# Excellence: The Artistry of Karita Mattila

> Excellence: The Artistry of Karita Mattila – Karita Mattila. Ondine ODE 1054-2, CD, released August 2004.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1054-2

- **Composer:** Excellence
- **Work(s):** The Artistry of Karita Mattila
- **Performers:** Karita Mattila, soprano
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1054-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 August 2004
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195105429
- **Tracks:** 23, total 65:43
- **Genres:** Vocal, Opera, Orchestral
- **Series:** Compilations

## Track listing

**Robert Schumann**

1. Widmung, Op. 25/1 (2:18)
2. Der Nussbaum, Op. 25/3 (3:02)
3. Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25/24 (1:57)

**Johannes Brahms**

4. Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63/5 (1:34)
5. Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84/4 (1:47)
6. Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. 48/1 (1:29)

**Oskar Merikanto**

7. Kun päivä paistaa (When the Sun Shines) (1:59)

**Erkki Melartin**

8. Mirjamin laulu I (Miriam's Song I) (1:47)
9. Mirjamin laulu II (Miriam's Song II) (2:54)

**Toivo Kuula**

10. Aamulaulu (Morning Song) (1:25)
11. Syystunnelma (Autumn Mood) (2:56)

**Jean Sibelius**

12. Illalle (To Evening), Op. 17/6 (1:27)
13. Var det et dröm (Did I Just Dream?), Op. 37/4 (2:10)
14. Den första kyssen (The First Kiss), Op. 37/1 (2:04)
15. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst), Op. 37/5 (3:02)
16. Svarta rosor (Black Roses), Op. 54 (2:03)

**Franz Schubert**

17. Ave Maria, D.839 (6:46)

**Antonin Dvorák**

18. Měsíčku na nebi hlobokém, from: Rusalka (5:25)

**Giuseppe Verdi**

19. Ritorna vincitor, from: Aida (6:29)

**Giacomo Puccini**

20. Vissi d'arte, from: Tosca (2:56)

**Johann Strauss II**

21. Klänge der Heimat, from: Die Fledermaus (4:03)

**Leonard Bernstein**

22. Somewhere, from: West Side Story (3:38)

**Frederick Loewe**

23. I Could Have Danced All Night, from: My Fair Lady (2:32)

## Features

Digipak with full colour booklet, containing liner notes in English, French, German and Finnish and the sung texts in the original languages and in English

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