Aulis Sallinen
The Red Line - Opera in Two Acts
Jorma Hynninen, topi · Päivi Nisula, riika · Finnish National Opera Chorus · Finnish National Opera Orchestra · Mikko Franck, conductor
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Aulis Sallinen
Songs of Life and Death
The Iron Age Suite
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Opera Festival Chorus
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor
Track listing
15 tracks · 75:15Aulis Sallinen
- Elämän ja kuoleman lauluja (Songs of Life and Death) 46:55
- 1 I. Kuin tulvavesi elämäni päivät (Like Floodwaters the Days of My Life) 3:08
- 2 II. Me vaellamme täällä (We Wander Here) 5:39
- 3 III. Minä, syntymätön (I, Unborn) 5:08
- 4 IV. Tuba mirum 7:57
- 5 V. Voin ajatella sinun lähteneen (I Can Think You Departed) 6:45
- 6 VI. Dies irae 5:17
- 7 VII. Kun vielä olet tällä rannalla (While You Are Still on This Shore) 8:02
- 8 VIII. Elää täyttä elämää (Live a Full Life) 4:59
- Rauta-aika -sarja (The Iron Age Suite) 28:23
- 9 I. Ilmarin ja Kultanaisen hääkulkue (The Wedding Procession of Ilmari and the Golden Woman) 1:56
- 10 II. Ainon laulu (The Song of Aino) 4:52
- 11 III. Lemminki Pohjolassa (Lemminki in Pohjola) 3:26
- 12 IV. Lemminki hiihtää Hiiden hirven (Lemminki Hunts the Devil's Elk) 3:32
- 13 V. Lemminki Tuonelassa (Lemminki in Tuonela) 5:00
- 14 VI. Väinön soitto (Väinö's Song) 2:33
- 15 VII. Lemminki ja Saaren neidot (Lemminki and the Maidens of the Island) 7:01
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original Finnish and in English
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.
Opera Festival Chorus
The Opera Festival Chorus was founded in 1979 and served until 1992 as the resident choir of the Savonlinna Opera Festival. In 1995 the ensemble changed its name into Finnish Philharmonic Chorus.
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic countries (1882), has grown from a band of 36 players to an orchestra of 102 regular members.
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