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Finnish Sacred Songs

Suomalainen rukous

Soile Isokoski, soprano
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

ODE 1034-2 · CD · September 2003

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Track listing

20 tracks · 49:24

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Taneli Kuusisto

  1. 1 Suomalainen rukous (A Finnish Prayer), Op. 27/2 1:57

Ilmari Hannikainen

  1. 2 Kaikki Jeesukselle (Everything for Jesus), Op. 38/5 1:44

Traditional

  1. 3 Soi, virteni, kiitosta Herran (Praise the Lord, O My Song) 1:27

Ilmari Hannikainen

  1. 4 Isä meidän (Our Father), Op. 24 2:40

Leevi Madetoja

  1. 5 Kotihin mielin (I Want to Go Home), Op. 71/1 4:09

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 6 Rukous (Ave Maria) 2:39

Ilmari Hannikainen

  1. 7 Matkamiehen virsi (Traveller?s Hymn) 2:21
  2. 8 Kotomaamme (Täällä pohjantähden alla) (Our Homeland (Here Beneath the North Star)) 2:05

Armas Maasalo

  1. 9 Tuhansin kielin (With a Thousand Tongues) 2:07

Tauno Pylkkänen

  1. 10 Pastorale 4:16

Taneli Kuusisto

  1. 11 Sun ristis juurehen (Oi Natsarealainen) (At the Foot of Thy Cross (O Nazarean)), Op. 6/2 2:19

Heikki Klemetti

  1. 12 Iltalaulu (Maan ylle, uupuneen) (Evening Song (Over the Weary Land)), Op. 33/3 2:40

Pekka Juhani Hannikainen

  1. 13 Suojelusenkeli (Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie) (Guardian Angel) 2:48

Yrjö Kilpinen

  1. 14 Psalmi (Psalm) 4:03

Olavi Pesonen

  1. 15 Herraa kiittäkäämme! (Let Us Thank the Lord!) 3:03

Einojuhani Rautavaara

  1. 16 Iltarukous (Evening Prayer) (1953) 2:02

Ilmari Krohn

  1. 17 Vesi kirkas (Kaipuu) (Bright Water (Longing)) 2:01

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 18 Päivännousu kultaa kirkkomaan (Sunrise Gilds The Cemetery), Op. 74/4 1:54

Armas Maasalo

  1. 19 Rukous (Tule luokseni, Herra Jeesus) (Prayer (Come to Me, Lord Jesus)) 1:49

Oskar Merikanto

  1. 20 Teitä siunaan (I Bless Ye), Op. 84/1 1:20

Features

Booklet with liner notes in Finnish and English and the song lyrics in the original Finnish and in English

The artists

Soile Isokoski

Soile Isokoski is recognized as one of the world's finest lyric sopranos. After graduating from the Sibelius Academy, she gave her début recital in Helsinki in 1986 and subsequently won a number of important international singing competitions. She made her début at the Finnish National Opera as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème and has since delighted audiences and critics alike at opera houses in Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, London, Milan and Paris, at The Metropolitan Opera and at music festivals in Salzburg, Savonlinna, Edinburgh and Orange.

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Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic countries (1882), has grown from a band of 36 players to an orchestra of 102 regular members.

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