# Einojuhani Rautavaara: Rubáiyát, song cycle for baritone and orchestra · Into the Heart of Light (Canto V) for string orchestra · Balada for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra · Four songs from the opera Rasputin for mixed choir and orchestra

> Einojuhani Rautavaara: Rubáiyát, song cycle for baritone and orchestra · Into the Heart of Light (Canto V)…. Ondine ODE 1274-2, CD, released May 2016.

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- **Composer:** Einojuhani Rautavaara
- **Work(s):** Rubáiyát, song cycle for baritone and orchestra · Into the Heart of Light (Canto V) for string orchestra · Balada for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra · Four songs from the opera Rasputin for mixed choir and orchestra
- **Performers:** Gerald Finley, bass-baritone; Mika Pohjonen, tenor; Helsinki Music Centre Choir; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; John Storgårds, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 1274-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 2016
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195127421
- **Tracks:** 15, total 58:51
- **Genres:** Instrumental, Orchestral, Choral, Vocal, Finnish contemporary

## Track listing

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

- *Rubáiyát for baritone and orchestra*
1. I - Awake! (3:00)
2. Interlude I (1:27)
3. II - And lately (2:46)
4. Interlude 2 (0:54)
5. III - Here with a Loaf of Bread (2:19)
6. Interlude 3 (1:35)
7. IV - We are no other than a moving row (3:06)
8. Interlude 4 (0:35)
9. V - Oh, make haste (2:28)
10. Into the Heart of Light (Canto V) for string orchestra (13:05)
11. Balada for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra (16:55)
- *Four songs from the opera Rasputin for mixed choir and orchestra*
12. Troika trotting (1:11)
13. The day of vengeance (2:18)
14. I fear not (2:39)
15. Shine, Zion, shine! (4:33)

## About this recording

Rubáiyát (2015) is a song cycle based on the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1048–1131). The work was written for Gerald Finley who in this recording sings the solo part of the orchestral version of the work.

Balada (2014), based on texts by Lorca, is a large-scale work for tenor, mixed choir and orchestra. Tenor Mika Pohjonen sings as the soloist. This cantata was premiered in Madrid in May 2015.

Into the Heart of Light (Canto V; 2012) is the composer’s latest installment in a series of works for string orchestra that share the title Canto. Rautavaara wrote the first of his Cantos in the 1960s, and each piece in the series have represented well the latest stylistic developments by the composer.

The concluding work of the recording is Four Songs from the opera Rasputin. These dramatic songs were arranged by the composer for mixed choir and orchestra in 2012.

In the last two decades the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra - conducted in this present recording by John Storgårds - has released several award-winning recordings of the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara.

## Features

Sleeve notes in English and Finnish

Lyrics in sung original languages (Spanish in Balada), English and Finnish translations.

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## Related pages

- [Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/rautavaara-einojuhani.md)
- [Gerald Finley, bass-baritone](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/finley-gerald.md)
- [Mika Pohjonen, tenor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/pohjonen-mika.md)
- [Helsinki Music Centre Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/helsinki-music-centre-choir.md)
- [Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/helsinki-philharmonic-orchestra.md)

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- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: 12 Concertos](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1156-2q.md): Vladimir Ashkenazy · Patrick Gallois · Richard Stoltzman · et al. (ODE 1156-2Q, 2009)
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