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Jorma Hynninen

Profile of a Great Career

Classic Stars Chamber Orchestra
Savonlinna Opera Festival Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pekka Haapasalo, conductor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Kari Tikka, conductor
Ulf Söderblom, conductor
Pentti Koskimies, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor
Finnish National Opera Orchestra
Estonian Symphony Orchestra
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Ralf Gothóni, piano
Aira Johansson, piano
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jorma Panula, conductor
Joensuu City Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor
Markus Lehtinen, conductor

ODE 944-2 · CD · July 1999

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Track listing

24 tracks · 56:02

Listen to samples on selected tracks.

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. 1 Saavu Immanuel 1:08

Toivo Kuula

  1. 2 Aamulaulu (Morning Song) 1:32

Giuseppe Verdi

  1. 3 Alzati! Là tuo figlio (Renato), from: Un ballo in maschera 5:16

Karjalainen

  1. 4 Jäähyväiset 2:13

Jean Sibelius

  1. 5 Kolme sokeata sisarta 3:01

Robert Schumann

  1. Dichterliebe
  2. 6 I. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai 2:03
  3. 7 II. Aus meinen Tränen spriessen 1:01
  4. 8 III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne 0:34
  5. 9 IV. Wenn ich in deine Augen seh? 1:45

Franz Schubert

  1. Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795
  2. 10 I. Das Wandern 2:18
  3. 11 II. Wohin? 2:03
  4. 12 III. Halt! 1:29
  5. Winterreise, D. 911
  6. 13 XIII. Die Post 2:19
  7. 14 XIV. Der greise Kopf 3:14
  8. 15 XV. Die Krähe 1:54

Yrjö Kilpinen

  1. 16 Der Tod und der einsame Trinker, Op. 62/3 2:04

Leevi Madetoja

  1. 17 Yrtit tummat (Dark-Hued Leaves), Op. 9/1 2:44

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

  1. 18 Tällaista elämää miten jatkaa sa voit 2:20

Giuseppe Verdi

  1. 19 O Carlo, ascoltá 3:38

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. 20 Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni), from: Don Giovanni 1:25

Peter Tchaikovsky

  1. 21 Ya, vas lyublyu (Yeletsky), from: Pique Dame 4:01

Leevi Madetoja

  1. 22 Kas! Tuolla lentää haukka 2:03

Aulis Sallinen

  1. 23 Piirretään! Hyvähän se on sanoa 1:58

Einojuhani Rautavaara

  1. Aleksis Kivi - Opera in Three Acts
  2. 24 I. Sydämeni laulu 3:59

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish

The artists

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen studied at the Sibelius Academy and made his conducting début with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1979. From 1985-1995 he was Music Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and also in 1985 took up the post of Principal Guest Conductor of The Philharmonia which he held until 1994. Salonen returned to The Philharmonia as the orchestra's chief conductor from 2008 to 2021. He was Director of the Helsinki Festival in 1995 and 1996. From 1992 to 2009, he was the Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In December 2018, the San Francisco Symphony announced the appointment of Salonen as its next music director, effective in 2020.

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Jorma Hynninen

Baritone Jorma Hynninen is one of the most highly appreciated Finnish vocal artists of all time. His unprejudiced and profound approach to art has contributed not only to a renewal in the art of interpreting solo songs but also to the creation of a number of new contemporary operas. In Lied, he has concentrated on the song cycles of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Wolf and the solo songs of Sibelius, Oskar Merikanto, Toivo Kuula and Yrjö Kilpinen. He has appeared at innumerable distinguished venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Musikverein, the Concertgebouw, Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall and the festivals at Tanglewood, Ravinia and Salzburg.

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Ulf Söderblom

Ulf Söderblom (b. 1930 in Turku) took his degree in conducting at the Vienna Academy of Music under Hans Swarowski. A considerable part of his career was devoted to his work at the Finnish National Opera as its Conductor (1957-1973), Chief Conductor (1973-1993), Director of Planning (1968-1970), Artistic Director (1970-1973) and temporary Chief Director (1996). He was also Artistic Director of the Helsinki Philharmonic (1978-79) and the Lahti Symphony (1984-87) orchestras.

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ODE 823-2 · CD · Mar 2007

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