# Karita Mattila: From the Heart of Finland

> Karita Mattila: From the Heart of Finland – Karita Mattila, Ilmo Ranta. Ondine ODE 892-2, CD, released October 1996. This CD features soprano Karita Mattila…

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- **Composer:** Karita Mattila
- **Work(s):** From the Heart of Finland
- **Performers:** Karita Mattila, soprano; Ilmo Ranta, piano
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 892-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 October 1996
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195089224
- **Tracks:** 26, total 56:31
- **Genres:** Finnish traditional, Vocal
- **Series:** Bestsellers
- **Awards:** Diapason d'or

## Track listing

**Toivo Kuula**

1. Aamulaulu (Morning Song) (1:26)

**Oskar Merikanto**

2. Kullan murunen (You Are a Nugget of Gold) (1:23)
3. Pai, pai paitaressu (Bye Bye My Sweet Swaddled Baby) (2:40)
4. Soi vienosti murheeni soitto (Play Softly, Thou Tune of My Mourning) (2:11)
5. Kottarainen (The Starling) (1:03)
6. Ma elän! (I Am Alive!) (1:29)
7. Omenankukat (Apple Blossom) (1:20)
8. Kevätlinnuille etelässä (To The Spring Birds in The South) (1:51)
9. Kansanlaulu (Folk Song) (2:03)
10. Laula, tyttö (Sing to Me, Girl) (0:51)
11. Kun päivä paistaa (When the Sun Shines) (1:59)

**Erkki Melartin**

12. Mirjamin laulu I (Miriam's Song I) (1:47)
13. Mirjamin laulu II (Miriam's Song II) (2:53)

**Toivo Kuula**

14. Syystunnelma (Autumn Mood) (2:57)
15. Tuijotin tulehen kauan (Long Gazed I into the Fire) (4:51)
16. Marjatan laulu (Marjatta's Song) (4:19)
17. Kesäyö kirkkomaalla (Summer Night in the Churchyard) (2:55)
18. Imandran laulu (Imandra's Song) (2:37)
19. Sinipiika (The Forest Maid) (2:52)

**Yrjö Kilpinen**

20. Laululle (To The Song), Op. 52/3 (1:46)
21. Suvilaulu (Summer Song) (1:22)

**Traditional**

22. Minun kultani kaunis on (Ah, How Fair My Sweetheart Is) (1:32)
23. Hilu hilu (Hullabaloo) (1:09)
24. Soittajapaimen (The Piper Shepherd) (2:15)
25. Läksin minä kesäyönä (A Wandring on a Summer's Eve) (2:29)
26. Tule, tule kultani (Come, Hurry My Darling) (2:31)

## About this recording

This CD features soprano Karita Mattila with a selection of art and folk songs by Toivo Kuula, Oskar Merikanto, Erkki Melartin and Yriö Kilpinen - young contemporaries of Jean Sibelius. Karita Mattila is partnered on piano by Ilmo Ranta.

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish, and the song lyrics in the original Finnish and in English

## Press

Irresistible.

Hilary Finch, Gramophone, March 1998

Mattila's lovely voice and artistry are powerful advocacy for this music.

Vivian Liff, American Record Guide, July/August 1997

Karita Mattila is an ideal champion of her native country's music.

André Tubeuf, Diapason, January 1997, Diapason d'or

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE8922OW)

## Related pages

- [Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kilpinen-yrj.md)
- [Toivo Kuula (1883-1918)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kuula-toivo.md)
- [Erkki Melartin (1875-1937)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/melartin-erkki.md)
- [Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/merikanto-oskar.md)
- [Traditional](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/traditional.md)
- [Karita Mattila, soprano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/mattila-karita.md)
- [Ilmo Ranta, piano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/ranta-ilmo.md)

## Also recommended

- [Jean Sibelius: Songs](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-856-2.md): Karita Mattila, soprano · Ilmo Ranta, piano (ODE 856-2, 1995)