# Pekka Nuotio: Opera Arias. Recordings 1973-1981

> Pekka Nuotio: Opera Arias. Recordings 1973-1981 – Pekka Nuotio, Finnish RSO, Various Conductors. Ondine ODE 900-2, CD, released May 1997.

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- **Composer:** Pekka Nuotio
- **Work(s):** Opera Arias. Recordings 1973-1981
- **Performers:** Pekka Nuotio, tenor; Finnish RSO; Various Conductors
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 900-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 1997
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195090022
- **Tracks:** 19, total 70:12
- **Genres:** Opera

## Track listing

**Francesco Cilea**

1. E la solita storia, from: L'Arlesiana (3:45)

**Pietro Mascagni**

2. Mamma, quel vino, frrom: Cavalleria rusticana (3:52)

**Ruggero Leoncavallo**

3. Vesti la giubba, from: I Pagliacci (3:16)
4. No, Pagliacco non son, from: I Pagliacci (2:40)

**Giuseppe Verdi**

5. Questa o quella, from: Rigoletto (1:49)
6. La donna è mobile, from: Rigoletto (2:16)
7. Di quella pira, from: Il trovatore (1:09)

**Giacomo Puccini**

8. Nessun dorma!, from: Turandot (2:59)
9. E lucevan le stelle, from: Tosca (2:28)
10. Ch'ella mi creda libero, from: La fanciulla del west (1:54)
11. Guardate, pazzo son, from: Manon Lescaut (2:43)

**Tauno Pylkkänen**

12. Sata rekeä on lähdössä, oopperasta: Mare ja hänen poikansa (2:05)
13. Mene tyköäni, äiti, oopperasta: Mare ja hänen poikansa (4:56)
14. Niin, tahdotko siis, oopperasta: Mare ja hänen poikansa (2:16)

**Richard Wagner**

15. Winterstürme wichen, from: Die Walküre (2:44)
16. Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater, from: Die Walküre (5:32)
17. Noch losch das Licht nicht aus, from: Tristan und Isolde (5:17)
18. Noch ist kein Schiff zu sehn!, from: Tristan und Isolde (10:47)
19. Bist du nun tot? Lebst du noch?, from: Tristan und Isolde (7:44)

## About this recording

This CD features the heroic tenor Pekka Nuotio (1929-1989), one of the leading Finnish singers of the 1960s and '70s. Nuotio's repertoire ranged from Italian (with an emphasis on Puccini) to Russian and French opera and included also the heavy Wagner roles - Nuotio partnered Birgit Nilson in Tristan and Tannhäuser at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1965-67.

Pekka Nuotio did not make any commercial recording. The collection of arias on this CD has been put together from master tapes in the archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE. They portrait the great Finnish tenor during his peak time until his retiring from active singing in 1982. The recordings also feature the young baritone Jorma Hynninen as Kurwenal (17-19). The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Kari Tikka (1-11), Hannu Bister (12-14) and Okko Kamu (15-19).

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish

## Press

(...) shows us a dramatic tenor with a strong high register; his high C, for example in 'La donna e mobile' and 'Di quella pira' would be the envy of any of today's tenors.

American Record Guide, November/December 1997

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## Related pages

- [Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/cilea-francesco.md)
- [Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/leoncavallo-ruggiero.md)
- [Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/mascagni-pietro.md)
- [Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/puccini-giacomo.md)
- [Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/pylkk-nen-tauno.md)
- [Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/verdi-giuseppe.md)
- [Richard Wagner (1813-1883)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/wagner-richard.md)
- [Pekka Nuotio, tenor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/nuotio-pekka.md)