar
2 tracks
- Caliban's Dream, for baritone, clarinet, mandolin, guitar, harp and double bass
2 tracks
- 5 Reflets de l'Amour de loin, for soprano, baritone and orchestra
5 tracks
- Die Aussicht, for soprano, flute, guitar, violin & cello
1 track
- Du gick, flög, for soprano & piano
1 track
- From the Grammar of Dreams, cycle of 5 melodies for soprano & mezzo-soprano
5 tracks
- Grammaire des rêves, for soprano, contralto, 2 flutes, harp, viola & cello
1 track
- Il pleut, for soprano & piano (or harp)
1 track
- Je sens un deuxième coeur (I Feel a Second Heart), for piano trio
5 tracks
- Lonh, for soprano & electronics
2 tracks
- Mirage, for soprano, cello and orchestra
3 tracks
- Miranda’s Lament, for soprano, clarinet, harp, violin & double bass
1 track
- Nuit, adieux, for vocal quartet and chorus
1 track
- Oltra mar, for chorus & orchestra
7 tracks
- Preludi-Tunnustus-Postludi, for soprano & prepared piano
3 tracks
- Cinq reflets de l'Amour de loin, for soprano, baritone & orchestra
5 tracks
- Quatre instants, for soprano & piano
4 tracks
- ...sah den Vögeln, for soprano, flute, oboe, cello, prepared piano & electronics (version of 1982’s "Study for Life")
1 track
- Leino Songs, for voice and orchestra
4 tracks
- Grammaire des reves
1 track
- Miranda's Lament
1 track
- La Passion de Simone
15 tracks
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Choral Works
4 tracks
- Sua Katselen (I Look at You), for voice and piano
1 track
- Sydän (O Heart), for voice and piano
1 track
- Iltarukous (Evening Prayer), for voice and piano
1 track
- Émilie Suite, for soprano and orchestra
5 tracks
- Adjö (original title: 'Ju lägre solen'), for soprano, flute and guitar
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Chamber Works
104 tracks
- Calices, for violin and piano
3 tracks
- Cendres, for chamber ensemble
2 tracks
- Cloud Trio, for chamber ensemble
8 tracks
- Du cristal
1 track
- Je sens un deuxieme coeur, for viola, cello and piano
5 tracks
- Laconisme de l'aile, for solo flute
3 tracks
- Lichtbogen, for 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, piano, flute, harp & electronics
1 track
- Lichtbogen
1 track
- NoaNoa, for flute and electronics
3 tracks
- Nocturne, for solo violin
2 tracks
- Notes on Light
5 tracks
- Nymphea (Jardin secret III), for string quartet and electronics
4 tracks
- Oi kuu, for bass clarinet and cello
1 track
- 7 Papillons
15 tracks
- Près, for cello and electronics
6 tracks
- Serenatas, for cello, piano and percussion
5 tracks
- Six Japanese Gardens, for percussion and electronics
12 tracks
- Solar, for electro-acoustic ensemble
2 tracks
- Spins and Spells, for solo cello
1 track
- Terrestre, for flute and piano
1 track
- Tocar, for violin and piano
2 tracks
- Vent Nocturne, for viola and electronics
4 tracks
- …a la fumee
1 track
- Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello and piano
5 tracks
- Frises, for violin
4 tracks
- Neiges (version for 12 celli; 1998)
5 tracks
- Aure (version for violin and cello)
1 track
- Light and Matter, for piano trio
1 track
- Calices, for violin and piano
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Orchestral Works
64 tracks
- Nymphea Reflection, for string orchestra
12 tracks
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Concertos
25 tracks
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Other Orchestral Works
14 tracks
- Laterna Magica, for orchestra
1 track
- Oltra mar (Across the Sea), for orchestra
7 tracks
- Circle Map, for orchestra
6 tracks
- Laterna Magica, for orchestra
- Orion, for orchestra
6 tracks
- Du cristal, for orchestra
2 tracks
- Quatre instants, for chamber orchestra
4 tracks
- Terra Memoria, for orchestra
1 track
- Nymphea Reflection, for string orchestra
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Stage Works
37 tracks
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Electronic/Computer Music
2 tracks
- Jardin secret I, for tape
1 track
- Verblendungen, for orchestra and tape
1 track
- Jardin secret I, for tape
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Miscellaneous
12 tracks
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Piano Works
2 tracks
- Prelude, for piano solo
1 track
- Ballade, for piano solo
1 track
- Prelude, for piano solo
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