# Aurora Borealis: Magic of the Mysterious North

> Aurora Borealis: Magic of the Mysterious North – Various Artists. Ondine ODE 937-2, CD, released May 1999. This CD compilation features excellent performances…

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- **Composer:** Aurora Borealis
- **Work(s):** Magic of the Mysterious North
- **Performers:** Various Artists
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 937-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 May 1999
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195093726
- **Tracks:** 12, total 66:47
- **Genres:** Opera
- **Series:** Compilations

## Track listing

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

- *Cantus Arcticus - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (1972)*
1. I. The Bog (6:52)
2. II. Melancholy (3:53)
3. III.  Swans Migrating (6:26)

**Jean Sibelius**

- *The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109*
4. I. The Storm (3:55)

**Aarre Merikanto**

- *Neljä orkesterisävellystä (Four Compositions for Orchestra)*
5. I. Lento cantabile (3:32)
6. II. Arietta (1:38)

**Tuomas Kantelinen**

7. Original soundtrack to the motion picture 'Ambush' (1999) (4:40)

**Ernest Pingoud**

8. Flambeaux éteints (Extinguished Torches), Op. 14 (1919) (10:33)

**Aulis Sallinen**

- *Rauta-aika -sarja (The Iron Age Suite)*
9. I. Lemminki in Tuonela (4:58)

**Pehr Henrik Nordgren**

10. Tuumiskelija (The Thinker) (6:05)
11. Portraits of Country Fiddlers, Op.26 (1976) (4:01)

**Einojuhani Rautavaara**

- *Symphony No. 7 "Angel of Light" (1994)*
12. III. Come un sogno (10:14)

## About this recording

This CD compilation features excellent performances of Finnish orchestral music which match th unique atmosphere experienced when observing the intriguing celestial displays of Northern Lights.

## Features

Booklet with track listing

## Buy or stream

- [Buy](https://Ondine.lnk.to/ODE9372OW)

## Related pages

- [Tuomas Kantelinen (1969-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/kantelinen-tuomas.md)
- [Aarre Merikanto (1893-1958)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/merikanto-aarre.md)
- [Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944-2008)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/nordgren-pehr-henrik.md)
- [Ernest Pingoud (1887-1942)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/pingoud-ernest.md)
- [Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/rautavaara-einojuhani.md)
- [Aulis Sallinen (1935-)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sallinen-aulis.md)
- [Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/sibelius-jean.md)

## Also recommended

- [Aurora Borealis: The Magic of Northern Lights](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1137-2.md): Photo album + CD (ODE 1137-2, 2008)
- [Land of a Thousand Lakes: The Beauty of Finnish National Romanticism](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-932-2.md): Various Artists (ODE 932-2, 1999)
- [Sibelius Festival](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-930-2.md): Jorma Hynninen · Pekka Kuusisto (ODE 930-2, 1999)