Jean Sibelius
Orchestral Songs
Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Leif Segerstam, conductor
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Jorma Hynninen
Opera Arias
Leoncavallo · Verdi · Tchaikovsky · Mozart
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Estonian Symphony Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor
Track listing
13 tracks · 51:24Ruggero Leoncavallo
- 1 Si può? Signore! Signori! (Tonio), from: I Pagliacci 5:15
Giuseppe Verdi
- 2 Di Provenza il mar (Germont), from: La Traviata 4:29
- 3 Il balen del suo sorriso (Luna), from: Il Trovatore 3:15
- 4 Alzati! Là tuo figlio (Renato), from: Un ballo in maschera 6:06
- 5 Urna fatale (Carlo), from: La forza del destino 3:01
- 6 Cortigiani, vil razza (Rigoletto), from: Rigoletto 4:28
- 7 Per me giunto (Rodrigo), from: Don Carlo 3:50
- 8 Io morrò (Rodrigo), from: Don Carlo 3:39
Peter Tchaikovsky
- 9 Vi mnye pisali (Onegin), from: Eugene Onegin 4:44
- 10 Ya, vas lyublyu (Yeletsky), from: Pique Dame 4:02
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 11 Hai già vinta la causa! (Almaviva), from: Le nozze di Figaro 4:58
- 12 Deh vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni), from: Don Giovanni 2:10
- 13 Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni), from: Don Giovanni 1:27
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the sung texts in the original language and in English
Press
Hynninen shows a fine idiomatic grasp of the Italian arias offered here, a nice blend of stylistic tradition, his own intellectual insights, and a special fidelity to the composer's dynamic and phrasing indications.
George Loomis, American Record Guide, May/June 1990
The artists
Jorma Hynninen
Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.
Eri Klas
Eri Klas (b. 1939) is a native of Estonia. His greatest musical influence came from David Oistrakh, a great friend of his family.
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Profile of a Great Career
Classic Stars Chamber Orchestra · Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra · Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor · Pekka Haapasalo, conductor · Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Kari Tikka, conductor · Ulf Söderblom, conductor · Pentti Koskimies, piano · Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra · Okko Kamu, conductor · Finnish National Opera Orchestra · Estonian Symphony Orchestra · Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra · Ralf Gothóni, piano · Aira Johansson, piano · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra · Jorma Panula, conductor · Joensuu City Orchestra · Eri Klas, conductor · Markus Lehtinen, conductor
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Songs of Life and Death · The Iron Age Suite
Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Opera Festival Chorus · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Okko Kamu, conductor
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Jean Sibelius
The Tempest, Op. 109
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano · Raili Viljakainen, soprano · Jorma Hynninen, baritone · Jorma Silvasti, tenor · Sauli Tiilikainen, baritone · Opera Festival Chorus · Finnish RSO · Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
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