# Tapiola Choir: Joy! - Highlights from the world-famous children's choir

> Tapiola Choir: Joy! - Highlights from the world-famous children's choir – Tapiola Choir, Kari Ala-Pöllänen…. Ondine ODE 1003-2, CD, released June 2002.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1003-2

- **Composer:** Tapiola Choir
- **Work(s):** Joy! - Highlights from the world-famous children's choir
- **Performers:** Tapiola Choir; Kari Ala-Pöllänen, conductor; Erkki Pohjola, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1003-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 June 2002
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195100325
- **Tracks:** 33, total 70:14
- **Genres:** Choral
- **Series:** Compilations

## Track listing

**Traditional**

1. Kotimaani ompi Suomi (This Land, My Land, Finland) (1:58)
2. Kansalaislaulu (Song of  the Nation) (1:43)

**Oskar Merikanto**

3. Nälkämaan laulu (Song of the Wanting Land) (3:01)

**Traditional**

4. Jo Karjalan kunnailla (The Hills of Karelia) (2:17)
5. Minun kultani kaunis on (Ah, How Fair My Sweetheart Is) (1:45)
6. Soittajapaimen (The Piper Shepherd) (1:33)
7. Taivas on sininen ja valkoinen (The Sky is Blue) (2:06)
8. Minä olen Härmän Kankaanpäästä (From Kankaanpää in Härmä am I) (2:07)
9. Orvon Huokaus (An Orphan's Sigh) (2:44)

**Jean Sibelius**

10. Finlandia, Op. 26/7 (1899) (2:08)

**Fredrik Pacius**

11. Mamme (Our Land) (3:05)

**Veljo Tormis**

- *Suomalais-ugrilaisia maisemia (Finno-Ugric Landscapes)*
12. I. Metsästyslaulu (Hunting Song) (1:41)
13. IV. Joen rannalla (By the Riverside) (1:11)
14. IX. Vepsän poluilla (On Vepsian Pathways) (2:01)
15. XI. Tammipuu (The Oak Tree) (0:41)
16. XII. Paimenessa (Herding Song) (1:47)
17. XIV. Meren rannalla (On the Sea Shore) (1:20)

**Traditional**

18. Aizu Bandaisan (The Volcano of Aizu Bandai) (2:02)

**Kosaku Yamada**

19. Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly) (2:13)

**Traditional**

20. Siyahamba (1:44)

**Arne Mellnäs**

21. Aglepta (4:52)

**Aulis Sallinen**

22. Vintern var hård (1:37)
- *Suita grammaticale, Op. 28*
23. Die erste Deklination (2:57)

**Traditional**

24. Maria, Herran piikanen (Mary, Handmaiden of the Lord) (1:49)

**Pekka Jalkanen**

25. Jouluna Jumala syntyi (At Christmas, God Came on Earth) (1:50)

**P.J. Hannikainen**

26. Suojelusenkeli (Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie) (Guardian Angel) (1:48)

**Sofie Lithenius**

27. Iltarukous (Evening Prayer) (2:06)

**Traditional**

28. Täällä pohjantähden alla (Here Beneath a Northern Star) (2:40)
29. Pikkulinnun ylistys (Little Bird's Adoration) (0:50)

**Kreeta Haapasalo**

30. Kanteleeni (My Kantele) (2:56)

**Taneli Kuusisto**

31. Suomalainen rukous (Finnish Prayer) (2:23)

**Traditional**

32. Suvivirsi (Summer Hymn) (2:44)

**Oskar Merikanto**

33. Kiitos Sulle Jumalani (Thank You, My God) (2:35)

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the song lyrics in the original languages and in English

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE10032OW)

## Related pages

- [Kreeta Haapasalo](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/haapasalo-kreeta.md)
- [Pekka Juhani Hannikainen (1854-1924)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/hannikainen-pekka-juhani.md)
- [Pekka Jalkanen (1945-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/jalkanen-pekka.md)
- [Taneli Kuusisto (1905-1988)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kuusisto-taneli.md)
- [Sofie Lithenius (1847-1926)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/lithenius-sofie.md)
- [Arne Mellnäs (1933-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/melln-s-arne.md)
- [Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/merikanto-oskar.md)
- [Fredrik Pacius (1809-1891)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/pacius-fredrik.md)
- [Aulis Sallinen (1935-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sallinen-aulis.md)
- [Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sibelius-jean.md)
- [Veljo Tormis (1930-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/tormis-veljo.md)
- [Traditional](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/traditional.md)
- [Kosaku Yamada (1886-1965)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/yamada-kosaku.md)
- [Tapiola Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tapiola-choir.md)
- [Kari Ala-Pöllänen, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/ala-p-ll-nen-kari.md)
- [Erkki Pohjola, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/pohjola-erkki.md)

## Also recommended

- [Sininen ja Valkoinen -: A Selection of Finnish Songs](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-785-2.md): Tapiola Choir · Erkki Pohjola, conductor · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Jorma Panula, conductor (ODE 785-2, 1992)
- [Dreams](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-786-2.md): Tapiola Choir · Erkki Pohjola, conductor · Tapiola Sinfonietta · Osmo Vänskä, conductor (ODE 786-2, 1992)