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The Soul of Kantele

Matti & Sinikka Kontio, kantele
Matti Kontio, kantele

ODE 933-2 · CD · May 1999

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Track listing

19 tracks · 55:50

Toivo Kärki

  1. 1 Koitere, Karjalan helmi (Koitere, The Pearl of Karelia) 2:50

Traditional

  1. 2 Karjalan poikia (Karelia Boys) 2:11

Anni Kääriäinen

  1. 3 Annin valssi (Anni?s Waltz) 2:40

Traditional

  1. 4 Ol' kaunis kesäilta (One lovely summer evening) 3:18

Sinikka & Matti Kontio

  1. 5 Polska 125 2:55
  2. 6 Oi, jos nukkua saisin (Oh, If Only Sleep Would Come) 2:17

Seppo "Paroni" Paakkunainen

  1. 7 Paronin paras polkka (The Baron?s Best Polka) 2:33

P.J. Hannikainen

  1. 8 Suojelusenkeli (Maan korvessa kulkevi lapsosen tie) (Guardian Angel) 3:02

Matti Kontio

  1. 9 Lohi-Marjatan valssi (Salmon-Marjatta?s Walz) 2:21

Christian F. Kress

  1. 10 Porilaisten marssi 3:56

Sinikka Kontio

  1. 11 Hiskin Jenkka (Hiski?s Schottische) 1:51
  2. 12 Lännen valssi (Waltz of the West) 2:35

Traditional

  1. 13 Waiwainen walitan waikiast? (In My Wretchedness I Complain) 4:13

Billy Hill

  1. 14 Vanhan kartanon kehräävä rukki (The Spinning Wheel of the Old Manor) 2:43

Traditional

  1. 15 Brisatka 5:47

Matti Kontio

  1. 16 Kissalan tytöt (Kissala Ladies) 2:48

Traditional

  1. 17 Merimiehen jenkka (The Seaman?s Schottisch) 3:03

Teppo Repo

  1. 18 Sotamarsalkka Mannerheimin marssi (March of Field Marshal Mannerheim) 3:09

Toivo Kärki

  1. 19 Koitere, Karjalan helmi (Koitere, The Pearl of Karelia) 1:38

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish

The artists

Matti & Sinikka Kontio

The KanteleDuo Matti & Sinikka Kontio was founded in 1990 and is dedicated to music based on the Finnish folk tradition. Its repertoire includes very old, traditional tunes from eastern Finland performed on an instrument of small size, as well as Romantic folk songs from the 19th century, in addition to contemporary music written for the modern concert instrument. The kantele - a plucked instrument of the zither family - is Finland's national folk instrument. Sinikka and Matti Kontio are two of the leading figures in Finnish kantele music. Sinikka Kontio (Järvinen) is a musician, while Matti Kontio works as a composer and performing musician.

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