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Cover: Leevi Madetoja – Complete Lieder Vol. 1

Leevi Madetoja

Complete Lieder Vol. 1

Gabriel Suovanen, baritone
Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano

ODE 996-2 · CD · April 2002

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Track listing

32 tracks · 78:21

Leevi Madetoja

  1. 1 Lähdettyäs (Since Thou Didst Leave), Op. 2/1 2:21
  2. 2 Yksin (Alone), Op. 2/2 1:57
  3. 3 Talviaamu (Winter Morning), Op. 2/3 1:58
  4. 4 Tähtitaivas (The Starry Sky), Op. 2/4 2:49
  5. 5 Yrtit tummat (Dark-Hued Leaves), Op. 9/1 3:02
  6. 6 Serenadi (Serenade), Op. 16/1 2:48
  7. Pohjoispohjalaisia kansanlauluja (Folk Songs from Northern Ostrobothnia), Op. 18 9:06
  8. 7 I. Linnut ne laulaa (Birds Sing) 1:01
  9. 8 II. Ajetaanpa poijat (Let?s Ride in a Cart, Boys) 1:11
  10. 9 III. Mamma se luuli (My Mother Thought) 217
  11. 10 IV. Mamman poika se pulska (A Mother?s Son So Plump) 1:54
  12. 11 V. Kapakasta kapakkahan (From Tavern to Tavern) 2:43
  13. Nuorison lauluja (Songs of Youth), Op. 20b 11:53
  14. 12 I. Suksimiesten laulu (Song of the Skiers) 1:50
  15. 13 II. Suomen soitto (The Music of Finland) 3:09
  16. 14 III. Kosiovarsa (A Foal for Wooing) 2:04
  17. 15 IV. Toisen oma (Someone Else?s Own) 2:57
  18. 16 VI. Joululaulu (Christmas Song) 1:53
  19. 17 Ota se kaunis kannel taas (Take Up That Fair Kantele Again) 2:17
  20. 18 Puhjetessa kukka puhtain (A Flower Is Purest When Opening) 1:05
  21. 19 Taas kaukaa laulavat lauluaan (From Afar I Hear Them Singing), Op. 25/1 1:50
  22. 20 Talvinen tie (Wintry Road), Op. 25/2 4:08
  23. 21 Synnyinmaja (Birth-cottage), Op. 25/4 3:27
  24. 22 Itkisit joskus illoin (If You'd Sometimes Weep at Evening), Op. 25/5 2:09
  25. 23 Majan ma tahtoisin rakentaa (I Would Build A Hut), Op. 26/3 1:40
  26. 24 Sang bag Ploven (Song at The Plough), Op. 44/1 2:52
  27. 25 Terve päivä Pohjolan (Hail, O Daylight in the North), Op. 49/1 2:34
  28. 26 Suomen puu (Finland?s Tree), Op. 49/2 3:17
  29. 27 Kaihoni (My Longing), Op. 60/2 2:50
  30. 28 Ilta (Evening), Op. 60/3 2:03
  31. 29 Kotihin mielin (I Want to Go Home9, Op. 71/1 3:55
  32. 30 Mestarin käsky (The Word of The Master), Op. 71/2 3:00
  33. 31 Land i vår sång (Land in Our Song) 2:43
  34. 32 Vihurin laulu (Song of the Winter Wind) 1:17

Features

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish and the sung texts in the original language and in English

The artists

Gabriel Suovanen

Gabriel Suovanen was born in Stockholm, where he began playing the violin at the age of 4. He studied singing at the Sibelius Academy in 1993-94. He graduated from the Stockholm Opera School in the 1997-98 season. Gabriel Suovanen has won several prizes in distinguished singing competitions. In Finland he won the prestigious Timo Mustakallio singing competition in 1998 and was given the first Karita Mattila Award in 2000. In 1997-98 Gabriel Suovanen was appointed 'Soloist of the year' by the Swedish National Radio and subsequently appeared in several radio concerts and studio recordings with orchestra and as soloist. In the season 1998-99 he was engaged in several productions at the Stockholm Royal Opera. Suovanen made his debut at the Finnish National Opera as Guglielmo, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival as Valentin and at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Bizet's Carmen.

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