# Einojuhani Rautavaara: True & False Unicorn

> Einojuhani Rautavaara: True & False Unicorn – Finnish Radio Chamber Choir, Finnish RSO, Timo Nuoranne. Ondine ODE 1020-2, CD, released May 2003.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1020-2

- **Composer:** Einojuhani Rautavaara
- **Work(s):** True & False Unicorn
- **Performers:** Finnish Radio Chamber Choir; Finnish RSO; Timo Nuoranne, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1020-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 2003
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195102022
- **Tracks:** 26, total 70:27
- **Genres:** Vocal, Orchestral, Finnish contemporary, Choral
- **Awards:** ClassicsToday.com '10/10', klassik-heute.com '10 • 10 • 10'

## Track listing

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

- *True & False Unicorn*
1. I. Before the Arras: The Unicorn Questions the Nature of the Chase (1:40)
2. --The Lion, Reading (1:40)
3. --Sigmund of Vienna (3:24)
4. --The Unicorn (2:07)
5. II. Horn and Hounds: Entering the Wilderness the Unicorn Is Beset by Voices (1:32)
6. --Young Sagittarius (1:30)
7. --A Virgin, Waiting (2:36)
8. --The Empress of Byzantium (1:12)
9. --Queen Victoria (2:28)
10. --His Honor the Mayor (1:10)
11. --Big Black Sambo (2:40)
12. III. Snare and Delusion: In the Heart of the Desert the Silence Is Pearcing (3:02)
13. --The Unicorn, Wounded (5:04)
14. IV. ?Mon Seul Désir?: The Unicorn Reaches a Temple in a Clearing (1:53)
15. --Sigmund of Vienna (1:41)
16. --The Lion (2:57)
17. --The Unicorn (1:51)
18. --Tom Fool (0:44)
19. --The Virgin?s Lullaby (1:48)
20. --The Unicorn (3:44)
- *Canción de nuestro tiempo (Song of Our Time)*
21. I. Fragmentos de agonía (Fragments of Agony) (4:08)
22. II. Meditación primera y última (First and Last Meditation) (4:17)
23. III. Ciudad sin sueño (Nocturno del Sarajevo) (Sleepless City (Nocturno of Sarajevo)) (6:23)
- *Halavan himmeän alla (In the Shade of the Willow) (1998)*
24. I. Ikävyys (Melancholy) (4:27)
25. II. Laulu oravasta (The Squirrel) (2:38)
26. III. Sydämeni laulu (Song of My Heart) (3:51)

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original language and in English

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## Related pages

- [Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/rautavaara-einojuhani.md)
- [Timo Nuoranne, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/nuoranne-timo.md)