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Land of the Midnight Sun

Music and Images from Finland

Photo album + CD

ODE 1093-2 · CD · June 2006

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Track listing

24 tracks · 59:25

Jean Sibelius

  1. Rakastava (The Lover), Op. 14
  2. 1 Rakastava (The Lover) 3:57
  3. Suite champêtre, Op. 98b
  4. 2 Mélodie élégiaque 3:19

Erkki Melartin

  1. Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 22
  2. 3 Minuet 3:08
  3. 4 Butterfly Waltz 2:02
  4. 5 Minä metsän polkuja kuljen (Along Forest Paths I Wander) 1:49

Ilmari Hannikainen

  1. 6 Rauha (Peace) 2:17

Bernhard Henrik Crusell

  1. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat Major, Op. 1
  2. 7 Adagio 3:24

Jean Sibelius

  1. 10 Bagatelles, Op. 34
  2. 8 Valse 1:45
  3. 9 Souvenir 1:41
  4. 10 Danse Pastorale 0:46
  5. 11 Reconnaissance 0:42
  6. 12 Jouer de harpe 1:37

Einojuhani Rautavaara

  1. Cantus Arcticus - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (1972)
  2. 13 Melancholy 4:17

Toivo Kuula

  1. 14 Aamulaulu (Morning Song) 1:43

Martti Turunen

  1. 15 Sunnuntai (Sunday) 3:20

Traditional

  1. 16 Jo Karjalan kunnailla (The Hills of Karelia) 2:21
  2. 17 Soittajapaimen (The Piper Shepherd) 1:38
  3. 18 Orvon Huokaus (An Orphan's Sigh) 2:44

Väinö Raitio

  1. Kesäkuvia Hämeestä (Summer Pictures from Häme)
  2. 19 Kesäyö (Summer Night) 2:26
  3. 20 Paimenlaulu (Herdsman?s Song 2:09
  4. 21 Kukkien kuningatar (Queen of the Flowers) 3:03

Leevi Madetoja

  1. Syksy-sarja (Autumn song cycle), Op. 68
  2. 22 Lintu sininen (Bluebird) 1:59
  3. 23 Tule kanssani (Take My Hand), Op. 9/3 2:04

Erkki Melartin

  1. Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 30/1 (1902)
  2. 24 Scherzo 5:14

About this recording

This special photo album + CD product illustrates the unforgettable experience of summers in Finland, which have inspired so many Finnish composers to write some of their greatest works.

Finland is perhaps best known for its peacefulness and beautiful nature: vast forests, a unique archipelago and thousands of lakes present a striking mixture of wooded hills and waters. The best season to discover this pristine wilderness is summer, which in Finland is characterized by long days and - in more norther regions where the sun is visible for continuous 24 hours - by the dazzling phenomenon of the Midnight Sun.

15 outstanding nature photographs and 24 tracks of wonderful Finnish classical music invite to discover or remember the uniqueness of Finland as Land of the Midnight Sun.

Features

Digipak with full colour booklet, containing liner notes in English and Finnish and numerous illustrations

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