Rautavaara: Choral Music

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From the vibrancy of the very first track, the lively imagination of Rautavaara's writing for voices, the pungent palette of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, and the clarity and spatial excitement... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: CDA67787
Label: Hyperion
Length: 72 minutes

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Rautavaara: Suite de Lorca

Work length5:55

$4.00

$5.00

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

I. Canción de jinete

Track length1:02

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$1.25

II. El grito

Track length1:50

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III. La luna asoma

Track length1:46

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IV. Malagueña

Track length1:17

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Rautavaara: Canción de nuestro tiempo - Song of Our Time

Work length15:28

$3.00

$3.75

Lucy Page (soprano)
Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

I. Fragmentos de agonía

Track length4:20

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II. Meditación primera y última

Track length4:21

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III. Ciudad sin sueño

Track length6:47

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Rautavaara: Canticum Mariae virginis

Work length7:58

$1.50

$1.85

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

Rautavaara: Magnificat

Work length17:36

$5.00

$6.25

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

I. Magnificat

Track length4:41

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$1.25

II. Quia respexit – Et misericordia

Track length4:19

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III. Fecit potentiam

Track length1:25

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IV. Suscepit Israel

Track length2:12

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V. Gloria

Track length4:59

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Rautavaara: Our joyful'st feast 'When icicles hang by the wall'

Work length4:41

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$1.25

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

Rautavaara: Halavan himmeän alla - In the Shade of the Willow

Work length11:22

$3.00

$3.75

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

I. Ikävyys 'Melancholy'

Track length4:22

$1.00

$1.25

II. Laulu oravasta 'Song of the squirrel'

Track length3:04

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III. Sydämeni laulu 'Song of my heart'

Track length3:56

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Rautavaara: Die erste Elegie

Work length9:08

$1.50

$1.85

Schola Cantorum of Oxford
James Burton

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Einojuhani Rautavaara’s reputation as one of the greatest living Finnish composers is assured. Once Sibelius’s protégé, over his long career he has achieved success in a great number of musical genres, particularly that of opera. But it is his choral works that have made him a household name, both in his native country and internationally. Recorded here is a fascinating selection of works, including the Suite de Lorca—one of the most popular Finnish choral works of all time—and all demostrating the unique style forged by the composer on his travels through the musical fashions of the twentieth century. His rich and sonorous neo-Romantic textures have a steely modernist edge and the resulting voice is one that is deeply attractive and approachable, yet endlessly captivating. He sets texts of great passion and complexity and does not hold back from expressing deep emotion.

Rautavaara’s music is performed by the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, described in The Times as ‘Oxford’s classy intercollegiate choir’ and highly acclaimed for their two previous recordings for Hyperion. The choir is conducted by James Burton.

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April 2010

From the vibrancy of the very first track, the lively imagination of Rautavaara's writing for voices, the pungent palette of the Schola Cantorum of Oxford, and the clarity and spatial excitement of this record are immediately apparent.

February 2010

…Suite de Lorca "one of the most popular Finnish choral works of all time". …Schola Cantorum's powerfully shaped new account is as vibrant and accomplished as any. …Die erste Elegie, one of Rautavarra's finest works, here given a performance of touching fervour. Schola Cantorum's accounts, splendidly directed by James Burton, are all first-rate with a spacious, clear recording.

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