Karita Mattila
Fever
Karita Mattila, vocals · accompanied by pianist-conductor Kirmo Lintinen and his band
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Karita Mattila
Wonderful - favourites by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Andrew Llyod Webber and others
Karita Mattila, soprano
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Pekka Savijoki, conductor
Track listing
14 tracks · 50:33Listen to samples on selected tracks.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1 Memory, from: Cats 4:17
Harold Arlen
- 2 Over the Rainbow, from: The Wizard of Oz 4:51
Frederick Loewe
- 3 I Could Have Danced All Night, from: My Fair Lady 2:32
Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 4 Don't Cry for Me Argentina, from: Evita 5:14
Jerome Kern
- 5 Bill, from: Show Boat 3:37
Cole Porter
- 6 Wunderbar, from: Kiss me Kate 2:08
Leonard Bernstein
- 7 Somewhere, from: West Side Story 3:37
Sigmund Romberg
- 8 Will You Remember, from: Maytime 3:28
Ivor Novello
- 9 Waltz of My Heart, from: The Dancing Years 3:03
Theo Mackeben
- 10 Ich will nicht vergessen, from: Der Weg ins Freie 4:49
Leo Leandros
- 11 Tango d'amor 3:39
Franz von Vecsey
- 12 Aavistatkohan (orig. Denkst du nie daran) 3:28
Frank Churchill
- 13 Taas päivä kaunein on (orig. Some Day My Prince Will Come), from: Snow White 2:22
Theo Mackeben
- 14 Itke en lemmen tähden (orig. Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen...), from: Es war eine rauchsende Ballnacht 3:28
About this recording
This CD features Karita Mattila with her favorite evergreens and broadway classics. The great Finnish soprano's first album on Ondine has been a best-seller with platinum status in Finland.
Features
Booklet with liner notes in Finnish and English
The artists
Karita Mattila
Winner of the first 'Singer of the World' competition in Cardiff, Karita Mattila is recognised as much for the beauty and versatility of her lyric voice as for her extraordinary stage ability. Under such conductors as Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen, she has sang in all the major opera houses and festivals of the world performing repertoire which encompasses Mozart, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and Janácek. Her affinity with the dramatic side of opera has produced marvellous results when working with fine stage directors such as Luc Bondy who helped her to achieve a remarkable performance in his highly acclaimed Don Carlos, seen in Paris, London and at the Edinburgh Festival. Likewise, Lev Dodin in his productions of Elektra for the Salzburg Easter Festival and Pique Dame and Salome at the Opera Bastille, Peter Stein for his production of Simon Boccanegra in Salzburg, Robert Carsen in his production of Lohengrin at the Bastille and Jürgen Flimm for his Fidelio in New York.
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.
Pekka Savijoki
Pekka Savijoki initially studied the saxophone at the Sibelius Academy and the Paris Conservatoire, graduating in 1977. He completed his conducting studies in 1986. He has led nearly all of Finland's professional orchestras and also the Swedish orchestras in Norrköping, Helsingborg, Uumaja and Västerås. Savijoki has also conducted performances at the Finnish National Opera, the Stockholm Folk Opera, the Music Theatre of Malmö, among others.