Release Date: 28 February 2011
Label: Ondine
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761195117422
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Rautavaara
Description
This new release features the three-act opera Kaivos (The Mine, 1962) by Einojuhani Rautavaara. The patriarch of Finnish composers wrote this, his first opera, in 1957-62 and today considers it,perhaps the best opera I have ever written, a real thriller whose underlying theme - that a human being defines himself through his choices - is nevertheless universal." This CD release represents an apogee in the work's exceptional history: the opera's underlying thematic allusions to the 1956 Hungarian uprising impeded a staged performance in Finland, a neighboring country of the then Soviet Union. Instead, a Finnish TV production was broadcast in 1963. The first live (concert) performance in Tampere (Finland) in September 2010 featured the same cast and performers as this premiere CD recording. Legendary baritone Jorma Hynninen (lead role 'Commissar'), who celebrates his 70th anniversary in 2011, has starred in a number of Finnish operas since the 1970s to great international success, including at the MET in New York. Acclaimed conductor Hannu Lintu leads the reputed Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra on this disc."
Tracklisting
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai; Robert Trevino
Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Klava
Peter Jablonski
Justina Gringyte; Gaston Rivero; Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai; Robert Trevino
Peter Jablonski; Gavle Symphony Orchestra; Christian Reif
Nicolas Namoradze
Anne Komsi; Marzi Nyman; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Elena Tsallagova; Sergey Skorokhodov; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Bayerischer Staatsopernchor; Bar
Marjukka Tepponen; Julien Behr; Vladimir Stoyanov; Angela Simkin; Melissa Zgouridi; Bregenzer Fests
Thomas Blondelle; Hulkar Sabirova; Alina Wunderlin; Kresimir Strazanac; Jana Kurucova; Arnold Schoe
Osiris Trio
Mona Julsrud; Philippe Graffin; Yuzuko Horigome; Roger Chase; Jeroen Reuling; Amy Norrington
John Potter, tenor, Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble, dir. Erik Westberg
Duo Rozemond & Bekkers: Reneee Bekkers, accordion Jacobien Rozemond, violin and voice
Andras Schiff
