Track listing
15 tracks · 60:43Einojuhani Rautavaara
- A Requiem in Our Time (1953) 11:03
- 1 I. Hymnus 3:13
- 2 II. Credo et dubito 1:58
- 3 III. Dies irae 2:09
- 4 IV. Lacrymosa 3:35
- 5 Playgrounds for Angels (1981) 12:26
- 6 Tarantará (1976)for Solotrumpet 5:01
- 7 Independence Fanfare (1992) 0:37
- A Soldier's Mass (1968) 10:39
- 8 I. Lord of the Battle (Kyrie) 2:18
- 9 II. Have Mercy Upon Us (Miserere) 2:04
- 10 III. On the Fields of Glory (Gloria) 1:47
- 11 IV. In the Moment of Death (In Hora Mortis) 4:21
- Octet for Winds (1962) 15:11
- 12 I. Allegro molto 5:12
- 13 II. Largo 6:05
- 14 III. Prestissimo 3:50
- 15 Hymnus (1998)for trumpet and organ 6:07
About this recording
Featured Artists:
Aki Välimäki, trumpet (7, 14)
Jouko Harjanne, trumpet (7)
Valtteri Malmivirta, trombone (7, 14)
Petri Alanko, flute (14)
Jussi Jaatinen, oboe (14)
Harri Mäki, clarinet (14)
Otto Virtanen, basoon (14)
Esa Tapani, cor anglais (14)
Seppo Murto, organ (15)
Guest woodwind players in A Solider's Mass
Petri Alanko, Eeva Heikkilä, flute
Jussi Jaatinen, Juha Ala, oboe;
Kullervo Kojo, Marja Koppala, Heikki Nikula, clarinet
Jaakko Luoma, Erkki Suomalainen, basoon
Juha Keikkonen, alto saxophone
Kai Ruskeapää, tenor saxophone
Janne Murto, baritone saxophone
The artists
Hannu Lintu
Hannu Lintu is one of Finland's most sought-after conductors and is rapidly creating a major international career. He has been Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra 2009-2013, and also Principal Guest Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. Before assuming the new role of Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2013 to 2021, he was the orchestra's Chief Guest Conductor in 2012. Hannu Lintu was previously Chief Conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular guest conductor with the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra in Finland and was Artistic Director of the orchestra's Summer Sounds festival in 2005. In November 2022, the Gulbenkian Orchestra announced the appointment of Lintu as its next chief conductor.