Monica Groop, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Herman Rechberger, Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds, Jukka Koski - Aho, K.: Kysymysten Kirja - Viola Concerto - Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals) (2009) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Monica Groop, Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, Herman Rechberger, Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds, Jukka Koski
- Title: Aho, K.: Kysymysten Kirja - Viola Concerto - Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals)
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:19:35
- Total Size: 322 / 677 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): I. Jos Olenkin (If I Just Had)
02. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): II. Ruusun Asu (The Rose's Apparel)
03. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): III. Merenneitojen Kyynelet (A Mermaid's Tears)
04. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): IV. Minne Paattyy Sateenkaari? (Where Does the Rainbow End?)
05. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): V. Nainen Unessa (The Woman In the Dream)
06. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VI. Mita Merkitysta? (What Meaning?)
07. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VII. Lapsuuteni Kuollessa (When My Childhood Died)
08. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VIII. Tunneli (The Tunnel)
09. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): IX. Kun Naen Meren (When I See the Sea)
10. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): X. Kukkiva Omenapuu (The Flowering Apple Tree)
11. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): XI. Perhoset (Butterflies)
12. Viola Concerto: I. Quarter Note = 58
13. Viola Concerto: II. Presto
14. Viola Concerto: III. Quarter Note = 76
15. Viola Concerto: IV. Cadenza
16. Viola Concerto: V. Allegretto
17. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): I. Loitsu I (Kiihko) (Incantation I (Zeal))
18. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): II. Interludi (Interlude I)
19. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): III. Loitsu II (Kaiho Ja Vimma) (Incantation II (Yearning and Fury))
20. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): IV. Kulkue (Procession)
21. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): V. Interludi II (Interlude II)
22. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): VI. Loitsu III (Lopetuksen Mantra) (Incantation III (Mantra of the Ending))
In 2003 Kalevi Aho received the unusual commission of composing a complete concert programme. The composer's ambition was to devise a great ‘metasymphony’ in which each work should also be suitable for performance individually, and in his liner notes Aho relates the special difficulties involved in such a project. From the start he knew that the concert would culminate with a newly written symphony, and different circumstances then led him to choose to let the concert open with a song cycle, and continue with a concerto for viola. Aho also decided to compose the pieces in the order they would appear in the concert, and the next piece in the puzzle came when he encountered a Finnish translation of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's posthumous collection The Book of Questions. The poems included are made up exclusively of questions, of which Aho has chosen a number, combining them into eleven sets to be performed without a break. The result is Kysymysten kirja, a meditative, philosophical song cycle, which in concert leads immediately into the Viola Concerto, Aho's first for this instrument. The concert ends with Symphony No.14 ‘Rituals’, scored for sixteen string players, wind quintet and two percussionists. Such small forces form a striking contrast to the monumental score of the composer's Twelfth Symphony ‘Luosto’ [BIS-SACD-1676], but it is nevertheless a highly colourful work, in which an important part is played by the darabuka and the djembe, hand drums of Arabic and African origin respectively. Kalevi Aho, who this year celebrates his 60th birthday, is increasingly recognized as one of today's leading orchestral composers, not least through a number of critically acclaimed recordings on BIS. In 1999 his Seventh Symphony was hailed as ‘one one of our century's great orchestral scores’ in American Record Guide, while International Record Guide described the recently released Twelfth Symphony as ‘music of such graphic impact and visually arresting imagery that it feels as though you could reach out and touch it’. That recording also featured John Storgårds and the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, who for this disc are joined by mezzo-soprano Monica Groop and Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola.
01. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): I. Jos Olenkin (If I Just Had)
02. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): II. Ruusun Asu (The Rose's Apparel)
03. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): III. Merenneitojen Kyynelet (A Mermaid's Tears)
04. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): IV. Minne Paattyy Sateenkaari? (Where Does the Rainbow End?)
05. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): V. Nainen Unessa (The Woman In the Dream)
06. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VI. Mita Merkitysta? (What Meaning?)
07. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VII. Lapsuuteni Kuollessa (When My Childhood Died)
08. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): VIII. Tunneli (The Tunnel)
09. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): IX. Kun Naen Meren (When I See the Sea)
10. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): X. Kukkiva Omenapuu (The Flowering Apple Tree)
11. Kysymysten Kirja (The Book of Questions): XI. Perhoset (Butterflies)
12. Viola Concerto: I. Quarter Note = 58
13. Viola Concerto: II. Presto
14. Viola Concerto: III. Quarter Note = 76
15. Viola Concerto: IV. Cadenza
16. Viola Concerto: V. Allegretto
17. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): I. Loitsu I (Kiihko) (Incantation I (Zeal))
18. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): II. Interludi (Interlude I)
19. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): III. Loitsu II (Kaiho Ja Vimma) (Incantation II (Yearning and Fury))
20. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): IV. Kulkue (Procession)
21. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): V. Interludi II (Interlude II)
22. Symphony No. 14, "Rituaaleja" (Rituals): VI. Loitsu III (Lopetuksen Mantra) (Incantation III (Mantra of the Ending))
In 2003 Kalevi Aho received the unusual commission of composing a complete concert programme. The composer's ambition was to devise a great ‘metasymphony’ in which each work should also be suitable for performance individually, and in his liner notes Aho relates the special difficulties involved in such a project. From the start he knew that the concert would culminate with a newly written symphony, and different circumstances then led him to choose to let the concert open with a song cycle, and continue with a concerto for viola. Aho also decided to compose the pieces in the order they would appear in the concert, and the next piece in the puzzle came when he encountered a Finnish translation of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda's posthumous collection The Book of Questions. The poems included are made up exclusively of questions, of which Aho has chosen a number, combining them into eleven sets to be performed without a break. The result is Kysymysten kirja, a meditative, philosophical song cycle, which in concert leads immediately into the Viola Concerto, Aho's first for this instrument. The concert ends with Symphony No.14 ‘Rituals’, scored for sixteen string players, wind quintet and two percussionists. Such small forces form a striking contrast to the monumental score of the composer's Twelfth Symphony ‘Luosto’ [BIS-SACD-1676], but it is nevertheless a highly colourful work, in which an important part is played by the darabuka and the djembe, hand drums of Arabic and African origin respectively. Kalevi Aho, who this year celebrates his 60th birthday, is increasingly recognized as one of today's leading orchestral composers, not least through a number of critically acclaimed recordings on BIS. In 1999 his Seventh Symphony was hailed as ‘one one of our century's great orchestral scores’ in American Record Guide, while International Record Guide described the recently released Twelfth Symphony as ‘music of such graphic impact and visually arresting imagery that it feels as though you could reach out and touch it’. That recording also featured John Storgårds and the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland, who for this disc are joined by mezzo-soprano Monica Groop and Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, viola.
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