Composers: Details

An early death prevented Raitio from fully achieving the potential that his small but distinguished body of completed works amply demonstrates. Like his compatriot and colleague Aarre Merikanto, Raitio's music was scarcely understood in his lifetime, and had only recently begun to receive a sympathetic hearing from his compatriots. A fascinating case of what might have been.

More information:
Vaino Raitio Society
Finnish Music Information Centre

Danse grotesque
Fantasia poetica, Op. 25 (1923)
Humoreski (Humoresque)
Idylli (Idyll)
Joutsenet (The Swans) (1919)
Juninatt, Op. 5/5
Kesäkuvia Hämeestä (Summer pictures from Häme)
Kuollut hetki, Op. 11/3
Kuutamolla, Op. 28/1
Ljuset flämtar, Op. 5/4
Metsäidyllejä (Forest Idylls)
Neiet niemien nenissä (Maidens on the Headlands (Symphonic poem))
Scherzo (Felis domestica)
Tango
Valse mignonne
Valssi (Waltz)