Release Date: 31 October 2011
Label: Ondine
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761195116920
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Rautavaara
Description
This new release features works for children's choir by Einojuhani Rautavaara, performed by the world-renowned Tapiola Choir and their director Pasi Hyokki. Mostly written for the Tapiola Choir, these pieces cover a wide range of topics and moods, extending from humorous nursery rhymes to more serious philosophical issues and religious solemnity. The album title piece, the one-act choral opera Marjatta matala neiti (Marjatta the Lowly Maiden"), is based on a poem from the Kalevala epos. The half-hour"mystery play" tells the story of Marjatta who becomes impregnated after eating a lingonberry and gives birth to a son - thus the Finnish mythological adaptation of the Christian story of Jesus' conception and birth from a virgin. Finnish cult composer Rautavaara is one of the rare composers to have written extensive and substantial repertoire for children's choir. More generally, his major output for mixed and for male choir has cemented his position as one of today's most popular composers of choral music."
Tracklisting
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai; Robert Trevino
Latvian Radio Choir; Sigvards Klava
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki Chamber Choir; Nicholas Collon
Reinis Zarins; Trio Palladio; Raffi Kharajanyan
Lawrence Power; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra; Olli Mustonen
Marko Ylonen; Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra; Sinfonietta Riga; Jo
Wu Wei; Eldbjorg Hemsing; Ida Nielsen; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra; Andris Poga
Julian Joseph and Marcelo Bratke
Timothy Ridout; Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne; Jamie Phillips
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Adam Field, Sarah MacDonald
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir, Sachin Gunga, David Price
Julien Van Mellaerts, Dylan Perez
Aisslinn Nosky and Yiheng Yang
Valerio Celentano
Valentina Danelon/Cristina Santin
