Monica Groop, Jorma Hynninen, Dominante Choir, Folke Gräsbeck, Harri Viitanen, Seppo Murto - Saarella Palaa (Fire on the Island) (2012) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Monica Groop, Jorma Hynninen, Dominante Choir, Folke Gräsbeck, Harri Viitanen, Seppo Murto
- Title: Saarella Palaa (Fire on the Island)
- Year Of Release: 2012
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:04:55
- Total Size: 285 / 577 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14, JS 160c [Version for Choir]
02. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: I. Sortunut aani (The Broken Voice) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
03. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: III. Venematka (The Boat Journey) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
04. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: IV. Saarella palaa (Fire On the Island) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
05. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: VI. Sydameni laulu (Song of My Heart) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
06. Min rastas raataa (The Thrush's Toiling), JS 129
07. Isanmaalle (To the Fatherland), JS 98a
08. Costa, Oje Caruli (Oh Caroline), JS 99
09. Cottrau, Trippole trappole, JS 99
10. Listen to the Water Mill, JS 122
11. Ej med klagan (Not With Lamentation), JS 69
12. Man fran slatten och havet (People of Land and Sea), Op. 65a
13. On lapsonen syntynyt meille (A Child Is Born Unto Us), JS 142
14. Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II, JS 104: Terve ruhtinatar (Hail, O Princess)
15. Islossningen i Ulea alv (The Breaking of the Ice On the Oulu River), Op. 30: Nejden and as [The Landscape Breathes]
16. Cantata for the Helsinki University Ceremonies of 1897, JS 106: Soi kunniaksi Luojan (Hymn in Praise of the Lord) [Version for Choir]
17. Morgonens och aftonens portar (Thou Makest the Outgoings of the Morning and Evening to Rejoice)
18. Der Konig traumata (The King Saw a Dream)
19. Dies ist der Tag des Herren (This Is the Day Which the Lord Hath Made)
20. Die Wasser sahen dich (The Waters Saw Thee)
21. Herr, du bist ein Fels (Lord, You are a Rock) [Version for Choir and Piano]
22. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: I. Palmusunnuntaina [On Palm Sunday]
23. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: II. Pyhainpaivana tai hautajaisjumalanpalveluksissa [On All Saints' Day]
24. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: No. 3. Kristillisissa nuorisojuhlissa [For Christian Youth Ceremonies]
25. Finlandia-hymni (Finlandia Hymn)
Throughout his career, Jean Sibelius wrote pieces for choir which evince a consistently high standard as well as their creator’s characteristic mode of expression. In spite of this, few of them have entered the international repertoire, largely because of the challenges of the Swedish and Finnish texts to which they are set.
Among the best-known ones are Rakastava (The Lover) and the Six Songs, Op.18, a collection which includes Venematka (The Boat Journey) and the piece which has provided the title of the present disc: Saarella palaa – Fire on the Island. Like so many of Sibelius’ compositions (whether instrumental or vocal), they take their inspiration from the two great national texts of Finland – the Kalevala and Kanteletar collections. The Op.18 songs were originally conceived for male choir, but Sibelius soon made versions for mixed choir of four of them.
These are the versions performed here, by Dominante – one of Finland’s foremost mixed choirs – conducted by Seppo Murto, the choir’s artistic director for more than three decades. With pieces written or arranged between 1887 and 1948, the programme spans the entire active career of the composer, and also includes rarities. Among the more unexpected ones, especially for those who only know the composer from his symphonies, are the two arrangements of what Sibelius himself described as ‘Neapolitan folk songs’: Trippole Trappole and Oje Carulì (Oh Caroline), a light-hearted serenade in which Dominante is joined by the legendary Jorma Hynninen. Hynninen appears elsewhere in the programme, too, along with the mezzo-soprano Monica Groop and with Folke Gräsbeck and Harri Viitanen on piano and organ respectively.
But the great finale of the disc is performed by the choir alone: the hymn section from Finlandia, probably Sibelius’ most famous composition. Reluctant to make a choral arrangement of this orchestral work, the composer finally yielded in his old age: ‘if the world wants to sing, one cannot do anything about it’.
01. Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14, JS 160c [Version for Choir]
02. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: I. Sortunut aani (The Broken Voice) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
03. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: III. Venematka (The Boat Journey) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
04. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: IV. Saarella palaa (Fire On the Island) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
05. 6 Partsongs, Op. 18: VI. Sydameni laulu (Song of My Heart) [Text of Kanteletar, Kalevala and Aleksis]
06. Min rastas raataa (The Thrush's Toiling), JS 129
07. Isanmaalle (To the Fatherland), JS 98a
08. Costa, Oje Caruli (Oh Caroline), JS 99
09. Cottrau, Trippole trappole, JS 99
10. Listen to the Water Mill, JS 122
11. Ej med klagan (Not With Lamentation), JS 69
12. Man fran slatten och havet (People of Land and Sea), Op. 65a
13. On lapsonen syntynyt meille (A Child Is Born Unto Us), JS 142
14. Cantata for the Coronation of Nicholas II, JS 104: Terve ruhtinatar (Hail, O Princess)
15. Islossningen i Ulea alv (The Breaking of the Ice On the Oulu River), Op. 30: Nejden and as [The Landscape Breathes]
16. Cantata for the Helsinki University Ceremonies of 1897, JS 106: Soi kunniaksi Luojan (Hymn in Praise of the Lord) [Version for Choir]
17. Morgonens och aftonens portar (Thou Makest the Outgoings of the Morning and Evening to Rejoice)
18. Der Konig traumata (The King Saw a Dream)
19. Dies ist der Tag des Herren (This Is the Day Which the Lord Hath Made)
20. Die Wasser sahen dich (The Waters Saw Thee)
21. Herr, du bist ein Fels (Lord, You are a Rock) [Version for Choir and Piano]
22. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: I. Palmusunnuntaina [On Palm Sunday]
23. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: II. Pyhainpaivana tai hautajaisjumalanpalveluksissa [On All Saints' Day]
24. Kolme johdantovuorolaulua (3 Introductory Antiphons), JS 110: No. 3. Kristillisissa nuorisojuhlissa [For Christian Youth Ceremonies]
25. Finlandia-hymni (Finlandia Hymn)
Throughout his career, Jean Sibelius wrote pieces for choir which evince a consistently high standard as well as their creator’s characteristic mode of expression. In spite of this, few of them have entered the international repertoire, largely because of the challenges of the Swedish and Finnish texts to which they are set.
Among the best-known ones are Rakastava (The Lover) and the Six Songs, Op.18, a collection which includes Venematka (The Boat Journey) and the piece which has provided the title of the present disc: Saarella palaa – Fire on the Island. Like so many of Sibelius’ compositions (whether instrumental or vocal), they take their inspiration from the two great national texts of Finland – the Kalevala and Kanteletar collections. The Op.18 songs were originally conceived for male choir, but Sibelius soon made versions for mixed choir of four of them.
These are the versions performed here, by Dominante – one of Finland’s foremost mixed choirs – conducted by Seppo Murto, the choir’s artistic director for more than three decades. With pieces written or arranged between 1887 and 1948, the programme spans the entire active career of the composer, and also includes rarities. Among the more unexpected ones, especially for those who only know the composer from his symphonies, are the two arrangements of what Sibelius himself described as ‘Neapolitan folk songs’: Trippole Trappole and Oje Carulì (Oh Caroline), a light-hearted serenade in which Dominante is joined by the legendary Jorma Hynninen. Hynninen appears elsewhere in the programme, too, along with the mezzo-soprano Monica Groop and with Folke Gräsbeck and Harri Viitanen on piano and organ respectively.
But the great finale of the disc is performed by the choir alone: the hymn section from Finlandia, probably Sibelius’ most famous composition. Reluctant to make a choral arrangement of this orchestral work, the composer finally yielded in his old age: ‘if the world wants to sing, one cannot do anything about it’.
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