# Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus · Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5

> Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus · Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 – Leipzig RSO, Max Pommer. Ondine ODE 747-2, CD, released October 1998.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-747-2

- **Composer:** Einojuhani Rautavaara
- **Work(s):** Cantus Arcticus · Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
- **Performers:** Leipzig RSO; Max Pommer, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 747-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 October 1998
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195074725
- **Tracks:** 8, total 65:10
- **Genres:** Orchestral, Finnish contemporary

## Track listing

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

- *Cantus Arcticus - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (1972)*
1. I. The Bog (6:48)
2. II. Melancholy (3:51)
3. III. Swans Migrating (6:35)
- *Symphony No. 4 "Arabescata" (1962)*
4. I. (3:07)
5. II. (5:00)
6. III. (2:58)
7. IV. (5:19)
8. Symphony No. 5 (1986) (31:32)

## About this recording

This CD features one of the most frequently performed Finnish orchestral works of all time, Cantus Arcticus - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara, which is coupled with Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5.

This release is the second volume in a cycle featuring the complete symphonies by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. The recordings were made in Leipzig in 1989/1990, with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra led by its then Chief Conductor Max Pommer, and originally released in July 1990.

## Features

Booklet with liner notes written by Kalevi Aho, in English, German and Finnish

## Press

Few contemporary symphonic composers deserve as high acclaim as Einojuhani Rautavaara. (...) Not since the Sallinen Third Symphony have I been as impressed with a new symphony as I am with No. 5. A truly great masterpiece.

Lewis M. Smoley, American Record Guide, July/August 1991

Rautavaara (...) vermag mit allen stilistischen Mittlen (...) seinen Werken eine suggestive Anschaulichkeit zu geben. (...) Das Leipziger Radio-Symphonie-Orchester unter Max Pommer musiziert auf allerhöchstem Niveau.

Giselher Schubert, Fono Forum, April 1991

Devant ce disque remarquable, on ne peut que souhaiter que Pommer nous donne à entendre d'autres partitions de ce grand musicien.

Franck Mallet, Le Monde de la Musique/Télérama, Mars 1991

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## Related pages

- [Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/rautavaara-einojuhani.md)
- [Max Pommer, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/pommer-max.md)

## Also recommended

- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphonies Nos. 1-3](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-740-2.md): Leipzig RSO · Max Pommer, conductor (ODE 740-2, 1998)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 6 "Vincentiana" · Cello Concerto No. 1](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-819-2.md): Marko Ylönen, cello · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Max Pommer, conductor (ODE 819-2, 1994)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: The 8 Symphonies](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1145-2q.md): Leif Segerstam (ODE 1145-2Q, 2009)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8 "The Journey" · Harp Concerto](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-978-2.md): Marielle Nordmann, harp · Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra · Leif Segerstam, conductor (ODE 978-2, 2001)