# Rainbow Sounds

> Rainbow Sounds – Tapiola Choir, Kari Ala-Pöllänen. Ondine ODE 884-2, CD, released August 1996.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-884-2

- **Work(s):** Rainbow Sounds
- **Performers:** Tapiola Choir; Kari Ala-Pöllänen, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 884-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 August 1996
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195088425
- **Tracks:** 24, total 62:53
- **Genres:** Choral, Finnish contemporary, Finnish traditional

## Track listing

**Traditional**

1. Joko ruvennen runolle (A Kalevala Introduction) (2:30)

**Heikki Sarmanto**

2. Hanget soi (Singing Snow) (3:03)

**Veljo Tormis**

- *Suomalais-ugrilaisia maisemia (Finno-Ugric Landscapes)*
3. I. Metsästyslaulu (Hunting Song) (1:41)
4. IV. Joen rannalla (By the Riverside) (1:11)
5. IX. Vepsän poluilla (On Vepsian Pathways) (2:01)
6. XI. Tammipuu (The Oak Tree) (0:41)
7. XII. Paimenessa (Herding Song) (1:47)
8. XIV. Meren rannalla (On the Sea Shore) (1:20)

**Nils Henrik Asheim**

9. Bä, bä, vita lamm /(Baa, Baa, Little Lamb) (2:38)

**Traditional**

10. Stuff'n' Nonsense (7:17)
11. Let It Shine! (3:37)
12. Aizu Bandaisan (The Volcano of Aizu Bandai) (2:02)

**Kosaku Yamada**

13. Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly) (2:13)

**Traditional**

14. Tutira Mai (Stand in Rows) (1:08)

**Timo-Juhani Kyllönen**

15. Danza Negroide (The Dance of a Negro Boy) (1:47)

**Traditional**

16. Siyahamba (1:44)
17. Minä olen Härmän Kankaanpäästä (From Kankaanpää in Härmä am I) (2:27)

**Javier Busto**

18. Zai itxoiten (Waiting) (3:21)

**Claude Debussy**

19. Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons (Christmas Carol for Homeless Children) (2:34)

**Arne Mellnäs**

20. Aglepta (4:52)

**Olli Kortekangas**

- *Three Fiord Sketches*
21. I. Two Images (1:12)
22. II. Sun and Moon (1:32)
23. III. Balance (0:52)

**Pekka Kostiainen**

24. Revontulet (Northern Lights) (9:23)

## Features

Booklet with liner notes written by the conductor, in English, German, French and Finnish and the song texts in the original language and in English

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE8842OW)

## Related pages

- [Nils Henrik Asheim (1960-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/asheim-nils-henrik.md)
- [Javier Busto (1949-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/busto-javier.md)
- [Claude Debussy (1862-1918)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/debussy-claude.md)
- [Olli Kortekangas (1955-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kortekangas-olli.md)
- [Pekka Kostiainen (1944-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kostiainen-pekka.md)
- [Timo-Juhani Kyllönen (1955-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kyll-nen-timo-juhani.md)
- [Arne Mellnäs (1933-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/melln-s-arne.md)
- [Heikki Sarmanto (1939-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sarmanto-heikki.md)
- [Veljo Tormis (1930-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/tormis-veljo.md)
- [Traditional](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/traditional.md)
- [Kosaku Yamada (1886-1965)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/yamada-kosaku.md)
- [Tapiola Choir, Ensemble](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/tapiola-choir.md)
- [Kari Ala-Pöllänen, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/ala-p-ll-nen-kari.md)

## Also recommended

- [Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie: (Sacred Songs)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-902-2.md): Tapiola Choir · Kari Ala-Pöllänen, conductor (ODE 902-2, 1997)
- [Heikki Sarmanto: The Song of Extinct Birds](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/octo-411-2.md): Tapiola Choir · Heikki Sarmanto Ensemble · Kari Ala-Pöllänen, conductor (OCTO 411-2, 2005)