# Land of the Midnight Sun: Music and Images from Finland

> Land of the Midnight Sun: Music and Images from Finland – Photo album + CD. Ondine ODE 1093-2, CD, released June 2006. This special photo album + CD product…

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- **Composer:** Land of the Midnight Sun
- **Work(s):** Music and Images from Finland
- **Performers:** Photo album + CD
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1093-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 June 2006
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195109328
- **Tracks:** 24, total 59:25
- **Genres:** Finnish contemporary, Finnish traditional, Orchestral, Vocal, Choral
- **Series:** Photo album + CD (tourist compilation)

## Track listing

**Jean Sibelius**

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

**Erkki Melartin**

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

**Ilmari Hannikainen**

6. Rauha (Peace) (2:17)

**Bernhard Henrik Crusell**

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

**Jean Sibelius**

- *10 Bagatelles, Op. 34*
8. Valse (1:45)
9. Souvenir (1:41)
10. Danse Pastorale (0:46)
11. Reconnaissance (0:42)
12. Jouer de harpe (1:37)

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

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

**Toivo Kuula**

14. Aamulaulu (Morning Song) (1:43)

**Martti Turunen**

15. Sunnuntai (Sunday) (3:20)

**Traditional**

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

**Väinö Raitio**

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

**Leevi Madetoja**

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

**Erkki Melartin**

- *Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 30/1 (1902)*
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

## Buy or stream

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## Related pages

- [Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/crusell-bernhard-henrik.md)
- [Ilmari Hannikainen (1878-1951)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/hannikainen-ilmari.md)
- [Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kuula-toivo.md)
- [Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/madetoja-leevi.md)
- [Erkki Melartin (1875-1937)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/melartin-erkki.md)
- [Väinö Raitio (1891-1945)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/raitio-v-in.md)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/rautavaara-einojuhani.md)
- [Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sibelius-jean.md)
- [Traditional](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/traditional.md)
- [Martti Turunen (1902-1979)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/turunen-martti.md)

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