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Cover: Dreams

Dreams

Tapiola Choir
Erkki Pohjola, conductor
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Osmo Vänskä, conductor

ODE 786-2 · CD · June 1992

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Track listing

14 tracks · 54:34

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Erik Bergman

  1. Dreams, Op. 85 10:22
  2. 1 I. Echoes 3:16
  3. 2 II. Solitude 3:52
  4. 3 III. Restlessness 3:07

Bengt Johansson

  1. 4 Pater noster (1968) 5:18

Aulis Sallinen

  1. 5 Vintern var hård (Winter was hard) 1:36
  2. Suita grammaticale, Op. 28 15:27
  3. 6 I. Die erste Deklination 2:56
  4. 7 II. Intermezzo 1:36
  5. 8 III. Quelle heure est-il? 3:41
  6. 9 IV. Etudes 3:11
  7. 10 V. Dialogue 3:52

Einojuhani Rautavaara

  1. A Children's Mass (1973)
  2. 11 V. Agnus Dei 2:03
  3. 12 VI. Meditatio super Agnum Dei 2:47
  4. 13 VII. Halleluja 1:51

Olli Kortekangas

  1. 14 A (1988) - Water Music with The Tapiola Choir 15:28

About this recording

This CD features the Tapiola Choir under the direction of its founder Erkki Pohjola. They perform contemporary works which Finland's finest composers have written for this outstanding children's ensemble, starting with Bengt Johansson's Pater Noster in 1968. The choir is accompanied by the Tapiola Sinfonietta under Osmo Vänskä in Aulis Sallinen's Suita Grammaticale and three movements from Einojuhani Rautavaara's Children's Mass (1973).

Featured soloists:
Elina Laakkonen, soprano (1-3)
Nora Rissanen, alto (1-3)
Tiuku Tuuliala (8)

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original languages and in English

The artists

Tapiola Choir

The Tapiola Choir is one of the world's leading children's choirs and consists of 70 young musicians aged 9 to 18, all of whom also play at least one musical instrument in addition to singing. Erkki Pohjola founded the Tapiola Choir in Espoo in 1963. After meeting Zoltan Kodály and Carl Orff in 1964, he adapted their ideas into a free-form education method with a chamber-music approach, building on the innate creativity and musical talents of children. He continued to pursue this new music education ideal as conductor of the Tapiola Choir for over three decades. During that time, the Choir evolved from a run-of-the-mill school choir into one of the most acclaimed vocal instruments of our time. International critics called its unique sound the ‘Tapiola Sound'. Kari Ala-Pöllänen continued the work of Erkki Pohjola from 1994 to 2008, until he was succeeded by Pasi Hyökki, one of the Choir's own alumni.

Full biography

Erkki Pohjola

Professor Erkki Pohjola (b. 1931) is one of the leading personalities of Finnish music education, a groundbreaking choral conductor and a pioneering figure in the international children's and youth choir movement.

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Tapiola Sinfonietta

The Tapiola Sinfonietta has established itself as Finland’s premier chamber orchestra. Founded as the Espoo City Orchestra in 1987, it currently has 44 members. The orchestra is known for its adventurous repertoire planning and has been widely acclaimed for nuanced performances across a wide range of eras and styles.

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