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Sibelius: | Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Hennes budskap, Op. 90 No. 2 (Runeberg) Jägargossen, Op. 13 No. 7 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Langtan heter min arfvedel, Op. 86 No. 2 (Karlfeldt) På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg) Romeo, Op. 61 No. 4 (Text: K.A. Tavaststjerna) Marssnön (Wecksell) Kullervon valitus from Op. 7 Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) I systrar, I bröder, I alskande par, Op. 86 No. 6 (Lybeck) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Necken (The Watersprite, or The Elf-King) Op. 57 No. 8 (Josephson) Långsamt som qvällskyn, Op. 61 No. 1 (Tavaststjerna) Jag är ett träd (I am a tree) Op. 57 No. 5 (Josephson) Norden, Op. 90 No. 1 (Runeberg) Narciss (Narcissus) (B. Gripenberg) Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Kom nu hit, Död, Op. 60 No. 1 (Bertel Gripenberg after Shakespeare) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Vilse, Op. 17 No. 4 (Text: K.A. Tavaststjerna) Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) | Strauss, R: | Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Breit' über mein Haupt Op. 19 No. 2 Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, Op. 21 No. 4 Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 |
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| |  | Live in Helsinki & Sibelius SongsContains ODE9682 and ODE8562
Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) | Gershwin: | Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) | Holländer: | Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt (text: Friedrich Holländer) | Madetoja: | Luulit, ma katselin sua ... Op. 68 No. 3 (You Thought I was Watching You ...) (Text: L. Onerva) | Merikanto, O: | Miksi laulan | Puccini: | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) | Sibelius: | Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Fågellek, Op. 17, No. 3 Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36, No. 2 Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Fåfäng önskan, Op. 61, No. 7 Six Songs, Op. 88 'Flower Songs' Norden, Op. 90 No. 1 (Runeberg) Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 En slända, Op. 17, No. 5 Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) Maj, Op. 57, No. 4 Jubal, Op. 35, No. 1 Ilmo Ranta (piano) | Siegel, R: | Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin | Strauss, J, II: | Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein (from Die Fledermaus) Mein Herr Marquis (from Die Fledermaus) Klänge der Heimat (from Die Fledermaus) | Styne: | Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | Verdi: | Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) | Wagner: | Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) |
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2010, Ondine releases a series of five twofers, containing best-selling titles from the back catalogue. The focus is on five of Ondine’s star artists: sopranos Soile Isokoski and Karita Mattila, baritone Jorman Hynninen, violinist Pella Kuusisto and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. These releases are specially priced (2 CDs for the price of 1) and are limited edition, running through 2010 only. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | A Finnish Songbook (Elämäni Lauluja)Orchestral songs by Finnish composers
Kilpinen: | Kesäyö (Summer Night) Vanha kirkko Rannalta I (From the Shore I) | Kuula: | Tuijotin tulehen kauan, Op. 2 No. 2 Kesäyö kirkkomaala, Op. 6 No. 1 Yö - Night | Luolajan-Mikkola: | Häätanhu (Wedding Dance) | Madetoja: | Yrtit tummat Op. 9 No. 1 (Dark Herbs) (Text: L. Onerva) Itkisit joskus illoin (If you'd sometimes weep at evening), Op. 25/5 | Merikanto, O: | Soi vienosti murheeni soitto Merellä Vallinkorvan laulu | Sibelius: | Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4 | trad.: | Tällaaselle poijalle Tuuli se taivutti koivun larvan Niin kauan minä tramppaan | Turunen: | Sunnuntai (Sunday) |
Matti Salminen is an acoustic phenomenon, according to many the finest and darkest bass voice of our time. In the 1970s and ‘80s he inherited mantle of the legendary Martti Talvela as the great Finnish Wagner bass in Bayreuth, until, to the regret of Wolfgang Wagner, he decided to devote his summers to the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. James Levine, for his part, considers Salminen so essential that the scheduling of Wagner operas at the Met is adjusted to suit Salminen's diary. Salminen's journey to his present status has been a long one.The son of a working-class family, he earned his living at first as a tango king on Finnish dance-floors. From the dance-floor, his career has taken him to all the important opera houses of the world to sing with conductors including Daniel Barenboim, James Levine, Nicolas Harnoncourt and Pierre Boulez. On this new recording, Matti Salminen performs rarities outside the standard repertoire and delivers a personal account of orchestral songs from Finnish composers.Accompanied by the Helsinki Philharmonic under its new chief conductor John Storgårds, Salminen is completely at home singing this music. Many of these songs about nature and love deserve greater attention or discovery, for which this exceptional disc forms a perfect vehicle. “One of the greatest operatic basses of his generation and beyond, Matti Salminen…is, in effect, simply a folksinger. As its cosy "Finnish Songbook" title suggests, his latest disc celebrates the naturalness of his art, and the predominantly slow and lugubrious sequence of songs here ranges from mini-masterpieces by Sibelius to traditional numbers.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Sibelius - Orchestral Songs
Sibelius: | Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg) Under strandens granar (Under the fir-trees) Op. 13 No. 1 (Runeberg) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Kom nu hit, Död, Op. 60 No. 1 (Bertel Gripenberg after Shakespeare) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Im Feld ein Mädchen singt, Op. 50 Nr.3 (Margarete Susman) Die stille Stadt Aus banger Brust, Op. 50 No. 4 Koskenlaskijan morsiamet (The Rapids-Rider’s Brides), Op. 33 Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Laulu ristilukista Op. 27 No. 4 |
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| |  | Sibelius - Songs Volume 1
Sibelius: | Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) World Première Recording Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 Segelfahrt Im Feld ein Mädchen singt, Op. 50 Nr.3 (Margarete Susman) Sehnsucht Die stille Stadt Serenade En visa Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) World Première Recording Orgier World Première Recording Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Soluppgång, Op. 37 No. 3 (Text: Tor Hedberg) World Première Recording Vänskapens blomma World Première Recording Six Songs, Op. 88 'Flower Songs' Narciss (Narcissus) (B. Gripenberg) Hymn to Thaïs (Text: Arthur H. Borgström) |
Hannu Jurmu (tenor) & Jouni Somero (piano) | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Sibelius: | Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 Luonnotar, Op. 70 (Text: Kalevala) Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36, No. 2 Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Under strandens granar (Under the fir-trees) Op. 13 No. 1 (Runeberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Soluppgång, Op. 37 No. 3 (Text: Tor Hedberg) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Höstkväll, Op. 38:1 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) På verandan på vid havet, Op. 38 No. 2 (Viktor Runeberg) Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Se'n har jag ej frågat mera, Op. 17 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) En slända, Op. 17, No. 5 Hertig Magnus, Op. 57 No. 6 |
"A thrilling performance of Luonnotar in which Isokoski’s sonorous soprano is matched by atmospheric playing from the Finnish orchestra. The rest of the disc makes you wonder why Sibelius’s orchestral songs occupy one of the most unjustly neglected corners of his output." Erik Levi BBC Music Magazine “Soile Isokoski's voice has matured into a powerful instrument without losing its distinctively plangent expressiveness and intense way with words… Segerstam… provides spacious yet vividly dramatic support, with superb orchestral playing.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2006 ***** “Sibelius wrote his songs originally for voice and piano and in that form they are most often recorded. Some he later orchestrated, while others were arranged by Jussi Jalas (his son-in-law), Ernest Pingourd, Ivan Hellman and Nils-Eric Forgstadt. All produce good results and none of the songs appear over-dressed. On the contrary, they are, as it were, fulfilled: orchestral textures are so strongly implicit that the full range of instruments brings out their coloration and renders them complete.
Soile Isokoski has recorded a number of the songs previously with piano, part of a fine recital on Finlandia in 1989, which was about the time we first learned of the radiant Finnish soprano who five or six years later would receive the international acclaim she deserved…” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “The voice… lovely, firm and ample in range. Above all, she has a rare command of the legato style which makes her singing a delight to the ears… the recital always gives pleasure, and the challenge of Luonnotar itself is joyfully met. The orchestra play with full appreciation of the richly coloured scores, and since Flagstad in the 1950s there have been few recordings which provide these genuinely enhancing accompaniments as an alternative to the piano.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2006  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
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Sibelius: | Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Fågellek, Op. 17, No. 3 Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Den första kyssen, Op. 37 No. 1 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Men min fågel märks dock icke, Op. 36, No. 2 Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Arioso, Op. 3 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Fåfäng önskan, Op. 61, No. 7 Six Songs, Op. 88 'Flower Songs' Norden, Op. 90 No. 1 (Runeberg) Kaiutar, Op. 72, No. 4 En slända, Op. 17, No. 5 Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) Maj, Op. 57, No. 4 Jubal, Op. 35, No. 1 |
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| |  | Sydämeni laulut (Songs of My Heart)Finnish Songs from the 19th & 20th centuries
Collan: | Hurtti-ukko | Hannikainen, I: | Oi äiti armas (O Mother Dear) Rauha (Peace) | Kärki: | Laulelkaamme, soitelkaamme | Kilpinen: | Rosa lill' Det var i vårens ljusa tid Minnen | Kuula: | Eteläpohjalaisia kansanlauluja - South Ostrobothnian Folk Songs | Kuusisto, T: | Savolaisia kansanlauluja | Merikanto, O: | Lauantai-ilta Muistellessa (Remembering) Nocturne Iltakellot Hyvästi! Tule kanssani Oi, muistatko vielä sen virren Kevätlinnuille etelässä (To the Spring Birds in the South) Tuulantei | Palmgren: | Suvinen saari (summer island) En latmansmelodi | Sibelius: | Illalle, Op. 17 No. 6 (Forsman-Koskimies) Souda, souda, sinisorsa (Swim, duck, swim) (A.V. Forsman-Koskimies) Lastu lainehilla, Op. 17, No. 7 Jägargossen, Op. 13 No. 7 (Text: J.L. Runeberg) Våren flyktar hastigt, Op. 13 No. 4 (Text: Runeberg) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) |
Ilkka Paananen (piano), Gabriel Suovanen (baritone) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2007