Complete works for Male Choir
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RAUTAVAARA
Complete works for Male Choir
YL Male Voice Choir, Matti Hyokki / Talla Vocal Ensemble, Paso Hyokki
[ Ondine / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 March 2009
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"Especially striking, its tenor line soaring over a quasi-orchestral vocal fabric, is the literary Leaves are Leaves; but finer stilll are the Four Alexis Kivi Songs...the main solo 'Melancholy' movingly underpinned by YL's awesomely dark, firm basses."
BBC Music Magazine
"Especially striking, its tenor line soaring over a quasi-orchestral vocal fabric, is the literary Leaves are Leaves; but finer stilll are the Four Alexis Kivi Songs (...) the main solo 'Melancholy' movingly underpinned by YL's awesomely dark, firm basses."
Michael Scott Rohan, BBC Music Magazine, March 2009, Performance ***** / Sound *****
It would be a mistake to bypass it, for this is not just choral music, but choral music by a Finnish composer, and the male choir is one of the most popular examples of the genre - the Finns love it. (...) Both (choirs) are, in a word, phenomenal, and well worth the effort and purchase.
Steven Ritter, Audiophile Audition, January 1, 2009
This comprehensive, magnificently sung collection has the field to itself. (...) The greater textural palette attained through using two differently sized choirs is more akin to early music.
Guy Rickards, Gramophone, January 2009, Editor's Choice
Einojuhani Rautavaara has a sensitive ear for the specific sound of a male choir. (...) The YL Male Voice Choir under Matti Hyökki phrases the music and pronounces the texts with great energy. The pure sound produced by the Talla Vocal Ensemble will caress your ears.
Jukka Isopuro, Helsingin Sanomat, October 9, 2008
Clearly, these singers and their conductors (...) have Rautavaara's music deeply entrenched in their souls. (...) splendid tribute to Finland's most significant musical voice.
Marc Rochester, International Record Review, October 2008
Tracks:
CD 1
1 Lauluja (The Singer) (1956)2:30
2 Syksy virran suussa (Autumn at the Rivermouth) (1965/1995)2:49
Two Preludes of T.S. Eliot (1956/1967)
3 I. Winter Evening2:08
4 II. The Morning Comes0:44
Kaksi psalmia (Two Psalms) for male choir (1968/1971)
5 232:41
6 1302:34
7 Ave Maria (1957)3:24
8 Joulun virsi (Christmas Hymn) for male choir (1953)1:32
Elämän kirja (A Book of Life) (1972)
9 I. Kindheit (Childhood)3:53
10 II. Ma bohème (My Bohemian life)2:32
11 III. L'Amoureuse (One in love)1:10
12 IV. Vanitas! Vanitatum vanitas3:24
13 V. Hope is the Thing with Feathers1:13
14 VI. Are You Ready?1:34
15 VII. Huojuva keula (The swaying prow)1:03
16 VIII. Le Bain (Swimming)1:36
17 IX. Me emme kuole koskaan (We shall never die)2:16
18 X. Så var det (So it was)1:27
19 XI. Song of Myself 7:15
CD 2
Neljä laulua Aleksis Kiven runoihin (Four Songs to Poems by Aleksis Kivi) (1998/2005)
1 I. Ikävyys (Melancholy)4:01
2 II. Olven kunnia (The glory of beer)1:30
3 III. Oravan laulu (The squirrel)3:33
4 IV. Sydämeni laulu (Song of my heart)3:33
5 Legenda (Legend) (1985)3:06
6 Lehdet lehtiä (Leaves are Leaves) (1985)4:30
Neljä serenadia (Four Serenades) (1978)
7 I. Serenade für meine Frau (Serenade to my wife)1:38
8 II. La mort des pauvres (Serenade to death)2:06
9I II. Serenadien serenadi (Serenade of Serenades)1:26
10 IV. Serenadi oluelle (Serenade to beer)2:16
11 Hammarskjöld-fragment (Hammarskjöld Fragment) (1975)5:51
12 Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi (Antti Isotalo and Rannanjärvi) (1973)3:48
13 Hallin Janne (Janne of Halli) (1973)1:51
14 Kettu ja sairas kukko (The Fox and the Sick Cockerel) (1975)1:53
Neljä romanssia oopperasta Rasputin (Four Romances from the Opera Rasputin) (2003/2006)
15 I. Lävitse kimmeltävän yön (Through the glimmering night)2:21
16 II. Kaukana on minun maani (Far away lies my homeland)3:07
17 III. Troikka kiitää (The troika speeds)1:46
18 IV. Kuu kelmeä vain virtaan kuvastuu (Moonlight is pale upon the river)2:20
