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Cover: Valkoiset ruusut. Musiikkia Suomi-filmeistä – (Music from Finnish motion pictures)

Valkoiset ruusut. Musiikkia Suomi-filmeistä

(Music from Finnish motion pictures)

Johanna Rusanen-Kartano, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor

ODE 1136-2 · CD · October 2008

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Track listing

24 tracks · 72:37

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Pekka Attinen

  1. 1 Alkusoitto 3:40

Leevi Madetoja

  1. 2 Sunnuntaiaamu 4:20
  2. 3 Heinäväen polska 2:44

Anonymous

  1. 4 Kulkurin valssi 3:57

George de Godzinsky

  1. 5 Sulle salaisuuden kertoa mä voisin 4:00

Armas Järnefelt

  1. Sarja 14:01
  2. 6 I. Largamente 1:43
  3. 7 II. Molto moderato - Trio 1:51
  4. 8 III. Loppumusiikki 5:26
  5. 9 IV. Presto 2:10
  6. 10 V. Loppumusiikki 2:51

Toivo Kärki

  1. 11 Sinun silmiesi tähden 4:39
  2. 12 Koivu ja sydän 2:47

George de Godzinsky

  1. 13 Katupoikien laulu 3:19

Einar Englund

  1. Sarja 9:50
  2. 14 I. Alkusoitto (Tempo di marcia) 1:46
  3. 15 II. Allegro - Alla marcia 2:28
  4. 16 III. Moderato 1:33
  5. 17 IV. Tempo di marcia 0:49
  6. 18 V. Allegro moderato 1:33
  7. 19 VI. Loppumusiikki (Allegro) 1:41

Ahti Sonninen

  1. 20 Romanttinen kohtaus 2:17

Väinö Haapalainen

  1. 21 Valkoiset ruusut 5:54

Georg Malmstén

  1. 22 Potkut sain 3:34

Nils-Eric Fougstedt

  1. 23 Romanssi 3:39

Heikki Aaltoila

  1. 24 Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi 3:56

About this recording

This CD features compositions written for several Finnish motion pictures, such as the classics Valkoiset ruusut, Pojat ja Kaivopuiston kaunis Regina, Akselin ja Elinan häävalssi, Sulle salaisuuden kertoa mä voisin, Romanssi and Sinun silmiesi tähden. Suomi-Filmi is an important Finnish film production and distribution company established in 1919 by noted film director Erkki Karu.

The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra is led by its chief conductor John Storgårds. The included songs feature soprano Johanna Rusanen-Kartano (4, 5 13, 22) and baritone Tommi Hakala (4, 11, 12, 22, 23).

Features

Booklet with liner notes in Finnish

Press

The quality of Finnish film music during the 1940s through the 1960s is enviably high (...). Tommi Hakala and Johanna Rusanen-Kartano grab the essence of these songs. The Tampere Philharmonic performs with rigour and swing.
Lauri Kilpiö, Suomen Kuvalehti, October 30, 2008

The artists

Johanna Rusanen-Kartano

Johanna Rusanen-Kartano began her vocal studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and undertook additional training in Berlin and Vienna. In 1995, she won the Timo Mustakallio Singing Competition and the Lappeenranta National Singing Competition in 1996. Johanna Rusanen-Kartano was awarded a scholarship by the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1998-2000, and in 2001 she won the Karita Mattila prize.

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Tommi Hakala

Tommi Hakala, BBC Singer of the World in 2003, graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and studied in Karlsruhe before starting his career as a baritone in Germany and his native Finland. A regular guest of the Finnish National Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, he has held positions at the Nuremberg Opera (1998-2001) as well as the Leipzig Opera (2001-2004).

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Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra

The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, comprising 97 musicians, is one of Scandinavia's leading symphony orchestras. In autumn 2013, young Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali succeeded Hannu Lintu as new Chief Conductor and continued in his post until 2023.

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